Download: Coldplay - Live in Technicolour BoxSet

Martin from Coldplaying.com forums (He's Irish you know), has made a mix combining the new 'Life in Technicolour II' from Prospekt's March and the original from Viva La Vida, abnd has made it available for downloading. Check it out, it's pretty damn cool. And the EP isn't half bad either.

Coldplay - 'Life in Technicolour I & II'

Watch: Dan Black - Yours

Fancy having a song stuck in your head for the weekend? Well check out excellent new Dan Black single 'Yours'. He's the DJ responsible for 'HYPNTZ' if you recall.

Anyhow, if you want to annoy yourself with a tune over the next few days, listen to this. It's so catchy.


Oh and you can still get 'HYPTNZ' here:
http://swearimnotpaul.blogspot.com/2008/07/download-dan-black-hypntz.html

Download: AmpLive - Zion-I The Search and the Seizure Mixtape

I mentioned AmpLive's remixes of Zion-I a while back and included a download, but now I've even better news as you can download the mixtape in full, for free. The full mixtape even includes a guestspot from Talib Kweli.

Zion I The Search and the Seizure Mixtape Tracklist
Side A
1. Alien MC's
2. The Rebel
3. Paper Thick f/ Rakaa Iriscience & Richie Cunning
4. Til Tha Breakadawn f/ Codany Holiday
5. Rawww f/ Mr. Davin, Deuce Eclipse, and Bambu
6. Gotsta Chill (Temperature RMX) f/ Talib Kweli
7. All Tha Jazz Interlude produced by Headnodic, horns by Adam Theis
8. Push the Button produced by Sean Christian
9. The Choice Jump Off

Side B
1. Juicy Juice
2. How Does It Feel f/ KFlay & Del the Funky Homosapien
3. Mama Told Me produced by Beat Camp
4. MGMT vs MGMT f/ Mickey Factz
5. The D Interlude
6. Santogold One RMX f/ The Grouch
7. Weird Fishez f/ Young Deuce
8. Fight for the Right (Muse RMX)


Download it in full here:
http://www.zionicrew.com/mixtape/

Also, check out Zion I's Takeover TV:

Album News: Hem - Untitled

Nothing concrete about this release, but I love everything Hem release. Especially last years stunning Home Again, Home Again EP.

Hem are set to release their fifth album in 2009, and have details of a few tentative songs. The following songs could well appear on the record:
'Better Days'
'Bird Song'
'Gently Down the Stream'
'Seven Angels'
'Things Are Not Perfect in our Yard'
'The Wolf in the Woods'
'The World is Outside'

Expect more news when I get it.


Stream some of the tracks here:
http://www.hemmusic.com/music.html#mp3

Watch 'Half Acre' live:

Download: Gramercy Arms - Automatic

I have the pleasure of offering you another mp3 from Gramercy Arms' new record (of the same title), which I previously talked about here:
http://swearimnotpaul.blogspot.com/2008/10/download-gramercy-arms-looking-at-sun.html

The album was released in the US this week, and I hope to have a review up for it in the next few days.

Gramercy Arms - 'Automatic'

Check out http://www.gramercyarms.co.uk/ for more info.

Stream: Kanye West - Sky High Remix Project

Download the new album leak? I hope not, because the quality is so terrible. However, on the other hand, you can listen to 'Ye's new remix record with DJ Benji and Plain Pat, called Sky High.

Have a listen to it here:
http://nahright.com/news/2008/11/17/kanye-west-dj-benzi-plain-pat-present-sky-high-the-kanye-remix-project-stream/

That A-Trak Remix is great.

Listen: Of Montreal 'Gallery Piece' (Jon Brion remix)

Everything Jon Brion touches turns to gold. Well maybe not the new Dido album, but some of those songs are so much better due to his input.

Stereogum has a free download of the legendary producer's remix of Of Montreal's 'Gallery Piece', and it, as expected, sounds fantastic.

Check it out here:
http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-of-montreal-gallery-piece-jon-brion-remix_036191.html

Live: Of Montreal at the Button Factory

Perhaps the best recession-beating gig of early next year will be Of Montreal at a bargain €17 in Dublin's Button Factory.

They'll return to our shores on January 28th, and play Belfast's Stiff Kitten (nice names they have up there, Spring & Airbrake, Stiff Kitten!) the night before.

Tickets are on sale now.

Watch 'Suffer for Fashion':

Album News: Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream

Finally, a release date an tracklisting for the new Bruce Springsteen album. I say finally, but I don't really mean it. Sure we only heard of the imminent album news a few weeks back. But I am excited. Sure am.

Working on a Dream is once again produced by Brenan O'Brien (he did Magic), and will be released on January 27th, 2009. Forget about the new U2 record...

1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. Working on a Dream
4. Queen of the Supermarket
5. What Love Can Do
6. This Life
7. Good Eye
8. Tomorrow Never Knows
9. Life Itself
10. Kingdom of Days
11. Surprise, Surprise
12. The Last Carnival

Download: Riverboat Gamblers - A Choppy Yet Sincere Apology

You probably have heard me rant and rave about the Gaslight Anthem by now, and if you've taken the time to listen, you'll know my ranting is not unwarranted. I'm always on the lookout for great new bands, and when I read a press release stating that the Riverboat Gamblers are up the same street, I definitely was interested. And I must say, from first listen, they don't disappoint.

It'll be interesting to hear if their new album, Underneath the Owl, released on March 10th, 2009, will live up to lead single 'A Choppy Yet Sincere Apology' lives up to the hype. Also of note is that Rolling Stone's David Fricke had them on his list of the top 5 bands at SXSW. Not too shabby.

Download:
The Riverboat Gamblers - 'A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology'