December 2010
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New Passion Pit: All These Trees
Passion Pit - All These Trees by Pretty Much Amazing
Along with Andrew Bird and The Antlers, Passion Pit, a favorite of The Record Crate, was asked to contribute new music to American Express’ ZYNC campaign. Head on over to the ZYNC Facebook page and download the songs for free fitty free.
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Bag Raiders - Sunglight
A good song to send...
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Ask Hoodie Allen!
We will be doing an interview with Hoodie Allen on December 29th, when he stops in for his show at Boston’s Middle Eat Downstairs. We are taking any questions you guys have, so what do you want us to ask him?
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Madeon - Shuriken
Dance away those yule tide...
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Certified Gold 2010: Top Tracks of the Summer
Without a doubt, a summer is nothing without good music to back it. Some of the greatest memories of your life will happen over the course of those three short months. Through the haze that is fall and winter, these memories might only be jogged through the aid of listening to the music that was played throughout the summer. Here’s what tickled our fancy this summer:
1) Ratatat - Drugs
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Certified Gold 2010: Sportsmanship Award
“Tennis … Oh I get it. Like the sport!” - Drunk guy
While it remains unclear whether they are actual tennis players, this husband and wife lo-fi duo made their claim through another “sport.” They sailed up and down the east coast in their sailboat for nine months last year and based their songs off of the ship’s log they kept during the trip. They are one...
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Certified Gold 2010: The Best Reason to Love...
Ireland doesn’t seem to have much representation in the industry these days, unless you ask Bono - who might suggest that Ireland is the only country getting any representation these days. Well, Bono, step aside. Because these boys are taking over “with or without you.”
Two Door Cinema Club approaches music much differently than everyone else. They began as a trio sans a...
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Joan as Police Woman - The Magic
A preview of...
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Certified Gold 2010: If it's Broken, Don't fix It
By now you can probably tell that we’re absolute rubbish at coming up with award titles. Sorry we’re not sorry. Awards like “Breakthrough Artist 2010” just aren’t in our color wheel. However, if we were to equate this award with something you would find on a normal awards ballot, consider this to be the our “Breakthrough” award. Ladies and gentlemen,...
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Certified Gold 2010: Biggest Mark on Music Since...
I don’t think the music scene has seen such a rapid shift towards anything more so than the winner of this award. Sure there have been a ton of mashup artists ever since Girl Talk exploded and a ton of positive and negative reactions to Lady GaGa, but nothing quite on this magnitude. We at The Record Crate are huge fans of not just a single artist, but the current most popular genre in the...
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Certified Gold 2010: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Here’s a question for all of you touring bands out there: How many of you have a Ph.D in mathematics? Oh…only one? Good for you! Step on up and get recognized!
Caribou is by no means a newcomer to the scene. Showing face as early as 2000 under the name Manitoba, and 2006 under the name Caribou, musician Dan Snaith has taken us on a truly individual musical journey. I’m not...
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Certified Gold 2010: Biggest Letdown
I figured we’d start this train off on a low note and let the beat build sufficiently after the fact. Without using words, I’ll give you a hint:
It’s hard for me to write this, just as it’s probably hard for those of you who haven’t heard anything from this album (other than “Derezzed”) to accept this as the absolute truth. Sorry Charlie, but this was a...
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The Hour is Upon Us: Certified Gold 2010
As 2011 will mark the third year of our blog’s humble existence, it is time to unload our Second annual Certified Gold awards. For those of you just tuning in, think of it as a sort of “Top 10” list. There might be more than then. There might be less. I don’t let numbers run my life. Does this look like billboard.com to you? I’m certainly not going to bore you with...
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Ellie Goulding - Your Song (Blackmill Dubstep...
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Toro y Moi - Still Sound
The 1st bro of...
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Jonsi - Go Do
Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi has been...
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Kuhn - Quiet Nights
I’m not sure...
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Polarsets, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Polarsets - Morning by jenanderson
Polarsets - Morning
This one’s for everyone who says they don’t have a favorite band…because now you do.
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Of Oceans - In Love Not Limbo
In the wake of the...
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Noah and the Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
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Teen Daze - Let’s Fall Asleep Together
I...
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Theophilus Remixes The Xx
The xx - You’ve Got The Love (Theophilus London Remix) by TILLS
When Tumblr went down, THIS was the jam.
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Das Racist - You Oughta Know
Lots of good stuff...