FREE MP3:GOLD PANDA: SNOW & TAXIS
Gold Panda’s debut full-length album Lucky Shiner promises a tastefully crafted mix of minimalist electronic glitch techno and UK funk from the panda hooded Japanofile, set to drop 10/12. While you are waiting, you can check out the new video for “Snow & Taxis” and grab the track below. Intelligent dance floor tracks with structure, no bangers.
MP3: Gold Panda – “Snow & Taxis”
NEW VIDEO FROM CROCODILES: HEARTS OF LOVE
For the new “Hearts of Love” video from Crocodiles off their new album Sleep Forever, directors Ross Riege and Samuel Macon shot the entire treatment gun style, with a crew less then 5 people over the course of only 2 days. Check it out below:
NEW VIDEO FROM DEERHUNTER: HELICOPTER
Discosalt Video of the Week 9/12/10: Deehunter frontman Bradford Cox sings slow and dreamy for the camera in this watery low budget video treatment for the track “Helicopter” off the new album Halcyon Digest track.
NEW VIDEO FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN: THE HAIR SONG
A sweet little Black Mountain love connection is made in the new video for “The Hair Song,” directed by Zoe Bower and Simon Chan. “The Hair Song” includes an extremely relatable plot line to any music fans whose coming-of-age years included being shut out of 21+ clubs and finding your crush at the show.
We have a very cool making-of video to share as well! Meet the cast and crew and see the micro-movie magic go down:Black Mountain’s “The Hair Song” appears on their upcoming album, Wilderness Heart, out on Jagjaguwar on September 14th in the US (13th in the UK).
Black Mountain is headed to Europe and will then be joined by The Black Angels for their “The Dropout Boogie” tour:
09/03/10 Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland – The Electric Picnic Festival (electric arena)
09/04/10 Oxford, UK – Academy 2 w/ Wolf People
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
09/25/10 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser
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
10/28/10 Chicago, IL – Metro 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
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
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:
NEW VIDEO FROM KISSES: PEOPLE CAN DO THE MOST AMAZING THINGS
Discosalt Video of The Week 30/8/10: Nothing is sweeter than rising late night Cali duo, Kisses. Watch as the band and a geriatric health nut collide in their new video for ” People can do the most amazing things” directed by Julia Bembenek.
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:
FREE MP3: PIERCED ARROW: THE DOORWAY
Pierced Arrow, formed from the wreckage of Portland Oregon’s Dead Moon, an underground cult garage rock band from 1987 to 2006, embody a fiercely independent DIY ethos and rock and roll spirit that is unmatched by most musicians today. Band mates Fred Cole and real life sweetheart of 42 years, Toody stubbornly record everything in mono, press their own albums on vintage equipment and live out in the woods in a mansion they build for themselves. Six grandkids later, they still play raw, ragged straightforward rock ‘n’ roll, garage punk that comes from a musical culture spanning 30 years and sounds relevant despite the bands youngest member being 39. These guys are no joke.
The band has announced an upcoming North American tour that begins September 30 at legendary club 7th St. Entry in Minneapolis, MN.The ex-Dead Moon veterans will play 21 dates across the US before closing out the tour in Weed, CA on October 23rd.
The jaunt comes in the wake of Pierced Arrows’ recent split 7″ with label mates Black Lips, released in July via Scion A/V. In keeping with the other releases in the Vice-curated Scion Garage 7″ series, both bands debuted new songs on the single. Pierced Arrows’ offering, “The Doorway”, is a keen demonstration of the raw, unbridled rock that collaborators Fred and Toody Cole have honed over their 30+ year career. Scion A/V also recently released the band’s first proper music video for “This is the Day” from their most recent full length Descending Shadows.
