Out of the Fiery Furnace and into the solo arena, Eleanor Friedberger released her debut solo record Last Summer last year to positive reviews (I’m pretty sure we liked it too). Currently enjoying an Australian summer playing a few shows and watching the tennis, Eleanor also found time to put together a video for [...]
Recent Rough Trade signings Howler stake their claim as a band to watch in 2012 (while coming across like a Midwest Strokes) with a brand new track “Back of Your Neck” taken from their forthcoming debut album America Give Up due out January 16. Download the song for free above and catch the band touring [...]
Webcuts has favourite Misfits songs and it has favourite Misfits songs. This one tops the lot. Indie rock veterans Superchunk also have a thing for the Misfits too, in what seems to an annual Halloween tradition, they’ve posted a new Misfits’ cover on their website for the occasion. The band says, “Happy Halloween everyone! An [...]
Electro-rockers The Big Pink follow up their 2009 debut, A Brief History of Love, with a new single “Stay Gold” taken from the forthcoming album Future This, due out November 7 with the album to follow in January on 4AD. You can download both the track and a remix by AraabMUZIK for free right here. [...]
Electro-rockers The Big Pink follow up their 2009 debut, A Brief History of Love, with the new single “Stay Gold” taken from the forthcoming album Future This, due out November 7 on 4AD. You can check out the clip for “Stay Gold” below as well as download both the track and a remix by AraabMUZIK. [...]
It is way too soon to post Christmas songs on this site, especially in October, but yet again we have been disarmed by the come-hither-fanboy charms of Zooey Deschanel and the gentle strum of M.Ward. As you should be well aware, there is a She & Him Christmas album afoot and you can listen now [...]
Folk-rock oddity Jeffrey Lewis releases his umpteenth album A Turn In The Dream-Songs on October 10 via Rough Trade. The album features a host of Jeffrey’s friends feature on the album including members of Dr. Dog, The Vaselines, Au Revoir Simone and The Wave Pictures. Check out his semi-autobiographical ode to the unappreciated “Cult Boyfriend”.
Over the past few years 4AD have been posting specially recorded studio performances from artists in their roster. They’re now releasing a compilation of those sessions, featuring tracks by Deerhunter, Twin Shadow and Ariel Pink, in a limited vinyl release. Download a free digital version here and possibly win a copy on vinyl.
New York’s Twin Shadow has released a brand new one-off single entitled ‘Changes’, the original song (“Circus Is Gone”) was written and recorded by 80s group Baggare. Those of you who’ve seen Twin Shadow over the past 6 months would’ve heard this track as part of their live set. To hold you over until the [...]
It takes patience and determination to be a Faker fan. Which isn’t to say good things don’t come to those who wait, but for this beloved Sydney band, we have all grown significantly older since the release of their sophomore album Be The Twilight in 2007. Having already released the dance-embraced about face that was [...]
The Too Pure Singles Club returns in 2012 with a bang (or is that a rattle) with the sound of Icelandic mantra magicians Dead Skeletons. For the uninitiated, Dead Skeletons came into existence in 2008 when band member Jon Saamunder needed music for an art installation in the Reykjavik Art Museum. Enlisting the help of friends Henrik Bjornsson and Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt the trio penned the songs which would eventually become the Dead Magick album, a 72 minute, 12 song journey through space and time, life and death. “Om Mani Peme Hung” is the sound of Neu! on a meditation retreat engaging in a spiritual hypno-chant. Now repeat after me… Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung, Om Mani Peme Hung… (subscribe to the Too Pure Singles Club here).
