STEVE AOKI & ARMAND VAN HELDEN’S NEW SINGLE: BRRRAT!
Steve Aoki and Bostonian DJ Armand Van Helden’s new single “Brrrat!” is out today on Dim Mak Records. Check out a video of Armand Van Helden dropping “Brrrat!” at SW4 mainstage in London UK to over 10,000 people August 29, 2010 with a cameo by Steve Aoki.
NEW VIDEO FROM SUCKERS: A MIND I KNEW
Suckers “bedtime story for adults” track “A Mind I Knew”, has a new video premiering on Pitchfork directed by Brian Aiken, the drummer of the band. A crazy dude burns down a kids “bouncy” house and a hippy chick spins a flaming hula hoop around her neck. What more do you want?
NEW VIDEO FROM TWIN SHADOW: CASTLES IN THE SNOW
Twin Shadow has mastered the retro sound and now the retro aesthetics in the the new super 8 looking video shot by Jamie Harley for “Castles In The Snow”. A punk suits up Rambo style, wanders around the city, meets up with some rowdy friends, rides the train, shops for records and rocks the bunchy sock. Watch it below:
You can also stream the entire album right HERE.
LEELOU: GASOLINE
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LeeLou: Kiss. Death. Love. Come.
Label: Enso Records
Release Date: 11th October 2010
‘Kiss. Death. Love. Come.’, the debut release from LeeLou (aka Rebekah Dobbins) is reminiscent of the carefully crafted post-punk sound that harks back to a time when pop artists were exactly that…artists. Intelligent and exhilarating, there’s a substance to the music so often lacking in today’s chart fodder. Like Siouxsie and The Banshees or The Cure, there may be a brooding aesthetic that packages this innovative music but their uncompromising songs bleed positivity and hope. LeeLou’s powerful voice tears through the rich tapestry of Paul Simm’s production to create inventive and adventurous pop music that cuts straight to the core.
Inspired by the MP expenses scandal of 2009, lead track ’Burn Your Houses Down’, is a visceral assault on the senses and a revolt against the carefree, nonchalant use of money by those who have plenty of it. Lyrically sharp and witty, the song translates into a powerful slice of socio-politically fuelled pop. The bass parts on the track were recorded with a little help Tessa Pollitt of the seminal female post-punk trio The Slits. ‘Kill For Your Love’ is a powerful song that reflects a timeline of memories. Dark and brooding, its subject matters are escapism, fear and the craving for love. The rousing third track, ‘Gasoline’ explores the idea that no matter how tough a situation may become, we stay strong in the face of adversity and keep shooting for the stars, holding our dreams and aspirations tight. The closer ‘Kiss Like Carnivores’ discusses mutual indifference to something or someone, using and being used and our acceptance of that. Dark, edgy and effortlessly cool.
Turning her hand to singing, song writing, and poetry from an early age, Rebekah exudes natural talent and breathes the arts. Her profound use of verse to express herself has long been a cathartic outlet for her emotions and remains to this day a prominent part of her daily life. Citing her influences as everyone from Ted Hughes to Vivienne Westwood, she formed her first band at the tender age of 12 and has been on the stage or in a studio ever since. Creativity courses through her veins. Raised by her single mother, the male figures in her life was made up by her brother, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Ted Hughes, Thurston Moore and Kurt Kobain. With such musical and literary rebels pointing the way, she found herself drowning in excess but escaped by moving to a bigger pond. In an attempt to shed the skin of her hometown of Devon, she soon found herself heading for the bright lights of London in search of some like-minded souls and cultural stimulation. While occasional modelling and session work kept the wolves from the door, it wasn’t until a random encounter at a party that things really started to happen for Rebekah. She got talking to Nouvelle Vague’s Marc Collin, who later invited her to join the band for their forthcoming tour. Already using her artist name LeeLou, she also sang on the band’s last album NV3 which was released in 2009, before turning her full time attention to the project with songwriting and creative partner Paul Simm. Like Rebekah, Paul is no stranger to the music business, sculpting hits for the likes of Amy Winehouse, The Sugababes, Siobhan Donaghy and Neneh Cherry, which has seen his songs grace the charts on many occasions. Finding Rebekah, brought him out from behind the scenes and back into a driving role with LeeLou. The pair met in a Denmark Street studio and immediately recognised that they had found what they were looking for in a musical partner. “She told me about a conceptual art/music installation she was working on and asked me to come along and see it. I knew straight away that she wasn’t just another pretty face with a good voice”. Indeed she is not.