“The Doorway” can be downloaded here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9p89as3cbk13e4l
Or streamed here:
http://soundcloud.com/scionav/sets/scion-a-v-garage-black-lips-and-pierced-arrows
Watch the video for “This is the Day” here:
Want to see more on Dead Moon, check out Unknown Passage: The Dead Moon Story:
Tour Dates:
9/30/10 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
10/1/10 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
10/2/10 Chicago, IL Subterranean
10/3/10 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
10/4/10 Rochester, NY The Bug Jar
10/5/10 Albany, NY Valentine’s
10/7/10 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
10/8/10 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
10/9/10 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie
10/10/10 Washington, DC DC9
10/12/10 Baltimore, MD Golden West Cafe
10/13/10 Pittsburgh, PA 31st Street Pub
10/14/10 Columbus, OH The Summit
10/15/10 Bloomington, IN The Video Saloon
10/16/10 Columbia, MO Mojo’s
10/17/10 Lawrence, KS Jackpot
10/19/10 Denver, CO Hi Dive
10/20/10 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
10/21/10 Reno, NV Tonic Lounge
10/22/10 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
10/23/10 Weed, CA Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture
NEW VIDEO FROM WASHED OUT: HOLD OUT
Discosalt Video of the Week 22/8/10: Take a look back on Columbia, SC’s synth-drenched Washed Out on their 2010 Spring US Tour with Small Black in the new video for “Hold Out” shot by John Lipari. So good.
FREE MP3: DOES IT OFFEND YOU YEAH?: WE ARE THE DEAD
Here’s a brand new shiny track and video from Does It Offend You, Yeah? titled We Are The Dead. The band tells us they have been writing their new album for nearly two years, while trying to fit in a tour. It’s been one big rollercoaster ride for the band with ups and downs (as well as lefts and rights) and the album has been through more re-writes than the “Ghostbusters 3” script. They are making some serious headway though and are in the final process of putting this beast to bed. As a treat to the fans who’ve supported them at clubs and festivals all over the world they are offering a free track + remix parts. (Just don’t tell their label). Pretty rad. Download it below:
MP3: Does It Offend You, Yeah?: We Are The Dead
DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? TOUR DATES OPENING FOR KELE
Sept 2 9:30 Club Washington DC
Sep 3 Mod Club Toronto
Sep 4 Belmont Montreal
Sep 7 Royale Boston, MA
Sep 8 Webster Hall New York, NY
Sep 11 Double Door Chicago, IL
Sep 13 Slowdown Omaha, NE
Sep 14 Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
Sep 16 Chop Suey Seattle, WA
Sep 18 Mezzanine San Francisco, CA
Sep 21 Henry Fonda/Musicbox Los Angeles, CA
NEW VIDEO FROM MGMT: CONGRATULATIONS
There is clearly something strange in the water in Brooklyn. In their latest video for “Congratulations”, Brooklyn’s MGMT have taken a somewhat similar cue from Yeasayer’s “Madder Red” video, revealing what could be a strange new trend in music videos from Brooklyn bands. Are sad dying disfigured puppets the new noble hipster savage? Watch below:
MGMT Fall 2010 Tour
Date City Venue
10/16/10 San Bernadino, CA Cypress Hill Smoke Out
10/25/10 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
10/26/10 Miami, FL The Fillmore
10/27/10 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckert Hall
10/29/10 Asheville, NC Moogfest
10/30/10 Oxford, MS The Lyric Oxford
10/31/10 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Festival
11/02/10 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
11/03/10 Raleigh, NC Raleigh Memorial Coliseum
11/04/10 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
11/06/10 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fest
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: TEEN DAZE: SHINE ON, YOU CRAZY WHITE CAP
Discosalt Video of the week 8/15/10: Ultra chilled out Vancouver band Teen Daze are bringing last summers “chillwave” back with their latest video for “Shine On, You Crazy White Cap”. Director ZJ Wong has put together a nostalgic blend of old vacation movies as a fitting backdrop to the bands hazy hypnotic harmonies, bleeding synths and dance conscious pop. Like the tune?, grab an MP3 of the track below:
NEW VIDEO FROM YEASAYER: MADDER RED (STARRING KRISTEN BELL)
After watching Yeasayers new video for “Madder Red” directed by Andras Nilsson and starring the incredibly adorable Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars/Party Down, I’ve almost forgiven Bell for being the voice of Gossip Girl. Watching her play opposite a amorphous bleeding oozing, one eyed ball of flesh whom is suffering, is infinitely less painful than listening to her narrate the lives of fictional upper east side brat packs. You can’t help but love her here. “Madder Red” along with “Ambling Alp” and “O.N.E.”, makes the third bizarre video from the band this year; equal parts unsettling, sad and amusing. Great song, strange video.
