Idiot Glee

Today’s MPfree is from Lexington, KY’s Idiot Glee, a 22-year-old pop prodigy releasing his single soon on the hipster launchpad label Moshi Moshi. See him live at the Old Blue Last tomorrow, ably supported by Future Islands (a last minute addition, warming up for their European tour), noisy Glaswegians Moon Unit and LDN’s own Slushy Guts.

Idiot Glee – Ain’t No Sunshine by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: Trouble Books

Wife-husband duo Trouble Books make music so beautiful, warm and good-natured that you don’t just want them to be a band, but also form a political party and be voted leaders of the world. Their music feels like a breath of fresh air from some half-imagined arcadian paradise, in a similar way to, say, Joanna Newsom or Brightblack Morning Light. They are playing a rare London show at The Betsy Trotwood on Tuesday. I’d strongly suggest impulse-buying some tickets right now.

There are more details on Facebook, of course.

Trouble Books – Parking by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: Adam Kesher

French electronic indie-rock five-piece Adam Kesher have returned with a new streamlined lineup and a Chromeo-produced second album. This track is the first to see the light of day, and suggests a dancefloor-friendly swing of direction for the record, out early next year in the UK after a new EP. They’ll be in London this December for some live dates.

Adam Kesher – Hour Of The Wolf by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: The One

The One are a London four-piece playing 80’s-influenced electronic soul-pop. Masterminded by sometime Fair-Ohs and Heartbreak drummer Joe Ryan, The One is a sultry and winningly musical-heart-on-sleeve concoction. The debut single, “Double Life”, is out on September 13th – grab it here. And the song can be downloaded here.

The One – Double Life by snipelondon

Snipe MPfrees: August 2010

Here you go, dear readers: all 23 Daily MPfrees posted during August 2010, in one handy playlist. All yours for free. No need to thank us. No, honestly. Unless you really want to, you know. And there’s a comments section for that.

Snipe MPfrees – Issue #4 by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: The Empty Set

“Portia, I Dreamt You Were a Princes” is beautiful little electronic postscript on a delicate lo-fi folk album by Manchester’s The Empty Set. The album, “Neat As a New Pin”, is well worth checking out. This track has a few seconds of silence at the start… stick with it!

The Empty Set – Portia, I Dreamt You Were a Princess by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: Zola Jesus

The wonderful and more than slightly mysterious neu-goth princess Zola Jesus plays one of our favourite venues, C.A.M.P., tonight. This track, Night, is her first UK single, out last week on Souterrain Transmissions and taken from the brilliant debut album Stridulum II.

Zola Jesus – Night by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: Sufjan Stevens

Indie dreamboat Sufjan Stevens has released a new track from his forthcoming record The Age Of Adz. He has taken an intriguing swerve and gone electronic. Which is, in his hands, quite obviously an epically excellent decision.

Sufjan Stevens – I Walked by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: No Age

L.A. duo No Age have been doling out their psychedelic-edged noise-rock for several years now without ever quite nailing it in the studio like they do live. “Glitter” is a step in the right direction, melding the noise, rhythm and melody that makes them great, and sitting between Deerhunter and Sonic Youth.

No Age – Glitter by snipelondon

Daily MPfree: Grampall Jookabox

Grampall Jookabox makes strange mashed up American music, taking in messy acid-rock, bastardized blues and Beefheart-style experimentation. It took a while to get into it, but this is just brilliant…

Grampall Jookabox – The Girl Ain’t Preggers by snipelondon

Grampall Jookabox – The Girl Ain’t Preggers from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.