Pure X hail from Austin, Texas check out the track Twisted Mirror from their debut album Pleasure due out July 5th on Acephale Records . Think slow, jammy, druggy, spaced out jams that meander and rattle. They kinda feel like Kurt Vile on downers but with some fantastic melodies sparkling beneath the foggy gauze of sound. Continue reading ds recommends… Pure X
On June 6th Depeche Mode will release their 2nd collection of remixes spanning their entire career. Remixes 2: 81-11 also marks the return (kind of, not really) to the band of orginal member Vince Clarke and long time member Alan Wilder. Both contribute remixes and have had increased contact with DM with Clarke working on a dance record with Martin Gore and Alan accompanying Gore onstage … Continue reading NEWS: Depeche Mode release new remix album…
Everyone’s been getting worked up about the release of a new Burial 12″ ahead of a full length set to drop later in the year. I’ve already ordered my vinyl copy and I’d recommend getting in quick over at Boomkat or Bleep as this one is guaranteed to sell out. In fact most sites seem to have sold out their presales already! The brilliant blog … Continue reading NEWS: Hear the new Burial tracks…
Albatross, the first track from the forthcoming Wild Beasts album Smother has surfaced and you can hear it below. Sounding a little underwhelming on the first few listens, there are some nice soft melodies that eventually emerge amid the twinkling electronics. The album is released on Domino on 9th May 2011 on CD, 12″ vinyl, and digital download. Smother was recorded in late 2010 in a remote part … Continue reading FIRST LISTEN: Hear the new song from Wild Beasts…
written by Chris Familton Finn Andrews has been toiling away under the moniker of The Veils since they released their debut The Runaway Found back in 2004. They followed it up with the fantastic and underrated Nux Vomica which seemed to attract critical acclaim but no groundswell of wider popularity. Their last release Sun Kings had moments of greatness but seemed to stray a little … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Veils | Troubles Of The Brain EP
written by Chris Familton Oh the pressure of being touted as the next best thing and one of the great hopes of 2011. Time will tell if Cloud Nothings (Dylan Baldi) will become as popular as many say he should be but in terms of the ‘is he any good?’ question the answer is yeah, the 19 year old kid from Cleveland who draws from … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Cloud Nothings | Cloud Nothings
Milwaukee’s Trent Fox & The Tenants have a 5 track 7″ out this week on Kind Turkey Records. If you like authentic pop-fuelled, garage rock rave-ups then check these guys out on the stream of Mess Around and the promo vid they’ve done… MESS AROUND Continue reading ds recommends… Trent Fox & The Tenants
The Kills have a new album Blood Pressures ready to drop on 4th April. To tide you over here is a stream of the first single Satellite… Tracklisting 01. Future Starts Slow 02. Satellite 03. Heart Is A Beating Drum 04. Nail In My Coffin 05. Wild Charms 06. DNA 07. Baby Says 08. The Last Goodbye 09. Damned If She Do 10. You Don’t … Continue reading NEWS: Stream the first single from the new Kills album…
….and the maggots dance, 1…2…3… Bruce Russell, who runs the Xpressway label also does a radio show on Volcano Radio in Lyttleton and he recently put together a playlist of tracks that were important moments in NZ music that didn’t appear on the Flying Nun label. Ironically the playlist was compiled at the request of FN to celebrate the release of the latest Dead C … Continue reading STREAM: 13 important NZ songs that weren’t on Flying Nun…
The gruff grungsters Pissed Jeans are following up last year’s magnificent with a Sub Pop 7″ on October 26th. Check out the a-side Sam Kinison Woman… Continue reading NEWS: Stream Pissed Jeans’ Sam Kinison Woman…
So you think Grinderman are still too tame and don’t generate enough of a racket? Check out the searing feedback drenched remix by industrial shoegazers A Place To Bury Strangers… Continue reading STREAM: Grinderman | Worm Tamer (A Place To Bury Strangers remix)
Many were taken by surprise to hear that Brian Eno was about to drop a new solo album and that it was coming out on Warp. “Hooray “said the electronic boffins but from the sound of this first track Eno definitely hasn’t left the more abrasive rock side of his music behind. Small Craft on a Milk Sea is out on 5th November on Warp/Inertia … Continue reading STREAM: Listen to the first track off Brian Eno’s new album…
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