This Week in Tumblr: August 2-6
It’s time for…This Week in Tumblr! Missed our posts on the SoundCloud Tumblr? No sweat, here’s the weekly cheat sheet:
Monday:
- Autolux is back! Six years after their debut album, the Los Angeles trio returns with their second album Transit Transit. Stream it in full here:
Tuesday:
- The Quietus recently ran a competition via SoundCloud for the chance to play at Field Day on their Quietus Village Mentality stage. Congratulations to the winning band, Runners, from Leeds! Check out their winning track:
Wednesday:
- The Guardian has compiled a playlist of their favorite new bands of 2010 thus far. Who made the cut? The likes of Beach House, Janelle Monae, Best Coast, and Toro Y Moi, to name a few. Click-through to reach the page:
Thursday:
- Fact Magazine is offering a full stream of Matthew Dear’s new album Black City. Listen to it exclusively on Fact here. Bonus: check out the metal totem edition for sale!
- A big congratulations goes out to Aargus, the winner of the Luca Ricci AKA Against The Grain contest winner! You can listen to the winning remix below:
Friday:
- Un-Convention is coming up from October 1-3! And SoundCloud’s got a surprise for you. We’re offering our users a 15% discount on tickets! Simply enter the code “UNCONCLOUD.” Tickets can be purchased for £14 – £40 here and here. With names like Roisin Murphy, Billy Bragg, and Jarvis Cocker backing the enterprise, you don’t want to miss this.
What’s Un-Convention? “Un-Convention is a global grassroots music event and community – that meets physically and virtually to share ideas; discuss and debate cutting edge issues around music, technology and creativity; and facilitates members engagement with their peers. Un-Convention is not about the business of music. The community is driven by a not for profit initiative that sees opportunity for the grassroots in the changes to the way music is being produced, consumed and sustained.”
And that concludes this week’s edition of This Week in Tumblr! Looking forward to a terrific week ahead.