Topix — Elbow, Lily Allen and Estelle are among the big names on a new charity album. Heroes will include 16 tracks by a range of top acts, including Hot Chip, TV On The Radio, Beck, Duffy and Scissor Sisters. more info
JamBase — War Child: Heroes Cover Album
War Child has announced the full list of artists and songs for their new album Heroes. Set for release on Parlophone on February 16, the album's concept was to get some of the biggest legends in music history to selec... more info
Pitchfork — Last September, Pitchfork reported that Astralwerks would be releasing Heroes, a benefit compilation for War Child, a charity that helps kids stranded in war zones across the world. Heroes has a pretty simple and great concept: Music legends pick the... more info
Stereogum —
Lots of artists you enjoy are covering lots of other artists you enjoy for another tribute album organized by and benefitting War Child, the "network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war." The pairi... more info
Paste Magazine —
Hometown: Boston, Mass.
Fun Fact: Passion Pit’s debut
EP, Chunk of Change, was initially intended to be a belated
Valentine’s Day gift for lead singer Michael Angelakos’
girlfriend.
Why It's Worth Watching: Chirpy,
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Welcome to Dance Club — pic:piratedollieA variety of excellent things for you....Firstly, one of my favourite artists, Jesse Rose, has a new LP coming out early this year. It's going to be great. As you'd expect, Switch and Oliver $ are involved, as is Hot Chip. If the mere... more info
My Old Kentucky — I think I must have totally slept on this one. I didn't know about it until Greg just sent it over. I wasn't all that enthralled with the Hot Chip/Peter Gabriel Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa cover, so maybe I just didn't see they released this EP too. It... more info
Bridging The Atlantic — Establishing the best albums and tracks of 2008 proved a significantly more challenging task than I anticipated. Firstly I needed to objectively reach a shortlist of the year's musical elite. I achieved this by erecting an elaborate structure of wire... more info
Bridging The Atlantic — Establishing the best albums and tracks of 2008 proved a significantly more challenging task than I anticipated. Firstly I needed to objectively reach a shortlist of the year's musical elite. I achieved this by erecting an elaborate structure of wire... more info
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