Monday, November 24, 2008

Canasta releases free remix album



Download: Canasta - "Impostors"
Download: Canasta - "Slow Down Chicago"
Download: Canasta - "Shadowcat"

Chicago indie-rockers Canasta have released a free remix album of their record We Were Set Up. The remix record, titled We Were Mixed Up, can be downloaded here.

In the meantime, catch up with a few songs of their We Were Set Up release at the top of the post.

Canasta MySpace Page

Video: Kanye West - Live at the American Music Awards



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Friday, November 21, 2008

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Alla In The Studio Recording New EP



Alla, the wonderful, Mexican non-union equivalent to Stereolab, have been in the studio recording a new EP which will consist primarily of covers, in addition to some new material. The psych-pop trio is laying down the tracks over at Semaphore studios. According to the band MySpace blog, they recorded a "mind-blowing" version of Terry Riley and John Cale's classic "Church of Anthrax", describing it as "almost 10 minutes of epic madness." Other newly recorded songs include a new track called "Si Se Puede", and a cover of The Residents' "New Hymn". As of Sunday, the band had laid that one down, along with remixing "Si Se Puede" and tantilizing us with the promise of a "contemporary cover" which will remain a surprise.

To read more details, go here. Pick Es Tiempo, one of the year's best, at your local record store.

BIlly Corgan...Yikes



Just watch this. Via Stereogum. Also, is that Paul Stanley on the microphone encouraging Corgan? What the hell is Corgan. If this is some Andy Kaufman-style stunt, it's really poorly executed. This is like watching Robert De Niro's nightclub routine at the beginning of Raging Bull.