December 2011
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disco naïveté presents: The Sound of 2012
If the music industry was a horse race, I’d put my money on these horses. You’ll be familiar with some, others may be new to you. They’re all worth your time though, as I think these are the bands and artists you’ll hear a lot more from in 2012. I present you: The Sound of 2012.
Lana Del Rey
No surprises here. After hearing Lana Del Rey’s Video Games for the...
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Granit are Alba and Cristina, two girls from...
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disco naïveté presents: songs of 2011
These are, in my humble opinion, some of the best songs released in 2011, in no specific order. I could make a very long list of songs, but I figured I’d keep it short with just the bare essential jams of 2011. All of these songs gave me goosebumps the first time I heard them and most of them still have that effect on me today. If you wish to hear more amazing tracks, be sure to check out...
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Cocknbullkid - Adolescence
Cocknbullkid was going to release her early demos/songs as a package titled Adolescence next year but due to a leak and the festivities of Christmas and New Year, she decided to give it all away for free. If you’re as big as a fan of Anita Blay’s take on pop as I am you’ve probably heard most of these tracks already, but there are some previously unheard tracks to be found in...
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disco naïveté presents: albums of 2011
These are, in my humble opinion, the best albums released in 2011 - or at least the ones I enjoyed most. This is today’s version - if I take another look at this list in 3 months or so I’ll definitely want to move up/bump down some albums.
Please note that jj’s KILLS was (indeed) released in December 2010, but it’s one of the albums I’ve had on repeat all...
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mp3: Wintercoats - Forest of Lovers (Southern...
A little treat from Cascine, which combines two of my favorite Cascine-acts: Wintercoats and Southern Shores. The latter have remixed the former’s Forest of Lovers, which may at first sound a bit odd in your head (lo-fi violin pop meets balearic sample tropical pop) but it turns out that match is actually pretty great.
mp3 Wintercoats - Forest of Lovers (Southern Shores Remix)
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disco naïveté presents: videos of 2011
Antony and the Johnsons - Christina’s Farm directed by Milica Zec
Youth Lagoon - Montana directed by Tyler T. Williams
NewVillager - LightHouse directed by Ben Dickinson
Memory Tapes - Yes I Know directed by Eric Epstein
Wintercoats - Working on a Dream directed by Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson
Bon Iver - Holocene directed by Nabil Elderkin
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video: ceo - come with me (sail a whale version)
Sebastian Rozenberg, one half of Swedish SY-duo sail a whale, made a video to accompany their version of ceo’s come with me - taken from YOURS0176.
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disco naïveté presents: EP's of 2011
These are, in my humble opinion, the best EP’s released in 2011 - or at least the ones I enjoyed most. Please note that 2-track EP’s (Lana Del Rey, Purity Ring, Nicolas Jaar, Alex Winston, etc) are nowhere to be found in this list because one of the criteria for my personal list of EP’s is having at least 3 tracks. You can stream the top 5 in its entirity if you click on the...
disco naïveté Readers' Poll 2011: The Results
You’ve voted in our Readers’ Poll - bet you want to know the results. Once again, the readers of disco naïveté prove to have an excellent taste in music! Please note all votes (exactly 333!) were counted using the one and only Eurovision voting system - but the songs were obviously a lot better.
A lot of people have asked why there isn’t a favorite songs and/or videos option....
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video/mp3: The xx - Open Eyes (demo)
The xx are in the process of recording their new album; the trio just put up a demo of a song titled Open Eyes, which may or may not eventually end up on the album.
mp3 The xx - Open Eyes (demo)
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video: jj - How I Need You
This just appeared in my inbox - don’t know wether it’s new or official, but you never know with Sincerely Yours). It’s jj’s version How I Need You off The Embassy’s Just A Dream Away set to newborn puppy’s and their mother.
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video: Cat Power - King Rides By
Cat Power is recording a new album, but she also wants to do some charity. You’ll get access to an mp3 of King Rides By - a new version of the song that originally appeared on her 1996 full-length What Would The Community Think and the first taste of that new album - if you donate at least $0,99. Show your good heart and do it, you’re doing good and you get this great song in return....
