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This week on Crossfade TV, the Download Music crew listens to new songs from Brooklyn duo MGMT, hip-hop star Fat Joe, and singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, all recently posted on music.download.com.
Charlie Brown, Sufjan Stevens, Merle Haggard
It's holiday week on Crossfade TV, as the crew listens to old favorites from Vince Guraldi ("A Charlie Brown Christmas"), new treats courtesy of prolific singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens ("Song for Christmas"), and a reissue of a 1973 honky-tonk holiday gem from Merle Haggard ("Hag's Christmas").
Nada Surf, Tommy Guerrero, Nicolay & Kay
This week on Crossfade TV, the Download Music crew checks out indie-pop vets Nada Surf, skateboard star-turned-groove master Tommy Guerrero, and Holland/Houston hip-hop duo Nicolay & Kay.
Rilo Kiley, Kosheen, Bored Stiff
The Download Music crew's picks this week include indie-pop combo Rilo Kiley, U.K. electronic outfit Kosheen, and smart 'n' smooth hip-hop group Bored Stiff.
An escalating drum roll opens Our Ill Wills, the sophomore album from Shout Out Louds… and rightly so. It's been a few years since the release of their first full-length record, the critically acclaimed, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, and anticipation is great. But the band's been anything but idle. These last years have seen their passports fill up with stamps and their photo albums with snap shots from all corners of the world. They've done their own headline tours as well as being the support act of choice for bands such as The Strokes, The Magic Numbers and Kings Of Leon. Being on the road means you have plenty of time to think, to drink, to reminisce on the past. To play computer games. To miss loved ones. To get lost in new towns. To misbehave and to get your priorities in order. It's all there, on Our Ill Wills, out September 11th on Merge Records. Well, maybe not the computer games so much.
A fantastical animated journey from this stellar indie-pop band
Nina Simone, UFO!, Sun Kil Moon
This week on Crossfade TV, the Download Music crew checks out a cool set of unreleased recordings and interviews from Nina Simone, new songs from electronic artist UFO!, and the new album from Mark Kozelek's band Sun Kil Moon.
Kate Nash, Hot Chip, Dengue Fever
On Crossfade TV this week, the Download Music crew recommends up-and-coming London pop artist Kate Nash, electro-pop quintet Hot Chip, and Cambodian-American indie-rock group Dengue Fever.
Hot Swedish electro artists The Knife?s third studio album Silent Shout will be in stores on July 25th. Based in Stockholm, Sweden The Knife create subversive, shape-shifting soundscapes that defy categorization. Moving between realms, from highly danceable to tightly intimate spaces, theirs is music left of center and on the avant tip. Silent Shout, The Knife's third album, debuted at #1 on the Swedish charts. Mute will release Silent Shout, The Knife's first domestic release on July 25, 2006. "Silent Shout," the first single and title track, will be released on 12" and CD June 27, 2006 and features remixes from Shinedoe, Troy Pierce and more. Brother and sister, Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson, began making music together as The Knife in 1999, releasing records under their label Rabid Records. Deftly utilizing technology to strip, break down, defile, rebuild, and renew, their self-titled debut album The Knife, released in 2001, was followed by a soundtrack for the independent film Hannah med H, and their second artist album, Deep Cuts, both in 2003. The Knife is also famously responsible for penning ?Heartbeats?, a soul-tugging track made popular by Mute label-mate (and fellow Swede) Jose Gonzalez.
Sia, Estelle, Sons & Daughters
On Crossfade TV this week, the Download Music crew kicks off the new year with a look at exciting new '08 releases from Scottish rockers Sons & Daughters, Zero 7 vocalist Sia, and London R&B-pop diva Estelle, whose funky 'American Boy' features Kanye West.
