Despite the very dubious name, this track ‘Player has Butterflies’ sounds effortlessly cool. Great to hear these two together. More info/tracks on Monday.

J Dilla x Michael Jackson – Player has Butterflies

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Bonus and hugely impressive ‘Two Weeks’ fan video below.

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This is the precursor to his upcoming fifth album There Is Love In You released on January 26th on Domino Records. ‘Love Cry’ is the second track on the album.

There Is Love In You Tracklisting:
1 – Angel Echoes
2 – Love Cry
3 – Circling
4 – Pablo’s Heart
5 – Sing
6 – This Unfolds
7 – Reversing

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Proper Horror Show drops tonight in the Melody Bar, Capel Street, Dublin which also serves as the launch of label Ghettoquietly.
Forcefed, Eomac and Manus Goan will also be playing live and their is limited FREE DOUBLE VINYL of Proper Horror Show on the door. Amazing. It’s €10 and runs from 10.30pm to 2:30pm so if you’re popping along to this first you’ll make it in. Here’s a tune from Proper Horror Show:

MP3:Prince Kong – Outside feat. Tommy Trouble and Eccleton Jarrett

Incidentally, the photo above is by Rich Gilligan who has an exhibition of skateboarding photography happening until Sunday on Lad Lane (Just of Baggot St.), Dublin 2.

Proper Horror Show tracklisting
A1. Demons feat Comandante krakken
A2. Whatcha feat Lady Grew
B1. De Grouda feat Tommy Trouble & Eccleton Jarrett
B2. Cazz feat MC Quilombola
C1. Outside feat Tommy Trouble & Eccleton Jarrett
C2. Marchfloor feat Lady Grew
D1. Angsta feat Jah Balance
D2. Whailt feat MC Quilombola

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As well as the gig, the first 200 people in before 11pm will get a free release from the bands on the night. The exclusive CD for this gig features new and unreleased tunes:
BATS – “Witness The Diamond Heart”
Hands Up Who Wants To Die – “Graveyards For The Lovers” And “Why?”
Guilty Optics – “Down To Business” And “Fugue”

To win a pair of tickets, leave a comment below before tomorrow at 2pm.

BATS – Credulous Credulous

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It’s from Swedish songstress Titiyo’s upcoming album Hidden to be released in 2010 on Despotz records. Moto Boy is the other half of the duet.

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The duo of Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller play lo-fi/electro/B-more/punk-dance music which sometimes sounds like a garage rock band playing the Chemical Brothers. Apart from the abrasive and fun energy of ‘Crown On The Ground’ and the crunch bass-heavy/wailing ‘A/B Machines’, they’ve also got a sweet little ditty called ‘Ring Ring’ that Aoife played on her 2XM show last week. There are no releases yet but it seems like they are more than a one-trick pony. Sleigh Bells, motherfucker. Sleigh Bells.

Watch them blow up. Listen to three demo tracks here and a live video of ‘Infinity Guitars’ is after the jump too. Photo above by Kyle Dean Rutherford.

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MP3: Sleigh Bells – Crown on the Ground

MP3: Sleigh Bells – Ring Ring

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The band have moved away from the rock/electronic mesh sound of the Permissions EP into something more soft focus and hypnotic – mainly synth and atmospheric guitar driven electronica with obvious touches (but not too much) of their influences (namely post-rock, krautrock and minimal techno).

The whole album flows wonderfully and while the vocals have also been pared back, the instrumentation has been amplified. Much of it reminds me of the Lost in Translation soundtrack with its twinkling, new unknown city feel, particularly the aptly-named ‘Okinawa’ and ‘Lakes’. The production is faultless too. Another album to add to the best Irish albums of the year pile.

Here’s the opening track from Sound to Light which should give you an idea of what to expect from the album and the free gig.

Channel One – Soubresat

Myspace | Buy Sound to Light.

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Here’s the first track from the album in video and MP3 form.

