Karl Denson - Brother's Keeper 
Don Diablo takes on the future classic 'Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes' by French house legends Cassius, which will be released on November 5th. Download 'Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes (Don Diablo Remix)' 
NOAH AND THE WHALE The First Days of Spring is the fruit of a labor Fink began in 2008, an album that was also a film, and as he sees it, vice versa. The album was recorded in London and New York with producer Emery Dobyns (Patti Smith, Antony & The Johnsons). The film was shot on location in London and Surrey with an ensemble cast including model Daisy Lowe.
Concert dates:
Oct. 20 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
Oct. 21 San Diego, CA Casbah
Oct. 22 San Francisco, CA Swedish American Hall
Oct. 24 Seattle, WA Crocodile Café
Oct. 29 Chicago, IL Lake Shore Theatre
Oct. 30 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room
Oct. 31 Toronto, ONT Horseshoe Tavern
Nov. 4 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
If you’ve read more than one bio in your lifetime, you probably know the turn of phrase we’re about to employ. Rubblebucket Orchestra…defies classification. But this time, we swear, we mean it. We’ve been trying for days. Hell, it’s our job to stick our bands in neat little packages to make the mad dash of music discovery easier. But trumpet-toting madman Alex Toth and vocalist Kalmia Traver make that pretty much impossible, stringing together a eight-piece band that omnivorously offers up a commingling of raunchy rave, motorik Stereolab worship, neon-bathed funk, and West African calisthenics that’d make Fela Kuti, Bjork or David Byrne blush in equal measure. On the follow up to their debut, 2008’s Rose’s Dream, these Brooklyn-and-Boston bon vivants are truly delightful. The self-titled Rubblebucket, released last week, has earned the band a Best New Band of 2008 nod from Seven Days Vermont, won RELIX'S Jam-Off Competition, and convinced the folks over at SPIN to set aside a little space for them in their recurring Band of the Day feature. MP3: "Bikes"
DON'T HAVE RAKES YET? YOU'LL NEED THEM SOON. LEAVES ARE FALLING, KLANG IS RELEASED
AND US TOUR DATES TO KICK OFF THIS MONTH!
The Rakes have managed to stay strong through this period of great change and have witnessed some new changes of their own – reinventing their sound, and creating their freshest, most innovative album to date.
Reuniting with a fresh new perspective, The Rakes confronted the processes necessary in completing this album with careful composure. For starters, the song selection process was much more stringent and selective, with the overall sound focused around rawness and energy. “The second album was all about trying to expand the sound,” guitarist Matthew Swinnerton admits. “Working with producers like Brendan Lynch and Jim Abbiss. This one was in the opposite direction. That very, simple direct thing. Doing it in two weeks, a song a day, not embellishing things at all and just capturing ‘a performance.”
But perhaps the most captivating change for The Rakes that truly defines Klang is relocating to a fresh environment to record and produce the album in a Bauhaus designed ex-Soviet radio station in Berlin that was converted into a studio. Berlin, a scene filled with musical triumphs and countless musical rebirths allowed the band to write what they deem to be “their strongest songs to date.” "The London music scene is so dull right now - it's like wading through a swamp of shit. We just wanted to be somewhere more inspiring," said Rakes singer Alan Donohoe. "Someone suggested Berlin. It didn't take long for everyone to agree, we packed our bags and moved here just like that. We love it.” The band spent much of the year darting back and forth between their home city and this fresh, seductive new location taking the four lads on an adventure that ignited a sense of gang mentality among the band, living in an apartment on Karl Marx Allee and seeking out new thrills together in a seemingly lawless, unique environment proffered by the German capital.
Download 'That's The Reason'
MP3 HERE
