SummersRadio™ New EP + Free Downloads! Stars!

SummersRadio™ New EP + Free Downloads! Stars - 'Asleep'

Stars have just released a new EP called 'Far From Home' online today! The EP is released just a few weeks before the Montreal band head out on their Asian tour. 'Far From Home' features five tracks  - four stripped down 'Breakglass Version'(s) of songs from their most recent album 'The North' - plus one great cover tune.
                

The 'Breakglass Version' of the title track was previously available as an itunes bonus track - but the others including 'Backlines', 'Lights Changing Colour' and 'Progress' have not been released until now. The fifth track on the EP is a cover of The Smiths classic song 'Asleep' which was previously only available on a children's charity music compilation called 'Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies'.

The bonus news here is that the band have made the full five track EP available as a free download on Soundcloud! You can download individual songs or the full 'Far From Home' EP here: https://soundcloud.com/#youarestars

This is their cover of The Smiths 'Asleep' featuring Amy Millan's lovely vocals... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! The Smiths! Luis Leon!

SummersRadio™ New Remix + Free Download! The Smiths - 'This Charming Man' (Luis Leon Bootleg)

Luis Leon is a producer from Peru who's just released a new remix of 'This Charming Man' online! 'This Charming Man' was The Smiths' second single (following 'Hand In Glove') first released in 1983, and then again in 1992 in support of their 'Best... 1' compilation.

                     

The 'Luis Leon Bootleg' is part of the 'Iconic Bands Bootleg Series' from the Blankhaus Music label. Leon goes for a synth pop/ nu disco take on this classic and if it's to your liking you can download a copy for free simply by liking it on Facebook from the label's website here: http://vibedeck.com/blankhausmusic

Enjoy...!



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SummersRadio™ Concert News + Rare Remix! Morrissey!

SummersRadio™ Concert News + Rare Remix! Morrissey - 'First Of The Gang To Die'/ 'Disappointed' (Manchester Mix)

Morrissey has just announced a fall North American tour and tickets go on sale this weekend! The 33 date tour begins October 5th in Boston and wraps up December 8th in Atlantic City. As you may know Morrissey announced in 2006 that he would not be playing any dates in Canada until the annual seal hunt - where up to 350,000 seals are killed each year - is stopped. Sadly this practice continues and it's a disgrace whether you're a vegetarian and animal activist like Morrissey or not. BUT...

                      

The good news is that while Moz is protesting animal cruelty he certainly has not forgotten his Canadian fans - as he's scheduled a few dates in smaller border cities that perhaps wouldn't normally play host to a legendary artist of his stature including Niagara Falls, New York for southern Ontario fans - and Bellingham, Washington for Vancouver fans! He'll be performing at the Mount Baker Theatre on November 10th - tickets go on sale this Saturday (with a pre-sale starting on Thursday if you're a supporting member of the venue) here: http://mountbakertheatre.com/events/2012/morrissey

He doesn't currently have a new album scheduled for release but the venue's website says that he'll be 'performing the greatest hits from his legendary catalog as well as new unreleased songs'! New songs!! To celebrate this announcement I've decided to post a couple of my favorite Morrissey solo tracks - first up we have 'First Of The Gang To Die' from his 2004 comeback album 'You Are The Quarry'... Enjoy!



This is a rare extended remix of one of his greatest b-side songs - 'Disappointed' - which was the flip side to his 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' single from his 1988 debut solo album 'Viva Hate'. This is the 'Manchester Mix'... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Kitten!

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Kitten - 'Cut It Out' (includes free download)/ Panic

Kitten are releasing a new EP (their second - following 2010's 'Sunday School' EP) in August called 'Cut It Out'! The three piece Los Angeles band (not to be confused with the Canadian bands Kittie or Kittens) featuring vocalist Chloe Chaidez have just released a new video for the title track from the EP which will be released on August 28th. They've also made 'Cut It Out' and another track from the forthcoming EP called 'Sugar' available as a free download from their official website here: http://www.kittentheband.com/home-m

This is 'Cut It Out'... Enjoy!



Bonus Track! Kitten recorded this cover of The Smiths 'Panic' last year for the American Laundromat records compilation 'Please, Please, Please: A Tribute To The Smiths'... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Warm Speakers!

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Warm Speakers - 'Youth' Patrick Berlinquette is a singer/ songwriter from Long Island New York that is currently recording under the name Warm Speakers. He released his five song debut EP called 'Mezcal Noon' in July - and he's just released his newest single 'Youth' online as a free download!