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video: spêcial club - VI
Last year jj gave us KILLS for Christmas - this year the Swedish duo treat us on a new video/song VI off their new, more dance-oriented project spêcial club (which is them and Joel Rampage). I really have to learn Swedish someday. This (stunning) video was directed by Olivia Kastebring.
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video: Com Truise - VHS Sex
Com Truise’s VHS Sex, taken from his debut full-length Galactic Melt, was basically screaming for a VHS found footage video - Marta Giec made that happen.
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video: Planningtorock - Living It Out (Billy Lock...
Planningtorock messes around - far from as bad as it probably sounds, it contains some serious video-editing skills - with her video for Living It Out to accompany that mind-blowing remix Billy Lock (Felix Martin from Hot Chip) did of the song.
mp3 Planningtorock - Living It Out (Billy Lock Remix)
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Symmetry - Themes For An Imaginary Film
Three years in the making, Symmetry - the project that began as a conceptual tangent between Glass Candy, Chromatics, Mirage, & Desire’s more abstract sides - finally sees its release this month. Themes For An Imaginary Film is two hours of claustrophobic cinematic bliss compiled for Painters, Writers, Photographers, Designers, Cruisers, Night Walkers, & Dreamers. Adrenaline...
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video: Jónsi - Gathering Stories
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Niki & the Dove recorded a short but sweet...
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video: Lana Del Rey - Off to the Races
Women show men who’s boss in Lana Del Rey’s found-footage video for her newest joint Off to the Races, taken from her forthcoming Born To Die.
Light of my life, fire in my loins Be a good baby, do what I want Light of my life, fire in my loins Gimme them gold coins, gimme them coins
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The Weeknd - Echoes Of Silence
Final part of The Weeknd’s Balloons trilogy: Echoes Of Silence. The Weeknd’s producer Illangelo tweeted that “Echoes of Silence is going 2 be like if House Of Balloons met Thursday & they had a baby & then meanwhile that baby went back in time & fucked Thriller & then..”, kind of the first thought I had when I heard the first track: a cover of Dirty Diana....
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Lykke Li - The Lost Sessions - Vol. 1
Lykke Li shared proper recordings of those acoustic Lost Sessions we’ve seen - it’s just Volume 1, so I figure/hope there’s more to come. Stream and/or download the performances below.
zip Lykke Li - The Lost Sessions - Vol. 1
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We Have Band - What's Mine, What's Yours...
We Have Band perform an acoustic version of What’s Mine, What’s Yours - another previously unheard song, taken from their forthcoming sophomore effort Ternion. It is part of a 4-track acoustic session available on the deluxe edition of Ternion, out on January 29.
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video: Oupa - It's Rough (Smog cover)
Oupa, better known for his role in Yuck, did a cover of Smog’s It’s Rough - Porcelain Raft made a fitting, smokey video for the song.
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Alt Advent: December 21 - Woodkid
Day 21 in David Wilson’s ongoing Alt Advent series - we’ve heard new music from members of Metronomy and Little Boots amongst others, but today’s piece is soundtracked by Woodkid. It’s the first new Woodkid-material we hear since his debut EP Iron; a proper full-length The Golden Age is set to be released in 2012.
video: Panda Bear - You Can Count On Me
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video: James Blake - A Case Of You
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Haven’t properly introduced Azealia Banks...
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Marina & the Diamonds - Part 3: The Archetypes
Housewife, Beauty Queen, Homewrecker, Idle teen. The ugly years of being a fool, ain’t youth meant to be beautiful Queen of no identity I always feel like someone else A living myth. I grew up in a lie I can be anyone A study in identity & illusion An Ode to Cindy. A living film A Real fake And you will never know. Love “Through others, we become ourselves” - The...