NEW MUSIC VIDEOS FROM M.I.A.: XXXO” AND ILLY GIRL
M.I.A. has released some new videos for “XXXO” and “Illy Girl.” Watch below:
BROKEN BELLS NEW 3-D INTERACTIVE VIDEO: OCTOBER
Check out Broken Bells new 3-D, Interactive video for “October” off the band’s debut release: http://www.brokenbells.com/october/
The video, which premiered on Wired.com yesterday was an idea fleshed out by Brian Burton along with flash developer Richard Lehmann and illustrator Matthew Hollister. As Wired explains, “the group’s 3-D project allows surfers to navigate, save and share a strange universe of mathematical equations, geometric shapes and evocative illustrations. It’s a head trip made more poignant by the pop-hop balladry of Broken Bells’ haunting new single.” Now if only they could turn this into a screen saver…
Check out Wired.com to see a 2-D version demo on the video: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/08/broken-bells/
In other news, the band will be on tour in the US this fall with dates in LA, NYC, Oakland and Austin!
BROKEN BELLS Live 2010
08/13/10 – Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
08/14/10 – Goteborg, Sweden – Way Out West
08/16/10 – Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gafaehrlich
08/17/10 – Cologne, Germany – Gloria
08/19/10 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
10/05/10 – Oakland, CA – The Fox Theatre
10/06/10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
10/09/10 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10/11/10 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
FREE MP3: N.A.S.A.: CHASE THE DEVIL (MAX ROMEO AND THE UPSETTERS COVER)
To celebrate their 50th Anniversary Dr. Martens has asked 10 bands to record their version of cult classic tracks that represent the spirit of the brand over the past five decades. N.A.S.A. chose to re-interpret Max Romeo and The Upsetters classic reggae anthem “I Chase the Devil”– a fitting choice for the intergalactic duo.
After hours spent crunching real tape loops and experimenting with the dubbing to get exactly the right “stoned, spacey feel”, the production on the track sparkles. The animated video that accompanies is every inch as virtuoso with humor and imagination in excess. Director Don Letts has broken boundaries left, right and centre in his film work and this video continues that spirit of exploration with extra-powerful visuals.
DOWNLOAD “CHASE THE DEVIL” MP3
Watch the OFFICIAL VIDEO:
Watch BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO
Released June 30th, N.A.S.A.’s latest The Big Bang features two new tracks and dance floor interpretations of select songs from The Spirit of Apollo–their 2009 debut. A free MP3 of new track “I Wanna Be Your Lover” featuring Maximum Hedrum and Barbie Hatch is available for free download.
DOWNLOAD “I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER” MP3
THE ARCADE FIRE UNSTAGED: LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Check out some footage of Arcade Fire performing live at Madison Square Garden in New York on 8/5/2010. Part of the UNSTAGED series presented by American Express. Directed by Terry Gilliam. You can also check out a really cool Flickr stream from Arcade Fire right HERE.
NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR.: NOTHING BUT OUR LOVE
Discosalt Video of the Week 8/8/10: The weekend might be over, but you can go back to sleep, courtesy of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. The Detroit Duo of Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott have a new sleepy dream-like video for their chilled out single ”Nothing But Our Love” to lull you back into inception. Footy Pajamas optional.
NEW VIDEO FROM CLINIC: I’M AWARE
Rewiring their trademark hyped up sound, Liverpool’s alt.-indie band Clinic have entered a dream state of harpsichord, dulcimers and strings on their new album Bubblegum. Melody and softness combine with the band’s unique internal logic to produce a record of pop beauty. Peter Fowler (the man behind many Super Furry Animals artwork and visuals) directs the mellowed out video of strange puppets and a rainbow barfing sun. Check it out below:
