The Buzz Box 15

The Buzz Box 15

This week, the Buzz Box features the return of Feist, a stunning new track from prolific singer-songwriter Cass McCombs, an atmospheric spinner from the new War on Drugs album and a host of other fine singles culled from the blogosphere. Enjoy.

Cass McCombs :: The Same Thing


Blitzen Trapper :: Love the Way You Walk Away


The War on Drugs :: Come to the City


Feist :: How Come You Never Go There


I Break Horses :: Winter Beats


Balam Acab :: Motion

The Buzz Box 14

The Buzz Box 14

We are scavengers of the blogosphere. This week hear new tunes from Best Coast, Air France, Jens Lekman and previously buzzed acts SLEEP ∞ OVER, Dominant Legs and Gauntlet Hair.

SLEEP ∞ OVER :: Romantic Streams 

Air France :: It Feels Good to Be Around You

Jens Lekman :: An Argument With Myself

Dominant Legs :: Hoops of Love

Gauntlet Hair :: Top Bunk

Best Coast :: How They Want Me to Be

Download all six tracks below:

The Buzz Box 14

Boxer/Briefs #7

Boxer/Briefs #7

-William Burroughs interviews Jimmy Page

-The Atlantic considers Bob Dylan

-(My favorite) N+1 has a brilliant consideration of Hip-Hop as a misrepresented genre and of the general state of contemporary culture:

One reason hip-hop reached the masses like it did is that no other music better predicted or embodied the forms that postindustrial cultural consumption would take. Most casual hip-hop listeners, for all the handwringing about their being influenced, do not actually listen to rap lyrics. They listen to the beats, and what hip-hop’s beats suggest is a cultural world in which you are completely surrounded by reproductions of culture, in which culture never stops quoting itself in bits and fragments, in which sequels and remakes depend on the audience’s familiarity with the original documents.

The Buzz Box #12

The Buzz Box #12

The Buzz Box is your weekly sniff-test for tracks that have been garnering attention on the blogosphere. This week we hear a new track from prolific indie favorite Deerhunter as well as the first single from Ra Ra Riot's new album, The Orchard. Also featured are two rising acts that we've been loving over here at BCB, Beat Connection and Wise Blood (see Brandon's interview with Wise Blood below). Co-starring in this week's box are J. Tillman (from Fleet Foxes), SLEEP ∞ OVER and Delorean. Enjoy.

Deerhunter :: Revival
Ra Ra Riot :: Boy
Beat Connection :: In The Water
Wise Blood :: STRT SRNS
J. Tillman :: Three Sisters
SLEEP ∞ OVER :: La Rose
Delorean :: Real Love

The Buzz Box #11

The Buzz Box #11

I've been super busy so this post is a bit late in coming, but there has been some fantastic summery music emerging from the blogosphere the past few weeks. Cut Copy released a new single that reveals a rather significant stylistic shift for the group that leans towards current beachy trends. We also hear from previous buzzers Tennis, Yuck, and Twin Shadow who continue to drop excellent gems onto the blogs. For the pocket change we have tracks from a few blog-hyped hazers Dominant Legs, Still Corners, and Beige.

Cut Copy :: Where I'm Going
Tennis :: Baltimore
Twin Shadow :: Castles In The Snow
Still Corners :: Endless Summer
Dominant Legs :: Clawing Out At the Walls
Yuck :: Daughter
Beige :: In Kind

The Buzz Box #10

The Buzz Box #10

The Buzz Box is a weekly post where we review our favorite "buzz" songs from the blogosphere. This week we hear a great new track from of Montreal's upcoming album False Priest. Also featured is a new song from Best Coast as we countdown to their album release later this month. And don't miss the collaboration between The Dirty Projectors and Bjork.

of Montreal :: Coquet Coquette
tooth ache. :: Skin
Best Coast :: Boyfriend
Dirty Projectors + Bjork :: All We Are
Frankie Rose and the Outs :: Little Brown Haired Girls
The Jameses :: The Haunted Rider
Light Pollution :: Good Feelings

Also there is this great video from The Books that accompanied their live performance of the song "A Cold Freezin' Night" a couple months ago at the Triple Door. The Way Out will be out later this month.

The Buzz Box #8

The Buzz Box #8

This week on the buzz box we hear from up and coming pop group Magic Kids, a new (and best so far) Arcade Fire single, and a random assortment of weird lo-fi shit that has been making waves, including a fantastic new Washed Out track. We end with a slow+beautiful track from not-so-aptly-named Yuck.

