NEW VIDEO FROM TEARIST: UNARMED
Watch the new video from Tearist for the single “Unarmed” directed by Sean Stout. Over the last two years Tearist has become one of the most notorious and vital bands in the new underground pulsing through Los Angeles. Building on songs driven by intense vocals and synths, the duo’s performances are known for being deeply […]
Marissa Nadler @ Church on York, LA
February 21, 2014 – Marissa Nadler @ Church on York, LA On Friday night at the Church on York, Marissa Nadler took to the stage backed by a cello and viola. Perhaps never were a venue more suited to a performance. An old defunct church draped in a single continuous swathe of white plastic ribbon from […]
BAND RADAR: HOWLER
Based in Minneapolis, Howler are Jordan Gatesmith (vocals / guitar), Ian Nygaard (guitar), France Camp (bass), Max Petrek (keyboard) and Brent Mayes (drums). The five-piece have released their debut album, America Give Up via Rough Trade Records on MP3 & LP and will be supporting The Vaccines’ full UK tour later this year. The debut […]
DOWNLOAD STARFAWN: GREENLIGHT [TEEEL REMIX]
Check out this dark disco remix of Starfawn’s “Greenlight” from Teeel. Download a copy of Starfawn’s EP – available digitally now through Moodgadget, more info at moodgadget.com/starfawn/ Starfawn is a collaboration between Producer Misha Mross and Vocalist Amber Schaefer that began in early 2011. The two met through mutual friends and connected over a shared […]
Photography by Cody Cobb
Photos by Cody Cobb.
NEW VIDEO FROM THE BLACK KEYS: GOLD ON THE CEILING
The Black Keys Follow up their buzz-worthy viral video for “Lonely Boy”, with a new video for “Gold On The Ceiling” off of their late 2011 release, El Camino. The video, directed by Reid Long, keeps it simple, following the band through their recent world tour intertwining studio footage with clips of the band behind-the-scenes and performing on […]
TEEEL SHOW THIS WEEK + NEW ALBUM COMING THIS MONTH
Inspired by italo, electro and the 80s new wave movement, Teeel aka Jim Smith credits his sound to marathon movie watching and being an obsessive gear head. Creating music in a 10×10 teal painted room, stacked with vintage synthesizers and guitars, TEEEL creates music that ranges from hypnotic synthpop to dreamy disco and dark electronica. […]
NEW MUSIC FROM LELAND SUNDRIES: APPARITION
Brooklyn’s indie strummers Leland Sundries’ 2nd release The Foundry EP is out Feb 21, 2012 on L’Echiquier Records. Led by Nick Loss-Eaton the EP was recorded in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in an old creamery building with Loss-Eaton on resonator guitar, banjo, harmonium, harmonica, and vocals. The lead single “Apparition” is now available for free download.
NEW MUSIC FROM FUCKED UP: YEAR OF THE TIGER
Toronto punks, Fucked Up are streaming their new 15 minute single “Year Of The Tiger” off Year Of The __: a series of Chinese Zodiac singles. Every year, the band releases a track to celebrate a year on the Chinese calendar and this years track is highlighted by some prominent collaborators likes director Jim Jarmusch, electro pop band Austra, […]
DROSS GLOP 2: SHABAZZ PALACES REMIX BATTLES
Battles Dross Glop 2 – the second album in a 4-part Battles remix series, out on 12-inch vinyl (Feb 21), features remixes of their recent Gloss Drop by Shabazz Palaces, Kode 9 & The Alchemist. You can listen to Shabazz reworking “White Electric” above with Ishmael Butler waxing poetically on “Reaganomics, Bushonomics, Obamanomics”. Subscribe to […]
NEW VIDEO FROM BIG DEAL: TALK
Kacey Underwood and Brit Alice Costelloe aka Big Deal just released a new video for “Talk”, off their most recent album Lights Out. Directed by the talented, Brooklyn director Yoonha Park (Washed Out, Deerhoof and Beach House) the video captures the bands innate ability to tap into the innocence, insecurity, wonder and (sometimes unrequited) love and lust of relationships. With a combination of sparse […]
NEW MUSIC FROM MOTIVE: WHAT’S SO BAD
Brooklyn band Motive have been playing around town for quite some time now, opening up for larger names like The Vaccines and Bear Hands. After releasing their self-titled debut EP last year, they’re kicking off 2012 with a series of new songs and music videos and this premier stream of “What’s So Bad”, the band’s newest single. Produced by Chuck […]
NEW MUSIC FROM THE BAND IN HEAVEN: SLUDGY DREAMS
New music from South Florida noise duo – The Band in Heaven is available on 7″ featuring the track “Sludgy Dreams” on HoZac Records Watch the original Alice Cohen created video for “Sludgy Dreams” above or the alternate version – “Sludgy Dreams/Sleazy Dreams” HERE.
NEW MUSIC FROM SOFT LIGHTING: SLOW MOTION SILHOUETTES
Soft Lighting is the solo work of Bryan Cox, Kansas City based musician/producer. Equipped with a Juno60 and a bedroom studio, Cox makes his own brand of light headed pop music influenced by Italo Disco, 80s film soundtracks and contemporary Chillwave artists. Soft Lighting – Slow Motion Silhouettes (3/1/2012) Soft Lighting on Facebook
Watch – The Gits Documentary
In the early 1990s, Seattle was the focal point of an emerging musical underground. The Gits helped spearhead this new scene. Their sound was proto-grunge and all-out punk aggression. The earnest, blues wail of front woman Mia Zapata was its center. Mia was the very embodiment of riot grrrl intensity, talent, and humanity. Her uncompromised […]
Watch – RIP! : A Remix Manifesto
Immerse yourself in the energetic, innovative and potentially illegal world of mash-up media with RiP: A remix manifesto. Let web activist Brett Gaylor and musician Greg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, serve as your digital tour guides on a probing investigation into how culture builds upon culture in the information age. Brett Gaylor is a […]
Watch – Burning Ice : A Documentary Film by Peter Gilbert
In September 2009, documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert joined more than 40 observers – including musicians Laurie Anderson, Jarvis Cocker, Robyn Hitchcock, Ryuichi Sakamoto and writer Suzan-Lori Parks – on an ice-breaking ship for a nine-day voyage off the coast of Greenland with artist-led climate change project, Cape Farewell. Their goal was to see, experience and […]
STREAM SHADES: CLEAR MOTIONS
The four-piece band from Boise, Idaho known to the universe as Shades bring an eclectic mix of woozy melodic synths, crunched drums, smooth vocals and sweet vibes. “Clear Motions” will be released in January. We’re very excited to share a fantastic collection of songs that flow brilliantly into each other as warm waves grab the […]
STREAM A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS: ONWARDS TO THE WALL
Onwards To The Wall, the new EP from A Place To Bury Strangers, is available for streaming right now – a week in advance of release date – on Hype Machine. The disc has 5 brand new face-melting tracks and will officially be released on Dead Oceans next week on February 7. The Boston Phoenix calls it “indebted to […]