Alexander Ebert, lead singer of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, will be releasing his debut solo album Alexander on March 1st via Community Music (Rough Trade will release the album in Europe on February 28th). The album will include ten brand new songs that Alexander wrote and composed entirely himself. If Truth is any indication of what that album [...]
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Ok so Nick Littlemore and Pete Mayes aka Pnau is back with a new single called The Truth and it’s pretty damn good. The version that everyone is listening to is a remix by Jump Jump Dance Dance and it’s pretty good but the version I’ve been stuck on is the Sam La More Remix and [...]
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Not too many will argue that slow music in the mainstream and underground has been pretty much absent for quite some time now. I can’t remember the last time I posted a song this slow and neither can I remember the last time I actually liked one. However, the Classixx remix of Active Child’s When [...]
I’ve held off on posting this song since the radio version started circulating last month but I finally got my hands on the MP3 today so it’s time to release it. Right ff the bat, this is one of my favorite tracks at the moment. Jamie Xx absolutely killed the production and Adele’s vocals are [...]
Saturday, January 8, 2011
The first time I ever sat down to make a beat, I dug through a stack of my dad’s records. After getting through the overwhelming amount of traditional irish music, I came across Harry Belafonte’s Calypso album, and was pleasantly surprised when I recognized track 1, “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)”. I came up empty looking [...]
It’s 4 AM and as usual these days I have very little interest in sleeping, when’s the next Noctambule right? It doesn’t help that I’m on another Swedish binge with music that’s custom made for the night owls. Today’s muse is Studio (Dan Lissvik and Rasmus Hägg), the production duo from Gothenburg that’s heavily invested in [...]
Yesterday EMPT was shown some major love by soundsgoodtometoo.com when we were selected to represent the letter E on their A to Z of Music Blogs list. Given the vast number of reputable blogs out there with that start with the letter we’re proud and honored to hold the title. We return the love and [...]