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[new music roundup] 11.29.11

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Between my 4 year wedding anniversary, the Thanksgiving holiday, prepping this year’s (31) Days of Good, and a fantasy football playoff-push,  I haven’t had much time to work on this week’s new music roundup.  Honestly though, I haven’t come across many interesting brand new releases.  But like I said earlier, I haven’t really put in a proper search and my email is way backed up.  However, there are a handful of interesting reissues, remasters, compilations, etc. being released this week.  So without further ado, a few of my favorite new releases this week…

Adele//Live At the Royal Albert Hall 

 

Gorillaz//The Singles Collection: 2001 – 2011

 

Various Artists//The Inbetweeners: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (features exclusive new music by Mike Skinner aka The Streets).

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New Music Roundup: 11.22.11

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A few of my favorite new releases this week…

The Antlers//(together) EP

For fans of: Bon Iver, Girls, Youth Lagoon, The xx
Key tracks: VCR (The xx cover), I Don’t Want Love (Peter’s Version), Rolled Together (feat. Neon Indian), Parenthesis (PVT Remix)

 

 

Death Cab For Cutie//Keys & Codes Remix EP

For fans of: The Postal Service, Dntel, Passion Pit, RAC
Key tracks: Some Boys (Rac Maury Remix), Codes and Keys (Yeasayer Remix), Unlocked And Open (Cut Copy Remix)

 

 

Sea Lions//Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid To Ask

For fans of: Sweater Girls, Catwalk, The Andersen, The Specific Heats
Key tracks: Grown Up, I Should Be Sleeping, I Loved her So Much, A Song for You

 

 

SUNBEARS!//You Will Live Forever

For fans of: Apartment, Saint Motel, Starfucker, Mindil Beach Markets
Key tracks: Give Love a Try, They Think They’re Soooo Philosophical, Together Forever, The Uncertainty Paradigm

 

 

Ty Segall//Singles 2007-2010

For fans of: Thee Oh Sees, Epsilons, Charlie & The Moonhearts, Jacuzzi Boys
Key tracks: Caesar, (…and then) Judy Walked In, My Sunshine, Standing At The Station

 

More noteworthy new releases:
Cirque Du Soleil: Iris
Ellie Goulding//Live At Amoeba Music
Kate Bush//50 Words For Snow
Sepalcure//Sepalcure
Silverclub//No Application EP

and of course, The Muppets!

 

 

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[watch] Life’s a Happy Song

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Zachary Scott for The New York Times

The marketing for The Muppets has been fantastic and this latest bit is one of the best ones yet.

In the video below, Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) and Kermit the Frog (The Muppets) perform the film’s opening song — “Life’s a Happy Song”.  (Fun fact: McKenzie served as the film’s music supervisor and also wrote the film’s songs)

The Muppets hit theaters this Wednesday (11/23) and the soundtrack is out now (iTunes).

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[on repeat] Y LUV//Earthquakes

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As a follow up to their recent EP, How Chill Can You Let Go, LA indie quartet Y LUV are back with their latest offering, “Earthquakes”.

The track premiered last week on the blog Blah Blah Blah Science, but you can now grab it here as well…and unless you don’t like good old fashioned indie-pop, combined with chilling harmonies, explosive beats, and aggressive guitar riffs, there’s really no good reason why this song isn’t already on your iPod.

“Earthquakes” is the first of two brand new singles, so stay tuned for more!

♪ Y LUV – Earthquakes

More Y LUV:
iluvyluv.com
facebook
bandcamp

 

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[watch] Michael B. Goode

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Marty McFly lives!

Michael J. Fox flashed his guitar skills on Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” a la the “Back To The Future” finale a la the “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance at his annual Parkinson’s disease benefit.  Fun fact: The “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance, coincidentally, took place on the same night as the fundraiser, 56 years earlier.

Enjoy.

and if you haven’t seen “Back To The Future” (what’s wrong with you?), here’s the original performance