Phrazes for the Young Cover Art

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Three years of silence ends with Julian Casablancas in a dark room full of brightly colored retro technology. How does everyone like it?

Details on the fall tour will be announced shortly...

Healthcare for your iPod


Portland's experimental dreamy-pop band Nurses are back with their second LP,
Apple's Acre
. It has very pretty album art.
The tracks roll softy and it's an easy listen. Fans of Akron/Family, French Kicks or innovative music in general shouldn't miss this!

They are currently on a continental double club tour.
If you're of age, they're apparently very good live.

[hypem] Nurses- Technicolor

Julian Casablancas in Tokyo (Video)



EDIT: RCA Records took down the video.
And not only for Fair Trade...looks like this project's locked up tight.

Here's a snipit of Julian Casablancas debuting his solo project in Tokyo.
This song is called 11th Dimension.

The sound quality is a little off, but it seems like it will definitely be an interesting album.
Said album, Phrazes for the Young, is slated for a September 29 release in the US.

A tour will follow, there's a rumor that The Strokes' lead guitarist Nick Valensi will be backing.

Beck Covers Velvet Underground

Beck's image has had quite a busy summer. His website is totally redone, and with it, comes The Record Club, which is basically Beck getting some friends-in-bands together to cover entire albums. First up, the culture classic Velvet Underground and Nico.

The covers have been posted all over,
you can pick and choose your favorites on
hypem.

Next week's Record Club guest artists include Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Wolfmother and Little Joy! A great lineup. Keep watch at beck.com/record_club

Noel Quits Oasis


Noel Gallagher of Oasis has quit the band, saying on the band's website that, "It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”

Maybe it's for real this time, since this has happened before.

Move Your Feet

Good Shoes:
Fantastic
pop/new wave band from England.
Give their album Think Before you Speak a listen!
[Hypem]

Last of Summer: Surf Rock

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Summer is just about over, so in an effort to try and enjoy it,
here are two indie surf-rock groups:

Best Coast
fuzzed out local favorite from California
with cute lyrics
and likable riffs.

myspace
hypem

The Drums
New York surf-rock with great energy
and fun lyrics
myspace
hypem

New Vampire Weekend Songs

Hopefully the new album's coming soon! We'll keep you updated.

"Run" in Montreal (8/2/09)


"Cousins" in Copenhagen (8/13/09)


This page is coming along; still in the process of finalizing design though.

Julian C. Public Solo Preformance Debut


...in TOKYO?!!
Said downtown New York in respose, "Ouch. That hurts, man."

bands i'm excited about

helado negro
fruit bats
ganglians
bibio
white denim
ima robot
micachu and the shapes
foreign born

the site is still very much under re-branding/construction, so feel free to check out these bands in the mean time.

Also, PHOENIX was in Spin Magazine (Sept 09). They wrote an awesome article about their rise to fame and did a really great shoot with them at the Bowery Hotel and at some places around New York. Go to your local magazine/bookseller and flip through if you don't subscribe.