Magic Kids :: Summer
Arcade Fire :: We Used to Wait (Song removed by request)
Twin Shadow :: I Can't Wait
Washed Out :: You and I 
Tennis :: Marathon
Yuck :: Automatic

P.S. If you like that last song as much as I do, try out some more Yuck at their website.

The Buzz Box #7

The Buzz Box #7

This week's buzz box sees some lesser known acts that are quickly rising to popularity throughout the blogosphere. Pay close attention especially to the two fantastic lo-fi ditties from The Sandwitches and Sleep Over. Also trending is new material from Candy Claw, a summery shoegazy act that is capitalizing on the "I think it sounds like Beach Boys but I can't really hear the vocals through the fuzz" genre.

Golden Ages :: It Doesn't Mean Shit
The Sandwitches :: Song of Songs
Sleep ∞ Over :: Outer Limits

Magic Man :: Darling (Reprise)

Candy Claws :: Silent Time of Earth

Dum Dum Girls :: Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout

The Buzz Box #6

The Buzz Box #6

The Buzz Box #6 features the new single from Kanye West, plus some new (fantastic) music from rising acts Bodies of Water, Suckers, and recently P4K approved Wild Nothing. Also included is a Paul Simon cover from The Tallest Man On Earth, who at least impressed my (musically picky) roommates at this past weekend's Sasquatch Music Festival. Enjoy:

The Tallest Man On Earth :: Graceland (Paul Simon Cover)
Kanye West :: Power
Bodies of Water :: Rise Up, Careful
Suckers :: A Mind I Knew
Wild Nothing :: Chinatown
Kathryn Calder :: Slip Away
Sean Carey :: In The Dirt

The Buzz Box #5

The Buzz Box #5

This week we have a fairly short Buzz Box, due more to the lack of new (good) music this week than my own laziness. The five songs here more than make up for the brevity of the list.

Arcade Fire :: The Suburbs
Toro Y Moi :: Leave Everywhere
Archie Bronson Outfit :: Shark's Tooth
Travels :: Swimming



Shoutout to Kendall for leading me to that video.

The Buzz Box #4

The Buzz Box #4

This week we hear from PNW artist, Pearly Gate Music (brother of Tillman from Fleet Foxes), new demo from Ganglians, lo-fi P4k loved Julian Lynch and a dreamy remix of our favorite Twin Sister.

Pearly Gate Music :: Big Escape
Ganglians :: My House
Julian Lynch :: In New Jersey 
Blue Hawaii :: Belize
Twin Sister :: All Around and Away We Go (Teen Daze Remix) 
Menomena :: Five Little Rooms

The Buzz Box #3

The Buzz Box #3

This week on The Buzz Box we hear from Peter (sans Bjorn and John), as well as some newer tunes from Damien Jurado and School of Seven Bells. Also present are some beautiful songs from newbies Villagers and (new to me) Travels. Making the Buzz Box for the third straight week is Memoryhouse with a brilliant recomposition of "Lately", a song off their The Years EP

Peter Moren :: Esther
The Coral :: Butterfly House
Damien Jurado :: Cloudy Shoes
Villagers :: Becoming a Jackal
Memoryhouse :: Lately (Troisieme)
Travels :: What You Haven't Seen
School Of Seven Bells :: Babelonia

Also, there is this:

The Buzz Box #2

The Buzz Box #2

This week on the second installment of The Buzz Box we hear a comeback from Wolf Parade who will be releasing a follow-up to their rather poorly received At Mount Zoomer. Also on the list are a few great tracks (that I will probably get in trouble for posting / grab them while you can) from Ratatat and Here We Go Magic.
And lets not forget GAUNTLET HAIR.

Gauntlet Hair :: I Was Thinking...
Wolf Parade :: Ghost Pressure
Sunglasses :: Whiplash
Here We Go Magic :: Land of Feeling
Ratatat :: Sunblocks
Memoryhouse :: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Best Coast :: Our Deal 




 

The Buzz Box #1

The Buzz Box #1

This week we will be starting a series of posts called "The Buzz Box" that will be a mix of the most current hyped music that we here at the Box consider worthy of your listening.

This week saw the continued rise of young acts Sleigh Bells and Memoryhouse as well as some great new tracks from some veterans like The Books and The New Pornographers. Also included is the only track worth listening to on the new Band of Horses album...

The Books :: Beautiful People
Memoryhouse :: Bonfire
The New Pornographers :: Crash Years
Band of Horses :: Factory
The Tallest Man on Earth :: King of Spain
Sleigh Bells :: Tell 'Em
Horse Feathers :: Belly of June

[Note: With the new media player you can only download a song (right click, save as) when it is not being played]