Win a Signed The Temper Trap Poster

Thanks to our friends at Filter, we’re giving away The Temper Trap posters personally signed by the band!

Fill out the entry form below for your chance to win!

Contest Start Date: February 24, 2010.
Contest End Date: March 2, 2010.

*You must live in the U.S. to enter.

MP3: “Attic Lights (Live @ Bell House, Brooklyn)” by Atlas Sound

Courtesy of our good friend nyctaper, we’re able to share a great live performance of the track “Attic Lights” by Bradford Cox’s (Deerhunter) solo moniker, Atlas Sound. The early part of the show was hampered by a failing looping sampler, but Cox continued on in gracious fashion to play a stunning version of this song from his 2009 Logos album (#6 on Fishpork’s “favorite albums of 2009″ list). Download “Attic Lights (Live @ Bell House, Brooklyn)” by Atlas Sound here or stream it below:

Midlake’s The Courage of Others CD Contest

Thanks to our friends at Filter Magazine, Fishpork is giving away copies of Midlake’s The Courage of Others CD released on February 2, 2010.

Fill out the entry form below for your chance to win!

Contest Start Date: February 2, 2010.
Contest End Date: February 9, 2010.

*You must live in the U.S. to enter.

Fever Ray on Amazon US Daily Deal for $2.99

If you don’t already own Fever Ray’s magnificent debut album, your music collective has serious credibility issues. Fortunately, Amazon US Daily Deal is offering an MP3 download of the album for $2.99 (today only). You can order Fishpork’s second favorite album of 2009 here.

MP3: “When I Get Home” by Vic Chesnutt (Bradford Cox tribute)

For the second year in a row, Bradford Cox played a New Year’s Eve show as Atlas Sound in his hometown of Atlanta. This year he played mostly off of his excellent Logos release. The set started off with a tribute to Vic Chesnutt who passed away on Christmas after a successful suicide attempt. Bradford apologized for not being the guitarist that Vic was and admitted he couldn’t learn the song because it was too complex, so he just played the original for the audience. You can download Cox’s Vic Chesnutt tribute here or stream it below:

Download or stream the entire New Year’s Eve performance via Southern Shelter here.

Album Review: Tarot Sport

Fuck Button’s Tarot Sport is a mesmerizing exercise in electronic musical composition. The album displays an uncanny ability of the noisy electronic duo to do the impossible: transform indecipherable bleeps and glitches into highly accessible (even your Grandma might dig this shit), 10-minute instrumentals. Each track is repetitive but highly melodic and catchy. Andrew Hung and Benjamin Power build up each song  slowly and reward patience with hypnotizing crescendos that induce goosebumps on repeated listens. Imagine Sigur Ros and Aphex Twin collaborating on a album.

There are only seven tracks on Tarot Sport, but that doesn’t equate to a lack of material. Five of these songs approach or surpass the 10-minute mark effortlessly. Highlights include the epic “Olympians,” which features an addicting percussion loop that swells into inspirational synths. If the band removed the “Fuck” from their name, I’d vote for a radio-friendly version to be the theme song to the 2010 Winter Olympics. “Rough Steez” is a shorter track that takes several obnoxious noise samples and stitches them together into digestible form. The song represents why Hung and Power are  untouchable in the electronic music scene at the moment. Tarot Sport is one of the most epic and addicting albums to be released in the last few years. It’s an absolute masterpiece!

MP3: “Cecilia/Amanda” by Elliott Smith

Kill Rock Stars is giving away a previously unreleased Elliott Smith track to celebrate their upcoming re-issues of Smith’s first album, Roman Candle, and posthumous release From A Basement on the Hill. FABOTH was previously released by ANTI- records. The new track was originally written and recorded as “Time is Ours Now” by Smith’s high school band, Stranger Than Fiction. It was re-recorded in 1997 as “Cecilia/Amanda” at Jackpot! Recording Studio. You can download “Cecilia/Amanda” by Elliott Smith here (via SweetAdeline.net) or stream it below:

MP3: “Come In” by The Notwist

Christmas comes early with a new track by The Notwist. The song is part of a 7″ released last week that also features the Grizzly Bear remix of “Boneless.” The Notwist is currenty on a mini-tour with the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra. Download “Come In” by The Notwist here (via Russian Adults) or stream it below:

New Jeff Mangum on Tribute Compilation!

A few months ago it was announced that Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind and current recluse Jeff Mangum would perform a cover song for the upcoming CD for recent stroke victim, Chris Knox. Knox is known for bringing the punk and alternative music scenes to New Zealand. The compilation is a double-CD release, and Mangum is featured on disc 2. Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox will be released in various formats on February 23.

The even better news is that you can hear a 30-second clip of the song here!

MP3: “Scissor” by Liars

Liars have released a free download of a track off their highly anticipated Sisterworld album due March 9. The song will not disappoint hardcore fans. Download “Scissor” by Liars here or stream it below:

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