Recent Posts from The Yellow Stereo

Caribou :: “Odessa”

February 03, 2010
B0007zsh4o The Yellow Stereo — “I got excited by the idea of making dance music that’s liquid in the way it flows back and forth, the sounds slosh around in pitch, timbre, pan… Dance music that sounds like it’s made out of water, rather than made out of metallic stuff like mos... read more »

The Weekly Graboid

February 02, 2010
1419807_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — Kicking off this week’s new album releases on Groundhog’s Day, we have Toro Y Moi’s Causers of This, which is a very worthy debut amongst the ever-growing amount of bands coming down the pipe of similar ilk. Also garnering a lot of buzz is Midlake... read more »

Lali Puna :: “Remember”

February 02, 2010
B0001bprdi The Yellow Stereo — Lali Puna is a band that had seemingly disappeared over the last couple of years (six years to be exact) since the release of Faking the Books back in 2004.  It’s puzzling to be honest, as I quite liked that album and fondly remember purchasing i... read more »

The Radio Dept. :: “Heaven’s On Fire”

February 02, 2010
2417856_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — It only took a little more than a year and a half, but it’s with a sigh of relief to report that The Radio Dept.’s oft-delayed third record Clinging To A Scheme will finally see the light of day on March April 20th in North America (frustrating!)... read more »

The Weekly Graboid

January 27, 2010
3292672_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — Sorry for not having the Graboid up last week, but I’ve included those releases (Spoon, Surfer Blood, Editors) in with the already incredibly amount of great releases that are available this week. So much good amazing stuff to choose from, that o... read more »

Basia Bulat :: “Go On”

January 15, 2010
4580952_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — I’ve already covered Basia Bulat’s forthcoming release of Heart of My Own (which you can read here), but I for one welcome any extra opportunities for you guys to hear new tracks from the record.  Beggars has provided another downloadable MP3 tit... read more »

Toro Y Moi

January 15, 2010
Default_artist_40px The Yellow Stereo — Toro Y Moi, the moniker of 23 year-old Chad Bundick of South Carolina, made headway during the summer of last year with two really great demo tracks and was one of many that were pushing this lo-fi dreampop to the masses. Dreamwave, chillwave, g... read more »

[video] El Perro Del Mar + Lykke Li :: “Change of Heart”

January 14, 2010
3217545_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — <object width="550" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VwWWSYOKzsg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allow... read more »

The Knife :: “Colouring of Pigeons”

January 14, 2010
Default_artist_40px The Yellow Stereo — I didn’t immediately jump onto this new track from The Knife when it flooded the internet a week ago, just because I was anticipating major disappointment.  Of course, there is always a possibility of this with anything new, but considering my co... read more »

The Weekly Graboid

January 13, 2010
B00009yxgb The Yellow Stereo — Kicking off the first big week of album releases in 2010, we have Vampire Weekend’s highly anticipated sophomore record, Contra. From my few listens, the band still retains that signature African sound from their debut. But, I’ve never been too ... read more »

Girls :: In-Store Performance at Slowtrain (2/12)

January 13, 2010
The Yellow Stereo — Related posts:White Hinterland In-Store Performance Tomorrow Night at Slowtrain Girls Interview at the Troubadour Girls :: “Lust for Life” Vivian Girls The Sundays | Live Performance Recording ‘92 read more »

Freebie Dirty Projectors digital 7″

January 12, 2010
3411254-2055041742_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — Because I’d rather not submit my email address (mine is flooded enough as is) and that I’ve yet to create a dummy account for this sort of thing, has kept me from actually listening to these until just a couple of minutes ago.  If you’ve yet to g... read more »

[video] Lucky Soul :: “White Russian Doll”

January 11, 2010
3265590_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — <object width="550" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8551298&amp;server=vimeo.com&am... read more »

Sleepover :: debut s/t available as free download

January 11, 2010
Default_artist_40px The Yellow Stereo — Indiepop seems to be alive and well here in Salt Lake City* as Sleepover are one of hopefully a lot more bands of the same ilk that I’m anxious to discover here.  Matt Skatterbrain has the scoop on this trio, but I’m not completely out of the loo... read more »

Burning Hearts :: “Night Animal”

January 07, 2010
Default_artist_40px The Yellow Stereo — Last year, Finnish duo Burning Hearts released one of, if not the most, overlooked album of 2009 with their debut, Aboa Sleeping.  Consisting of nine finely crafted pop songs, the gorgeous instrumentation of this record coupled with the vocal war... read more »

Emma Pollock :: “Hug The Harbour”

January 07, 2010
21vgpggif1l_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — This bit of news comes courtesy of Chromewaves, who sadly enough, is probably the only blogger that springs to mind who would care enough to consider posting this sort of thing.  Which is one of many reasons why Frank is awesome and you should be... read more »

The Besnard Lakes :: “Albatross”

January 06, 2010
Default_artist_40px The Yellow Stereo — I’ve definitely been waiting to hear something new from The Besnard Lakes for quite a while now, so it’s fantastic to finally get a sneak peak from the new album The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night. The last album was truly epic; just listen ... read more »

Love Is All :: “Kungen”

January 05, 2010
3474568_thumb40 The Yellow Stereo — Pitchfork has the latest on Love Is All’s third album titled Two Thousand and Ten Injuries which now finds the Swedes on new label Polyvinyl. It’s currently set to be released on March 23, with complete details in the previous link from Pitchfork... read more »

The Weekly Graboid

January 05, 2010
Default_artist_40px The Yellow Stereo — After a short hiatus to end the year (I needed a break! I’m not Largehearted Boy!), the Graboid is back to kick off 2010 properly. My hope is to be as consistent with this as possible, with updates every Tuesday. We’ll see if that holds up, but ... read more »

Salt Lake City’s Best Albums of 2009

January 04, 2010
B0001wjmva The Yellow Stereo — One facet of music blogs that I’ve always admired is the community aspect in regards to highlighting the best of what a city has to offer. It’s something that I always wanted to support and be a part of, but never truly experienced due to living... read more »
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