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IODA joins Lusafrica in mourning the loss of Cesaria Evora

19
Dec
2011

362088 72 IODA joins Lusafrica in mourning the loss of Cesaria EvoraArtist: Cesaria Evora
 Album: Nha sentimento
Label: Lusafrica
Genre: World : African
UPC: 3567255625527
Territory: World
Release Date:3.13.11

Grammy winning singer Cesária Évora has passed away at the age of 70. Évora, who brought the music of the tiny Cape Verde islands off Senegal to a worldwide audience, died on Saturday in Mindelo, on São Vicente, her native island in Cape Verde. Ms. Évora retired earlier this year after suffering a heart attack in 2010, preceded by a 2008 stroke. She told the French newspaper Le Monde: “I have no strength, no energy. I’m sorry, but now I must rest.”

Ms. Évora’s music predominantly in the of morna, a traditional music sung in taverns on the Cape Verde islands characterized by slow, pensive ballads with an underlying lilt, suffused with sodade, a Cape Verdean creole term for a nostalgic longing that pervades music across Portugal (where the word is saudade) and its former empire. She also sang in her country’s more upbeat styles, coladeira and funaná, but her serenely sorrowful mornas were her legacy. Ms. Évora’s husky, dignified, unhurried contralto  brought warmth and gravity to songs about love, sorrow and history, including slavery written by Cape Verde’s leading poets. Catch the rest after the jump!

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Current Priorities: Late December

19
Dec
2011

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411042 72 Current Priorities: Late December POLIÇA
Give You The Ghost b/w Unbelievable
Totally Gross National Product/POLIÇA
Genre: Rock : Darkwave
UPC: 614511796026
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.20.11		 POLIÇA began as a collaboration between fellow Channy Leaneagh and Ryan Olson. In June 2011 they began writing songs for their debut Give you the Ghost. Olson arranged the beats leaving room for Channy to apply her dynamic experimentation. Mike Noyce (Bon Iver) adds vocals on “Lay Your Cards Out” and “Wandering Star”. With it’s sultry R&B rhythms and intensely electro, goth-pop vibes, it couldn’t be more perfect for a late December release.

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373996 72 Current Priorities: Late December Boog Brown
The Brown Study Remixes
Mello Music Group
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123018326
Territories: World
Release Date: 12.20.11		 In 2010 Atlanta based emcee Boog Brown released her debut album, which gained instant critical acclaim including making iTunes Top 10 New Hip-Hop Artists alongside  Drake, Nicki Minaj, B.O.B., and Roc Marciano. She became a favorite at the A3C Hip-hop festival and a buzzworthy artist at Austin’s SXSW music. Now, Boog has brought in some of the best producers in Hip-Hop to remix her debut album, as well as an all new track from Apollo Brown.

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Featured Release: “The Brown Study Remixes”

19
Dec
2011

Boog Brown Featured Release: The Brown Study RemixesArtist: Boog Brown
 Album: The Brown Study Remixes
Label: Mello Music Group
Genre: Hip-Hop : Rap
UPC: 659123018326
Territory: World
Release Date: 12.20.11

In the world of Hip Hop, Atlanta based Boog Brown spreads her “Dope Girl Magic” like her life depends on it and returns us to the roots of a genre that has literally changed the world. Detroit native Brown is not only an emcee, poet and publisher; but she describes herself as a “lover, fighter and artist.” This is reflected in her personal style, lyrical approach and unique perspective.

Though she has been an emcee for roughly 3 years, her writing goes back to the age of 15, allowing her to amass an arsenal of lyrics including two chapbooks of poetry, Swimming Against the Current State of Mind: My Life In Words and Black Tie Fish Fry, and her debut mixtape, the 2007 release entitled Extended Play.

Hit the jump for more on Boog Brown and to check out the video for her single “U.P.S.” Catch the rest after the jump!

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Music Video Roundup: Sean Hayes, Matthew Dear, The Frail

16
Dec
2011

In this weeks Music Video Roundup Sean Hayes gives us a gritty and sensual ballet in “Gunnin”. The upbeat future-pop and signature Matthew Dear croon of “Headcage” meet and match perfectly with shifting quasi-geological patterns. And finally, with “Frenemies”, San Francisco’s own The Frail take us on a first person perspective jaunt through hometown nightlife “Frenemies”.

