Time travel...

Blouse's self titled debut album is here! A very promising work from the group from Portland.

Blouse's S/T LP by The FADER

Bad As Me

Finally, Tom Waits is back with a new album after 7 years, "Bad As Me" (24/10/2011)!! "Bad As Me" displays the full career range of Tom Waits' song writing.

Tom Waits - Bad As Me by antirecords

Tom Waits - Back In The Crowd by antirecords

a nuclear submarine falling from space

Fanfarlo are about to release their new album "ROOMS FILLED WITH LIGHT" in February 2012 and they promise that it will be a nuclear submarine falling from space and they have proved trustworthy in the past!
Here you can listen to their new single De.con.struc.tion which was released this week.

Zulu winter

Zulu winter from London, UK is one of the most promising new groups of 2011.
Here you can listen to their first two tracks (Never Leave, and Let's Move Back to Front)

Never Leave by Zulu Winter

Let's Move Back to Front by Zulu Winter

New Battles are here!

New Battles without honor and humanity:
Sunlight


Moonlight

Blouse - Into black

Blouse - into black (waiting their debut in the 1st of November!)

GO!

Santigold (feat. Karen O) - GO

Insanely brilliant

tUnE-yArDs is the music project of Merrill Garbus. In their live performances she creates drum loops on the spot, and layers these with ukulele, voice, and electric bass. Their music is a mixture of afro-pop beats, erratic R&B, jazz-punk, rock etc. They have released two albums (bird-brains in 2009 and whokill in 2011.
Here you can listen to hatari from bird-brains (a homage to Eastern-African music!)

Tune Yards - Hatari by S - A

and the insane masterpiece gangsta from whokill



and here together with The roots!!



more:
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lastfm
official website

I don't want to go to sleep either

FM Belfast is an electronic band from Reykjavík, Iceland. They are about to release their second album "Don't want to sleep", after the success of their debout "How to make friends".

Vertigo by fmbelfast

FM belfast - don t want to sleep - i don't want to go to sleep either (morr music) by pdis_inpartmaint

Bonaparte

Bonaparte is a multi-ethnic group from Berlin and they are characterised by their expressive critically acclaimed live performances. Here you can listen to a selection of songs and remixes from their three albums: Too much (2008), Remuched (2009, Double CD with remixes and live material), My Horse Likes You (2010).

Latest tracks by BONAPARTE

Great Mountain Fire

The "Great Mountain Fire" is a new group from Brussels, Belgium. Here you can listen to their debut single "Cinderella".

CINDERELLA (radio edit) by Great Mountain Fire

More info
myspace
lastfm

What's my name?

Takamasa Ishihara a.k.a. Miyavi is a Japanese guitarist. He is the ex-guitarist of Dué le quartz and since 2002 he is following a solo career. His last album called "What's my name" is a good example of his guitarist skills. Here you can listen to a great cover of nirvana's "Blew".

Rolling blackouts

The Go! Team are a Brighton, United Kingdom-based six piece band (with two drummers) whose songs are a mixture of action theme songs, cheerleader chants, noise-pop guitars and early hip-hop, with a hint of ’70s funk.
Rolling blackouts is their third record that was released on 31 January 2011. It is a thrillingly joyous and fun record. Here you can listen to "Ready to go steady".



More:
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Super Duper Rescue Heads!

Deerhoof are streaming their new album around the world, one song at a time, one week at a time, until it comes out on January 25th.
See http://www.deerhoofvsevil.com/ for more details!

kim ki o - dans

Following their self-released, hand-made albums in 2007 and 2008, Turkish duo "kim ki o" have released their new album “Dans” as limited edition vinyl by the independent Dutch label Enfant Terrible in August 2010. You can download "Dans" and their previous works on their website http://www.kimkio.org/.

Here is Vize from their digital single "Beko 43" released in early 2010 by the French Independent label Beko-dsl

Kim Ki O - Vize by beko dsl