Far From Noise

When I started this project last week, I thought that I would be adding 4-5 songs a week of new material and the old songs would just fall off the end of the mix.  However, I somehow came up with 12 “new” songs and had to replace the entire list.  I say “new” because some of these songs definitely came out before some of the songs I posted last week.  Therefore, they aren’t all necessarily new since last week, but they are new to me and still pretty recent.
You can purchase this mix (or individual songs) from here:

1. Ladytron – Burning Up
   Album: Velocifero   
   This record isn’t due out until June but I found a good track on myspace and thought I would share.
   
2. The Submarines – You, Me, & The Bourgeoisie
   Album: Honeysuckle Weeks   
   Can’t recall where I first heard this song, but a really great track.  Due out mid-May.
   
3. Nine Inch Nails – Discipline
   Album: The Slip   
   Free single compliments of Live 105.  Expect the full album in 2 weeks.
   
4. Tokyo Police Club – Your English Is Good
   Album: Elephant Shell   
   Really liked their last album and lots of people like their new album.  I think the new one sounds a bit monotonous.
   
5. Flight Of The Conchords – Business Time
   Album: Flight Of The Conchords   
   Absolutely hysterical comical duo that I first saw on Comedy Central and now they’re huge on HBO.
   
6. Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart (7 Edit)”
   Album: I Will Possess Your Heart (Limited Edition 7)”   
   First single off their new CD.  These guys seem to be a love or hate band for most people.  I love them.
   
7. Tapes ‘n Tapes – Hang Them All
   Album: Walk It Off   
   Saw these guys a couple years back and the opening band, Cold War Kids, went on to better things.  But Tapes ‘n Tapes is still making some good music.
   
8. Cloud Cult – Journey Of The Featherless
   Album: Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)   
   They remind me of The Flaming Lips and I really like this new CD. Apparently they have three previous discs that are even better.  They are going to be at Bottom of the Hill on May 13th if you like them.  I’ll be there.
   
9. Gnarls Barkley – Run (I’m A Natural Disaster)
   Album: The Odd Couple   
   Should have had this track last week.  Don’t know how I forgot it.  Good sophomore CD from this duo.
   
10. Elbow – Grounds For Divorce
    Album: The Seldom Seen Kid   
    Found this band through Filter.  I honestly don’t like the new CD, but this one track is pretty good.  Pretty cool website though.
    
    
11. Sons & Daughters – Darling
    Album: This Gift   
    Go Scotland!  Another band from Glasgow.  Heard this band a year or more ago on the radio. Their new CD is VERY good and a lot more mature than the last one.  They are going to be at GAMH on May 2nd and I’ll be there too.
    
12. The Duke Spirit – The Step And The Walk
    Album: Neptune   
    Heavily promoted band on Filter.  Decided to look into them and liked this song a lot.  Didn’t listen to anything else of theirs.
    

I put together my first online mix tape of new music that I have come across.

I’m going to try and keep this up to date and add new music on a weekly basis (or as I hear new music to share).  New stuff I find will be at the top and things will be bumped off the bottom.  Everything will be in order of release date so the transition between songs might be a bit abrupt.  I hear about new stuff through the Filter newsletter, Rhapsody, Rolling Stone, and then just whatever I happen to come across thanks to bands coming through town or on late night television.

I’m using mixwit because they allow me to point to any song I want and I don’t have to worry if they have it in their library.  It’s free and they tie into seeqpod and skreemr so there are quite a few songs available.  If you get inspired and create your own mixtape, please let me know and if you have any suggestions on bands I might be missing out on, I’d love to hear about them.  Please forward this on to anyone else you think might like to hear some new music.

You can purchase this mix (or individual songs) from here:

1. Tristan Prettyman – Hello
   Album: Hello…x   
   Came across this randomly on Rhapsody and liked her voice. She was a former model for Quicksilver. You can listen to all of her CDs FOR FREE right here and several of her live shows can be downloaded for free here.
   
   
2. The Gossip – Yr Mangled Heart (Live)
   Album: Live In Liverpool   
   Also a random find but love the energy of this group.  They played on Letterman recently.  Formed in Searcy, AR, they now call Olympia, WA, home.
   
3. Phantom Planet – Dropped
   Album: Raise The Dead   
   A friend recommended these guys and then I heard them on Kimmel.
   
4. Frightened Rabbit – The Modern Leper
   Album: The Midnight Organ Fight   
   Random Rhapsody find but I seem to love all rock bands from Scotland.
   
5. Foals – Hummer
   Album: Antidotes   
   Filter recommendation.  They remind me of some other band, but I can’t place it.
   
6. The Breeders – Overglazed
   Album: Mountain Battles   
   You might remember this band from a song called Cannonball.  Pretty good new album from them.  In case you didn’t know, The Breeders is the love child of Kim Deal, the bassist of The Pixies, and Tanya Donelly, the guitarist of Throwing Muses.
   
7. Moby – The Stars
   Album: Last Night   
   Some dance/disco music from Moby. He performed on some late night show and I enjoyed it.
   
8. The Raconteurs – Hold Up
   Album: Consolers of the Lonely   
   This record is amazing.  I had a hard time picking just one and I’m so bummed I’m going to miss out of them at Bimbo’s this Wednesday.  This is Jack White‘s band project with Brendan Benson (and some other guys I never remember. SORRY!).
   
9. Lyrics Born – Don’t Change
   Album: Everywhere at Once   
   Local Bay Area artist with a really good sound.  He crosses over to the alternative crowd somehow.  Liked the last record more, but not bad.
   
10. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Dawn of The Dead
    Album: You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into   
    Rolling Stone had a blurb on this electronic-based band.  Pretty eclectic record but a few gems.
    
11. Duffy – Mercy
    Album: Rockferry   
    Think of Amy Winehouse or Lilly Allen, but still has her own sound.  Much more of a singer/songwriter sound.
    
12. Back Door Slam – Come Home
    Album: Roll Away   
    Young kids from the Isle of Man playing blues.  The lead guitarist is a 20 year old guitar god.  He’s going places. Saw them at the Independent.