Category: Post-Punk
NEWS: Stream the first single from the new Kills album…
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…
VIDEO: New Pete & The Pirates song… mp3 and video
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
NEWS: The Strokes LP4 out in March…
Bassist Nikolai Fraiture has confirmed that the new Strokes record is due out on March 22nd via RCA with the first single to drop in February. Not many other details about the album have been revealed yet and the big question will be whether they can regain some of the magic of their first two albums – hopefully the longer layoff of 5 years has … Continue reading NEWS: The Strokes LP4 out in March…
VIDEO: Ghoul | Dreambeat
Fancy some furtive art rock? Have a listen to Ghoul’s new track from the forthcoming EP Dunks (Speak n Spell – February). They remind me of a darker Wild Beasts – not afraid to tease and stretch out a great musical idea, playing around with the dynamics and mood… RECOMMENDED! Continue reading VIDEO: Ghoul | Dreambeat
VIDEO: Love’s Ugly Children | Bleed
Loves Ugly Children were in hindsight one of the great New Zealand bands of the 90s with a sound that could be searing punk and then switch to something as shimmering and woozy as this track – Bleed… Continue reading VIDEO: Love’s Ugly Children | Bleed
LIVE REVIEW: U2 @ ANZ Stadium, Sydney 13/12/10
written by Chris Familton It has certainly been heavyweight season lately with the likes of Metallica, Bon Jovi and Guns n Roses coming through town but the biggest of them all is U2. Certainly they are the band with the widest appeal and even the most casual fan knows that the Irish quartet will always deliver a spectacular multimedia show. U2 chose to bring along … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: U2 @ ANZ Stadium, Sydney 13/12/10
LIVE REVIEW: The Fall @ Metro Theatre, Sydney 07/12/10
written by Chris Familton Over 34 years The Fall has experienced countless members, 28 studio albums and a unswerving commitment to caustic repetition and poetic wordplay. Of course the only constant through the whole adventure has been Mark E. Smith who has carved out his own reputation as a stubborn, hilarious, belligerent and intentional aggravator both musically and by personality – but without him The … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: The Fall @ Metro Theatre, Sydney 07/12/10
ds…twenty five – our favourite releases of 2010
That’s it then, 2010 done and dusted and although it wasn’t the best year ever for new music there were some damn fine records released. This year we’re seeing an even more eclectic mix of flavours coming through from witch house, minimal electronica, americana, experimental and the all encompassing indie tag. Have a look at what we loved through the year, click on the covers … Continue reading ds…twenty five – our favourite releases of 2010
NEWS: Ride’s Nowhere gets the deluxe treatment…
On the 21st of December, in what will probably be the last of a number of great reissues in 2010 (Bowie’s Station To Station, Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro, Frankie’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome and Iggy & James Williamson’s Kill City) Rhino have seen fit to release the deluxe version of Ride’s classic album Nowhere on its 20th anniversary. Nowhere came at the crossroads of British guitar … Continue reading NEWS: Ride’s Nowhere gets the deluxe treatment…
LIVE REVIEW: Manic Street Preachers @ Metro, Sydney 15/11/10
written by Chris Familton A decade since their last show in Sydney and finally Manic Street Preachers return – with a few more albums under the collective belt and somewhat of a new lease of life. Dead Actors Club had the opening honours and they seemed like somewhat of an odd fit with the headliners. They played a set that was high on looks and … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Manic Street Preachers @ Metro, Sydney 15/11/10
MP3: Cloud Nothings | Understand At All
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
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