Cleveland Ohio’s Cloud Nothings are getting all the love at the moment for their carefree jangle guitar pop not disimilar to Beach Fossils… Have a listen, make up your own mind… MP3: Cloud Nothings | Understand At All Continue reading MP3: Cloud Nothings | Understand At All
Matador have announced that a new Kurt Vile 7″ will be released digitally – Oct 25th and on 7″ – Nov 9th. This’ll tide you over before his new album comes out early in 2011. Tasty live in studio version of Dead Alive below too… MP3: Kurt Vile | In My Time Continue reading MP3: Kurt Vile | In My Time
Gotye’s last album Like Drawing Blood was voted Triple J listeners’ favourite album of 2006, was iTunes UK’s Album Of The Year in 2008 and in 2007 he won the ARIA Award as Australia’s Best Male Artist. Gotye returns with a new single Eyes Wide Open from a new album that will see the light of day next year. In the meantime – grab the single and … Continue reading MP3: Gotye | Eyes Wide Open
French trio Prismo Perfect sound decidedly un-French with their noisy pop sound that threatens to at first be yet another electronic bore before the guitars crash in all shoegazey under the shouty, exuberant indie vocals. You can download their EP Out of Nowhere for free below while watching the cuddly video for Wired Feelings. FREE EP DOWNLOAD Continue reading DS recommends: Prismo Perfect
Greg Dulli’s The Twilight Singers have a new album due out early in 2011 on Sub Pop, here’s a sneak preview featuring Ani Di Franco… MP3: The Twilight Singers (Feat. Ani DiFranco) | Blackbird and the Fox Continue reading MP3: The Twilight Singers (feat. Ani Di Franco) | Blackbird & The Fox
White Denim have been hard at work on their third record which they expect to finish later this month and – with a surplus of songs – have decided to give a bunch of them away as a free album – last day of summer. DOWNLOAD ALBUM Continue reading NEWS: White Denim give away free album…
Brooklyn’s Blank Dogs are set to release their new LP Land and Fixed on 12th October via Captured Tracks. Blank Dogs is essentially the solo vehicle for Mike Sniper who has released a bunch of singles, EPs and last year’s Under and Under LP that picked up some rave reviews for its post punk dark pop…think Joy Division and Sisters Of Mercy in a lo-fi … Continue reading MP3: Blank Dogs | Northern Islands
Another band adding to the current surge in popularity of pop-flaovoured garage rock is Texas’ Young Girls. Clean and simple Strokes meets Black Lips riffs, pop melodies with a tinge of 80s UK alt-pop. Nice stuff… MP3: Young Girls | Six Pack Back Stab Continue reading DS recommends… Young Girls
I caught Deep Sea Arcade a few weeks back launching their new single Keep On Walking and on first listen it stood out immediately as a catchy, stomping little gem. Grab the MP3 below and catch the lads on tour… MP3: Deep Sea Arcade | Keep On Walking Tour Dates Thu 30 Sept – KAROVA HOTEL, BALLARAT – Cloud Control Tour Fri 1 Oct – … Continue reading MP3: Deep Sea Arcade | Keep On Walking
Sydney’s The Holidays have a new album Post Paradise out at the end of the month and they’re kindly giving away the single Broken Bones… DOWNLOAD They’ve gone for a lusher, electronic tinged pop sound, like Wild Beasts minus the art pop, hanging at a sparkling, summer pop camp. Check the album preview clip below… Continue reading MP3: Grab a copy of the new single from The Holidays…
Damien Jurado and Richard Swift got together on the weekend of August 21-22, 2010 and with the aid of a four-track cassette recorder and a Coles-4038 ribbon microphone recorded a set of covers that they wish to impart to you free of charge. Jurado recently released the brilliant Saint Bartlett (REVIEW) while Swift’s last album The Atlantic Ocean came out last year to good reviews … Continue reading NEWS: Damien Jurado & Richard Swift release free album of covers…
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…
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