This year NMT is brought to you by a sweet ass new MacBook! Ahaha amazing. So I hope you all brought in the New Year with a good time and a smile on your face! There is a lot to look forward to this year. Changes in life both big and small, new bands to discover, old bands to rediscover, concerts to see, music festivals to go to (Pemberton year 2? Reading? Sasquatch? CMJ?) and so much more. In this edition of NMT I will bring you some new music as always, some free music and a new website that I am very addicted too.... and get your mind out of the gutter. Also if anyone out there in NMT land would like to write a contributing article every now and then let me know as it would be nice for a different perspective every now and then.
ALBUM REVIEW:
Well....it's pretty early on in the new year.....not a lot of releases so far this year being only 6 days and one Tuesday in.....Well I am going to search something out to review to start the year off, I mean something half decent had to be released today right? RIGHT?! Ok, I am searching...searching....nothing yet. Wait! Well I think I found something. Here we go.
Glasvegas - Glasvegas
I enjoy Scottish bands, not sure why maybe the accent keeps me spellbound or maybe it's because those Scots that make music focus so hard on their music because well other than drinking and a caber toss or two what is there to do? So I checked out the self-titled album for Glasgow natives Glasvegas. New to me this band reminded me of a band I had heard before right away, but couldn't put my finger on it. This album has a pop element to it, and although it just got released in North America it has been out in the UK for a while and has received glowing reviews. But as with everything it can't last and now the band faces harsh criticisms much like Vampire Weekend did after everyone got sick of them.
Glasvegas covers simple topics in the music. Death, despair, melancholy rather poppy emo stuff. "S.A.D Light" is the highlight track on the album with a great drum backing. Other then that, it is kind of bland. Fairly typical elements and sadly as I was researching the band I found a horrible cover of Nirvana's "Come As You Are". Sadly, this was not the best start to the year, but there are some great albums on the way.
I was going to review Animal Collective's new album that was leaked at the end of December last year, but I didn't think it was right to listen to the leaked release. Although the vinyl came out today I didn't have the cash to grab it. But Pitchfork gave it a great review so we will see.
MUSIC NEWS:
So as most of you know I work at Apple and as many of you know Apple loves music. So today at Macworld a giant convention of a ton of Apple nerds, they held a regular keynote that happens every year. In this keynote they usually announce new products and stuff that is exciting for those of us who love them. Well, this year was no different. Today, for us music lovers Apple has made iTunes even better, yes it's possible. They announced today that they are going DRM-free! If you are not sure what DRM-free means, it means now when you buy an album or songs on iTunes you can burn it to a disc and it isn't protected. YEAH!!!!
Also, someone made a Jay-Z and Radiohead mash-up. It's not good.
FREE MUSIC:
Canadian Folk rockers The Acorn have released a holiday EP and another one of recordings that they did, obviously. Check out www.paperbagrecords.com and follow the links to download (legally) so free tunes. They are good so make sure to check it out.
MUSIC WEBSITE:
Holy crap this website I am about to tell you about is amazing, seriously amazing. You won't believe it till you check it out. But, I need to give this a proper introduction. In Calgary we don't always get the bands we want to roll through town, which is why I am moving to Toronto. But, sometimes even Toronto doesn't get the bands we want. So how will you ever get to experience some great live tunes from some of the great indie bands. Thanks to Amsterdam for bringing us more goodness. At the famous Paradiso club, many live acts roll through and the amazing staff at Melkweg Amsterdam bring us full live concerts via the good old information super highway.
Bands ranging from The Black Keys to Kate Nash have their full concerts on www.fabchannel.com. Fabchannel.com has brought me hours of entertainment, some great concerts and as I explore more I am sure some new bands will be discovered.
Well, a rather poorly written NMT to start the year I must say. Not up to snuff, but I will get back to my regular ways soon enough. At least I got the blog updated on Tuesday so points for that.
Hope have all enjoyed your holidays and I look forward to another year of bringing you new music.
--Dave
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