SummersRadio™ New Video! Arcade Fire - 'We Exist' (Official Video)
Arcade Fire have just released a new video for their song 'We Exist' online today! 'We Exist' is the latest single and video from the Montreal band's 'Reflektor' album. The video was shot in part at last month's Coachella Festival where the band also headlined.
The nicely shot video features Spiderman star Andrew Garfield as a young man struggling with gender identity... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ New Music/ Video! Arcade Fire - 'Reflektor'
Arcade Fire have just released their new single and video 'Reflektor' online! 'Reflektor' was officially released last night (9/9) at 9pm - Montreal time (2am here in London). If you're keen you may have anticipated this post today - as we did finish yesterday off with Tears For Fears covering Arcade Fire.
'Reflektor' is the first single and title track from the band's forthcoming fourth album which is produced by James Murphy and is set for release on October 29th on Merge Records. 'Reflektor' is expected to be a double album as the songs are currently numbered 1 - 7 and 1 - 6 for pre-order on iTunes.
Here is the album cover art:
This is the official video for 'Reflektor' directed by Anton Corbijn - featuring lots of shiny things! You see I believe that Arcade Fire secretly want to be disco stars - really. First there was the remarkable similarity between their song 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)' and Blondie's 'Heart Of Glass' - if you think that statement sounds crazy you can revisit this Hood Internet mashup for proof: http://summersradio.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/summersradio-new-mashup-free-download.html
Secondly there's fact that they've enlisted James Murphy (formerly of LCD Soundsystem) as producer - who's well known for infusing indie rock with dance sensibilities. And thirdly we have this video - filled with disco balls - disco outfits, disco shacks - even a discofied coffin - and they're totally raving in the woods around 5:45 in!
I look forward to seeing if there are any official remixes of this track forthcoming (those gurgly bits around 2:40 in would lend well to a techno remix) and even if there aren't, there will most certainly be a number of unofficial remixes heading our way very soon I reckon... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Tears For Fears - 'Head Over Heels' (Dunproofin's Beatless Remix)/ (Dunproofin Remix)/ Tears For Fears - 'Ready To Start' (Arcade Fire cover)
Dunproofin has just released a new remix of Tears For Fears classic 'Head Over Heels' online! Andy Dunproofin aka Dunproofin is a dj/ producer from Aberdeen who's posted two variations of the song online. 'Head Over Heels' was the third/ fourth (depending on where you lived) single from Tears For Fears second album 'Songs From The Big Chair' in 1985.
Dunproofin has posted two slightly different versions of the song - one with beats (the massive drum sound from one of the bands other hits 'Shout') - and one without the drums. I think I prefer the beatless version but both are good so I shall post both! If either or both versions are to your liking they're available as a free download - simply click on the download arrow(s)... Enjoy!
This is the regular 'Dunproofin Remix'... Enjoy!
Bonus Track! Numerous artists and musicians have either covered or sampled Tears For Fears over the years - and in return last month the band decided to do their own 'cross generational' cover song - of Arcade Fire's 'Ready To Start'... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Colin Stetson - 'High Above A Grey Green Sea'
Colin Stetson has released a new song online called 'High Above A Grey Green Sea'! The Montreal based musician is known for being a touring member of Arcade Fire and Bon Ivor. He's also worked with many other musicians including Feist, LCD Soundsystem, TV On The Radio and The National to name but a few.
Stetson is a bass saxophone player who also plays many other instruments - and he's released numerous solo albums - the latest of which will be 'New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light'. The album will be released April 30th on Constellation Records on cd, on double 180gm vinyl and of course on download which will all be available here: http://summersradio.blogspot.ca/2013/01/summersradio-new-music-free-download_29.html
He notes his genre on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Colin-Stetson/284540261562669 as Jazz but not surprisingly his sound is quite experimental. This is 'High Above A Grey Green Sea' ... Enjoy!
Please Note: The new Soundcloud post for the song doesn't have the proper sharing code available so please click here to listen: https://soundcloud.com/#constellation-records/high-above-a-grey-green-sea It's worth the extra click - the song creates quite a unique atmosphere. And if it's to your liking the label has made the song available as a free download - simply click on the download icon.
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SummersRadio™ New Music! Arcade Fire - 'Abraham's Daughter'
Montreal's Arcade Fire have just released a brand new song online today! 'Abraham's Daughter' itself doesn't sound like a very commerical tune - but it's certainly getting the marketing push of one. The song is from the forthcoming soundtrack to the 'The Hunger Games' film - and was premiered today by Entertainment Weekly!
'The Hunger Games' film is based on the novel (the first of a triology) by Suzanne Collins and is released on March 23rd - with the soundtrack set for release on March 20th. The diverse soundtrack also features artists such as The Decemberists, The Low Anthem, Kid Cudi, Birdy, and Neko Case. The sci-fi film takes place in the nation of Panem, which formed sometime in the future on what is known now as North America - and the story of the 'Hunger Games' - which is a competition that involves a contestant that tries to kill everyone else until only one person is left alive.
I'm not a fan a violence at all so I'll certainly pass on seeing the film, but I do like this new track from Arcade Fire. 'Abraham's Daughter' features the band's Regine Cassagne on lead vocals singing about the biblical tale of Abraham and Isaac - I like the guitar sound/ feedback and the overall mood of this one... Enjoy!
