alternative stuff

No angels- Bastille ft. Ella

Late Show With David Letterman Friday, October 11th

"Come a Little Closer" - Cage the Elephant (Live)

Here's my remix of Cage the Elephant's hit song "Come a Little Closer". Heard the original on the radio in my car late one night, in my mind everything lined up so clearly. I knew I had to remix it and how I wanted to do it. Usually I end up making many different versions, but this one came together right away. Big thanks to Cage the Elephant for their support! 

FREE DOWNLOAD

Come A Little Closer (Vaski Remix)

Our debut album "When It Was Now," is now available on iTunes- smarturl.it/atlas

Subscribe for more new music on YouTube- bit.ly/W8yTQS
iTunes - www.smarturl.it/atlas
Facebook- facebook.com/atlasgenius
Twitter- twitter.com/atlasgenius
Tour Dates- atlasgenius.com/tour

Lyrics to Trojans:
Take it off
Take it in
Take off all the thoughts of what we've been
Take a look
Hesitate
Take a picture you could never recreate
Write a song
make a note
for the lump that sits inside your throat
Change the locks, change the scene
Change it all but can't change what we've been

Your trojan's in my head

It's ok if it's gone
The thoughts that you had that it was the one
And oh what is left?
For all those times is that what you get?
Oh regardless
The walls get painted anyway
Oh you're guarding
The gates, but it all got away

Your trojan's in my head

Take it off
Take it in
Take off all the thoughts of what we've been
Take a look
Hesitate
Take a picture you could never recreate
Write a song
make a note
for the lump that sits inside your throat
Change the locks, change the scene
Change it all but can't change what we've been

About Atlas Genius-
The members of Adelaide, Australia’s Atlas Genius do things a little differently….They set about building a studio where they could write and record music for their newly formed band 3 years before they even played their first live show as Atlas Genius. For two years, they devoted their days to constructing their dream studio and spent their nights performing songs by The Police, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones at local pubs to pay the bills. “We really got down and dirty with dry walling and literally laying the floorboards, and at the same time we were taking a couple of days a week to focus on writing songs,” recalls Keith Jeffery, Atlas Genius’s vocalist/guitarist. "We had a lot of song ideas and it was important to us to have our own studio where we could experiment and hone in on our sound," adds brother and drummer, Michael Jeffery. The studio was designed and outfitted by the brothers with the help of their father (who comes from a music and engineering background). Once the studio was complete, the first song that Atlas Genius finished was a song called “Trojans,” which they wrote, recorded and produced in collaboration with their friend, keyboardist Darren Sell. After many weeks tweaking the song, Michael insisted that the song was ready to be heard outside of the studio walls. Within an hour, “Trojans” was on the Triple J Unearthed Website, SoundCloud, and for sale via TuneCore on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify worldwide.

“We had begun to think that music was a pipedream and we had all gone back to university to pursue more realistic careers,” says Keith. “We’d had such a long slog of playing late nights and working all day, and it felt like we didn’t really have anything to show for it.” But then, in the midst of cramming for their Fall 2011 semester final exams, Neon Gold discovered “Trojans” on the Triple J Unearthed Website and wrote a post praising “Trojans” as a song sure to “invade your head, all dressed up in a clever disguise of earnest vocals riding a hooky riff.” Checking the band’s email account for the first time in over a month, the band found that dozens of record labels, publishers, lawyers, booking agents and management companies from all over the world had contacted them.

“We were trying to focus on school, but it was just impossible,” recalls Keith. “So we said, ‘There’s something going on here. Let’s get back to the music.’” The band added manager, Jonny Kaps from +1, to their extended family to navigate all of the interest as the band focused on writing and recording more songs.

Quickly named an iTunes Single of the Week in Australia and New Zealand, “Trojans” reached #4 on Hype Machine by the end of May. In August, SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s Alt-Nation discovered the song on a blog and decided to give it some spins. There was an immediate reaction from listeners, and in September, “Trojans” was placed into heavy rotation, where it maintained a top-five position on the listener-generated Alt-18 countdown and peaked at number one for 4 consecutive weeks in January 2012. “Trojans” began selling over a thousand tracks per week on U.S. iTunes and soon climbed to 45,000 sales - all with zero promotional efforts from the still-unsigned Atlas Genius.

“Knowing we had this audience that was waiting on new songs, we had a much greater sense of purpose than we had before,” says Keith. “It was really exciting to know that there were people who wanted to hear more of our music.” Although labels were clamoring for the band to come to the U.S. and play a series of showcase gigs, Atlas Genius turned down those offers in favor of staying in Adelaide to keep writing and recording new songs. In February 2012, after months of communicating with numerous labels via Skype, the band chose to travel to the US in order to make their label decision.

“We’d never been to America before,” says Keith. “We flew in at night and saw this sea of lights, and it really became apparent to us how massive the U.S. is. It was pretty intimidating - like ‘How do we fit into all this?’” In April 2012, the band returned to the states having made their decision to sign with Warner Bros. Records. “We felt a connection with them,” notes Keith. “Everyone there feels very creative and dedicated to the music.”

The band’s first release from their new label home, the EP Through The Glass (produced, engineered and mixed by the band), came out in June of 2012. With Through The Glass completed, Atlas Genius then holed up in its studio and worked on writing and recording its first full-length album, while at the same time rehearsing for their first ever tour. The tour started in August 2012 and led to three more tours back to back taking them thru to the end of the year. Thus, their full-length debut was finished up between tour dates and got completed just before Christmas 2012. When It Was Now is set for a US release on February 19th, 2013, with an international release to follow soon after.

