NEW James Iha Song!!!

Being a fan of James Iha's debut solo LP Let It Come Down, I couldnt help but be anxious to hear the entirety of To Who Knows Where, the lead track of his new album Look to the Sky, when I saw the teaser. So I googled if there's a streaming of the song and voila! I found a streaming of not just the song but the whole album! Thank you technology! I just dont know how long will this be available for streaming so listen to it while it's here!! It's sooo goood!!

Here's also a preview of the video for To Who Knows Where

ALBUM STREAM: Lightships' Electric Cables

Have I got the perfect summer record here or what?! Teenage Fan Club's Gerard Love is streaming his album under a new band called Lightships and its got lovely tunes perfect for this hot Manila summer. You can pre-order Electric Cables here and it will be out on 2 April under Domino.

Tracklist:

1. Two Lines

2. The Warmth of the Sun

3. Muddy Rivers

4. Sweetness in Her Spark

5. Every Blossom

6. Silver & Gold

7. Girasol

8. Stretching Out

9. Photosynthesis

10. Sunlight to the Dawn

ALBUM STREAM: Porcelain Raft's Strange Weekend

The Flaming Lips trapped in a dream-pop state of lo-fi psychedelia

 

I dont realty care about the cold reviews of Porcelain Raft's debut full-length Strange Weekend. I loved it and been looping it since Hype Machine posted the streaming (dont ever believe in album reviews. Listen to whatever you like.) The album is atmospheric, full of gorgeous melodies and neatly placed instrumentation that streamlined Mauro Remiddi's preferred direction.

Album to be released January 24 via Secretly Canadian. Though, you can stream the entirety of Strange Weekend below :p

BAND CRUSH: Big Deal

I LOOOOOVEEEEE BIG DEAL!!!!!!

Sorry. I just need to release that off my chest. I literally had to stop their music so I could write this post because my mind wonders the oblivion every time I hear Alice Costelloe's voice. Big Deal's music is just so good! Havent felt this in love with a band in the recent times since The xx. 

Big Deal is a girl/boy duo from the UK comprises of Alice Costelloe and Kacey Underwood. There is a big surge of boy/girl duos lately but the Costelloe-Underwood love team is the Guy and Pip of the category. They are not really "lovers" but it's more like a musical relationship that makes this duo a perfect couple. 

They just released their debut album, Lights Out, and listening to it is like reading my highschool diary materialized in songs with layered acoustic and electronic guitars and fragile voices blended in perfection. I have the full album stream below and I encourage you to take a listen and buy their album here. 

RECOMMENDED TRACKS: Swoon, Locked Up, Summer Cold, Homework, Seraphine, EVERYTHING!!!

Big Deal - Distant Neighbourhood 

Big Deal - Chair

Big Deal - Cool Like Kurt

Big Deal - Swoon

Big Deal - Homework 

Big Deal - Talk 

Big Deal - With The World At My Feet 

Big Deal - Locked Up 

Big Deal - Summer Cold

Big Deal - Visions 

Big Deal - Seraphine 

Big Deal - Pi 

 

And here's an acoustic performance of Swoon. Watch it!