FREE MP3: LYRICS BORN: SOMETHING BETTER
New leaked track from Lyrics Born called “Something Better,” with Francis and the Lights front-man singing the upbeat catchy hook. The new album As U Were officially drops October 26th and the band has just announced a new tour featuring Chali sna and Rakaa. Grab the track below:
NEW WEBSITE: LEONIE MORSE PHOTOGRAPHY
Discosalt artist Leonie Morse has a new website up and running for you to check out.
“Leonie is a portrait and fashion photographer based in East London, UK. She had her first solo exhibition in London in September 2009. Entitled Rocker the project consisted of intimiate portraits and gritty documentary photographs, taken on the UK rockabily scene. Since her adolescence, Leonie has always been drawn to subcultures. once a die-hard mod, she then became fascinated by the colorful characters and vibrancy of the rockabily scene and has been able to enter their world, photographing intimate portraits of them. Currently she is working on a personal project entitled Rebel Rebel, photographing 12 achingly cool teenagers in their bedrooms, capturing their private worlds. Leonie has previously been commissioned by The Face, X Ray Magazine, Sleazenation, You Magazine, Virgin and Time Out Australia. Leonie was nomiated in The Hospital Club Top 100 list in 2010, under the category “Emerging Artist” “(http://www.leoniemorse.com/about.html)
You can also check out some of Leonie’s work here on Discosalt.
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NEW VIDEO FROM A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS: I LIVED MY LIFE TO STAND IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR HEART
A Place to Bury Strangers have a new video for I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow of Your Heart, the fourth single from the bands critically acclaimed Exploding Head. The video, directed by Sian Alice Group guitarist Ben Crook (Spiritualized, Fratellis, Black Lips), was shot during the band’s London show at Heaven on May 25th 2010 and marks the first official appearance of new bass player Dion Lunadon. The song was released as a 5-song digital EP on June 22nd. The EP features a new track, “Girlfriend”, and remixes by Secret Machines, Cereal Spiller, and Broken Spindles. Download the Secret Machines remix or watch the new video below:
A Place To Bury Strangers have been quite busy on the remix front lately with two recently released remixes for Maps “Die Happy Die Smiling” and School Of Seven Bells “Windstorm” and forthcoming remixes for Holy Fuck and Grinderman. Additionally, APTBS frontman/guitarist Oliver Ackermann lends vocals to “Behold The Black Light”, a song featured on a new Volcom snowboarding film titled 9191 due out on September 13th. The track premiered on RCRD LBL August 26th and is available as a free download now. The original soundtrack by Baron also features Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Mike Conte of Early Man. Go to http://9191movie.com/ to check out the trailer for 9191.
FREE MP3: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS: SUFFRAGETTE CITY! (BOWIE COVER)
For all the noise junkies, A Place to Bury Strangers have mixed up Bowie’s classic track “Suffragette City” with some ch-ch-changes. This is not your typical David Bowie cover. Far from the shades of Brit and Jermaine doing their best Bowie in Space. It is a 100% A Place To Bury Strangers interpreting their version of one of the most brilliant rockers alive. Dark, menacing, and of course noisier! Really rad cover here, so enjoy. We know we did! Grab the track below:
MP3: A Place to Bury Strangers: Suffragette City(Bowie Cover)
And be sure to catch the band on tour this fall. They are heading back out on the road playing a mixture of festivals and headline gigs across the Midwest, including Massillon, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Durham for the first time. If you missed it, on August 19th, A Place To Bury Strangers gave an epic performance at Death By Audio, the underground DIY venue and performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn but will be back for another loud night on October 26th with Japandroids. So pick up some earplugs and mark your calendars!
NEW FALL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
9/24 – Massillon, OH – Thirteenth Floor with Ludwyg & Swarm of Bats (Free Show!)
9/25 – Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival with Caribou, Best Coast, Holy Fuck
9/26 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection with Chicago Typewriters and Igby Iris
9/27 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop with Freedom & Hot Cha Cha
9/28 – Kalamazoo, MI – The Strutt
9/29 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
9/30 – Nashville, TN – Next Big Nashville Festival at Exit In with Yeasayer, Waaves, & Javelin
10/1 – Durham, NC – Duke Coffeehouse
10/2 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter with Ceremony & Soundpool (Killer Pimp Night)
10/15 – Minneapolis, MN – Whole Music Club at University of Minnesota
10/26 – Brooklyn, NY – Death By Audio with Japandroids
NEW VIDEO FROM SURFER BLOOD: FLOATING VIBES
Surfer Blood, Laurel Canyon’s answer to Japandroids, have a new lo-fi video for “Floating Vibes” off the laid back surf vibe album Astro Coast. The video, directed by G Warner and Ralphael Blanco, features the band spoofing a bunch of TV tropes that includes a mustached ambulence chaser, a local guitar playing weatherman, a casual chic home shopper and a pinecone home improvement show host.
FREE MP3: THE BLACK ANGELS: PHOSPHENE DREAM
Discosalt is bringing you an exclusive premiere free download of the song “Phosphene Dream” by The Black Angels this Monday. “Phosphene Dream” is the title track of the new Black Angels album, which comes out September 14th on Blue Horizon Records and is being featured on the HobNob Wines Creative Juices website. HobNob sponsored the band’s secret show this week at the Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts in NYC and it was amazing–eerie and magnficient. Grab the track below and show some love for HobNob! Just don’t stare at the album artwork too long, or you may feel more disoriented than trying to eat a Caprese salad at Brooklyn Bowl.
:MP3: The Black Angels: Phosphene Dream
ALBUM STREAM: SUCKERS: WILD SMILE
If you haven’t checked out Brooklyn quartet Sucker’s most recent album Wild Smile, which followed up last years eponymous four-song EP, you can stream it below. Or if you order it from the band on their site here, you will immediately get a digital download of the entire album, along with a pair of exclusive acoustic renditions of tracks “Martha” and “Black Sheep” from the LP sent directly to your email address. While the cover art alone is worth buying the Anand Wilder (Yeasayer) produced album, there are some really awesome jams here; a solid mix of indie-art rock, thats equal part experimental and accessible, at times, echoing some of the glam grandeur of Bowie. Check back soon with Discosalt for our full interview with the band, where we discuss everything from their new tour with Menomena to The Smurfs.
NEW VIDEO FROM DAS RACIST: WHO’S THAT? BROOOWN!
Bro-fi rap duo Das Racist have a new video/nyc social commentary directed by Thomas De Napoli in the form of an 8-bit nintendo style animation for their sinlge “Who’s That? Brooown!”. Typical day for the guys is just like yours, only more so. Dodge golf balls and beer bottles in Murray Hill, Kill Hipsters, Buy “Jamerican” Apparel clothes, avoid getting married, frogger the east river, shoplift irony beer at Brooklyn Bodega and make it to the show. Only thing missing is the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Check out the bands official website for the Das Racist game too and get rewarded.
Play the game at http://dasracist.net/whosthatbrown.html
Top 10 scorers will be rewarded
RADIOHEAD FAN’S DIY PRAGUE CONCERT FILM: FREE DOWNLOAD
Radiohead fans have put together a real DIY concert film of the band performing in Prague on August 23, 2009 using only camera phones. The band approved the film and even provided the filmmakers with the soundboard recordings of the set. Now you can check out the Prague DVD for free in it’s entirety here.
Watch some segments of the set below:
BAND OF HORSES: LIVE IN LONDON
(photo courtesy: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com )
Band of Horses performing live at Bush Hall in London, England on August 26, 2010.
THE BOOKS EXPAND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Following the summer success of The Way Out (on Temporary Residence), The Books expand their upcoming fall North American tour to include stops along the Midwest and East Coast. In addition to the excellent reception of their new record, The Books have also developed a reputation for their engaging live shows, which mix audio and visual components to appropriately reveal each song’s complete environment.
