If you were as taken as us by The War On Drugs’ debut Wagonwheel Blues then the good news is they have a new 12″ Future Weather due out at the end of October via the ever reliable Secretly Canadian. Apparently they are already well into the recording of an album proper which won’t be too far behind the 12″. Get a taste of the … Continue reading MP3: The War On Drugs set to release new album…
Radioactive will be the first single from Kings of Leon’s new album, Come Around Sundown. It is set to go to radio on Wednesday, September 8th with the video for the song premiering on http://www.kingsofleon.com . The album will hit stores October 15th. Tracklisting The End Radioactive Pyro Mary The Face The Immortals Back Down South Beach Side No Money Pony Up Birthday Mi Amigo … Continue reading SLEEVE ART: New Kings Of Leon album and single artwork…
written by Chris Familton For the last fourteen years The Coral have consistently released strong albums high on mature musicality without descending into wankery. The key has been the songwriting which has continued to be rife with mystery, romance and a keen eye for imagery. Last year they lost founding guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones, an event that has knee-capped many a band. Instead of drafting in … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: The Coral | Butterfly House
Arcade Fire and more specifically director Chris Milk have raised the stakes of online interactivity with the new video for We Used To Wait. It is part of a HTML5 short film called The Wilderness Downtown which allows you to customise your experience and trip back to the house you grew up in – or any address for that matter… It is pretty damn cool! … Continue reading VIDEO: Arcade Fire’s brilliantly clever new interactive video…
written by Chris Familton 57th Street kicked things off with an impressive and assured set that harked back to the golden years of early britpop and madchester where psych, rock and pop collided with a dance aesthetic. The vocals were a tough and baggy hybrid of Ian Brown and Liam Gallagher that stretched out over some wonderful shoegaze guitar and super-catchy bass. Step-Panther took a … Continue reading REVIEW: Cabins @ Melt, Sydney 20/08/10
written by Chris Familton Nic Dalton has compiled all the golden moments of Smudge’s career between 1991and 1998 in a twenty-seven track summation of a band that straddled the 90s and epitomised the best and worse of music during that period. The Lemonheads connection has always been a blessing and a curse for Smudge. Sure it brought attention to their music that they may not … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Smudge | This Smudge Is True
On the back of the just released All Delighted People EP, Sufjan Stevens has announced details of his next long player The Age Of Adz which will hit the digital streets on October 12th and on 2LP on November 5th via Asthmatic Kitty. The label has described the new album as… We can say it shows an extensive use of electronics (banjos and acoustic guitars … Continue reading NEWS: Sufjan Stevens announces details of new album…
Black Mountain have a new album Wilderness Heart out 17th September via Jagjaguwar/Inertia and it promises to continue their bold stoner psych sound. LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Black Mountain | The Hair Song Continue reading MP3: Black Mountain | The Hair Song
New Zealand has thrown up another indie guitar pop band that don’t fuck around with sensitive moodiness whilst growing beards. Street Chant they have taken influence from other mindbending Kiwi bands like 3D’s, Love’s Ugly Children, The D4 and contemporaries Surf City and created a handful of bright, sharp, fast and concise songs… The album was produced by Bob Frisbee (Nothing At All, Shaft, Rainy … Continue reading NEWS: Street Chant release debut album ‘Means’…
The magnificently dreamy Beach House have just released their iTunes Sessions EP, you can check out the track White Moon below… Continue reading STREAM: Beach House | White Moon
written by Chris Familton The cyclical nature of guitar music is such that the recycling of genres is happening at a quicker pace with every turn. As soon as you read that grunge is back there is another garage rock explosion on the horizon or prog rock is the flavour of the month. Thankfully the bands that rise above the hype are the ones that … Continue reading REVIEW: The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack
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