Webcuts Music

New Jersey outfit Real Estate’s shares their first music video from their album Days for the lead single “It’s Real”, filmed in Ridgewood, New Jersey and directed by Weird Days. Days was recorded over the course of five patient months in a remote New Paltz, NY barn-cum-studio, and is a coming of age moment for childhood friends Martin Courtney (Guitar and Vocals), Matt Mondanile (Guitar) and Alex Bleeker (Bass). A gorgeous suite of guitar-pop songs, Days is a testament to the sonic formula developed on their 2009 self-titled debut album, heralding the arrival of a new, genuine and enduring group of voices in American independent music. Days sees the band tighten and refine their brand of timeless, melodic and genuine music – consolidating the breezy sketches of their earlier work into considered, graceful pop songs.

It’s October. Why are we reviewing Christmas albums in October? Why She & Him? Why?

Sweet jangle pop outta New Jersey and more than likely the only Real Estate we’ll ever purchase… (sad but true).

Just to perpetuate Webcuts’ myth that everybody these days is a bedroom musician and to celebrate the release of In Heaven the debut album from New York-based Twin Sister, the band are offering aspiring producers the opportunity to remix the track “Kimmi In a Rice Field”. The winning remixer will have their track released on Domino as well as variety of other prizes. Twin Sister will also be coming to the UK and Ireland for live dates at the end of October, kicking off with a co-headline show at the Garage on 25th October with Real Estate.

Pavement reunion done and dusted, Stephen Malkmus and Co. get back to making adult indie rock on album number five.

Released last week and reviewed here was Coastal Grooves by Blood Orange, the latest musical project by ex-Test Icicle and Lightspeed Champion Dev Hynes. A lo-fi urban-sounding synth-pop record, Coastal Grooves has Hynes playing the Prince card and relishing the role, producing something fresh and unexpected. Originally appearing on two 12″ singles, you can listen [...]

Putting aside Lightspeed Champion, the chameleon musician/producer known as Dev Hynes unveils his latest project Blood Orange.

As 2011 continues to reveal an abundance of new artists and great music, it’s of no surprise that one of the more anticipated debut albums was that of 28-year-old Atlanta based songwriter and producer Ernest Greene, AKA Washed Out. Full of blissful harmonies and gently shifting arrangements, augmented with hip-hop beats and samples, Within And Without quickly became the preferred summer spin at Webcuts. Static’s Chris Berkley recently caught up with Ernest to talk about all things Within And Without — recording the album, the process behind it, and amongst other things, 10CC’s “I’m Not In Love” and the ‘raunchy’ cover art.

Long Island’s Twin Sister channel a little Tom Tom Club on “Bad Street”, the first single taken from their forthcoming album In Heaven due out September 26 on Domino Records. We gave away this track as a free download not too long ago, but the band have since shot a video clip shot at lead singer Andrea Estella’s family’s house in Long Island, populated by her bandmates, friends and family, giving off an 80′s suburban house party vibe to match the track’s carefree summer bounce. Webcuts totally fell for Twin Sister’s 2010 double-EP combo Color Your Life / Vampires With Dreaming Kids, in particular the exquisite dreampop shimmy of “All Around And Away We Go”, so it’s only expected that we’ll excitedly prick up our ears at the sound of fresh rumblings from their camp and report on. Twin Sister have also just announced a 10 date UK and Irish tour for the autumn, kicking off at Cargo in London on October 25 and ending at The Grand Social in Dublin on November 12.

Now this is the kinda contest fun that Webcuts approves of, despite the fact it involves a little artist-approved song sabotage and censorship. Help Stephen Malkmus write a family-friendly version of his forthcoming single “Senator”, taken from the upcoming Domino Records album Mirror Traffic (out August 22) and you could win a pretty sweet prize. As you’re probably aware, the chorus features the line “I know what the senator wants – what the senator wants is a blowjob”. That Malkmus, such a snazzy wordsmith, but blowjobs will not truck on the radio and a solution must be found.