CAVEMAN: LIVE AT MERCURY LOUNGE 9/15
New York’s Caveman played a sold-out recordless record release party last week (9/15) for the digital release of their debut album “CoCo Beware” on Magic Man! Records (which you can get here). Packed with psychedelic pop jams from beginning to end, we were ecstatic for the chance to catch these guys live. Their show contained a […]
NURSES: DRACULA
[rating: 4.5 stars] Nurses: Dracula Label: Dead Oceans Release date: September 20, 2011 Nurses’ entire brand is built off personality. Granted, that brand is founded on the laurels of just two mostly unheralded albums to this point, but nevertheless, the band’s genetics have been fairly well established. On Dracula, not a whole lot has changed. Aaron Chapman’s […]
NEW VIDEO FROM ARCTIC MONKEYS : SUCK IT AND SEE
Focus Creeps, the director duo behind Waaves “King of the Beach”and Girls ““Lust for Life” have teamed up once again to direct another Arctic Monkeys video. This time around for the title track off their new album “Suck It And See”. Interesting title, interesting American Graffiti style video, interesting nipple appearance…unfortunately not so interesting song.
NEW VIDEO FROM BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY: QUAIL & DUMPLINGS
“Prince” Boniface “Bonnie” Billy goes by many names—St. Nick, Lucifer, AKA Joe– but close friends call him by his “nick name”, which is short for “Nicolas Nameham”, which is long for “NiNa”, which is backwards for “aNiN”, which sounds a bit like “anon” which is short for “anonymous”, and he prefers to keep it that […]
Caveman @ Mercury Lounge, NY
September 15, – Caveman @ Mercury Lounge, NY New York’s Caveman played a sold-out recordless record release party last week (9/15) for the digital release of their debut album “CoCo Beware” on Magic Man! Records (which you can get here). Packed with psychedelic pop jams from beginning to end, we were ecstatic for the chance to […]
Q + A: FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
Since the remarkable reaction to her teaser track ‘What The Water Gave Me’ which was released online late last month, Florence + The Machine announced the new single “Shake It Out” and full details of her highly anticipated second album today. The 12 track album or deluxe 20 track double album, ‘Ceremonials’ will be released […]
MP3 GRAB: HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE: DOG SCRATCHED EAR
Following on the heels of their highly-praised debut Everything’s For Sale, South Wales duo Henry’s Funeral Shoe are set to unleash their second full-length effort Donkey Jacket – an album filled with the twosome’s distinctive punk-energy-blues-drenched-rock ‘n’ roll. With their incendiary guitars and hard-rock riot, fans of Radio Moscow, Left Lane Cruiser and The Black Diamond Heavies should find much […]
STREAM THE NEW CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH ALBUM: HYSTERICAL
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has come a long way since 2005, when the DIY group first recorded and released their debut album all out of the apartment of bassist Tyler Sargent. The band is back now with their third album Hysterical, marking their best work to date. “Hysterical Balances the exuberance of the band’s first album […]
PETER BJORN AND JOHN TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
A.V. Club has released another great cover song video from Swedish trio Peter Bjorn And John. This time tackling the 1966 Otis Redding American soul classic, “Try A Little Tenderness”; a song that over the years, has been re-interpreted by just about everyone from Bing Crosby to Three Dog Night. While no version really compares to […]
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Q + A: THE NATIONAL
Discosalt writer Hayalsu Altinordu sits down with The National to discuss their writing process, the best thing about New York, Headliners at the ultimate music festival and what’s on their ipod shuffle. DISCOSALT: Can you tell us a bit about the writing and recording process of your last album High Violet? It’s an amazing album, worth waiting for, […]
GIRL TALK GETS SUPERSIZED IN MORGAN SPURLOCK’S “A DAY IN THE LIFE”
Morgan Spurlock (Academy Award Nominated Director of Super Size Me, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold) has teamed up with Hulu to debut his new original series “A Day in the Life” on Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service. In “A Day In The Life,” Spurlock presents an intimate, first-hand account of a complete day in the lives of fascinating people. The […]
BAND RADAR: THE MORNING CLOUDS
With lush guitars, and hushed vocals The Morning Clouds are the perfect soundtrack for a foggy drive. The Morning Clouds consists of Josh Wambeke, who’s best known for his work with a band called Fell. Wambeke’s upcoming release Wasted Youth Blues EP is self produced and recorded, showcasing one complex and lush piece of work. Although […]
WASHED OUT: EYES BE CLOSED
Timothy Saccenti, previously known for directing videos for the likes of Battles, Flying Lotus, Chairlift & Animal Collective, amongst others, has teamed up with Alan Bibby to create a beautiful short visual piece for ‘Eyes Be Closed’. It’s the first single to be taken from ‘Within and Without’, the long awaited debut album from Washed […]
BAND RADAR: LIGHT FOR FIRE
“The Huckster”, is the opening track off Light for Fire’s eponymous alcohol and depression fueled release. It’s an immediate, folk-influenced tune with nods to Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, and M. Ward that finds singer Nicholas Allard confessing, “I drank myself to bed last night. Licked my many wounds as I was getting high.” Shouldn’t every record start […]
WILFRED VS. WILFRED
Wilfred is a half-hour, dark comedy on FX about a pet “behaving badly”, based on the critically acclaimed Australian series, about a typical Aussie bloke who sees his girlfriend’s dog Wilfred as a bong-smoking man in a cheap dog costume. The US version stars Elijah Wood as “Ryan”, a suicidal young man who is asked to look after […]
HOW TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME TOO
Directed by Tristan Patterson and executive produced by indie-maverick Christine Vachon, DRAGONSLAYER is the Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary Feature at SXSW 2011, and is the second feature to be released theatrically by Drag City following Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers. The film documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in […]
Impenetrable Boundaries of Steel, Glass and Concrete
Before immigrating to Europe and studying at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Algerian Driss Ouadahi studied architecture. His paintings of the ubiquitous high-rise, the legacy of Modern Architecture’s failed promise to improve the human condition, are renderings of impenetrable boundaries of steel, glass and concrete. Ouadahi’s exploration begins with images of the enormous public housing developments in […]
IS INDIE POP FORMULAIC? 6 KEYS TO CLASSIC SUMMER SOUND
Is indie pop formulaic? Last summer, discosalt writer Casey Bowers pinned down 6 Keys to a Classic Summer Sound: 1. 60’s girl group pop melodies 2. Big, bright surf guitars 3. Vocals drenched (or drowned) in reverb 4. Any sound resembling The Beach Boys or Jan and Dean 5. Lyrics with the words: beach, summer, sun […]
DON’T MISS THE FINAL SCENE OF CHROMEO’S NEW VIDEO
Careful, Chromeo’s latest video might impregnate you- or so the directors, Daniels, want you to think. Featuring Solange Knowles, “When The Night Falls,” is entertaining until the way end, (seriously, you don’t want to miss the final scene).