The debut captures Atlas Genius’s singular combination of sophisticated musicality and warm, wistful spirit. Infused with a classic sensibility, each of the songs would fit seamlessly if somehow slipped into a long-treasured mixtape. On the shimmering “Symptoms,” for instance, taut keyboard riffs mesh with urgent acoustic strumming before the band bursts into a gently frenetic, guitar-drenched chorus. Meanwhile, “Back Seat” blends its pulsing bass throb with a sweetly infectious beat and tender vocals that alternately soar and sigh. And on “Trojans,” Atlas Genius begins with a restrained guitar melody and vocal (“Take it off, take it in/Take off all the thoughts of what we’ve been”) before giving way to the handclap-accented, harmony-soaked refrain and lush yet kinetic bridge.

“It’s still surreal,” says Keith of all that’s happened over the past 18 months. “I think when we were very young, we had hopes that something like this might happen one day,” he continues. (Thanks largely to encouragement from their Beatles fanatic parents, who encouraged the brothers to begin playing music by age 14.) “But then you grow up a bit and it seems less and less likely. So when we put ‘Trojans’ out, we figured it would be a success if maybe a hundred people heard it. We don’t want to force our music onto anyone. Our goal is to write songs that we love and we hope they connect with other people too.”

Trojans

Buy on iTunes

Weekend

Download

Black Sun is the first single off of Death Cab for Cutie's upcoming album Kintsugi, out March 31st

Pre-Order Kintsugi now and get "Black Sun" instantly

Follow Death Cab for Cutie Online
http://facebook.com/deathcabforcutie
http://twitter.com/dcfc
http://youtube.com/dcfctv
http://deathcabforcutie.com

Black Sun

'All the Pretty Girls' originally by Kaleo, an Icelandic indie pop/rock/folk band established in 2012. This song was released on 2014.

*No copyright infringement intended*

All The Pretty Girls - Kaleo

Dream - Imagine Dragons

Houndmouth came to town and played us stripped-down version of "Sedona". Get more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiHYV5hAz9k

#KINKmornings: Houndmouth's "Sedona" - June 19, 2015

When a crowd is singing along with the last chorus after hearing the song for the first time, and Twitter lights up with those same lyrics in the days following a performance; you know it's a song that connects.  Poignant yet sing-along-able lyrics and undeniable rock noir musical undertones, Spirits, the first single from The Strumbellas, embodies the essence of what has been attracting fans from across North America to this Lindsay, Ontario bred band  

That journey has been a whirlwind since the release of the band’s 2012 debut album My Father And The Hunter. The Strumbellas' sound — haunting lyrics fused with infectious, danceable melodies — won them both fans and critical recognition. A year later, they followed up with We Still Move On Dance Floors, which earned the band six awards, including a JUNO and Sirius XM Indie Award, as well as a spot on the Polaris Music Prize Long List.  And of course, there’s been touring. Lots of touring.
 
In early 2015, the Strumbellas, off the road and ready to go into the studio again, set up shop at downtown Toronto’s Lincoln County Social Club to record the new album with LA Producer/Engineer, Dave Schiffman (Johnny Cash, Haim, Weezer).  During three recording sessions during the first half of 2015, Schiffman and the band harnessed a vivid sound that was itchin’ to get out of them.  Bigger.  Bolder. Beckoning.

Hope

Spirits

Houndmouth in Studio Z at Port City Music Hall on September 21st.

Houndmouth - Sedona

https://www.youtube.com/c/IzzieT
https://iz-z.bandcamp.com

Cage the Elephant - Trouble (cover)

New Album. New Single. World Tour.
Pre order, Cleopatra, the brand new album from The Lumineers and get a download of this song instantly!
VINYL | CD | DIGITAL : http://bit.ly/1IxBGJV
Order on iTunes: http://po.st/CleopatraYTDiT
Order on Google: http://po.st/CleopatraYTDGP

Newly Announced Tour Dates:

05.21.16 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
05.22.16 - Dallas, TX - The Bomb Factory
05.25.16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Red Butte Garden
05.27.16 -San Diego, CA - CalCoat Credit Union Open Air Theatre
05.28.16 - Santa Barbara, Ca - Santa Barbara BOWL
05.29.16 - Napa, CA - BottleRock Napa Valley
05.31.16 - Portland, OR - ArLene Schnitzer Concert Hall
06.01.16 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
06.03.16 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Amphitheater
06.07.16 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
06.10.16 - Kansas City, MO - KC LIVE! at power & Light district
06.11.16 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
06.12.16 - St. Louis, MO - Peabody Opera House
06.14.16 - St. Paul, MN - The Myth
06.15.16 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
06.19.16 - Chicago, il - chicago theater

The Lumineers | Ophelia

Don't You Cry For Me

DOWNLOAD NOW

Little Lion Man

Gambino's verses from "Bonfire" over Das Kapital's remix of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love."

Bonfiver (Bonfire vs. Skinny Love [Das Kapital Rerub]) - Man On Fire

We Move

Get Low

Cage The Elephant
"Trouble"
Live from Chicago, IL 
June 7, 2016

Recorded by Trevor Coppen

Trouble [Chicago 06/07/16 Bootleg]

https://mega.nz/#!qosGyaYJ!XqfsjwrVxl-azbv45mpcxVAEnAROJJAoq3S7E4gPTsw

alternative stuff

alex_i1714