Great news this week that Beach House have a new album on the way and even better that they have decided to share the first single with everyone. Myth follows the blissed out, hazy dream pop template that the band has developed across three full length albums. The new album Bloom, will be available in Australia through Inertia on May 11 on CD, double-LP, and digital … Continue reading DOWNLOAD: The new single Myth from Beach House
Sydney garage psych poppers Betty Airs released the mighty fine Creepin’ It Real EP earlier this year and are now following it up with this magnificently primitive song and video Juvenile. The track is available now from their BANDCAMP page. Continue reading WATCH: Betty Airs | Juvenile
Melbourne’s The Twerps have a debut self-titled LP coming out next month on the back of a string of impressive EPs. You can check them out over at their BANDCAMP page and below you can check out the track Dreamin‘ from the new record. Reminiscent of the slacker indie guitar pop of bands like The Clean and The Chills alongside numerous 90s melody rich indie … Continue reading MP3: The Twerps | Dreamin’ from the forthcoming LP…
The War On Drugs (Adam Granduciel) released their brilliant debut Wagonwheel Blues back in 2008 and now they are about to release their sophomore album Slave Ambient on August 12th. On first listen it retains the same carefree, psychedelic rock n roll sound of their original with perhaps a little more clarity. Wagonwheel Blues introduced Kurt Vile to many people and though he soon departed to pursue … Continue reading LISTEN: The War On Drugs | Baby Missiles (from the new album Slave Ambient)
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has a new Beck produced album coming out on May 24th via Matador titled Demolished Thoughts. His last solo record Trees Outside the Academy was a brilliant collection of intimate and mainly acoustic songs and going on this first listen with its hushed mood and swooning strings he may have exceeded the high standard he set on that release… You can … Continue reading VIDEO + MP3: Thurston Moore | Benediction + Circulation
The new Boris album (well, one of a few …) Heavy Rocks is set to drop on May 24th and the first track off it has hit the blogosphere… take a listen/download Riot Sugar featuring Ian Astbury on backing vocals. Boris… such a fucking great band! MP3: Boris | Riot Sugar Continue reading MP3: Boris | Riot Sugar – from the new album Heavy Rocks….
This week’s Last Night features Perth kids Young Revelry (plus Radio Star) who are coming off a big 2010 where they released their debut EP You And I and scored some sweet support slots with the likes of Shihad and Yves Klen Blue. The lead single from the EP is a catchy as hell post punk tune with faint echoes of The Wedding Present and … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Before Last Night | Young Revelry
DOWNLOAD Here it is, the long overdue volume 7 in the Mixed Feelings mixtape series. This one swings from the dirty garage rock of Two Tears to a dub excursion by Prince Jammy, over to a recent soundtrack piece by The The and the latest single from The Strokes. Plenty more in between so check it out… Continue reading MIXTAPE: Mixed Feelings 07
TV On The Radio have released the first track Will Do into the digital atmosphere. The song comes from their forthcoming album Nine Types Of Light which is coming out April 12th via Interscope. Sounding more straightforward without much of the surface noise and percussive urgency that permeated much of Dear, Science it will be interesting to see if this is representative of the new … Continue reading MP3: TV On The Radio | Will Do – new song!
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
Dear Time’s Waste is the recording name for Kiwi Claire Duncan and this track is taken from her debut album Spell – out on Nov 26th via Speak N Spell/Inertia. Her sound is a wash of indie pop textures akin to The Cure and ghostly melancholy electronica. MP3: Dear Times Waste | These Words Stick Me To You Continue reading MP3: Dear Time’s Waste | These Words Stick Me To You…
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