10. Real Estate – Days 9. The Dears – Degeneration Street 8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Hysterical 7. Yann Tiersen – Skyline 6. Emmy the Great – Virtue 5. Bon Iver – Bon Iver 4. The Decemberists – The King Is Dead 3. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes  2. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins [...]

  After a long break, and many a side-project, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have finally annouced the release date of their much anticipated third album, titled Hysterical. We’re clapping out loud on the inside!  :)

BAKER’S DOZEN By Neil Strauss Some make “mix tapes” to fit certain moods: there’s the party mix, the breakup mix, the driving mix. The hand-picked compilations that I find most compelling and lasting are the ones that take me on a journey. Like a plane leaving the gate, it takes a little while to pick [...]

This is your friendly neighbourhood Middle Distance Runner here to tell about something pretty excellent. Baeble Music, which is a site that primarily films concerts and puts them up on the net for everyone to see free of charge, also has a pretty excellent blog. For awhile now, I have been making these weekly mixtapes for them in a series called T.G.I.Mixtape, on which I showcase some of the hottest new tracks in the indie music world as well as some older stuff as well. This week, on the 28th volume in the series I have put together an extra special YBP edition, full of amazing songs by bands that have been involved in The Yellow Bird Project.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are back, with a new song: You can also download the demo from their website, for free!