With all the talk at the moment about hypnagogic pop and hauntology as genres of music with a nostalgic hazy bent it is important to remember that bands have been doing this for years, decades even. Example #1 is this brilliant Chris Knox video for Tall Dwarfs Turning Brown & Torn In Two from the Canned Music EP in 1983. Continue reading VIDEO: Tall Dwarfs | Turning Brown & Torn In Two
Fresh from their Chicago club show (see video at end of post) and return to Lollapalooza over the weekend, Soundgarden have announced that they will be releasing a retrospective called Telephantasm on September 28th. In their own words: It is with great pleasure that we can finally let you all know what we have been working on. On September 28th, we will be releasing a … Continue reading NEWS: SOUNDGARDEN to release retrospective Telephantasm…
It is clear that Cave, Ellis and Co have unleashed their dark inner comedian to an even greater extent on their upcoming second album Grinderman 2. From the look of the video they are happy to indulge in evil humour, fancy dress and some railing against the gods. Directed by John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition etc) this bodes well for the album and tour… Continue reading VIDEO: Grinderman | Heathen Child
I’m loving Julian Lynch’s new album Mare with its drift and haze that adds up to a dreamy take on hypnagogic pop… Check out the vid for A Day At The Racetrack… Continue reading VIDEO: Julian Lynch | A Day At The Racetrack
I came across a great acoustic session that Wild Beasts did with Le Cargo in 2008. Our album of ’09 – Two Dancers – is still getting played a lot… enjoy! Continue reading VIDEO: Wild Beasts | Acoustic Le Cargo Session…
Check out the trailer for the film about the making of Neil Finn’s Seven World’s Collide project #2 The Sun Came Out featuring members of Radiohead, Wilco, Johnny Marr, Bic Runga, Lisa Germano etc… Continue reading VIDEO: Watch the trailer for Neil Finn’s The Sun Came Out…
Perth’s Tame Impala lived up to all the expectations on their debut full length.. Here’s the first single from Innerspeaker – Solitude Is Bliss… The video isn’t great but the song weirdly manages to blend Madchester and 60s psych… Continue reading Mid Year Best Of… Track Selection – Tame Impala | Solitude Is Bliss
Sydney’s Songs released one of last year’s best local releases and from that album comes the video for the melancholic pop stylings of Pain… Continue reading VIDEO: SONGS | Pain
Baeble have a full Yeasayer gig online, watch the indie popsters perform below… WATCH HERE Continue reading VIDEO: YEASAYER Live @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Zola Jesus gets all goth and electro-sensual on this track from her excellent Stridulum EP… Continue reading Mid Year Best Of – track selection…
Australia’s Blue King Brown have released the new single Women’s Revolution featuring Jamaican MC Queen Ifrica. It is a tasty slab of dub reggae that manges to tie in conscious roots ad sweet melodies beautifully. The band has worked with three time Grammy winning producer/engineer James Caruso to create a great production sound… Check http://www.bluekingbrown.com for tour dates… Continue reading NEWS: BLUE KING BROWN release new single…
Liars have finally met their potential and eliminated some of the frustrating diversions on Sisterworld .A prime example is the relentless Scissor and it’s brilliant video… it rocks! Continue reading Mid Year Best of… track selection
Doubtful Sounds 