July 2010
79 posts
[Desert Island Discs #3] – The Dirty Cuts –... →
If you’re unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs, check out the basic pitch I gave the artists and bloggers I got in touch with. If you’re an artist or…
[Listen/Download] +VIBES – “Where’s Your Doctor... →
Cory Bannon, the dude behind +VIBES, sent this track to me back at the start of July and I’m only getting around to posting it today. sadface
He’s been doing mashups for…
[Listen/Download] – Matthew Dear →
When I first heard the new jams from Matthew Dear’s upcoming fourth album “Black City”, they instantly sounded like Prince had gone dark and ominous Electro-Techno-Pop on…
[Listen/Download] – Brand New Song By Summer Camp... →
It’s been quite a while since we’ve had something new from Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley, otherwise known as Summer Camp, in fact there’s been nothing…
[Listen/Download] – Tu Fawning →
Tu Fawning have been around for a couple of years now, releasing a debut miniature-sized album back in 2008 called “Secession” on Polyvinyl and Discourage Records.
…
[Listen/Download] – Moxie Black →
Yesterday morning as I was going through the blogs that I follow, I found this post by Confusion over at Pigeons and Planes.
I had heard the name before, also previously…
[Listen/Download] – Brand New Song By Jens Lekman... →
The indie blogosphere just collectively jizzed.
Having been around for about 7 years now, I was only introduced to him when his last album “Night Falls Over Kortedala” was…
[Listen/Download] – Cusses →
One thing I do very very rarely is copy and paste a press release.
I won’t do that here, but I will give a nod towards what was sent to me, in that they’re a three piece…
[Listen/Download] – J. Irvin Dally →
A couple of weeks ago I was given the absolute joy of listening to a few songs by J. Irvin Dally.
He’d sent me a couple of his tracks and after listening to those I went…
[Desert Island Discs #2] – Tennis – [Artist] →
If you’re unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs, check out the basic pitch I gave the artists and bloggers I got in touch with. If you’re an artist or blogger…
[Listen/Download] – Brand New Song By Arcade Fire... →
By now you may already know that Arcade Fire’s new album “The Suburbs” has leaked ahead of it’s August 2nd/3rd release date.
By now you may already have a copy of it, or…
[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week –... →
If you’re unaware of what Music Monday is, it’s a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to…
[Introducing] – Campfires In Winter →
Croy based, Post-Rock Pop outfit Campfires in Winter celebrate the release of their debut EP “Cardboard Ships” on ‘stand & wave’ with a mini ‘flat’ tour. The band are…
[Listen/Download] – The Moviegoers →
When a band can manage to combine the melodies of The Beach Boys, the guitar-noise of mid 90s grunge, and the vocals of Echo And The Bunnymen in one 3:26 song, and make it…
[Listen/Download] – New Song By The Shimmies –... →
That song title might sound familiar to you and if you’ve been reading this site for the last couple of months or so then you’ve probably even seen it on here. That’s…
[Desert Island Discs #1] – Teen Daze – [Artist] →
If you’re unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs, check out the basic pitch I gave the artists and bloggers I got in touch with. If you’re an artist or blogger…
New Feature – Desert Island Discs – With Some... →
So, here’s the new feature I’ve been pimping lately and harassing artists and bloggers about. It’s looking to be a pretty sweet affair and I’ve had a great response from all…
[Listen/Download] – Brand New Song By Yu(c)k –... →
In what’s gearing up to be album-of-the-year-contender, in whatever year they release it, Yu(c)k are releasing gem after gem after gem.
All of their songs so far have been…
[Listen/Rolling Stone's Top 500] – #274 –... →
“Mothership Connection” is the funk band’s fourth album and is the best work from the group Parliament. The group described the album saying “We had put black people in…
[Listen/Download] – Entire EP By Sigmund Droid –... →
As I said yesterday when I posted Sigmund Droid’s other EP “Interpretation Of Screams”, these guys impressed the shit outta me.
Their music manages to flit between some of…
[Listen/Download] – Freedom Or Death →
On their MySpace page Freedom Or Death so eloquently sum up the entire premise behind their motivation for making music.
Its the way I want to live my life
Having the…
[Listen/Download] – Entire EP By The Son(s) –... →
Chances are if you’re looking to get your music featured on this most-highly revered of music sites (mah Poppa says he loves it!) then it’ll serve you well if you’re from my…
[Listen/Download] – Entire EP By Sigmund Droid –... →
Ever wondered what a Cake/Towers Of London/Queens Of The Stone Age hybrid might sound like? Of course you have, who hasn’t? It’s something that’s crossed my mind frequently…
[Listen/Download] – Two EPs By I Am The Dot →
One of the blogs I frequent and trust with new music is Knox Road. There are a few people who, when posting new music, I’ll always listen to because I trust their taste, and…
[Watch] – Kele Okereke Performs Acoustic Version... →
I’ve long been a fan of Bloc Party and when frontman Kele Okereke announced earlier this year that we’d be seeing a solo project from him pretty soon, I got excited for it.
