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The Wrens - "In Turkish Waters"
In January, The Lifted Brow, a biannual "50% fiction and 50% everything else" Melbourne-based magazine, is putting out an issue that includes two CDs with exclusive music from Spiral Stairs, the Magnetic Fields' Claudia Gonson, Frightened Rabbit, and Dan Deacon, among others. One of those others is the Wrens, whose "In Turkish Waters" debuts in this week's Drop. Wrens bassist/vocalist Kevin Whelan told us about the track:
This is a Wrens demo that I worked up for the band in our kitchen in our New Jersey band house. Eventually another Wrens version will see the light of day ... hopefully, the light of that day will be before 2015...
He also let us know that the Wrens are looking to a full length release in 2009.
As far as the magazine, it's The Lifted Brow No. 4, subtitled "The Fake Bookshelf," and includes "107 new songs, stories and comics based on the titles on a fake bookshelf." This is a 300-page issue -- with fiction by Spencer Krug, Carey Mercer, Jonathan Meiburg, Rick Moody, Times New Viking's Beth Murphy, etc. -- along with two hour-long CDs. If you pre-order now, it'll ship in January. You can get the full tracklists, contributor lists, and info about the launch at The Lifted Brow.
Wild Beasts - "We Still Got The Taste Dancin On Our Tongues" Video
Wild Beats' previous Two Dancers video for "All The King's Men" was set in a mystical forest peopled with various fair maidens (and the band). Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull, aka Institute For Eyes, pilot us toward some actual wild... (more)
The Thermals - "Canada"
This week the world turns its attention to our northernly neighbor for Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics. Not everyone's enthused. While the Thermals' one-off ode to Canada has no direct relation or reference to the world's most celebrated international pissing contest,... (more)
YACHT - "Holiday" (Weezer Cover)
Fun fact: according to Jona Bechtolt, his YACHT partner Claire L. Evans "...used to run the #2 most-popular Weezer fansite." Consider this cover a fan tribute then. "Holiday" is available on YACHT's recent iTunes Session EP, but you can listen... (more)
Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova Reissue Gets Four New Tracks
The original collaboration record One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels came out back in 2004, but the groups reunited last fall to write and record new songs at Mike Mogis's Omaha studio. The ten-track album will be out March 23.... (more)
