Download “Scum, Rise!”, the raw, piercing lead single by Detroit punk band Protomartyr, ahead of the release of their second album, Under Color of Official Right. It felt like I wasn’t breathing during the intro of “Scum, Rise!”. The jagged guitar riffs are so claustrophobic and urgent that when singer Joe Casey’s drawling snarl cuts in, you’re forced a desperate breath as […]
Protomartyr – Scum, Rise!
Exclusive pre-stream: Sun Club
From the ever-budding Baltimore music scene comes SUN CLUB, a young quintet crafting bright, energetic music infused with plenty of stomping and various animal calls. We’ve got the pre-stream of their debut EP for you, Dad Claps at the Mom Prom, which is out January 21 on Goodnight Records. Give it a listen and catch them on tour if they […]
New music – January 13, 2014
B – Eureka Birds – Fastest B – John Wizards – Muizenberg B – Message To Bears – I Know You Love to Fall A – Netherfriends – Joey Vision A – Protomartyr – Scum Rise B – Secret Colours – It Can’t Be Simple A – The Go Find – We Run B – The Karmens – Lights B […]
4 Guys From the Future – Skin on Fire
The four Danes have released a very romantic new single and shared a whimsy accompanying video this week. Skin on Fire is the third single taken from their critically acclaimed sophomore studio album Adagio and explores Bryan Ferry’s coined concept of being a slave to love. “Love is for me a deceitful concept, one I really don’t get. The song […]
The Hidden Cameras – Age
It has been 4 years since Toronto’s Hidden Cameras released their acclaimed album Origin: Orphan. It’s been quite a wait, but their new album Age will finally be released at the end of this month. The Hidden Cameras are an indie pop collective, led by singer/songwriter/frontman Joel Gibb, who has described his music as “gay church folk music.” His lyrics […]
Wild Beasts – Wanderlust
The only news we had about the boys last year was the announcement of a series of shows in some cities of the UK, including Moscow and Istanbul, perhaps as a sort of warm-up for what was about to come. All that time of silence resulted in Wild Beasts’ fourth album Present Tense, an album far from its predecessor. This […]
Francis Lung – A Selfish Man
Former WU LYF bassist Tom McClung announces solo debut under the moniker Francis Lung. “A Selfish Man” is the first official single off an 7-inch due on January 16th. Ever since WU LYF split up in November 2012, all of the members have carried on making music, both together as Los Porcos and with different solo projects. Any WU LYF […]
World’s End Press – Drag Me Home
Melbourne’s World’s End Press have dropped a new video for their synth-charged gem, ‘Drag Me Home’. Considering the video opens with a red-headed youth demonstrating his patriotic values by masturbating under an Australian flag, the video probably isn’t one that you want to watch at work or with your nan. Directed by Luci Schroder and shot in Melbourne, the clip […]
Happy Jawbone Family Band – D-R-E-A-M-I-N’
Happy Jawbone Family Band has released a lo-fi video for their quick and dirty singalong anthem D-R-E-A-M-I-N’. The collective, originally from Brattleboro, VT, have been putting out tunes together since 2009. D-R-E-A-M-I-N’ can be found on their 2013 self-titled album from the Brooklyn label Mexican Summer. Their new video features band members floating and swirling through a vacant, black realm […]
Bubblegum Lemonade – Some Like it Pop
Bubblegum Lemonade is part of the title of an album by the late Cass Elliot, (aka Mama Cass); it is also the name of a solo project from Glasgow musician Lawrence “Laz” McCluskey, whose music is greatly influenced by earlier styles of psychedelic pop. His new album is called Some Like it Pop. The lead song “This is the New […]