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Embrace These White Lies

May 18th, 2011


At the young age of 15, Charles Cave, Jack Lawrence-Brown and Harry McVeigh began playing music together under the name Fear of Flying. But they eventually wanted to go with a darker sound, so they abandoned their original moniker and took on the name White Lies in 2007. Their debut album, To Lose My Life…, shot up to No. 1 on the UK albums chart, and later that year, Mojo named them Breakthrough Artist of 2009. The band was blowing up and not resting on any early success. The trio’s second disc, Ritual, came out this past winter. You can check out three songs off the album below; White Lies, above, doing “To Lose My Life” for Fearless Music; and see the band—and School of Seven Bells and Sun Airway—play Terminal 5 tomorrow night.

Bigger Than Us (Datassette Remix)

The Power & the Glory (Bibio Remix)

Peace & Quiet

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An MP3 from Drive-By Truckers to You

December 20th, 2010


Drive-By Truckers (above, performing “Drag the Lake Charlie” on Later … with Jools Holland) play Terminal 5 on New Year’s Eve with special guests, including the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, but the Athens, Ga., sextet also has a Christmas treat for you. Download (or stream) their yuletide tune, “Mrs. Klaus’ Kimono” here.

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Just Say UNKLE

October 20th, 2010


James Lavelle (founder of the Mo’ Wax label) and Tim Goldsworthy were British school friends who formed the electronica outfit UNKLE in the mid-’90s, which helped spur a downtempo backbeat revival ultimately termed trip-hop. Over the years they’ve recorded with and performed alongside a variety of musicians and producers. Their first album, Psyence Fiction, came out in 1998, and their most recent disc, Where Did the Night Fall, was released this past May. New music usually results in a new tour, and the guys in UNKLE (above, doing “Reign” at the Benicassim Festival in Spain) launch their first North American tour in more than three years at Webster Hall on Saturday night. As a further bonus, not only is UNKLE offering a free tour-sampler download, featuring two of the band’s songs plus two each by their support acts, Sleepy Sun, Ki:Theory and the Golden Filter, but you’ve also got a chance to win a limited-edition UNKLE Bearbrick toy signed by Lavelle.

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Lucero Hits The Beach at Governors Island (Plus a Free MP3)

July 9th, 2010


Lucero, out of Memphis, has been expertly combining country with punk and rock since 1998. They’re as much known for their red-hot live shows as for frontman Ben Nichols’ raspy, evocative growl. And the best news is, as part of the Gone to Governors series, Lucero (above, playing “I Can Get Us Out of Here Tonight” for Fuel TV) is playing for FREE tomorrow night at The Beach at Governors Island.

And as an added bonus, Converse, the Gone to Governors sponsor, is offering you a free MP3 download of “All Summer,” featuring Kid Cudi, Rostam, of Vampire Weekend, and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, here.

Governors Island Ferry Information Update

We encourage everyone to come early and enjoy The Beach. If you are on the island before the show tomorrow, get to The Beach venue by 5:30 p.m., as concert wristbands will be distributed earlier. Governors Island ferries will run from the Battery Maritime Building until 5:30 p.m. There will be no boats to the concert departing from the Battery Maritime Building after 5:30 p.m. Dedicated concert ferries will depart after 5:30 p.m. from Pier 11, located at the corner of South Street and Wall Street in lower Manhattan. Wristbands will be distributed at the ferry departure point on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at 5:30 p.m.

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A Free MP3 from Sage Francis

June 16th, 2010


Paul “Sage” Francis is an interesting dude. He’s a hip-hop guy out of Providence, R.I., but in addition to rapping, he’s got his own label—Strange Famous Records—he’s worked on movie soundtracks and as a spoken-word performer, he’s spent a considerable amount of time in Providence’s poetry-slam community. Over the years he’s release a slew of material: singles, mixtapes, EPs, LPs, instrumental work and live albums. But he’s gone in a different direction with his newest disc, last month’s Li(f)e. It was produced by just one person, Brian Deck, and it found Francis collaborating with musicians from Death Cab for Cutie and Sparklehorse, and on “The Best of Times,” which you can download here, French composer Yann Tiersen (Amélie soundtrack) wrote the music. Sage Francis (his video for “The Best of Times” is above) plays Webster Hall on Friday, June 25th.

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Celebrate the Return of HardNYC by Downloading This MP3

February 26th, 2010
(Photo: Sean O’Kane)

(Photo: Sean O’Kane)

Last year’s HardNYC show at Terminal 5 was so crazy that you just had to figure they’d be back this year. And you were right: Boys Noize and Major Lazer with Buraka Som Sistema, Proxy and Destructo are returning to Terminal 5 on April 3rd. Some tickets still remain, but you can get your pregame started early by downloading this version of Major Lazer’s “Bruk Out” Destructo remix by Gary Richards (Destructo) here.

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Download Josh Ritter’s “Change of Time”

February 9th, 2010


Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter’s seventh album, So Runs the World Away, comes out in May. And later that month, he and the Royal City Band will play Town Hall on the 19th (on sale Friday at noon) and 20th. But since that’s way too long from now to wait to hear his new music, check it out for yourself by downloading “Change of Time” here.

(Josh Ritter, above, plays “To the Dogs or Whoever” on Late Show with David Letterman.)

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See Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros on Sunday Night

August 28th, 2009


Two years ago, Ima Robot frontman Alex Ebert formed the freewheeling 11-piece ensemble Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Their debut EP, Here Comes, came out this past May. But then, just two months later, they released their first full-length album, Up from Below. And the band has steadily toured ever since, including a very well received Mercury Lounge show earlier this month. Fortunately, they’re back—at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday night. And what’s a better way to end your weekend than dancing along to a band playing upbeat, high-energy rock and roll?

Check out Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, above, playing “40 Day Dream,” the first song off Up from Below, and then download the MP3 here.

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