SecretCast

My favorite music publication on both sides of the pond has just launched their own online streaming radio station, commercial free. Sadly, it requires Real Audio, but the sound quality is pretty darn good and I’ve yet to buffer.

Thankfully the Mac version of Real lacks all the bloat that the Windows version does.

(Via Pitchfork: Daily Music News.)

Auz pointed this out to me. They’re playing the Knitting Factory here in NYC.

You can find a link to “Cherry Cola,” a track off their upcoming album, at Stereogum.

I set up a domain with GoDaddy (using the Squadcast discount) for SecretCast.com. I’m really too lazy to actually do anything else than set up the domain as a forward, and yes, I do actually know how to set up my own domains here at fuitadnet (the host) under my account. It just requires an effort I don’t feel like making. At this time. Maybe later. Prolly not. I need a nap.

Pitchfork reports that there’s a new Eagles of Death Metal album, due, April 11, entitled Death By Sexy. Tracklisting as follows:

1. I Want You So Hard (Boy’s Bad News)
2. I Gotta Feeling (Just Nineteen)
3. Cherry Cola
4. I Like to Move in the Night
5. Solid Gold
6. Don’t Speak (I Came to Make a BANG!)
7. Keep Your Head Up
8. The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck
9. Poor Doggie
10. Chase the Devil
11. Eagles Goth
12. Shasta Beast
13. Bag O’ Miracles

Pre-Order Death By Sexy

Wonder Stuff Drummer Dead:

Yesterday Martin Gilks died in a motorcycle accident in London.

It is a tragic loss to all his family & friends. Martin will be sadly missed & fondly remembered.

The Wonder Stuff

Stereogum points out that NME is streaming the new Secret Machines album, Ten Silver Drops.

Looking around, I noticed that they’re also streaming The Vines’ Vision Valley, which comes out tomorrow (Apr 4) here in the US.

For whatever reason, NME doesn’t like streaming to my iBook longer than 1:30 per song, so I guess I’m going to just have to wait for my pre-orders to arrive.

Pre-Order Vision Valley

Pre-Order Ten Silver Drops

Until a couple of years ago, I was a listener of WLIR, home to some of the best music in NYC with modern rock, alternative, grunge, indie, on and on. Stuff you don’t hear on top 40. When they moved to a different part of the island (Suffolk) and changed their frequency, I stopped listening to radio, depending upon, instead, on the Web, UK press, etc. on finding new music.

In truth, what I play on the SecretCast (and in my ears) isn’t actually inspired because that’s what every station is playing, or it’s the top single on the charts. My musical discoveries are becoming more and more organic thanks to LIR becoming inaccessible.

Then I saw this post lamenting, in part, on the loss of LIR, and having been a listener since, gosh, Blondie was a top new wave act, I couldn’t help but respond. Then I discovered, after visiting their site, that they stream. Right now they’re playing “Mr. Brightside” (meh), but the first track I did hear was the new single from my beloved Vines.

Crap. I guess I’ll be listening to the radio again, despite the fact that the streaming page is shit on Firefox (and doesn’t support Safari at all).

History of LIR on wikipedia

with pics. Including the song list. Scroll down their page for a link to a free Editors song offsite.

Tribute to the Editors @ Webster Hall…

1. “Disco Infiltrator, ” LCD Soundsystem
2. “You Can’t Touch the Untouchable,” The Big Sleep
3. “Bullets,” Editors
4. “Transmission,” Joy Division

(cover art: Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures)