4AD have released a new download sampler giving listeners a taste of their best releases of 2008. The tracks featured range from 4AD favourites such as The Breeders and Mountain Goats right through to the labels newer artists such as Anni Rossi and It Hugs Back.
Download the 12 track sampler by signing up to the mailing list on the 4AD website.
1. TV On The Radio Golden Age (from Dear Science) 2. DeerhunterNothing Ever Happened (from Microcastle) 3. Department Of EaglesNo One Does It Like You (from In Ear Park) 4. Anni RossiEcology (from Afton) 5. StereolabNeon Beanbag (from Chemical Chords) 6. Atlas SoundRivercard (from Let The Blind...) 7. It Hugs BackWork Day (from Work Day) 8. Minotaur ShockMy Burr (from Amateur Dramatics) 9. Johann JohannssonMelodia (i) (from Fordlândia) 10. Bon IverSkinny Love (from For Emma, Forever Ago) 11. The BreedersBang On (from Mountain Battles) 12. The Mountain GoatsSax Rohmer #1 (from Heretic Pride)
New releases from Deerhunter, Lou Reed and Anni Rossi
Microcastle is a hazy and dream like gem from Bradford Cox and his band. The follow-up to Deerhunter’s critically lauded debut Cryptograms, Microcastle is in parts kraut, shoe-gazy, ambient and majestic. Featuring 12 tracks, the album also comes backed with 13 track bonus disc Weird Era Cont.
Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse is a recording of the recent live performance of Lou Reed's classic 1973 album in its entirety. With guests Antony (Antony & The Johnsons) and Sharon Jones, plus live versions of the Velvet Underground’s Sweet Jane and Candy Says.
Afton is the debut 4AD release from 22 year old multi-instrumentalist Anni Rossi. From Minnesota via Los Angeles she is classically trained from a young age with the viola forming the centrepiece to her music. Currently working with Steve Albini (Pixies, Joanna Newsom, PJ Harvey) on her debut album due out next year, she can count artists like Electrelane and The Ting Tings among her admirers and has toured Europe and the US with both of them.