Archive for August, 2009
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Dappled Cities interview
Shakespearean Word Play On August 15, Dappled Cities will release their third studio album. Finally at the mature age of twelve, the band has decided to can its quirky gimmick which has seen them change their name each time they have released new material, deciding instead, to take a serious shot at international success. The [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Australia by Nick Fulton
Monday, August 10th, 2009
The Brunettes new song and EP
Red Rollerskates The Brunettes released a new song today called ‘Red Rollerskates’ on their myspace page, in the lead-up to the release of their new EP of the same name on August 15. This all comes in the wake of the band’s departure from Sub Pop, citing inadequate promotion on the label’s part. Jonathan Bree [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Monday, August 10th, 2009
The Bloody Beetroots
Vegetarian Delight Since forming in January 2007, Italian electronic music producers The Bloody Beetroots (masterminded by Sir Bob Rifo and accompanied live by Tommy Tea) have been carving their way across the world, sharing the stage with MSTRKRFT, Steve Aoki and Peaches, to name just a few. Last month the duo ventured down to New [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Italy by Nick Fulton
Friday, August 7th, 2009
Jay Reatard- Watch Me Fall
Jay Reatard- Watch Me Fall 7/10 Jay Reatard’s Rocket To Russia; proving that punk music in its purest form is still alive in 2009. Much like The Ramones’ 1977 classic, Jay Reatard’s Watch Me Fall takes all the serious elements away from making music, exercising the right to turn the simplest of songs into punk [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Friday, August 7th, 2009
The XX
Meet Me In London On August 17, The XX will release their debut album XX, through Young Turks Records. On the same day, August 17, the band will play its first headlining show in London, the city the band live in. One month later they will go on tour throughout the UK supporting Florence and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in London,UK by Nick Fulton
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Julian Casablancas
The fourth Stroke to go it alone Introducing the world to his solo debut via a strange theatrical trailer, The Strokes’ singer/songwriter Julian Casablancas is finally showing the world what he’s been up to all this time (apart from those collabs with the hilarious Lonely Island guys and his cameo with Sparklehorse earlier in [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in New York,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
The Raveonettes
Those Fuckers Stay In Your Head Flossy Danish duo Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo aka The Raveonettes, have just released the first single from their upcoming, fourth studio album. Titled ‘Suicide’, it’s a very European sounding pop song, sitting somewhere between the bouncy guitar rhythms of ‘Love In A Trash Can’ and the lighter [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Denmark by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Cold Cave
Exploding Plastic Reinventable At this year’s No Fun Festival in New York, curator Carlos Giffoni pulled out a rather controversial wild card, allowing several synth-oriented pop bands to join the usual noise band line-up. It led to some music critics suggesting that new-wave has returned, entering the noise scene the same way it did 30 [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Deastro
Intergalatic Pop Twenty-two-year-old Randolph Chabot first began writing songs when he was a pre-teen, in an attempt to construct the sounds of his dreams. Superheroes, lost souls, star-crossed lovers and aliens all inhabit his fantasies, so naturally his stagename creates a kind of alter ego for his performances. Famously flamboyant on stage, Deastro’s colourful, ambient, [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Detroit,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Bang! Bang! Eche! live photos
Bang! Bang! Eche! and Over The Atlantic Saturday, August 1, 2009 San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Photos by Carmen Gaffney More Bang! Bang! Eche! and Over The Atlantic live photos
