Simon Green, aka Bonobo, returns with his fourth album, Black Sands, out on March 23 via Ninja Tune. “The Keeper”, the first single from the album, is a fine collaboration between the British producer and musician and the soulful vocalist Andreya Triana. It’s mellow, dreamy and overall delicious track once again proving Green’s outstanding production skills.
Bonobo is going to be all over the place:
26 Feb 2010 Departure Lounge DJ set Edinburgh
27 Feb 2010 Le Belleviloise DJ set Paris
1 Apr 2010 Metro Chicago
2 Apr 2010 Opera House Toronto
4 Apr 2010 Music Hall Of Williamsburg New York City
5 Apr 2010 Bowery Ballroom New York City
9 Apr 2010 Club 828 Asheville
10 Apr 2010 New Earth Music Hall Athens, GA
17 Apr 2010 Ogden Theatre Denver
20 Apr 2010 Casbah San Diego
22 Apr 2010 El Rey Los Angeles
23 Apr 2010 Mezzanine San Francisco
24 Apr 2010 Wonder Ballroom Portland
25 Apr 2010 Showbox Seattle
4 May 2010 The Sage Gateshead
5 May 2010 MINE, Leeds University Leeds
6 May 2010 Maraia am Ostbahnhof Berlin
7 May 2010 Nomad Cafe Marseille, France
8 May 2010 Couleurs Urbaine Festival Toulon
9 May 2010 Theatre Lino Ventura Nice
10 May 2010 Elysses Montmarte Paris
11 May 2010 Melkweg Amsterdam
12 May 2010 Simplon Groningen
13 May 2010 Jazz sur les Pommiers Coutances
14 May 2010 Rock and Solex Rennes
15 May 2010 Walk The Line Festival Hague
16 May 2010 Botanique Brussels
17 May 2010 Tivoli Utrecht
20 May 2010 Guildhall Theatre Gloucester
21 May 2010 Hippo Plymouth
22 May 2010 O2 Academy Bristol
23 May 2010 Chill Out Festival Istanbul
26 May 2010 Rescue Rooms Nottingham
27 May 2010 Band On The Wall Manchester
28 May 2010 Hare and Hounds Birmingham
29 May 2010 Roundhouse London
30 May 2010 Wilde Theatre Bracknell
So Joanna Newsom went dormant for three years, and now wakes up with a triple album. Ah, such symmetry, such a sleeping beauty. Well, in that case, it’s quite befitting to accompany this awakening (of a woman!) with Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Two songs from the upcoming Have One on Me were pre-released. Feast your ears on these while waiting impatiently for the next two weeks for the February 23rd released date. Somehow she strikes me as a post-2000s Fiona Apple. Luckily, she has Drag City and not Sony.
The whole girls starry scenes reminded me of the Virgin Suicides, which befit quite well Warpaint’s music and lineup. We should probably hear and see more of this band. More I said? Well, check out this street-wise video for Billie Holiday (stick to the end, there’s a small sweet surprise):
In this later video Warpaint borrows heavily from Mary Wells‘ My Guy. One can draw a lot of what they copy and what they change. It’s interesting to see how it reflects on how society changed and how it didn’t. Just some food for thought. Since we are now into food, here’s Mary Wells, yummy:
It has been a while since an album was just looping continuously in my ears. The new Lightning Dust album, titled Infinite Light, is doing it for a few days now. Somewhere between the Dresden Dolls and Clientele, the Lightning Dust is a new gem.
St. Vincent’s minimal-aesthetics detail-obsessed new video is an excellent excuse to check out her new album, Actor. Furthermore, once you do that, make sure to also pay her debut album, Marry Me, a visit, it’s a true gem. tinyways plans to cover St. Vincent later on after we see her live in February.
Yea, I know, Charlotte Gainsbourg is not just the sum of her two legs. But, since they are the best looking in the business, I feel it would be a crime not to give them an honorable mention. However, with her heritage she was definitely doomed since childhood to have an amazing combination of charm, beauty and talent. That’s all nice and dandy, but it really gets wicked when you throw Beck into the pot as well. If you need any proof of Beck’s inter-galactic talent, just try to look for a solo live performance he gave in a church a few years ago. If you do manage to find it, be sure to drop a line here so I can re-find it as well. Anyway, back to our video here, if the upcoming record, titled IRM and schedule to release on December 7th, will sustain the same level, we are for a kick-ass album. Sweet.
The new Flaming Lips video clip is a celebration of a back-to-nature/back-to-the-womb fantasy. The one above is not that video. This is one of their previous one, but it give a sense of where the Watching the Planets video came from and what stands behind it. In my opinion though, it’s much better. You can catch the Watching the Planets video here. Sorry, but it was technically not possible to embed.
