Now That's What I Call Indie! Comp Revealed
Well folks, it's really happening. Promoters today announced the inaugural release in the previously discussed This Is NEXT series-- essentially the Now! That's What I Call Indie compilation-- and it should further spur the (perhaps moot) debate over just what qualifies as indie.
All that aside, however, it's also chock full of great tunes, from the likes of Sonic Youth (major label alert!), the Shins, Spoon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (ditto!), Bright Eyes, Bloc Party, Of Montreal, the Hold Steady, Neko Case, Deerhoof, M. Ward, Ted Leo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and, wait for it...Cold War Kids (their best tune, to be fair).
Not-so-independent Vice Records will release this first volume, and all acts are culled from ADA Distribution allied labels (who'll rotate in releasing future volumes). This Is NEXT hits stores August 21, by which time something else will invariably be "next".
Hey kid sister, here, happy birthday!
This Is NEXT Volume 1:
01 Bloc Party - "The Prayer"
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Cheated Hearts"
03 Sonic Youth - "Do You Believe in Rapture?"
04 The Shins - "Phantom Limb"
05 Spoon - "The Underdog"
06 Bright Eyes - "Four Winds"
07 Cat Power - "Lived in Bars"
08 Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"
09 Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"
10 Deerhoof - "The Perfect Me"
11 The Hold Steady - "Chips Ahoy!"
12 Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry"
13 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Colleen"
14 M. Ward - "Chinese Translation"
15 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Satan Said Dance"
All that aside, however, it's also chock full of great tunes, from the likes of Sonic Youth (major label alert!), the Shins, Spoon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (ditto!), Bright Eyes, Bloc Party, Of Montreal, the Hold Steady, Neko Case, Deerhoof, M. Ward, Ted Leo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and, wait for it...Cold War Kids (their best tune, to be fair).
Not-so-independent Vice Records will release this first volume, and all acts are culled from ADA Distribution allied labels (who'll rotate in releasing future volumes). This Is NEXT hits stores August 21, by which time something else will invariably be "next".
Hey kid sister, here, happy birthday!
This Is NEXT Volume 1:
01 Bloc Party - "The Prayer"
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Cheated Hearts"
03 Sonic Youth - "Do You Believe in Rapture?"
04 The Shins - "Phantom Limb"
05 Spoon - "The Underdog"
06 Bright Eyes - "Four Winds"
07 Cat Power - "Lived in Bars"
08 Neko Case - "Hold On, Hold On"
09 Of Montreal - "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"
10 Deerhoof - "The Perfect Me"
11 The Hold Steady - "Chips Ahoy!"
12 Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry"
13 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Colleen"
14 M. Ward - "Chinese Translation"
15 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Satan Said Dance"
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