With SXSW 2010 creeping up,  Discosalt has a preview of this years bands to watch. There are some amazing bands to check out, so clear the rest of your schedule for the afternoon and comb through our list:

MINUS THE BEAR

Recent Dangerbird Records signees, Minus The Bear, are set to release their new album, OMNI, [...]

1984: German Rock royalty, Rudolf Schenker of The Scorpions is not only the heart of the face-melting funf, but has sported a schnurrbart longer than anyone else in Hair Rock. His modified painter’s brush even manages to outshine Scorpion front man Klaus Meine’s male-pattern-baldness man-mane. While 1979’s Lovedrive is considered to have been at the [...]

Psychedelic new video for “Vanishing Cream” from San Francisco based band The Fresh & Onlys. While they might try to convince you they want to disappear, the band has an upcoming 7″ EP being released by the French label Plastic Spoons in April. Just Keep your eyes on the mystical triangle…

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Recent Dangerbird Records signees, Minus The Bear, are set to release their new album, OMNI, on May 4th.  Produced by Grammy Award winning producer, Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket), the band’s fourth studio album marks the latest stage in their shape-shifting evolution, that culminates in the blending of past influences with present inspirations.  Exploring erotic [...]

the bird and the bee, the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumental/producer Greg Kurstin, kicked off a musical scavenger hunt for their fans today by premiering all nine songs from their new album, Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates on nine different websites: AOL Spinner, BrooklynVegan, Entertainment [...]

Band of Horses, the Low Country’s premier rock n’ roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms ,on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.
The album package will feature the photography of the band’s long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.
Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed [...]

1967: It always comes back to The Beatles. By 1966, The Beatles had reached a critical, career-turning point. Vietnam, social unrest, rumors of Paul’s death, and Ringo’s “acting career” had pushed the fab four creatively and spiritually in separate directions, forcing their tour to an end that year. Then, in 1967, the band flips the [...]

Scissor, the first single from forthcoming Liars LP Sisterworld, is out now. It includes the B-side Covenant Heart. There is also an iTunes exclusive track Manslaughter Oops.
Sisterworld is set for release March 9th, 2010 on CD, vinyl and a 2CD expanded version. The expanded version includes track reinterpretations by a host of artists including Thom [...]

The new 80’s movie montage friendly, synth heavy album Head First from Goldfrapp is out March 22nd via Mute, along with the release of the new single /video for “Rocket”, which you can get HERE.
‘Head First‘ is Goldfrapp’s most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life [...]

Discosalt Video of the Week 7/3/10: Quail Lung’s 7″ single, “Dumb Dadadum,” on the Post Present Medium label, directed by Joshua Jay Elliott. Giving his best Dylan, Quail Lungs aka Portland, OR-based crooner Travis Bonilla, is a mix of DIY home-recorded, countrified Americana and 60’s British Rock (sorta the poor man’s, mustachioed Dylan and the [...]

1984: The stalker-stache reached a six-month zenith on the adult contemporary charts with the release of  the music video for Lionel Richie’s third single and signature song, “Hello,” from the multi-platinum album Can’t Slow Down. The video, which attracted more attention than the song, features Richie as a bushy chevron-sporting music teacher having a seemingly [...]

1985:  Beating out New Coke, Nintendo and crack as one of ‘85’s most addictive indulgences, Eddie Murphy and Rick James’ double-stache hit wonder, ” Party All the Time,” marked a bittersweet milestone in Mustache Music History. Fans of the premier ‘70s soul-glow sex balladeer and Hollywood’s Goldenchild doubled their pleasure with not one, but two radiant [...]