Little Girls – Youth Tunes

Buy the album from Paper Bag – Digital | Vinyl | CD

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Tuesday 3rd Nov
- BLK JKS @ The Academy 2 – Win tickets (€11.80)
Wednesday 4th Nov
- Mew @ The Academy (€17.50)
Thursday 5th Nov
- Yo La Tengo @ Tripod (€20 – sold out?)
- Wild Beasts @ The Academy (€16)
- Analogue TV launch with Hunter Gatherer, The Great Lakes Mystery, Angkorwat, DJ Karlusss @ The Joy Gallery, Rutland Place (€5)
- Soundcheck @ Spy (Free before 11pm, €5 after)
Friday 6th Nov
- Channel One album launch, Le Galaxie @ The Button Factory (FREE)
- John Vanderslice @ Whelan’s (€13)
- Richter Collective Singles Club: Bats, Hands Up How Wants To Die and Optics @ The Twisted Pepper (€10)
- MUD: Sinden, Reeps One, Breakology @ The Twisted Pepper (€8/12)
- GhettoQuietly label launch – Prince Kong with Lady Grew, MC Quilombola & Kommandante Krakken @ Melody Bar, Capel St (€10)
Saturday 7th Nov
- David Turpin and Babybeef @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
- Skinny Wolves presents Silk Flowers, Patrick Kelleher @ The Joinery (€10)
- POGO: The Social feat. Donal Dineen, Barry Redsetta, Joma and Small Print Artists @ The Twisted Pepper (€5/10)
- Coors Light Peak: New Young Pony Club, Codes, RSAG @Dublin Docks (FREE with tickets from website)
Sunday 8th Nov
- The Drones @ Whelan’s (€13.50) – Cancelled.
Monday 9th Nov
- A Place to Bury Strangers, Japandroids @ Whelan’s (€15)
- The Hefty Horse Club w/ Feed the Bears – DJ night @ Whelan’s Upstairs (FREE)

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With a new album called Odd Blood dropping in the first week of February through Secretly Canadian, the band have released a new single package with remixes from Dj /Rupture and Memory Tapes. The song itself is as focused as the band have sounded with electronic squelches, horns, delay and the rambling positivity I associate with this band. Mark Odd Blood in your calender.

MP3: Yeasayer – Ambling Alp

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Kicking off with Veckatimest’s opening track ‘Southern Point’ is a smart move. It’s a song that is complex and dizzying on record, and live, the tune’s dynamics can really be felt, from the quietly strummed guitar parts to the raucous loud crescendos. Grizzly Bear’s big strength lies in their musicianship. They may not move around much but when the three voices of Chris Taylor, Ed Droste and Daniel Rossen rise in concordance, it has a magical, calming effect.

My full review of the show for State can be read here. Pics and a short video clip of ‘He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)’ below.

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The last ten days in NYC have been amazing. The food (Aoife’s got that part covered), the bars, the hotels, the people, the buildings, – I’ve consumed what the city had to offer but still want more of it. Of course, the real reason I was there was for CMJ 2009 – a showcase of 1300 bands taking place over five days in Brooklyn and Manhattan. I missed so many bands I wanted to see but here are the 8 best bands that I did catch at the festival. You can also read my piece on CMJ buzz bands from the Indo here.

1. Fanfarlo

   The first thing we hit at CMJ was The Music Slut’s Day Party in Piano’s and the first band we saw were Fanfarlo. Having absolutely fallen in love with their album Reservoir, I was delighted to see their live show is just as good. Swooping indie-folk music in the vein of Beirut and Arcade for sure, but strong enough to stand on its own two feet. Hopefully, they’ll hit Irish shores in the new year as I’d love to see them again.

   MP3: Fanfarlo – I’m a Pilot

2. Surfer Blood

   
   These Florida boys played 12 gigs at CMJ but it was actually a small Monday night show in Williamsburg post-CMJ where I caught them. Promising indie-rock (with a surf-rock tinge, a “more cowbell” attitude and plenty of catchy tunes to boot. Their sound is reminiscent of early Weezer with Wilco hanging around skulking in the background. One of this year’s palpable CMJ buzz bands. The footage below is by Abbey Bradden of Sup Magazine and was taken at the gig I attended.

