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Choice new vid from Surf City… Continue reading VIDEO: Surf City | See How The Sun
Choice new vid from Surf City… Continue reading VIDEO: Surf City | See How The Sun
taken from his debut album Forever Dolphin Love, this is a taste of the psych pop wonder that is Connan Mockasin… Continue reading ds recommends…. Connan Mockasin | It’s Choade My Dear
PJ Harvey has been gradually releasing a separate video for each of the tracks from her recent and brilliant Let England Shake. The latest is The Colour Of The Earth featuring an a capella intro by the band. The videos have all been directed by Seamus Murphy. Head over to LetEnglandShake to see the rest of the films… Continue reading VIDEO: Watch the latest film from PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake
Want some crunchy metallic psych pop? Tweak Bird do it so well with their 60s vocals reminding me of Red Kross with a great heavy sludge of rock heaving away underneath. Caleb and Ashton Bird are the band (guitar/drums) and they released their 2nd and self-titled album in 2010 (their 1st was Reservations) on Volcom featuring the production work of Dale Crover (Melvins). Check … Continue reading ds recommends… Tweak Bird
So The Clean are playing around Australia at the moment and I got along to their Sydney show. It was only the 2nd time I’ve seen them play – the 1st was at the Strawberry Fields Festival in the mid 90’s just out of Hamilton, just as the sun was setting behind the stage as a pink glow and it looked and sounded fucking great. … Continue reading VIDEO: The Clean | Anything Could Happen (live in Brisbane)
In honour of The Clean’s first Australian tour in 20 years, here is an interview I did with David Kilgour last year plus a review of their last album Mister Pop. The good news is that currently the band are also in the studio recording some stuff for a probable EP release before they head back to their respective parts of the world. DAVID KILGOUR … Continue reading The Imminent Arrival of The Clean…
Another sparkling indie pop band emerges from New Zealand… Ghost Wave are signed to Arch Hill Recordings, home of Surf City and Street Chant and David Kilgour. With a propulsive psych pop sound they look to be continuing the lineage of great off-centre music to come from Aotearoa. The band have an EP due out April 4th. Continue reading VIDEO: Ghost Wave | Sunsetter
Those whacked out ganja punks Wavves have a new video for the title track from their last album King Of The Beach featuring some impressive seaside bling… Continue reading VIDEO: Wavves | King Of The Beach
Great 40 minute live concert interspersed with some interview footage with members of the band and their agent. Includes a great version of Alcohol from The Kinks’ 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies. Continue reading VIDEO: The Kinks live @ Rainbow Theater 1972
They surprised everyone at the start of the week with the announcement of their new album The King Of Limbs, released it a day early and already have a video out for a few days. Busy times for the Oxford lads… Continue reading VIDEO: Radiohead | Lotus Flower
There is hope for hip hop when collectives like LA’s OFWGKTA are creating the kind of mad shit they’re coming up with at the moment. Leading the pack is the new track Yonkers from Tyler, The Creator. What makes this stuff interesting is their appropriation of mood and claustrophobic sounds from genres like witch house. There is a sense of dread pervading everything with dark … Continue reading VIDEO: Tyler, The Creator | Yonkers