VIDEO: White Fence – “Lazy Days” (Gram Parsons / FBB Cover) AV Club / YouTube It’s the 21st century man – we’re way past the feudal phase! Yet, somehow, some…
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STREAM: ‘HIDEAWAY’ – Soundcloud / Noisey VIDEO: ‘Carmine’ (Dir. by Chris Toumazou) – YouTube / NPR British duo Cloud Boat will release their highly anticipated second album Model Of You…
Since 2007, French electro-popper Yelle has risen to be a leading lady in the world of European pop music. With a keen interest in fashion and feel for popular culture,…
STREAM: “Cool” – Noisey [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/150980453&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] From the increasingly fertile DIY scene of Louisville, KY, emerges White Reaper – an incandescent power trio who is ready and…
VIDEO: “The End” (Dir. by Matthew Reed) – NPR [media]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/aJ1UIqy8GpQ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] London four-piece CYMBALS have shared a new video for ‘The End’ via NPR, the seven minute-plus centre…
STREAM: “Tambourine Light” [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/150961178&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Fresh off of the release of their eighth official album, With Light and With Love, Woods are pleased to announce a new…
ALBUM STREAM: Ride The Black Wave – Pandora California places a distinct sonic stamp upon the music born with in its boundaries. Owens had his Bakersfield, Parsons his Joshua Tree,…
U.S. tour dates expanded ALBUM STREAM: ‘Dalliance’ Photo by Sara Rachele Next week Atlanta-based noise pop band Gold-Bears will release the follow up to 2011’sAre You Falling In Love?. Their sophomore album Dalliance will be…
Self-titled LP due on Easy Sound on Aug. 5 STREAM: “Lose It All, All The Time” – AV Club / SoundCloud In January of 2014 I decided to sit down…
VIDEO: “Life Among The Savages” – SPIN / YouTube Today Papercuts shares the first video from its new album, for the title track, “Life Among The Savages” which you can watch here. The…
STREAM: “Horseshoe” – [media][/media] / Noisey VIDEO: “Horseshoe” – YouTube “As life-affirming as music gets” – The Herald “He records like Billy Childish and mixes like the Blue Nile” – Darren…
[media][/media] Photo by Blob Oliver San Francisco quartet Melted Toys announce their self-titled debut album, out July 15 viaUnderwater Peoples. Mixed by Rusty Santos, (the engineer behind the controls for Animal Collective’s Sung Tongs, Panda Bear’s Person Pitch and numerous…
STREAM: “The Road Is Long” – [media][/media] Paper Bag Records will release Frog Eyes’ Carey’s Cold Spring on vinyl and compact disc worldwide on June 17th. The label will also be…
New York shows announced VIDEO: “Alkaline” Photo by Mark Goethals Brooklyn trio Papertwin share the video for their recent single “Alkaline.” Directed by Clare Wadsworth, the video was inspired by performance artist, Issa…
To The Recently Found Innocent is due on Drag City July 22 VIDEO: White Fence – “Lazy Days” (Gram Parsons Cover) – AV Club / YouTube The Onion AV Club’s Pioneering series focuses…
Directed by Jesse Yules “So Cold” is a warm, balmy track, meant to be heard during one of those long summer days just as it’s breaking for night. Showing a more…
VIDEO: “Streaker” (NSFW) (Dir. by Eric Wareheim) – Vimeo [media]<iframe src=”//player.vimeo.com/video/91776291″ width=”500″ height=”281″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/91776291″>TOBACCO “Streaker”</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/ericwareheim”>Eric Wareheim</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>[/media] TOBACCO’s third official full-length, Ultima…
PLAY THIS VIDEO CLIP & SHAZAM IT W/ YOUR MOBILE DEVICE TO UNLOCK THE FULL VIDEO Straight out of a dream and onto the screen… The Pains of Being Pure…
Days of Being Wild out July 8 on Woodsist Records Stream: Matt Kivel – “Insignificance” [The FADER] [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/147329284&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Days of Being Wild was recorded over the course of six weeks…
Debut album ‘Weird Sister’ out now via Slumberland Records [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/105133358&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Cardiff-based noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome will return to the States in August for a week of East/West…
‘Vox Humana’ out June 17 [media]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/KZN09lOYslo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/117994757&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Today Brooklyn trio Papertwin share their synth-laden cover of Gillian Welch’s “Revelator.” Stream the track…
‘Family Crimes’ out July 8 via Woodsist STREAM: “Leave The Family” Photo by Jason Quever California psych-pop duo The Skygreen Leopards announce their forthcoming album Family Crimes on Woodsist, set for release on July 8. Stream the album’s…
‘Dalliance’ out June 3 via Slumberland Records [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136552851&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Atlanta-based noise pop band Gold-Bears announce the follow up to 2011’s Are You Falling In Love?. Their sophomore album Dalliance will be released on June…
RS1403 EP out May 20 on R&S Records Alex Smoke- “GreenMan” [The FADER] [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/148041022&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Alex Smoke returns to R&S with the follow up to his transfixing debut Dust EP. He…
On tour now with We Are Scientists [media]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/f1dQF0AVj5s” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] “‘Tongues’ finds the band maturing while still keeping their crunchy, 1990s-reminiscent sound” – Pitchfork “PAWS are throwing themselves…
STREAM: “For Those Who Stay” – [media][/media] Earlier today Clash debuted a brand new track from Kingston’s PS I Love You. Listen to the song here. “For Those Who Stay” is a six- and-a-half minute epic that…
Hour of the Dawn out May 13 on Hardly Art ALBUM STREAM: La Sera – Hour of the Dawn – http://pitchfork.com/advance/426-hour-of-the-dawn/ Photo by Jake Michaels As La Sera,…
STREAM: Ultima II Massage – Pitchfork TOBACCO can’t have nice things. On his third album, the Pennsylvania snake-synth-charmer deepens his approach to aural depravity. Ultima II Massage widens a jagged swath through…
SoftSpot on tour now STREAM: “Crosswinds” (feat. Sean Nicolas Savage) Illustration by Jonathan Campolo Brooklyn trio SoftSpot shares a reinterpretation of their song “Crosswinds,” from their recently released sophomore album MASS. Stepping away from…
[media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/142426880&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] “So Cold” is a warm, balmy track, meant to be heard during one of those long summer days just as it’s breaking for night….
STREAM: Libertine (Deluxe Edition) – Wondering Sound “Very few bands make even one great album. Silkworm made several, and this is the first.” – Steve Albini Next week, Comedy…
Reality Testing out June 17 on R&S Records [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/147234521&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] [media]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/ldndcFoBNmc” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] The hyper-chromatic music of Matt Cutler marks him out as a true impressionist;…
Pre-order the album here Papercuts is the moniker of San Francisco singer/songwriter/producer Jason Quever. On Life Among the Savages, Quever’s dreamy mixture of baroque pop, storytelling lyrics, and detailed production work is…
STREAM: “Father Sister Berzerker” – [media][/media] / FADER Today TOBACCO shares “Father Sister Berzerker,” the 3rd single from the forthcoming Ghostly LPUltima II Massage via FADER. TOBACCO has a limited run of East…
Rodrigo Amarante announces U.S. tour dates Cavalo out May 6 on Easy Sound ALBUM STREAM: Rodrigo Amarante – Cavalo – http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html Photo by Eliot Lee Hazel This is my first solo record. It was made…
‘Vox Humana’ out June 17 STREAM: [media][/media] Photo by Mark Goethals Brooklyn synth-pop trio Papertwin has been playing music together since 2009, formed by Max Decker after narrowly escaping…