   MP3: Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes

3. Suckers

   
   Suckers at IAMSound showcase by Jessica Amaya.

   I love Suckers’ mix of psychedelia, harmony, nuance and atmospherics. The main vocalist sounds like David Byrne and there’s a sense that this band are a little less normal than most which intrigues me a bit more. I caught them at the IAMSound showcase in the Bowery Poetry Club where Apache Beat (forgettable), New Villager (disappointing – full of theatrics, very few tunes and they didn’t play or I missed ‘Rich Doors’), Fool’s Gold and Golden Silvers also played.

   MP3: Suckers – Afterthoughts and TV

4. Chromeo

   
   Photo by Vincent Cornelli for the indispensable Brooklyn Vegan.

   The most anticipated gig of the entire trip took place in a Bowling alley/venue in Brooklyn on a Saturday night at the Green Label Sound showcase in the Brooklyn Bowl. Solid Gold, Theophilus London (see below) played and Holy Ghost! DJed in between with the execrable Amazing Baby also playing (please just stop lads, you’re awful).

   Chromeo were as was expected – brilliant. The duo played all of their hits – ‘Tenderoni’, ‘Fancy Footwork’, ‘Bonafied Lovin’, ‘My Girl is calling Me a Liar’ and new single ‘Night by Night’. Chromeo are all about the fun times. The bow-ties, synth-lines, percussion and cheesy smiles say it all. Did you know: the dude on the left is A-Trak’s brother?

   MP3: Chromeo – Night By Night (Skream remix)

5. Crystal Antlers

   
   Photo by Dig the Well @ The Cake Shop.

   One of the busiest bands at the festival, Long Beach’s Crystal Antlers were also the only band I caught more than once. Live, their psych-noise organ rock sound is even more frenetic. In their percussionist Damien, they have a magnetic live character who spent his time sweating and jumping around, banging and spinning cymbals like a proper rock star. He was also one of the nicest, funniest people you could meet. Big shout out to Ian and Paul who run The Go Go Radio Show in Montreal who were catalysts in rekindling my love for this band.

   MP3: Crystal Antlers – Tentacles

6. Duchess Says

   
   Photo by Eats Dirt.

   DS play bonkers pop-electro-rock from another planet (well Montreal) and their lead singer Annie Claude is a proper engaging mentaller. At the Brooklyn Vegan day party in Piano’s, she spent most of the time in the audience, jumping on people (she rugby tackled me to the ground), getting up in their face and gesturing to each note. She finished the set by walking out into the audience as far as her microphone chord could reach before giving us a “Ciao” and walking out of the venue’s front door. Absolutely brilliant and much more suitable than their Irish show a couple of years back.

   MP3: Duchess Says – Rabies (Baby’s got the)

7. Theophilus London

   
   More photos of the Brooklyn Bowl party.

   This boy is getting better and better. His style is totally his own – hip-hop based yet touches of dance and R&B with plenty of hooks. A great dancer and he can sing too. His This Charming Mixtape is a must and judging by the new songs he played in the Brooklyn Bowl, he’s on the up.

   MP3: Theophilus London – Enjoy The Sun

8. Rain Machine

   
   Arriving at the Fader Fort Party at the Ace Hotel (we stayed here for 2 nights – excellent young and hip hotel with record players, a guitar and a huge SMEG fridge in the room – recommended), I had already missed The Temper Trap, MNDR, Chaffeur (Mark Ronson’s new band with Theo London and Sam Sparro) but managed to catch the end of Florence and the Machine who was doing an acoustic set.

   The special guests who closed out the night turned out to be TV on the Radio Kyp Malone’s solo project Rain Machine. It was an engaging set that suggested that this is more than merely a side project. Live, Kyp is backed by another vocalist and keyboardist, bass, drummer and another guitarist but the focus is really all him, particularly during the solo song he plays towards the end. ‘Give Blood’ (in the video below) is the self-titled record’s standout track by far for its boisterousness and is lifted by the girl on backing vocals. Occasionally, it feels like a project in its infancy but it’s Kyp Malone and he’s a badass so you’ll listen.

   MP3: Rain Machine Smiling Black Faces

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