While the 'Mezcal Noon' EP is perhaps best described as chillwave - which is often characterized by having rather lightweight vocals - Patrick actually has a strong singing voice. His new single 'Youth' is definitely more experiemental/ electronic - and expertly produced. If this song is to your liking you can download a copy (along with his debut EP) for free from his Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/warmspeakers?sk=wall#!/warmspeakers?sk=app_204974879526524

Interestingly Patrick has chosen the same photo used on The Smiths debut album - of Joe Dallesando from Andy Warhol's 1968 film 'Flesh' - as the cover art for 'Youth'. I particularly like the female vocal sample that starts about two minutes in... Enjoy!



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SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Downloads! Glowbug!

SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Downloads! Glowbug - 'Where Is My Mind'/ 'Shoplifters Of The World Unite' Bellingham's Glowbug have just released a new EP called 'Covered In Lights Vol. 1' online today! Glowbug is the name given to the electronic project of musician/ producer Daniel Anderson - who's also a member of the indie folk outfit The Ghost And The Grace, and a founding member of the band Idiot Pilot.

He's just released Glowbug's latest 4 track EP of covers called 'Covered In Lights Vol. 1' - which features covers of songs from indie rock heavyweights The Pixies, The Smiths, Radiohead and the Yeah Yeah Yeah's! If either song posted here is to your liking you can download the EP for free courtesy of Glowbug on bandcamp here: http://glowbug.bandcamp.com/releases

First up we have Glowbug's rather spaced out version of The Pixies 'Where Is My Mind' - originally a single from their 1988 album 'Surfer Rosa'.... Enjoy!



I also quite like Glowbug's fuzzed up take on The Smiths 1987 single 'Shoplifters Of The World Unite' - this is the second track on Glowbug's new 'Covered In Lights Vol. 1' EP... Enjoy!



              

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SummersRadio™ Music News! The Smiths! Part 2!

SummersRadio™ Music News! The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now?' (Manchester Mix) So we've covered the contents of the vinyl and cd boxed set editions of The Smiths 'Complete' (in Part 1 posted below) - now onto the 'Deluxe Collector's Box Set'!  All three boxed sets are released on October 3rd in the U.K. by Rhino Records. The vinyl and cd editions retail around £150 and the 'Deluxe Collector's Box Set'  goes for about £250. Here are the contents of the 'Deluxe' edition:

DELUXE COLLECTORS BOXSET
**INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED & STRICTLY LIMITED TO JUST 4000 COPIES WORLDWIDE**

A heavyweight trunk boxset including:
> All eight album releases taken back to original tape sources and remastered by Johnny Marr and Frank Arkwright
> All eight albums on Mini LP replica style CDs in gatefold card wallets
> All eight albums on 12” vinyl LPs (5 singles, 3 doubles)
> 25x 7" Singles (the entire The Smiths Singles collection) inc. specially reproduced rarities
> A 36" x 24" Poster of all album and single cover artwork
> ‘The Complete Picture’ DVD of the band's music videos
> An 8 page 12" booklet feat. expanded liner notes
> 8x 12" art prints of each album cover artwork
> An Exclusive Code to download the whole catalogue as high quality MP3s (320k)

PLUS order now from Rhino.co.uk and get:
- an instant download of the album cover as a desktop wallpaper
- a chance to win the iconic Johnny Marr guitar - the Fender Special Edition Jaguar HH!
- 5 Runners up will win a framed designers proof of the boxset cover art

If you bought 'The Smiths Singles Box' in 2008 - which contained 12 7" singles - and figured that it covered everything - this 'Deluxe' edition includes the following 7" singles - 25 of them!

7” Singles (only available in the Deluxe Collectors Boxset)

1. Hand In Glove b/w Handsome Devil (Live)
2. Reel Around The Fountain b/w Jeane
3. This Charming Man b/w Jeane
4. What Difference Does It Make? b/w Back To The Old House
5. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now / Suffer Little Children
6. William, It Was Really Nothing b/w Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
7. How Soon Is Now b/w Well I Wonder
8. Shakespeare’s Sister b/w What She Said
9. The Headmaster Ritual b/w Oscillate Wildly
10. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore b/w Meat Is Murder (Live)
11. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side b/w Asleep
12. Bigmouth Strikes Again b/w Money Changes Everything
13. Panicb/w Vicar In A Tutu
14. Ask b/w Cemetry Gates
15. Shoplifters Of The World Unite b/w Half A Person
16. Sheila Take A Bow b/w Is It Really So Strange?
17. Girlfriend In A Coma b/w Work Is a Four Letter Word
18. I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish b/w Pretty Girls Make Graves
19. Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me b/w Rusholme Ruffians
20. Sweet And Tender Hooligan b/w I Keep Mine Hidden
21. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out b/w Half A Person
22. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others b/w The Draize Train
23. Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before b/w Girlfriend In A Coma
24. Hand In Glove b/w I Don’t Owe You Anything
25. William, It Was Really Nothing b/w How Soon Is Now?