Sean Hayes – “Gunnin”

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IODAcast 102: Featuring Albums Choosen For IODA’s Best Of 2011 Lists

15
Dec
2011
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366223 72 IODAcast 102: Featuring Albums Choosen For IODAs Best Of 2011 ListsGirls Names
download icon IODAcast 102: Featuring Albums Choosen For IODAs Best Of 2011 Lists “Bury Me” (mp3)
from “Dead To Me”
(Slumberland Records)

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373289 72 IODAcast 102: Featuring Albums Choosen For IODAs Best Of 2011 ListsCom Truise
download icon IODAcast 102: Featuring Albums Choosen For IODAs Best Of 2011 Lists “Cathode Girls” (mp3)
from “Galactic Melt”
(Ghostly International)

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354497 72 IODAcast 102: Featuring Albums Choosen For IODAs Best Of 2011 ListsTyphoon
download icon IODAcast 102: Featuring Albums Choosen For IODAs Best Of 2011 Lists “The Honest Truth” (mp3)
from “A New Kind of House”
(Tender Loving Empire)

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IODA’s Best Of 2011 Lists

15
Dec
2011

393201 72 IODAs Best Of 2011 ListsTycho
download icon IODAs Best Of 2011 Lists “Hours” (mp3)
from “Dive”
(Ghostly International)

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IODAs Best Of 2011 ListsOnce again we’ve opened up our annual Best Of lists to all IODA employees and received submissions from many different departments! The guidelines were simple; choose your top 5 IODA-distributed releases that came out in 2011. Enjoy the selections and be sure to hit the jump for the rest of the lists and lots of free Promotracks from these great releases.

Corey Sheridan – Client Manager:
Tycho – Dive [Ghostly International]
Oddisee – Rock Creek Park [Mello Music Group]
Panda Bear – Tomboy [Paw Tracks]
Other Lives – Tamer Animals [TBD Records]
Kool and Together – Original Recordings 1970-77 [Heavy Light Records]

Richard Leach – Head of UK Client Management:
Driver Drive Faster – Open House [Akoustik Anarkhy]
Amebix – Sonic Mass [Easy Action / Amebix Records]
Kuedo – Severant [Planet Mu]
Damu – Unity [Keysound]
Saul Williams – Volcanic Sunlight [Columbia / SME France]

Thorsten Sideboard – Systems Administrator:
Gold-Bears – Are You Falling In Love? [Slumberland Records]
Kids On A Crime Spree – We Love You So Bad [Slumberland Records]
Girls Names – Dead To Me [Slumberland Records]
Veronica Falls – Veronica Falls [Slumberland Records]
Spectrals – Bad Penny [Slumberland Records]

354497 72 IODAs Best Of 2011 ListsTyphoon
download icon IODAs Best Of 2011 Lists “The Honest Truth” (mp3)
from “A New Kind of House”
(Tender Loving Empire)

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Elijah Carroll – Marketing Coordinator:
Typhoon – A New Kind Of House [Tender Loving Empire]
Hassaan Mackey, Apollo Brown – Daily Bread [Mello Music Group]
Beans – End It All [anticon]
Benny Sings – Art [Dox Records]
Robin Bacior – Rest Our Wings [Consonants & Vowels Recordings]

Peter Arensdorf – Client Production:
Indian – Guiltless [Relapse Records]
Helms Alee – Weatherhead [Hydra Head]
Punch – Nothing Lasts [Deathwish Inc.]
Yuck – Yuck [Fat Possum]
Skeletonwitch – Forever Abomination [Prosthetic]

Christophe Le Breton – IODA France:
Magazine – No Thyself [Wire-Sound]
Dark Dark Dark – Wild Go [Melodic]
City Slickers – Still Smokin’ Cigarettes & Tellin’ Lies [Brick Records]
Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine [Carpark]
Ana Popovic – Unconditional [Eclecto Groove Records]

Hit the jump for more staff “Best Of 2011″ and additional Promotracks!

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