Limited Time Only: preview new Flaming Lips - Embryonic

Last night on The Colbert Report, the Flaming lips played "Convinced of the Hex," a track from their upcoming album (watch it below). It's a little dark, and slightly below par for the Lips, but they're in no danger of losing my support.

Although Embryonic isn't released until October 13, the Flaming Lips have provided the entire album for streaming preview on the Colbert Nation homepage. However, this opportunity to check it out early reportedly ends next Monday, Sept. 21, so don't dawdle. It's not obvious where it is, but just look just below the upper-left-hand corner.

There are pre-order links for Embryonic on Colbert Nation, but if you need no more convincing you can do so here. Also, there is a limited edition 2CD/1DVD, which comes with an opportunity to get two free tickets to the Lips' New Years Eve show (in Oklahoma City; my hometown!) if you pre-order it here.

Check it out before Sept. 21!

Hidden Camera Promos! Promos! Promos!

Next Tuesday, The Hidden Cameras release their new album Origin: Orphan, and boy are there some promo tracks out there for this album. Most recently, the band Records has authorized Seattle's KEXP to include "In the NA" on the Song of the Day Podcast. The sound of this song can only be described as silly, guaranteed to put a smile on your face. A somewhat older promo is for "Walk On", available for the cost of joining the mailing list (for the band, label or both). I'll play one of these next Tuesday, with an album review to follow.

Hidden Cameras - "In the NA" (follow link)
Hidden Cameras - "Walk On" (follow link)

Radio Recap - 15 September 2009

Due to some goings on at the station last night, there was more music than anticipated. Be sure to check out Autolux's "Audience No. 2" post.

20:00:00 Crocodiles “I Wanna Kill” from "Summer of Hate"
20:04:36 Ambulance LTD “New English” from New English
20:07:09 Weed Hounds “Save Me From My Lethargy” from Demo
20:10:36 Royal Bangs “My Car is Haunted” from Let It Beep
20:17:21 Real Estate “Fake Blues” from Fake Blues
20:20:21 The Fruit Bats “The Blessed Breeze” from The Ruminant Band
20:25:06 Vivian Girls “The Desert” from Everythin Goes Wrong
20:27:49 Autolux “Audience No. 2” from Audience No. 2 Single (read more)
20:32:30 The Feelies “Crazy Rhythms” from Crazy Rhythms
20:38:41 Sleepy Sun “Sleepy Son” from Embrace
20:46:05 The Swirlies “Pancake” from Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
20:49:21 Wild Beasts “All the Kings Men” from Two Dancers
20:53:21 The Bird and the Bee “Man” from Please Clap Your Hands
20:56:24 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin “Glue Girls” from Pershing
20:59:50 The New Pornographers “Mass Romantic” from Mass Romantic
21:03:54 Matt & Kim “5K” from Matt & Kim
21:06:04 The Promise Ring “Nothing Feels Good” from Nothing Feels Good
21:08:07 Tokyo Police Club “Graves” from Elephant Shell
21:10:43 Pomegranates “The Bellhop” from Everything is Alive
21:16:17 Gentleman Auction House “The Book of Matches” from The Book of Matches EP
21:20:16 Wye Oak “Please Concrete” from If Children
21:23:29 Les Savy Fav “The Equestrian” from Let's Stay Friends
21:26:57 Lync “Two Feet in Front” from Remembering the Fireballs
21:33:59 Sunny Day Real Estate “Sometimes” from Diary
21:39:42 Lemon Jelly “Elements” from Lost Horizons
21:48:24 The Whigs “Like a Vibration” from Mission Control
21:50:59 Oh No! Oh My! “Be a Star” from Dmitrij Dmitrij
21:56:09 The Magic Numbers “Keep It In the Pocket” from Those the Brokes

Promo .mp3: Autolux - Audience No. 2

Los Angeles' Autolux has made available their new single, Audience No. 2, under a name your own price scheme. Apparently, there was internet trouble with people paying, so they just sidestepped the whole process. It's a solid track and about what you might expect from them: crunchy, strong drum beat, softly sung lyrics...octaves made to sound dissonant. Get it here.

Radio Recap - 8 September 2009

08:00PM Fergus & Geronimo “Powerful Lovin” from Fergus & Geronimo
08:02PM Destroyer “Dark Leaves From a Thread” from Trouble in Dreams
08:05PM Polvo “The Pedlar” from In Prism (read more)
08:17PM Vivian Girls “The End” from Everythin Goes Wrong
08:20PM Palomar “The Planeiac” from Palomar 3
08:24PM Wavves “Cool Jumper” from Wavves
08:34PM Cotton Jones “Where You Stop for a Minute” from Rio Ranger EP (read more)
08:37PM Free Energy “Dream City” from Free Energy
08:41PM Bottle Up and Go “Wayward Son” from These Bones
08:44PM Jonna Lee “My High” from This is Jonna Lee
08:47PM Why? “Into the Shadows of My Embrace” from Eskimo Snow
08:56PM The Big Pink “Dominos” from Dominos
09:00PM The Decemberists “Tangerine” from Bridging the Distance- Portland, OR
09:02PM Treepeople “Liquid Boy” from Something Vicious for Tomorrow
09:06PM The Dandy Warhols “Godless” from Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
09:12PM The American Analog Set “Promice of Love” from Promice of Love
09:21PM Ambulance LTD “Yoga Means Union” from LP
09:26PM Blonde Redhead “23” from 23
09:27PM Cymbals Eat Guitars “Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)” from Why There Are Mountains
09:32PM Grandaddy “Gentle Spike Resort” from Broken Down Comforter Collection
09:36PM Neutral Milk Hotel “Ghost” from In an Aeroplane Over The Sea
09:40PM The Decemberists “Thank About Me” from Bridging the Distance- Portland, OR
09:42PM The Joggers “Long Distance Run Around” from Bridging the Distance- Portland, OR
09:56PM Elliot Smith “Southern Bell” from Elliot Smith

New Album: Polvo - In Prisms

One of the 90s greatest experimental bands has reunited to give us a new album, out last Tuesday. Polvo has always had a unique take on harmony and a superb use of dissonance, but In Prisms shows a great deal of the maturity and sophistication they gained during their nearly 12 year hiatus. As such, this album is less weird than anything the band's done before, especially in relation to Today's Active Lifestyles (1993; my favorate of theirs). Yet they haven't abandoned those completely out-of-tune notes that are the hallmark of their sound. To me, this dissonance sounds something akin to the "blue notes" oft mentioned in jazz, but for Polvo they are more than blue. Perhaps "dirty notes" would better describe the utter degree of misplacement that these effect. On Tuesday, I played "The Pedlar" and previously "Beggar's Bowl" (available free here) which are definitely the stand out tracks.

Buy In Prisms from Merge Records, here.

Free mp3 from a new EP by Cotton Jones

After a nearly two week hiatus from posting, I return to you with goodies. Not only has Cotton Jones, perhaps more famously known as Michael Nau from the band Page France, released the new Rio Rangers EP today, but one of the five tracks on the album is free for download from Quite Scientific Records. If you haven't checked out this side project (I hadn't), it's a bit more folky than Page France, but it retains the psychadelic aspects of the full bands. Listen for the free track "Where You Stop for a Minute" on Parallel University Radio tonight, and buy the EP here.

Cotton Jones - "Where You Stop for a Minute" .mp3