listen party // Panda Bear : “Tomboy”
NPR is streaming the forthcoming Panda Bear album in its entirety here.
listen party // Vivian Girls : “Share the Joy”
NPR Music is streaming the forthcoming Vivian Girls album in its entirety.
Vivian Girls // Share the Joy : 2011.04.12 : Polyvinyl Records
listen party // Wire : “Red Barked Tree”
Wire // “Red Barked Tree” : 2011.01.11 : Pink Flag
Two Minutes :
Peter doesn’t just like Wire, he loves Wire. Chairs Missing changed his life. This album probably won’t change his life again. But that won’t stop Peter from listening to it repeatedly as it streams in its entirety on NPR.
peter likes music // 2010
Peter’s grandfather regularly remarks that he believes music continues to get better and better. Peter has to agree.
Peter liked a lot of things in 2010. Mostly he liked the music. let me count the reasons:
favorite songs
favorite 20 albums
top 5 albums
top 5 eps
favorite official videos
favorite live videos
favorite concerts
radness // Hauschka : various songs on NPR
One of those cases of highly-recommended musicians that sound too obtuse for my tastes, I’ve not given Hauschka the slightest chance—too busy looking for the latest pop fix. However, that changed after a few seconds of this video . . . I’ve got a new musician to explore.
Oh, and there are a few more videos from this session on NPR including this one where he talks out various ways of placing his instruments in the piano.
listen party // Avey Tare : “Down There”
NPR is streaming the forthcoming Avey Tare album in its entirety here.
listen party // Belle & Sebastian : “Write about Love”
NPR is streaming Belle & Sebastian‘s forthcoming album in its entirety here.
listen party // Blonde Redhead + Of Montreal
NPR is streaming two highly-anticipated albums in their entirety before they’re released:
Blonde Redhead // “Penny Sparkle” : 4AD : 2010.09.14 : streaming here
Of Montreal // “False Priest” : Polyvinyl : 2010.09.14 : streaming here
coming soon // listen party // Arcade Fire : “The Suburbs”
NPR is streaming the new Arcade Fire album in its entirety prior to its release here.
Arcade Fire // “The Suburbs” : “Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains)” :
Toro Y Moi live concert via NPR
If you’re like Peter, you don’t get out to see shows as much as often . . . time was he’d go see a show or two per week. But now, a certain 3 ft tall creature keeps him home most nights . . . which is why NPR’s live concert stream series is so valuable.
Check out Toro Y Moi’s opening set for Caribou at D.C.’s Rock and Roll Club. Check out the Caribou set while you’re at it . . . dreamy space pop galore!
coming soon // Broken Social Scene : “Forgiveness Rock Record”
Broken Social Scene // Forgiveness Rock Record : 2010.05.04 release
Streaming in its entirety on NPR until its release!
coming soon // New Pornographers : “Together”
New Pornographers Together To be released May 4—until then you can stream it in its entirety on NPR.
New Pornographers // Together : Your Hands (Together) :
new favorite album: Dr. Dog “Shame, Shame”
Dr. Dog // “Shame, Shame” : 2010.04.06 : Anti
genre power jam pop
sounds like lens flares on the beach. the back seat of a Vanagon road trip. dawn coffee outside a tent. oversized, indoor sunglasses. Dennis Wilson’s hypnagogic dreamscape.
notes consistently good. despite their name.
verdict fun. so much fun. it might be easy to deride this guys, but I find it impossible not to love them.
“Later” :
coming soon: the flaming lips “embryonic”
NPR is streaming the entire new Flaming Lips album for free up until its release!
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