Sigur Rós have shared their first new music since 2016, and it is an ethereal, delicate and astonishing soundscape.
Everyone has their favorite record, song, and artists they live for. That also includes the Grammy-winning trio Paramore. BrooklynVegan interviewed the 2024 Record Store Day Ambassadors about what they love listening to. As emo staples, it completely makes sense that one of the first records vocalist Hayley Williams bought was from another iconic act. “Thursday’s Full Collapse, on white vinyl,” she explains in the interview. Drummer Zac Farro jumps in that while he doesn’t fully remember what his first vinyl purchase was and says it might’ve been one of many albums from The Beatles. He also recalls what CD he… Read more »
idobi senior writer Catherine Yi sat down with OWEL to discuss the emotional rollercoaster of crowdfunding, touring smart, and playing the Michael Cera equivalent of a show.
idobi editor Eleanor Grace sat down with Philip Jamieson and Erin Burke-Moran of Massachusetts post rock quintet Caspian at the Toronto stop of their winter tour last week. The band touched on important topics like pizza and the weather as well as the complexities of their writing process, the incredible response to their most recent album Waking Season, South By South West, and much more.
Arcade Fire, M.I.A., Justice, and LCD Soundsystem are among the 10 finalists named for the Shortlist Music Prize. Also making the top 10 are Feist, Wilco, Spoon, Stars, Working For A Nuclear Free City, and Burial. The Shortlist Prize is widely considered the American version of Britain’s Mercury Prize and recognizes acts that have sold fewer than 500,000 albums in the States. Klaxons, winner of the most recent Mercury Prize, had been nominated for this year’s Shortlist, but did not make it into the final round. This year’s panel of judges includes Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol and Ronnie Vannucci… Read more »
Tripper (Leaf) There’s no escaping Sigur Ros comparisons for this 10-piece from Copenhagen, who tread the same gauzy dreamscapes as Hopeland’s favourite sons. But a close listen reveals a multitude of differences – Efterklang rely more heavily on glitchy programming and digital rumbles, placing them closer to laptop maestros like Fennesz or Matmos than typical post-rock. The vocals recall Stereolab at times, floating in clear, hymnal verses over and under organs, flutes, strings and all manner of alien noises. The link to Sigur Ros, then, must be located in the two bands’ shared interest in the majesty of sound, and… Read more »
The Shortlist Organization announced today the complete “Long List” of eighty-six nominations for the 2003 Shortlist Music Prize, as selected by a panel of “Listmakers” including Flea, Erykah Badu, Perry Farrell, Chris Martin (Coldplay), and the directors Spike Jonze and Cameron Crowe. The ten finalists for the award will be announced in early September, and the third annual Shortlist Music Prize will be presented at a multi-artist concert on October 16th at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. Plans for a Shortlist Awards Concert television special will be announced soon. “This year’s Long List features artists from five continents and… Read more »
In an industry that obsesses over first-week album sales, heavy MTV rotation and radio airplay, the Shortlist Music Prize is trying to help offbeat or niche recording artists find a wider audience. Now in its second year, the contest taps successful musicians to champion the work of peers who have yet to make an impact on the charts. Among this year’s “listmakers” are India.Arie, Alanis Morissette (news), U2’s Larry Mullen Jr., and filmmakers Baz Luhrmann (news) and Spike Jonze (news). “Most of the attention that records get as far as awards and all that stuff is based on record sales,… Read more »
Bjork, N.E.R.D., Cee-Lo and the Hives are among the 10 finalists for this year’s Shortlist Prize, which celebrates acclaimed artists whose work has yet to reach widespread commercial success. Other finalists for the award, to be presented Oct. 29 in Los Angeles, are Aphex Twin, the Avalanches, DJ Shadow, Doves, the Flaming Lips and Zero 7. Last year, Icelandic band Sigur Ros took home the $10,000 first prize. “The Shortlist honors creative achievement across all genres of music, from the energetic punk of the Hives to the late-night grooves of Zero 7,” said co-founder Tom Sarig in a statement. “This… Read more »
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Blur’s Damon Albarn, Beck, the Neptunes, and the Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi are among the judges for the 2002 Shortlist Music Prize, which spotlights lesser-known acts for their artistic merit. Others musicians accepting the role as so-called “listmakers” for the second annual Shortlist are Mos Def, Paul Oakenfold, Iggy Pop, Jill Scott, the Roots’ Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon. They are joined by directors Baz Lurhman and Spike Jonze, producers Dan “The Automator” Nakamura (Gorillaz) and Gustavo Santaolalla (Cafe Tacuba), as well as journalists and radio personalities. Through the summer and… Read more »
