Paper Symphonies
The music I'm listening to now, and why I love it so.
-Teresa Garigen
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The definitive documentary of the final days of New York’s electronic storm LCD Soundsystem opens in US theaters for one night only.
On July 18th over a hundred theaters will premiere Shut up and Play the Hits for fans all across the nation. Tickets are already on sale for all locations, and some are already sold out, but more show times are expected to be added for those cities.
Watch the trailer above and click here for a list of cities showing the film.
After releasing the mysterious aquatic trailer a few weeks ago fans have been trying to figure out what Undersea will be. Turns out it was the trailer for their brand new EP coming out July 24th.
The Antlers: Undersea tracklist:
1. Drift Dive – 4:48
2. Endless Ladder – 8:30
3. Crest – 3:42
4. Zelda – 5:31
Today, the opening track “Drift Dive” surfaced from Anti-records. Listen to the fluid, atmospheric song here.
For those still confused by this nautical themed album, The Antlers shared with their fans some insight and explanation of Undersea:
“It begins in the dream of a peaceful flood. Water covers everything and rises. We take a deep breath in and a slow breath out. Everything is changed.Time slows and stretches as a connectedness washes over everything. We’re left treading water, backstroking into the future.Undersea is the feeling of suspension- memories suspended in time and space, energy suspended in the air around us. It’s the serenity of drifting off to sleep or of sinking to the bottom of the ocean. It’s both the comfort of knowing that some questions have no answers, and the torment that we’re never meant to know the truth.We’ve searched for patient, colorful sounds and found a meditative calm, a persistent pulse that leaves room for everything to breathe and expand as a new world takes shape.There is no hurry.”
Amanda Palmer - Want It Back
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra: Theatre is Evil
Record label rebel, Amanda Palmer has gathered a new band of misfits and recorded an album in Melbourne, Australia. An album that’s funding broke Kickstater records with a total of $1,192,793 donated.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra recently embarked on their Summer Promo Tour for their new album Theatre is Evil (title and cover art recently revealed through Twitter and Facebook), which will be released this September.
As promised, they will be weaving their way through six cities: Berlin, London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angles, and Boston performing “traditional” rock shows, plus intimate art show openings and acoustic performances for VIP Kickstarter backers.
Palmer has become internet famous for staying directly connected to her fans and inventing money-making/donation opportunities that allow her to remain outside of the greedy and sometimes insane demands of being under a record label.
An influx of popular artists have been using websites like Kickstarter to fund their creativity in similar ways as Palmer, but the 24,883 backers for Theatre is Evil is remarkable, thanks to her internet-fostered cult following across the world. She is absolutely correct; “This is the future of music.”
Above is Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra’s new-wave inspired single “Want It Back.”
Heavy Rotation: May 2012
The 8 albums that I listened to the most during the month of May:
Best New Tracks:
Some of my favorite songs from newly released albums or upcoming releases:
