Pitchfork might have come down a little too heavy on poor old Peter Gabriel. The man’s legendary status doesn’t necessarily give him a free pass on every art-wank project he undertakes, but there is a quiet beauty to his new covers album “Scratch My Back”. It’s the kind of record that would soothe you on your journey from drunken dawn to afternoon-hangover. Check out (and download) the moody piano work on his cover of Bon Iver’s “Flume” [via Stereogum].
If that ain’t enough, read the jaw-droppingly good tracklist:
Tracklist:
01 “Heroes” (David Bowie)
02 “The Boy in the Bubble” (Paul Simon)
03 “Mirrorball” (Elbow)
04 “Flume” (Bon Iver)
05 “Listening Wind” (Talking Heads)
06 “The Power of the Heart” (Lou Reed)
07 “My Body Is a Cage” (Arcade Fire)
08 “The Book of Love” (The Magnetic Fields)
09 “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” (Randy Newman)
10 “Après moi” (Regina Spektor)
11 “Philadelphia” (Neil Young)
12 “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” (Radiohead)
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With indie-rock nights in extremely short supply for Sydney-siders, we at Britpop think its high time we gave a massive shout-out/big-up/slap-on-the-back to our good buddies at Teenage Kicks. For a year now, they’ve been bashing out the indie hits every Thursday night at World Bar. AND they know that indie means guitars (fercrissakes).
On Thursday 4th March, Teenage Kicks host the official Franz Ferdinand after-party as part of their first birthday celebrations. They can’t promise you Alex Kopranos bursting out of a giant cake, naked…but it’s possible that some of the band could show up. Anyway you skin it, it’s gonna be one massive night!
UPDATE: We only have a handful of “industry-priced” (read: cheap) tickets remaining for the Franz Ferdinand show at Luna Park on Thursday 4th March. They’re $75 each – waaay cheaper than Ticketmaster. Hit us up at britpopinoz@gmail.com if you’d like to know more.
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Roll up, roll up. Have we got a deal for you? We’ve teamed up with the lovely folk at Future Music to bring you DISCOUNTED Franz Ferdinand tickets. Everyone loves a bargain, right? Yup, we’re selling tickets for the Franz Ferdinand show at Luna Park, Sydney on Thursday 4th March. But we’re not asking $85 each, oh no. We’re not even asking $80. We’re letting them go out the door for $75 a pop – that’s way cheaper than Moshticketmastertek. E-mail us at britpopinoz@gmail.com if you’re keen.
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Whilst we’re furnishing with you with MP3s on an electronic/remix tip, here’s a tune that FBi radio (gawd bless ‘em) have been flogging to death in the past couple of weeks: Matthew Dear’s take on the The XX‘s “VCR“. Matthew Dear is a techno GODhead and you should (nay, MUST!) download the free MP3 right here. [via Pitchforkmedia]
This entry was written by , posted on February 9, 2010 at 7:11 am, filed under Best New Music, Free stuff. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Not your usual indie-rock/Britpop fare this one. Gui Boratto puts a bleepy minimal-tech spin on a track from the new Massive Attack album, “Heligoland“. As per most of Boratto’s output as a producer, it’s a spacey and melodic take on what is an otherwise moody original cut. Download it here. [via NME.com].
You can catch Gui Boratto‘s euphoric live show at the forthcoming Playground Weekender on 20th February 2010.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the most underrated music-related website in Australia is Moshcam. Why? Because you can now watch the entirety of Jarvis Cocker‘s knockout performance at Sydney’s Metro Theatre last December. The smell of corduroy is almost palpable.
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Head “Triple J” Honcho Richard Kingsmill interviews lead singer of The Horrors (Faris Badwan) about the how they came to make the best British album of last year and (predictably) what they think of Australian audiences. Speech DeWho?
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There’s little room to doubt Florence Welch’s popularity in Australia. The astonishing thing about her is that she makes her performances look so effortless. Songs that are “hard” and “strident” on record are imbued with a sense of warmth in a live setting. Here’s a lovely moment from Florence & The Machine‘s recent Laneway sideshow at Sydney’s Metro Theatre.
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Some generous punter captured the entirety of the recent (incendiary!) Future Of The Left show at The Annandale Hotel. The quality is patchy at best, but what you do get is a strong sense of a band at the peak of their powers. Check out Andy Falkous giving the finger to a persistent heckler!
There are seven parts in all.
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