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The North Carolina band The Rosebuds just released their third full-length, The Night of The Furies. Between the recent albums the band reduced ranks from a trio to the orginal duo of Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp. Besides personnel changes, the band's sound on the new release has swapped the somber atmospherics of their prior release, Birds Make Good Neighbors, for a synth-pop optimism.
Check out Get Up Get Out from the new album, and Outnumbered, from their second album.
I always find it intriging when a band chooses to go back and remake one of their own songs. When Montreal's Arcade Fire released their second full-length, Neon Bible, they included a revisiting of a song from their self-titled, 2003, debut EP.
They've taken a solid and engaging Indie Rock track and transformed it into a majestic and powerful piece that shows the confidence and ambition they've amased in the four years since.
Online Resources: Website, MySpace, iTunes
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (2007)
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (2003)
Interestingly, The Mary Onettes sound brings a darkly intense perspective to Swedish Pop. Without a doubt you can hear the influences of Joy Divison, Echo & the Bunneymen, The Cure, and The Stone Roses echoing throughout this record, yet they maintain a fresh voice in a fusion of the their influences and their current country's music Pop movement.
The band was formed in Jönköping, Sweden seven years ago and survived two failed record deals and two EP's before releasing this intriging album on Labrador.
Online Resources: Website, MySpace, iTunes
This song is the jam of summer.
The French duo of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay are best known through their remix of Simian's track Never Be Alone, released as We Are Your Friends by Justice vs. Simian.
On June 11th, (July 10th in the US) Justice will release their debut full-length to be called, †. For now, enjoy the 2007 Summer Jam, D.A.N.C.E. Hopefully, it doesn't get as overplayed as Gnarls Barkley's Crazy did.
Online resources: MySpace, iTunes.
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Original)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Extended)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Tittsworth Remix)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)
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