Music Preview : Active Child

Photo By Steven Slims

If you are a fan of ethereal, tchno-lite soundscapes tinged with R&B, chances are you will be a fan of choir-boy turned indie musician Pat Grossi, aka Active Child.

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Check out tracks “Playing House (feat. How To Dress Well)” and title track, “You are all I see” below.

“Playing House”

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“You are all I See”

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You Are All I See will be available in stores August 23rd via our friends, Vagrant Records.

City and Colour : “Fragile Bird” Music Video

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Check out the video for City and Colour‘s, “Fragile Bird,” directed by Michael Maxxis.  Little Hell drops next week. Pre-Order the album via iTunes or Amazon and be on the lookout for our review. If you have any questions for City and Colour, email them to [email protected]! While you are at it, go ahead and download the single, “Fragile Bird.”

New Music Preview : John Gold, “A Flower In Your Head”

John Gold is the poster child for DIY. He has two self-released albums behind him (These Are Color Days (2002), The Eastside Shake (2005)), and his third album, A Flower In Your Head, will be released June 14th on Vagrant Records.

If you are a fan of finely crafted pop songs with a west coast flair, you will love John Gold. Check out two tracks off A Flower In Your Head below. They are free to download as well.

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“Skyscraper”

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“Baby It’s Your Life”

New Music Preview : City & Colour, “Little Hell”

Photo by Vanessa Heins

2-time Juno award winning musical phenomenon, City & Colour (aka Dallas Green) will release his 3rd studio album, Little Hell, June 7th. We here at Secretly Timid are anxiously awaiting to review it.

We thought…why not share some tracks? So check out the tracks “Fragile Bird” and “Norther Wind” below as well as a behind the scenes look at his video for “Fragile Bird.” We think his voice is truly one of a kind. Be on the lookout for our review of Little Hell in the coming weeks, and go ahead and pre-order the album via iTunes or Amazon.

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“Fragile Bird” Like it? Download it for free.

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“Norther Wind”

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Album Preview : The Elected, “Bury Me In My Rings”

Photo By Lauren Dukoff

WOOT! Blake Sennett is out of retirement and on the road with The Elected, and their third album, Bury Me In My Rings, is out now. Sennett is probably most known for being the guitarist and co-songwriter of the indie band, Rilo Kiley, but trust us, this album is chock full of indie pop greatness and just may be your summer soundtrack. Feel free to download the songs “Babyface” and “Go for the Throat” below, and if you like what you hear you can purchase the album via iTunes for only $7.99. Check out the tour schedule to catch the band live. Oh, and be sure to check out our review next week!

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“BabyFace”

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“Go For The Throat”

The Elected on Tour
6/13 @ Sail Inn – Phoenix, AZ
6/16 @ Club Dada – Dallas, TX
6/17 @ Emos – Austin, TX
6/18 @ Fitzgeralds – Houston, TX
6/22 @ Local 506 – Chapel Hill, NC
6/23 @ Red Palace – Washington, DC
6/24 @ Johnny Brendas – Philadelphia, PA
6/26 @ Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ
6/28 @ Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
6/30 @ The Drake – Toronto, ONT
7/1 @ Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
7/2 @ Schubas – Chicago, IL
7/3 @ Triple Rock – Minneapolis, MN
7/8 @ Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
7/10 @ Bunk Bar – Portland, OR
7/13 @ Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA
7/17 @ Casbah – San Diego, CA

Alexander : Truth (White Arrows Remix) + Videos

Just in time for the weekend, download White Arrow’s remix of Alexander Ebert’s hit song, “Truth.” (Click to download)

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While you are at it, check out this video of Alexander and his band performing “Truth” in Austin at SXSW.

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…and here is a truly beautiful music video for the track “A Million Years.” Directed by Benjamin Kutsko.

You can purchase Alexander Ebert’s self-titled debut via iTunes.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey’s eighth studio album, Let England Shake, was released this past Tuesday. The album has received amazingly positive reviews including one perfect ten from NME. NME critic, Mike Williams writes, “Francis Ford Coppola can lay claim to the war movie. Ernest Hemingway the war novel. Polly Jean Harvey, a 41-year-old from Dorset, has claimed the war album.”

Photographer Seamus Murphy, whose work on Afghanistan is included on his website, A Darkness Visible, created short video pieces inspired by each song. So far we have seen videos for “The Last Living Rose” and “The Words that Maketh Murder.” Below you will see the video treatment for “Let England Shake.”

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