So if you're a Smiths fan and you have $500 to spend you can pre-order 'The Smiths Complete' -Deluxe Collector's Box Set (and/ or the vinyl and cd box sets) from Rhino U.K. here: http://www.rhino.co.uk/

'How Soon Is Now' was first released as the b-side of 'William, It Was Really Nothing' in 1984. After becoming a club and alternative radio hit in the U.S. it was added to the North American version of their 'Meat Is Murder' album, and it was later released as a proper single in the U.K. in 1985 - reaching #24. Although it wasn't one of their most successful singles chart wise, it's perhaps their most instantly reconizable song - particularly for Johnny Marr's opening guitar sound. This is the rather rare extended 'Manchester Mix' of 'How Soon Is Now?'... Enjoy!

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SummersRadio™ Music News! The Smiths! Part 1!

SummersRadio™ Music News! The Smiths - 'Paint A Vulgar Picture' Rhino Records in the U.K. has just announced that they're releasing three new limited edition Smiths boxed sets in October! The compilation is appropriately titled 'The Smiths Complete' and is released in the U.K. on October 3rd. It comes in three formats - a vinyl boxed set, a cd set, and a 'Deluxe Collector's Boxset' which combines both the vinyl and cd editions plus some more goodies.

Before I delve into further details I'm instantly reminded of one of my favorite Smiths songs - 'Paint A Vulgar Picture' from their 'Strangeways, Here We Come' album - which was their fourth and final studio album released in 1987. If you're not familiar the song it's a brilliant, brutally honest look at the music industry and how it keeps 'dead stars' alive. While all the members of The Smiths are alive and well - as is their music and it's influence - the fact is that the band hasn't recorded or performed together for 24 years! But then it is the music itself - and their fans - with some help from the record companies - that keeps them alive.

Allow me to quote a few lyrics from 'Paint A Vulgar Picture'...

"Re-issue ! Re-package ! Re-package !
Re-evaluate the songs
Double-pack with a photograph
Extra Track (and a tacky badge)"...

"Best of ! Most of !
Satiate the need
Slip them into different sleeves !
Buy both, and feel deceived"

And here is the full song in all its ironic glory - featuring a fan video collection of photographs. I love it when Morrissey croaks about 5:05 in... Enjoy!



And now onto the details of those boxed sets released on October 3rd - here's a blurb about their general contents:

'Rhino Records UK is proud to present ‘Complete’, eight albums by The Smiths lovingly reworked by Johnny Marr and Rhino UK and packaged together for the first time - the ultimate The Smiths remasters collection.

The collection includes all four of the band's studio albums – ‘The Smiths’ (1984), ‘Meat Is Murder’ (1985), ‘The Queen Is Dead’ (1986), ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’ (1987) and their sole live album ‘Rank’ (1988) as well as firm fan favourite compilations ‘Hatful Of Hollow’ (1984), ‘The World Won’t Listen’ (1987) and ‘Louder Than Bombs’ (1987). Each has been taken back to original tape sources and remastered by master-engineer Frank Arkwright, assisted by Johnny Marr at the world famous Metropolis Studios in London.'

This is the cover art:

This is what's included in the limited edtion vinyl boxed set version of 'The Smiths Complete':

- 8 x Vinyl LP (5 singles, 3 doubles)
- 12" booklet feat. expanded liner notes
- 36" x 24" Poster of cover artwork

And here's what you get in the limited edition cd boxed set:

- 8 x CD albums (Mini vinyl LP replicas)
- All albums newly remastered for 2011 by Johnny Marr
- Housed in a clamshell box
- New Liner notes

More details of the 'Deluxe Collector's Box Set' to come in Part 2!

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SummersRadio™ Classic! Electronic!

SummersRadio™ Classic! Electronic - 'The Patience Of A Saint' I mentioned the band Electronic in yesterday's Stop Modernists post - and how two of the three songs that Neil Tennant sang on were singles. Well this is the third - which SHOULD have been released as a single - a witty duet between New Order's Bernard Sumner and the Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant - not to mention featuring the Smith's Johnny Marr - I mean, how cool is that?!

I always wished that remixes had been made of this song - but they never were. There's still time though - Electronic's self titled debut album was released in 1991 - they could easily release a 20th anniversary edition with all new remixes - I'm talking to you EMI!

Despite it's apparent destiny to remain a relatively unknown album track, part of what makes this song so great are the sardonic lyrics. Some of my favorite lines are 'And if I drove a faster car, I'd drive it bloody well' and 'Why should I care? I'd rather watch drying paint'. This is 'The Patience Of A Saint'... Enjoy!



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