Joining the Books on this tour will be the legendary, The Black Heart Procession who tour in support of their upcoming Blood Bunny/ Black Rabbit EP, as well as their long awaited sixth album Six, released just last year. Known for their highly personal and emotive live shows, The Black Heart Procession will undoubtedly provide ample footing for The Books’ all encompassing sets.
“Arguably one of the most original contemporary musical groups,” – FILTER MAGAZINE
THE BOOKS FALL TOUR
9/4 Monticello, NY ATP Festival (Kutsher’s Country Club)
9/23 Durham, NH University of New Hamsphire
9/29 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
9/30 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/1 Durham, NC Shaefer Theater (early)
10/1 Durham, NC Shaefer Theater
10/2 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theater
10/3 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
10/4 Knoxville, TN Square Room
10/5 Charlotesville, VA Jefferson Theatre
10/6 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
10/21 Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
10/22 Northampton MA Pearl Street Nightclub
10/23 Montreal, PQ Cabaret Mile End
10/24 Ottawa, ON Capital Music Hall
10/25 Toronto, ON The Mod Club
10/26 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot Ballroom
10/27 Grand Rapids, MI Ladies Literary Club
10/29 Chicago, Il Vic Theatre
10/30 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Culture Center
10/31 Grinnell, IA Herrick Chapel
11/02 St Louis, MO The Old Rock House
11/03 Newport, KY Southgate House
11/13 New York, NY Zankel at Carnegie Hall
11/29 Los Angeles, CA Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater
11/30 San Francisco, CA Palace of Fine Arts
12/3 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
12/5 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theater
Tickets for all shows available at:
BLACK MOUNTAIN: LIVE ON LATE NIGHT
Last night our Canadian heroes, Black Mountain, shook the stage of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, playing the first single off of their upcoming album, Wilderness Heart. Wilderness Heart will be released by Jagjaguwar on September 14th in North America (13th in UK). Pre-orders will still receive a poster of the Wilderness Heart artwork as well as a digital instant gratification download of the entire album. Click here to pre-order!
Download “The Hair Song” at Jagjaguwar
Download “Old Fangs” at Jagjaguwar
09/05/10 Birmingham, UK – Hare and Hounds w/ Wolf People
09/08/10 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2 w/ Wolf People
09/09/10 Tourcoing, France – RADAR at Le Grand Mix
09/10/10 Isle of Wight, UK – Bestival
09/11/10 Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
09/12/10 Leeds, UK – TJs Woodhouse Club w/ Wolf People
09/14/10 Glasgow, UK – Oran Mor w/ Wolf People
09/15/10 Manchester, UK – Academy 3 w/ Wolf People
09/16/10 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms w/ Wolf People
09/17/10 Tilburg, Netherlands – Incubate Festival
09/18/10 Groningen, Netherlands – Take Root
09/20/10 Koln, Germany – Gebaeude 9 w/ An Emerald City
09/21/10 Hamburg, Germany – Grünspan w/ An Emerald City
09/22/10 Denmark, Copenhagen – Loppen w/ An Emerald City
09/23/10 Gotenburg, SE – Pustervik w/ Citay
09/24/10 Oslo, Norway – John Dee w/ Morudes
09/27/10 Berlin, Germany – Festsaal Kreuzberg w/ The Morlocks
09/28/10 Munich, Germany – 59:1 w/ The Morlocks
09/29/10 Milan, Italy – Salumeria della Musica w/ The Night Terrors
09/30/10 Ravenna, Italy – Bronson w/ The Night Terrors
10/01/10 Rome, Italy – Circolo degli Artisti w/ The Night Terrors
10/03/10 Lausanne, Switzerland – Le Romandie w/ Tweak Bird
10/04/10 France, Paris – La Maroquinerie w/ Tweak Bird
10/05/10 Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique w/ Tweak Bird
10/06/10 Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso w/ Tweak Bird
10/07/10 London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire w/ The Black Angels
10/30/10 Buffalo, NY – Tralf Music Hall w/ The Black Angels
10/31/10 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre w/ The Black Angels
11/01/10 Montreal, QC – La Tulipe w/ The Black Angels
11/02/10 Boston, MA – Paradise w/ The Black Angels
11/03/10 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom w/ The Black Angels
11/06/10 Philadelpia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts w/ The Black Angels
11/07/10 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club w/ The Black Angels