[Listen/Download] – Entire New EP By King Post... →
Old buddy, old pal Charlie (King Post Kitsch) is back with another excellent EP.
Last time around (back at the start of April) I posted three of his songs that he…
[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week –... →
If you’re unaware of what Music Monday is, it’s a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to…
[Listen/Download] Lights On – “Red Lights... →
Along with Tennis and Best Coast, Lights On are bringing sweet retro-influenced summer pop to brighten up everyone’s day, regardless of what the weather outside is…
[Listen/Download] – bitterTV –... →
I can’t get enough of this kinda music lately, it’s just so ethereal and relaxing (to me at least).
Not usually associated with music like chillwave (please, can we get…
[Listen/Download] – Beaux Animaux –... →
Clearly inspired byFrench pop music, if it’s not evident by their name it’s certainly evident upon listening to their music.
They’re not actually from France though,…
[Discuss] – If You Could Go Back In Time And Visit... →
…which moment would you choose and why?
It’s not really much of a secret that I’m an insanely huge fan of The Beatles and I don’t think there’s anyone before or since…
[Listen/Download] – Brand New Song By Burnt Ones –... →
Yet another fine song from Indianapolis’, soon-to-be-San Franciscan three-piece Burnt Ones.
Last week….or was it the week before……I can’t remember, I’m posting so much…
[Listen/Download] – Five Songs By Slow Animal →
Although they’ve been around and being spoken about for a good few months now, it seems like only in the last couple of weeks or so that I’m starting to hear about New…
[Listen/Download] – The Chain Gang of 1974 –... →
Spinning off from cult Denver band The Vanity, where he played bass from 2005-2007, Kamtin Mohager is now known as The Chain Gang Of 1974. He’s adopted a much sleeker…
[Listen/Download] – Guards – Entire EP Featuring... →
I know next to nothing about this band, other than Cults made a tweet late last night/early this morning saying they were featured on the new EP by a band called Guards and…
[Listen/Download] – Kisses →
You’ll likely not go for long without reading a feature of Kisses without them being compared to Jens Lekman.
It’s true, singer Jesse Kivel does sound similar to Jens…
[Listen] – Entire Debut Album By Best Coast –... →
Thanks to The Guardian you can listen to the entire debut album “Crazy For You” by Best Coast below. It’s kinda been doing the rounds, a couple of other sites getting…
[Listen/Download] – Hard Mix – Entire Discography →
I could’ve made this post a couple of ways. Because Hard Mix has a shitload of songs all available for free, I could’ve made one giant post with all of his music, or I…
[Watch] – New Video By Martin Solveig – “Hello” →
I let this one sit in my inbox for too long. On a recent cull I came across it and the lengthy description that accompanied it. After maybe a paragraph or two I just stopped…
[Listen/Download] – Brand New Song By The Walkmen... →
The first time I heard The Walkmen was late at night, many moons ago when I was watching Subterranean on MTV2. The vieo for “The Rat” came on and the song blew me away,…
[Listen/Download] – Brand New Song By Interpol –... →
New Interpol can never be a bad thing, can it? Even without Carlos D?
Well actually this song was done before the D’ster quit the band, so it is technically from the…
[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week –... →
If you’re unaware of what Music Monday is, it’s a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to…
[Listen/Download] – Live At Kalibou Beach →
Ahh Germany. You really know how to produce some fucked up music huh?
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Live At Kalibou Beach make weird/fucked up music, but the duo of…
[Listen] – Two Brand New Songs By Panda Bear –... →
Some lucky bastards managed to get their “Tomboy” 7″ early, but of course I wasn’t one of them. Shit, vinyl I’ve been waiting on since May hasn’t even arrived yet, nevermind…
[Watch] – Burnt Ones Live In Indianapolis →
Last night (Saturday July 10th) saw Burnt Ones release their highly anticipated, sure-to-be critically acclaimed debut album “Black Teeth & Golden Tongues”.
They only…
[Listen/Rolling Stone's Top 500] – #109 – The... →
“Loaded” is the fourth album from The Velvet Underground, and was released a month after Lou Reed had left the band. All songs were written by Lou Reed except “Ride Into The…
[Discuss] – Is Illegally Downloading Music Ever... →
This is a grey area, a touchy subject, something people don’t really like to talk about in public. But let’s try to.
You can debate something without having a solid…
[Listen/Download] – Strider Hero – “Strider Hero... →
I’m starting to get backlogged with music submissions now, and whilst I still listen to everything that gets sent to me, I’m delayed in actually getting to post the stuff I…
[Watch] – New Video By Brandon Flowers –... →
I’m always being held captive by Ninjas and having Charlize Theron rescue me.
What can I say, I’m a lucky guy (or unlucky depending on how you look at it). Apparently it…
[Listen/Rolling Stone's Top 500] – #391 – Jackson... →
This was Browne’s 4th album. It was not as lighthearted as his previous works since his wife had committed suicide while he was writing this. It took a bitter turn, “Say…
