New Music Tuesday
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Ontario folk group Great Lake Swimmers boosted their profile in 2007 when their song "Your Rocky Spine" was featured on Showtime's Weeds. Sharing the stage with Feist, Goldfrapp, and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and receiving critical praise from Paste Magazine and Pitchfork, has helped the band build a dedicated fanbase. Their highly anticipated Lost Channels features songs inspired by the majestic Thousand Islands region of Ontario, where the band recorded the album. Get it for only $5, with "Pulling The Line" as a free download!
For fans of: Neil Young + Sufjan Stevens + Shearwater
After winning over plenty of new fans at SXSW, Montreal duo Thunderheist have arrived in full force with their debut full-length! Nigerian-born emcee Isis and producer Graham Zilla make a sleazy, sweaty combo of club rap and factory-sized production, keeping the tempo low and the bass even lower.
For fans of: Simian Mobile Disco + Kid Sister + Yo Majesty
Inspired by old movies and a general love of the '50s, L.A. musician Jeremy Jay makes romantic, retro indie pop. Falling somewhere in between The Cure and The Cars, Jay mixes his bright-eyed emotions with chilly synths and post-punk drums; Tiny Mix Tapes calls Slow Dance "a winter-night pop album that follows fragile, too-cool-to-care finger-snapping characters."
For fans of: David Bowie + Morrissey + The Cars
Malajube's structurally complex indie rock established this Québécois quartet as a band to watch. In 2006 they were nominated for Canada's Polaris Music Prize and received a favorable 8.2 out of 10 review from the infamously critical Pitchfork for their debut album. On Labyrinthes, the group packs blazing guitar riffs, stylistic shifts and maze-like arrangements into their elaborate sound.
For fans of: The Flaming Lips + Sigur Rós + Mercury Rev
Best known as the frontman for seminal alternative rock group Swervedriver, Adam Franklin has stayed active as a solo musician (and recently collaborated with Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino to form the band Magic Morning). Franklin's second solo release, Spent Bullets, is a warmly-produced album of summer-evening music, calmly psychedelic and utterly relaxing
For fans of: Swervedriver + Secret Machines + Lush
After creating a beat a day for an entire year, Brooklyn's Mux Mool released his instrumental Drum EP in 2008. This earned him a selection as one of URB's "Next 100," and led to him hooking up with Machinedrum for a remix of his single "Death 9000." On Just Saying Is All, his latest EP, Mux Mool blends hip-hop and club in a way that can only be described as sinister -- the bass is deep, the synths are dark, and the grooves are dirty.
For fans of: Danger + Daft Punk + Machinedrum