** UPDATE March 6th: Apparently the world's largest record label (Universal Music Group) has so lost touch with what being a record company is supposed to be about that they're pulling out out all the stops to PREVENT people from hearing the new Arcade Fire track! All Youtube videos are being blocked, and all tracks on Soundcloud have been removed. I always thought it was the record companies job to get people to HEAR/ LISTEN to their artists music - to make them want to buy it - not to keep it away from them. We just want to listen to it, not steal it UMG! Here's a tip for you UMG - back in olden times radio stations used to play and break new music - but they don't do that anymore, so people have to listen it on the world wide web. So if you want people to hear it legitimately - without going to illegal file sharing sites and possibly stealing it in the process because it's not available to purchase yet - stop blocking it YOU MORONS!! **
Naturally I will repost a new link as soon as one becomes available. And in the meantime I apologise for UMG's ignorance :) and please check out the link below that includes a free download of a remix of their song 'Rebellion (Lies)'...
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SummersRadio™ New Music! Sophie Ellis-Bextor - 'Rebellion (Lies)' Sophie Ellis-Bextor's latest song is an Arcade Fire cover! Sophie Ellis-Bextor has come a long way since fronting the Britpop band theaudience in the late 90's - she's had nine top 20 hits in the U.K. (including her club hits with Spiller and Freemasons) and she's released four studio albums. Her latest song is a track on the new charity compilation called 'Songs To Save A Life: In Aid Of Samaritans' - which is available on itunes now.
The 'Songs To Save A Life: In Aid Of Samaritans' album features 11 tracks - a mix of both new material and covers - by a diverse range of U.K. artists. The Samaritans are a support network in the U.K. and Ireland that has over 200 branches - in addition to a 24 hour helpline - that is run entirely by trained volunteers. Their goal is to give people someone to talk to when they're struggling to cope - and to help reduce the number of suicides in the U.K.
I didn't know what to expect when I first gave this song a listen - a cover of Arcade Fire's 2005 single 'Rebellion (Lies)' from their debut album 'Funeral'. It's not a full on dance cover - it's actually pretty faithful to the original - but the music is certainly more electronic. What I really love in this version (aside from Sophie's beautiful voice of course) is the wicked snare drum sound and disco style hi-hats that start about one minute in (with the bass/ guitar it sounds almost New Order-ish!) and also the keyboard bits in the last minute or so.
So I was surprised to hear about this cover - but the even better surprise is how good it really is - she really brings out the fun in this 'Funeral' track! :) This is Sophie Ellis-Bextor's new cover of 'Rebellion (Lies)'... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ New Mashup + Free Download! Arcade Fire Vs Blondie - 'Sprawl Of Glass' (The Hood Internet Mashup) Finally!! As soon as I first heard Arcade Fire's 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)' I immediately thought it would sound great mashed up with Blondie's 'Heart Of Glass'! I even mentioned it when I first posted the song on my Facebook group back on Aug. 3rd last year (scroll WAY down in the older posts to see http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=699880219#!/group.php?gid=366897324071) as well as on my Best Of 2010 posts on Dec. 14th - both on FB and here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2010/12/summersradio-best-of-2010-arcade-fire.html Anyway the good news is that someone's finally done it - yay!!
The Hood Internet are a Chicago based production duo consisting of Aaron Brink (aka ABX) and Steve Reidell (aka STV SLV or Steve Sleeve). They generally specialize in mashups of hip hop and indie rock - although there are exceptions like this one of course. They also tour performing their live dj sets and they have their own blog which you can check out here: http://www.thehoodinternet.com/ and if this ace mashup is to your liking you can get a free download copy of the song from their Soundcloud page here: http://soundcloud.com/hoodinternet/the-hood-internet-sprawl-of-glass-arcade-fire-x-blondie
I wish that they used the full album version of 'Heart Of Glass' so this was a bit longer and there were some more duels between some of the sounds distinct to each song (like how my remix of it sounds in my head!) but alas I don't know how to do it myself - and this still sounds awesome so... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! Arcade Fire - 'Rebellion (Lies)' (Myagi Bootleg Remix) Andrew Mavor aka Myagi (not to be confused with Brighton's Fujiya & Miyagi who I posted on Tuesday!) is a dj/ artist/ producer from Stratford Ontario. He originally made this remix for a show he played in Montreal back before Arcade Fire became huge - however he just posted it online for the first time last night! If this remix is to your liking you can download a copy for free here courtesy of Myagi himself: http://soundcloud.com/myagi/arcadefire-rebellion-myagiremix Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ Best Of 2010! Arcade Fire Remix + Free Download! Arcade Fire - 'Sprawl II' (Dirty McKenzie Remix) I doubt Arcade Fire will be hard to find on year lists in 2010 - however, this post is the full package! Hopefully someday 'Sprawl II' will be officially released as a proper single from their third studio album 'The Suburbs' - with remixes! In the meantime many unofficial remixes have been made since I first posted this track in the summer (via my FB group) - but I like this remix because it's subtle - they discofy it just a bit and take it closer into Blondie territory. I've mentioned this before but someone totally needs to do a full on 'Heart Of Glass' style remix and/ or mashup of this - make it so! (but credit me for the idea please) :) In addition to this cool remix the song is accompanied by a fan vacation video that shows Beirut in a way that you never see on tv - AND if this remix is to your liking you can also get a free download of it here courtesy of Dirty McKenzie: http://bass-united.com/ Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ Best Of 2010! The Kissaway Trail - 'New Lipstick' The Kissaway Trail are an indie rock band from Odense Denmark. They released their second full length album in March called 'Sleep Mountain'. They've toured with Interpol and The National and they cite the Beach Boys, Sonic Youth - and one of my all time favorites Grandaddy - as musical influences! This song is called 'New Lipstick' and I think if you dig Arcade Fire that this song just might be to your liking - plus it has a cool video as well... Enjoy!
