Archive for September, 2009
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Daniel Johnston new song & album
Daniel Johnston Is And Always Was Freedom In very exciting news, the legendary original lo-fi folk song writer Daniel Johnston has just announced he’s releasing his first album in six years. The notoriously troubled life of the incredible multi-disciplinary artist was documented in the 2006 film The Devil and Daniel Johnston, and it was through [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in California,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Bad Sav
You Be The Spots and I’ll Be The Knives Mike and Hope formed Bad Sav late last year after spending a lot of time hanging out together at Dunedin’s Radio 1 (Hope hosts a show on Monday at 11pm). Originally the duo messed around a bit with just bass and drums, but when Hope’s long [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Math The Band interview
We Rock Harder Than Dave Math thews Band Math The Band sounds inherently excited. The speeding bpm’s, twirling synth lines, megaphoned voices in unison and general insanity sounds like it’s produced by a couple of kids that never sleep. Well, it could be partly true; Kevin Steinhauser and Justine Mainville definitely have the crazy streak, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Massachusetts,Rhode Island,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
PRE
Speed Freaks and Skin Grafts They’ve released split 7″s with AIDS Wolf, Comanechi and Crystal Castles, so how could we not love them? PRE has also released two full-length albums, the second of which came out in June this year. They’re a noise making, obnoxiously crazy, hardcore punk machine from the UK who has a [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in London,UK by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Bang! Bang! Eche!- new music video
(You + Me) As Thick As Thieves As promised last week, here’s the new Bang! Bang! Eche! video for the song ‘(You + Me) As Thick As Thieves’. It’s wonderfully directed by Simon Ward and is similarly themed to Shayna Quinns’ EP cover, which she designed for the band’s debut EP. The song is taken [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Christchurch,New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Monday, September 7th, 2009
Telekinesis interview
Modern lover Michael Benjamin Lerner’s modern dream pop roots its lyrics in love-soaked ardour, but listen to it from start to end – which is how albums like his debut Telekinesis! are intended to be digested – and you’ll notice a distinct change of heart. In the beginning, Lerner is yearning for his girlfriend. Separated [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Seattle,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Monday, September 7th, 2009
The Clientele
The Dream Academy London band The Clientele has just given fans a taste of their upcoming album Bonfires On The Heath. The new song, from the band’s fourth album out on October 6th, is a wonderfully lackadaisical dreamy pop number titled ‘Harvest Time’. It was previewed a few days ago via Stereogum. The song is [...]
No Comments » - Posted in London,UK by Nick Fulton
Friday, September 4th, 2009
A Place To Bury Strangers: New song & album
In Your Heart (of Hearts) Less scattering arpeggios of distortion, more slow, bruised love is pushed to the brink on A Place To Bury Strangers’ new song, premiered on Stereogum recently in the lead-up to the October 6 release of their sophomore album Exploding Head (out on Mute records). Paying homage to the sonic noise [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in New York,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Dead Mellotron
Mystery Man If you’re a fan of Deerhunter, My Bloody Valentine or The Shocking Pinks then you should check out Dead Mellotron. Making ethereal space pop with industrial sounding drum beats, whimsical vocal harmonies, shoegaze guitars and bursting with synthesiser reverb, the solo musician known only as Frazier has put together a spellbinding potion that’ll [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Friday, September 4th, 2009
The Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns
The Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns 5/10 Re-released in 2009 via Saddle Creek Records after being originally self-released in 2008, The Rural Alberta Advantages’ indie rock debut refuses to let the curtains be drawn on a sound that’s been travelled by many before them. The one difference that sets them mildly apart from a raft of [...]
