Shaking Through Vol2 Ep8: Family Band from Weathervane Music on Vimeo. The awesomely talented eMusic Selects alum Family Band took a trip to Philly a few weeks ago, teaming up with Grizzly Bear‘s Dan Rosen to arrange and record a new song live in the studio. The resulting song, like all things Family Band, is [...]

BOOM! Today! Brand new eMusic Selects form our old friends Army Navy! The last Army Navy record was a bit of a surprise hit on eMusic, and so when the band found themselves label-less around the time of record number two, adding them to our Selects Roster was a no-brainer. And, man oh man, did [...]

Well, it certainly is a banner day for eMusic Selects alums. This morning, we brought you the gripping new video from Strand of Oaks. No sooner did we post it than our Inbox brought us more ex-Selex happenings — a song from the forthcoming Hooray for Earth album. Taken from their upcoming full-length True Loves, [...]

I don’t think there is any way we could possibly be any more psyched for Tim “Strand of Oaks” Showalter. Ever since he released his excellent second record, Pope Killdragon through eMusic Selects, dude has been everywhere. His Kickstarter project to press up vinyl of Killdragon quickly met its goal, he scored an impressive 8.1 [...]

Those of you that were around on the site in 2008 are already familiar with the darkly beguiling, quietly disturbing little emotional puzzles that were the four pieces on Victoire’s 2008 EP A Door Into the Dark. The all-female indie-classical ensemble, led by the dynamic young composer Missy Mazzoli, was eMusic Selects’ first foray into [...]

(Man/Miracle, “Up,” Live at eMusic Lunch in Austin)) As you may have heard, eMusic had a little showcase in Austin where we announced our new Access and Rewards program and also spotlighted our amazing Selects bands, Man/Miracle and Hurray for the Riff Raff. To say that they were great would be an understatement. Man/Miracle’s brand [...]

Two new bands join the ranks of eMusic Selects today, and we could not be more thrilled. Both of them are striking and unique — the work of true vision and individuality, just the kind of records we love to get behind at eMusic. And now for a word about both: Man/Miracle, The Shape of [...]

We could not possibly be more excited about our two newest Selects acts! From Brooklyn, NY (by way of Boston, MA), Hooray for Earth and from sunny Los Angeles, Best Coast. Both bands do what we love best: put their own singular spin on irresistible pop hooks, spanning pop history, condensing it, and turning it [...]

An exciting announcement today from our good friends and eMusic Selects alumni the Rural Alberta Advantage. They’ve partnered with the fantastic T-Shirt company Threadless (who I was spending large chunks of my paycheck supporting for a while there!) to give fans the opportunity to name a heretofore untitled song. You can find out all about [...]

Can I talk about Glasser for a sec and about how she was on the eMusic Selects compilation and she played this awesome/awkward show at SXSW that I loved and how her new Apply EP is really really great? Can I please? The EP starts with “Apply,” the song that made the compilation, and then [...]

Dear Dark Energy, I love you. I know. It probably seems too soon. It did to me at first, too, but I can’t get you out of my head. Last night I told myself: “No more. There’s more to life.” But then just this morning there I was on the treadmill, lagging on my run, [...]

So obviously we are all pretty obsessed with the Altair and Julianna Barwick records we put out via eMusic Selects today. Yancey posted his great Q and A with Julianna earlier today, and here’s a look at the record itself. Julianna Barwick – Florine – Really, this is the sort of record you fall backwards [...]

Today we unveiled two new records on eMusic Selects, our DIY record label. Dark Energy from Altair Nouveau and Florine from Julianna Barwick. Both records are exceptional. Altair is sci-fi disco, these shimmering soundtracks to weird hovercraft races and love gone technological. Julianna is towering stacks of vocal loops twisted and pulled every which way, [...]

Tomorrow will bring two new releases from eMusic Selects, our in-house, personally run record label. This month’s artists are Altair Nouveau — sci-fi disco, was on the Selects compilation — and Julianna Barwick — dreamy vocal loops, otherworldly sounds, previous record beloved by everyone. Both releases are EPs (five tracks for Altair, six for Julianna), [...]

We’ve always been fans of Daytrotter here at eMusic HQ. They sit Seriously Big Names next to some zero-profile up and comers and let us, the dutiful listeners, sort ‘em out. I’m just waiting for Breathe Owl Breathe to get in on this party; they were born for this format — bands playing intimate, homespun [...]

Our favorite Icelanders Sprengjuhollin continued their US tour with a three-song stop at the eMusic offices, which I filmed and will be posting later tonight. Hi-ya! NOW WITH VIDEO:

The pic that inspired this Twitter post A reminder: Our favorite Icelanders Sprengjuhöllin, who killed us with a pair of performances at SXSW, will be playing NYC twice this week: tonight at Santos’ Party House, and tomorrow at Fontana’s. We will be at one or both shows. And so should you. The band is an [...]

It’s become tradition that we post full eMusic Selects Q&A’s here on 17 Dots, and so along with Jayson’s excellent chat with Victoire, I have Joe Keyes’ conversation with Luke Winslow King below. But before that, a quick word on how we came to both records. Luke Winslow King’s album was recorded by a guy [...]

In case you didn’t see, Pitchfork today gave Selected + Collected a very respectable 7.8! We’re beyond excited, and just feel like bragging a bit. And in case yr curious, the comp has been selling well — we’ve very pleased with the response, and all of the bands will be getting a nice, deserved check, [...]

We wanted to make sure this compilation was special, and so we decided to go the extra 100 miles and create a really nice set of liner notes that would make a case for each band, give you a chance to get to know them and also just have a cool memento of this record. [...]