11/09/10 Louisville, KY – Headliners w/ The Black Angels
11/10/10 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle w/ The Black Angels
11/11/10 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge w/ The Black Angels
11/12/10 Atlanta, GA – The Earl w/ The Black Angels
11/13/10 Orlando, FL – The Social w/ The Black Angels
11/15/10 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree w/ The Black Angels
11/16/10 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s w/ The Black Angels
11/17/10 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live w/ The Black Angels
11/19/10 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa w/ The Black Angels
11/20/10 Dallas, TX – Kessler Theatre w/ The Black Angels
11/24/10 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre w/ The Black Angels
11/26/10 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore w/ The Black Angels
11/28/10 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom w/ The Black Angels
11/29/10 Seattle, WA – The Showbox w/ The Black Angels
11/30/10 Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom w/ The Black Angels
THE MIGHTY BOOSH, MOPEDS, ROADTRIPS AND WAYNE COYNE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM ELIZABETH WEINBERG
This post comes from our friends on the West Coast at Sick Of The Radio:
“Elizabeth Weinberg lives in Brooklyn, New York, with two cats, a bicycle, and a moped. Her work spans many themes including portraits, and fashion and documentary photography. Elizabeth has also done commercial work for Nylon+Casio, and Sony. She is also working on 3 different projects entitled Abigail, Of Recklessness and Water, and Rattland, check out her website here for more info.”
Check out some more of our favorites below:
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NEW VIDEO FROM DEAD MANS BONES: PA PA POWER
Is there anything more frustrating than when an actor turns out to be a good musician too? Dead Man’s Bones is just one more reason to hate or secretly become facebook fans of Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, The Notebook). Formed between “the Gos” and his buddy Zach Shields, Dead Man Bones released an unexpectedly solid debut album last year, A Never Let a Lack of Talent Get You Down on their own label, Werewolf Heart. The band collaborated with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir in an elderly residents home to create their new, touching, self-made and not so surprisingly very cinematic video for ” Pa Pa Power”. This is like a really solid short film filled with melancholy sweetness touching on darker elements that all gets reconciled into an upbeat dance party and new gospel choir version of “Pa Pa Power”. Watch the full 13 minute video below:
LIARS NEW EP FEATURES THOM YORKE REMIX + 3 NEW B-SIDES
Liars will release a new single, Proud Evolution, as a six track EP on October 19th, 2010. The new EP features a remix from Thom Yorke, a live version recorded at Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, plus three exclusive new b-sides “Come Now”, “Total Frown”, and “Strangers”.
Liars make a long awaited return to Canada, playing Toronto and Montreal for the first time since 2006, and playing Ottawa and Hamilton for the first time ever! Having taken their critically acclaimed fifth album Sisterworld across the US, Liars head north to devastate Canada including a headline appearance at the Pop Montreal International Music Festival on September 30th.
Sisterworld is out now on CD, double vinyl and 2CD version. The second disc of the 2CD release sees each track on Sisterworld remixed and reinterpreted by a host of artists including Thom Yorke, Devendra Banhart, Atlas Sound, Blonde Redhead, Fol Chen and Alan Vega while the unique packaging for the 2CD and deluxe vinyl editions, designed by Brian Roettinger / Hand Held Heart (Grammy nominated and Rolling Stone award winning for his work with No Age) allows a surreal glimpse into Sisterworld.
Daytrotter Session HERE.
John Norris for NoiseVox’s Noisemakers series. HERE.
WATCH Liars’ performance at La Route Du Rock festival below:
NEW VIDEO FROM WAVVES: POST ACID
Southern Cali’s garage rock punk band Wavves have teamed up with Green Label Sound for a drugged/spaced out new video for “Post Acid”. Aliens, skateboarding, raging, MTV VJ John Norris, and the guys clearly tripping hard…check. Is this “post” acid?
To download the track for free go to : http://GreenLabelSound.com
Check out the video below:
