IODA’s favorite electro-poppers, Faunts, have a new video up on Pitchfork today. Very clever use of those little dot-picture thingies (I have no idea what these are called) and high production values all around. Enjoy!
Faunts
“Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.” (mp3)
from “Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.”
(Friendly Fire Recordings)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
Stream from Rhapsody
More On This Album
We are really excited that iTunes launched this program and for the opportunity to work with them to spotlight even more amazing independent artists. It’s lovely to see one of the largest online retailers giving the indies some love!
Hypebot explains:
“iTunes has added an Indie Spotlight page that provides a home for bands and fans who prefer music created outside of the major label machine. The unofficial soft launch includes an indie podcast, playlists and label samplers alongside featured artists, though more features may be in the pipeline.”
Here’s a peek at the new page below. Features include the already established Hip-Hop, Rock/Alt, Singer-Songwriter and Dance & Electronic Spotlights that rotate each week and have an accompanying podcast, new release features, playlists, podcast gems, label samplers and more.
Visit www.itunes.com/indiespotlight to discover the page for yourself!
Congrats to IODA-distributed artists who made it onto the page’s debut: Ultre, Faunts, The Love Language, In Flagranti, Here We Go Magic, Deep Rooted, Now, Now Every Children, Woodpigeon, Joker, 2000F & J Kamata, The Coast and Boy in Static!
Via XLR8R- “2009′s busiest remixer, Mexicans with Guns, takes this epic, cinematic, and decidedly shoegaze track from Faunts and whips it into a bass-heavy, ghettotech frenzy.”
Check it out here and get the original here:
Faunts
“Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.” (mp3)
from “Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.”
(Friendly Fire Recordings)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
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Easy Star All-Stars “With a Little Help from My Friends” Easy Star Records Reggae : Dub UPC: 657481300213 Territories: World |
The first single from the upcoming release EASY STAR’S LONELY HEARTS DUB BAND. This album is a complete reggae re-invention of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album, following the Easy Star All-Stars’ celebrated DUB SIDE OF THE MOON and RADIODREAD releases. This single includes a non-album b-side dub version. |
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Beirut “March of the Zapotec & Holland” Pompeii Indie : Folk UPC: 8235664887722/ 600197220122 Territories: World |
Zack Condon returns with not a single, but rather double dose of EP goodness for your listening pleasure! Entitled March of the Zapotec, the first EP consists of songs written by Beirut and recorded in Mexico with the help of Oaxacan march masters, The Jimenez Band. The second EP, Holland, showcases Zach’s latest bedroom-style recordings under his former moniker Realpeople. |
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Faunts “Feel. Love. Thinking. Of.” Friendly Fire Recordings Electronic : Indie UPC: 844185024792 Territories: World |
With its effervescent guitars, mathematic loops and synthesizers, surging drums, and seemingly nomadic bass lines, Feel.Love.Thinking.Of., the second full-length from Canadian up-and-comers Faunts, is both more ambitious in its conception and more focused in its execution than anything the band has done before. |
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The Bran Flakes “I Have Hands” Illegal Art Electronic : Indie UPC: 751937345121 Territories: World ex-EU |
Six years since their last full release, Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt return with the thrillingly fun I Have Hands on Illegal Art. Formed in 1992, The Bran Flakes have already put out 7 releases of zany mashups and poppy audio collages that are more likely to cop a riff from Evel Knievel than anything on the current radio dial. |
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Gentleman Reg “Jet Black” Arts & Crafts Indie : Pop UPC: 827590400023 Territories: World |
Gentleman Reg’s latest work, Jet Black, features Bryan Webb of Constantines, Elizabeth Powell of Land of Talk, Katie Sketch of The Organ. “Sincere and memorable, the melodies and lyrics make this a front runner for most exciting record of the year.” – Sara Quin (Tegan and Sara) |
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Various Artists “IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler 2009” IODA UPC: 844185034005 Territories: World |
More details coming soon! Visit IODAsxsw.com! |
Featuring Faunts, Michna, Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Monks and The Hylozoists. Listen at IODAcast.com or iTunes.
Faunts
“Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.” (mp3)
from “Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.”
(Friendly Fire Recordings)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
Michna
“Triple Chrome Dipped” (mp3)
from “Ghostly Swim”
(Ghostly International)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel
“Hesitation Blues” (mp3)
from “Willie And The Wheel”
(Bismeaux Records)
Buy at Willie and the Wheel Website
More On This Album
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
“Young Adult Friction” (mp3)
from “The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart”
(Slumberland)
Buy at mTraks
More On This Album
The Monks
“Monk Time” (mp3)
from “Black Monk Time”
(Light In The Attic)
The Hylozoists
“Bras d’Or Lakes” (mp3)
from “L’Ile De Sept Villes”
(Outside Music)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
Friendly Fire Recordings is an independent, Brooklyn-based record label founded by Dan Koplowitz in 2004. They make music for people who love music. They were just featured as a member of the “Indie Class of 2009″ in Billboard magazine alongside Barsuk and Frenchkiss Records! View the article here.
On February 17th they will release Faunts’ Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. Read a review of the release here. Other artists on the label include: The Whitsundays, Camphor, Elk City, Asobi Seksu and Windmill.
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