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mp3: Memoryhouse - The Kids Were Wrong
As previously reported, Memoryhouse are set to release their debut full-length The Slideshow Effect on February 28 via Sub Pop. The Toronto- based duo just shared the first outtake from that LP (although not all material is that new) in the form of a previously unheard dreampop gem The Kids Were Wrong.
mp3 Memoryhouse - The Kids Were Wrong
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video: Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond...
Here’s the “traditional” video for Arcade Fire’s Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains), but I strongly recommend you check out the interactive one - it involves you dancing with your hands in front of your webcam, which is far more interesting and fun.
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Kindness announce debut album 'World, You Need A...
Kindness, the project of funky disco-revivalist Adam Bainbridge, will release his debut album World, You Need A Change Of Mind on March 19 via Polydor-imprint Female Energy. You’ve heard Cyan (video below) and SEOD, yet a bunch of other tracks can be found on Youtube as well (Gee Up, Swingin Party, etc). Pre-order World, You Need A Change Of Mind here.
01 SEOD 02 Swingin Party 03 Anyone...
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video: Soap&Skin - Boat Turns Towards The Port
Austrian goth-piano artiste Soap&Skin is set to release a new 8-track/30 minute EP Narrow on February 10, the first new music she will release since her critically acclaimed debut album Lovetune For Vacuum. A first new song titled Boat Turns Towards The Port has been unveiled, along with an accompanying found footage video. You can pre-order Narrow here - one of the tracks is a cover of the...
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video: Zambri - To Keep Back
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video: Flight Facilities - Foreign Language (feat....
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video: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
The video for Lana Del Rey’s new single Born To Die was directed by Yoann “Woodkid” Lemoine, shot in a castle in France and features model Bradley Soileau, which reminds Del Rey of a dark and mysterious side of the magnetic boy she used to know.
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video: Marissa Nadler - In Your Lair, Bear
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mixtape: b£b£ Tune$ - inhale c-4 $$$$$
Terms like “crazy” and “weird” don’t capture the oddness of b£b£ Tune$’ (James Ferraro’s new sideproject) mixtape inhale c-4 $$$$$. 80’s synths, samples, bits & bloops, bouncing rhythms, autotune like you’ve never heard it before, etc, etc, etc. Grab it below, but don’t say I didn’t warn you - you can stream MADNE$$ below and...
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Youth Lagoon recently played some songs for Sirius...
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mp3: Young Eagle - No One Is Holy Without...
The eagle transcends altitudes of 10,000 feet. His golden plumage breaks through the clouds and he escapes the bounds of this green earth. While some might say he flies too high, like Icarus, we believe that one day, we will all transcend, and have our youth renewed like the eagle’s.
The Apiary releases Young Eagle’s debut 2-track EP; dreamy Swedish pop à la Sincerely Yours, fans of...
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Little is known about 2forJoy, apart from the fact...
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video: Niki & the Dove - DJ, Ease My Mind
Niki & the Dove made a found footage video of trapeze artists showing some tricks for their debut single DJ, Ease My Mind about a year ago, but now the Swedish duo made a “proper” video for the song with plenty of weird stuff and dancing going on. (via)
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video: Fantasy Island - Breaking A Heart
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Dyymond Of Durham is a new side project/excursion/journey of psychedelic dub wizard Forest Swords. The two tracks he has uploaded to his Soundcloud - Are You Seeing Her and Border Height - are improvised first takes set to an episode of respectively Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Being Bobby Brown.
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stream: Idiot Glee - Reindeer's Time
Voicelooping left-field pop artist Idiot Glee treats us on an early Christmas-present (just like last year) in the form of a 4-track Christmas-themed EP. His amusing cover of Jingle’s Bells will definitely make you smile; stream the EP below and grab it over at Bandcamp.
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video: o F F Love - close to u, i'm not
A very big o F F Love fan shows his/her room, filled with artwork and other creations from a handful of artists (full list in the Youtube-description), all set to o F F Love’s piano-tingled r&b-slowburner close to u, i’m not (out now on m=maximal, a Kompakt imprint). (via)