Cloud Nothings bring a new angle to the age-old eroticism of braided hair in their new video for Should Have. Check out the bright hyper-jangle pop of 18 year old Cleveland resident Dylan Baldi on his new self titled album as well as a collection of singles and bedroom recordings Turning On. Both albums will both be out 4th February on Carpark/Rogue Records via Inertia. Continue reading VIDEO: Cloud Nothings | Should Have
Finally some news on the long awaited second album from Seattle’s Fleet Foxes. Grab an MP3 of the title track below and get a dose of the sound we’ve come to expect from the band… Helpnessness Blues will be out 29th April 2011 on Sub Pop through Inertia. DOWNLOAD: Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues Continue reading MP3: Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues
Best Coast played Each & Every Day on Letterman a few days ago from last year’s Crazy For You LP… Continue reading VIDEO: Best Coast play Letterman…
written by Chris Familton The Verlaines formed around 30 years ago in New Zealand and wrote some classic songs like Death & The Maiden, Doomsday and C.D., Jimmy Jazz & Me. Graeme Downes went on to be a a professor of music at Otago University – still writing and recording albums both solo (the brilliant Hammers & Anvils) and more recently Pot Boiler and Corporate … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: The Verlaines & Songs @ Annandale, Sydney 30/01/11
Patrick Daughters who directed the very cool Depeche Mode video for Wrong has given No Age’s new single Fever Dreaming a similarly warped and kinda disturbing treatment… Continue reading VIDEO: No Age | Fever Dreaming
I only managed to get the little old point and shoot into the festival but here are a few of the highlights… Continue reading PHOTOS: Sydney Big Day Out 2011
Buffalo Tom return with a new album Skins on Feb 15th, their first since 07 and from the sound of the first single – Arise, Watch – it promises to be another great record of frayed guitars and worn vocals from one of the great bands of the 90s… DOWNLOAD: Buffalo Tom | Arise, Watch 01 “Arise, Watch” 02 “She’s Not Your Thing” 03 “Down” … Continue reading MP3: Buffalo Tom | Arise, Watch…
Pete & the Pirates‘ album Little Death was one of our favourites of recent years and they’re set to release the follow up to it in May. Here is the first single Winter 1 with a nice slinky Clean organ sound and some Wild Beasts-esque percussion and bass. Definitely a step on from their urgent post-punk pop anthems but still sounding great… 2nd single Come … Continue reading VIDEO: New Pete & The Pirates song… mp3 and video
Joan Wasser is set to release her new album The Deep Field next week. Here’s the muscles and fish first single The Magic as well as a sort of EPK about the making of the new record. YouTube has a couple more of these exploring the album’s influences, musicians etc… Continue reading VIDEO: Joan As Policewoman | The Magic
The Very Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set includes: Replica 1991 Get Loaded Tour T-shirt, redesigned by Bobby Gillespie, recreated by ‘Worn By’ (size L). Screamadelica Re-mastered (on CD & Double heavyweight LP). Screamadelica Live In L.A 1991 (**Previously Unreleased!**). Re-mastered Mixes (7”& 12” edits PLUS original remixes from Andy Wetherall, Terry Farley, The Orb and many more). Re-mastered Dixy Narco EP. DVD featuring brand new … Continue reading NEWS: Primal Scream release Screamadelica Re-mastered (20th Anniversary)
A bit slow off the mark on this one as it came out a while back but it is a killer of a track, kind reminiscent of M83 or some lost New Order track if they had continued down the electronic route rather than getting all rockist and bland. Smith sounds deliriously forlorn on this cover of Platinum Blonde’s 1984 hit…. If you are in … Continue reading DS Recommends… Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith | Not In Love
Okkervil River debuted a new song on Fallon last week, taken from their forthcoming album I Am Very Far (May 10). With AC Newman accompanying on vocals it is a rollicking stagger of a song… Check it out HERE Continue reading VIDEO: Okkervil River | Wake & Be Fine
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