The Joy Formidable’s The Big Roar was one of my favorite album’s of 2011 and after listening to the band’s latest tracks (“This Ladder Is Ours” and “Cholla”), i’m even more excited for the follow up Wolf’s Law, which will be released on Jan 21st. While you wait, catch the band on tour and enjoy “This Ladder Is Ours” below.
More holiday tunes to look forward to!
Starbucks’ label, Hear Music, and Concord will release a compilation of artists covering holiday classics on Oct 30th. Holidays Rule will feature the likes of The Civl Wars, Eleanor Friedberger, The Head and The Heart, Paul McCartney, Rufus Wainwright (who also has a touring Christmas show with his sister Martha), Sharon Van Etten, and many, many more. Check out the complete track list while enjoying Rufus and Sharon’s rendition of one of favorites, “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. Enjoy.
01 fun.: “Sleigh Ride”
02 The Shins: “Wonderful Christmastime”
03 Rufus Wainwright with Sharon Van Etten: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
04 Paul McCartney: “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”
05 Black Prairie: “(Everybody’s Waitin’ for) The Man With the Bag” [ft. Sallie Ford]
06 The Civil Wars: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
07 Calexico: “Green Grows the Holly”
08 AgesandAges: “We Need a Little Christmas”
09 Holly Golightly: “That’s What I Want For Christmas”
10 Irma Thomas with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band: “May Everyday Be Christmas”
11 Heartless Bastards: “Blue Christmas”
12 Eleanor Friedberger: “Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me”
13 Fruit Bats: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
14 Y La Bamba: “Señor Santa”
15 The Punch Brothers: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
16 The Head and The Heart: “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve”
17 Andrew Bird: “Auld Lang Syne”
Freelance Whales are gearing up for the release of their sophomore effort — Diluvia. Yet another 2012 release i’m really excited for.
After forming in 2008, the indie-pop quintet released their debut LP Weathervanes in 2009 (one of my favorites that year) and have been touring pretty much ever since. According to the press release, “Diluvia finds the New York-based five-piece, led by vocalists/multi-instrumentalists Judah Dadone and rounded out by Doris Cellar, Chuck Criss, Kevin Read and Jacob Hyman, pushing the sonic boundaries of their breakthrough debut Weathervanes. Recorded over two months in New York City with producer Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells, Cults), the album is both dramatic and expansive, while retaining the homespun charm of its predecessor.”
In support of the new album, Freelance Whales have also announced an upcoming US tour. Purchase tickets to any of the shows and you’ll receive the entire new album the day it’s released. Diluvia will be released jointly by Mom+Pop Music and Frenchkiss Records on October 9.
Very little details at this point (other than the photo and note above), but Phantogram announced yesterday that they are working on their next record! I for one can’t wait for the new album and will be following this closely. Stay tuned.
“After months and months of work in the studio, in the woods, in the city – writing, recording, experimenting and tweaking, we are very excited to finally release our second full-length album out into the world. It will be available in all the usual ways, including a very special double vinyl package. Please stay tuned as pre-orders will be available soon, and tour dates will be announced! And as a little treat just for our mailing list friends – get excited with this mashup of a few seconds from each song on the record. Enjoy!” ~ Savoir Adore
The Brooklyn duo will release Our Nature on Oct. 16th.
Tracklist:
1. Dreamers
2. Loveliest Creature
3. Sparrow
4. Imagination
5. Anywhere You Go
6. Our Nature
7. Regalia
8. At the Same Time
9. Empire of Light
10. Speed Bump
11. Wild Davie
12. Sea of Gold