To celebrate 50 years of the footwear of choice for pretty much every rock music subculture — Dr. Marten’s boots (aka Docs) — the company has asked 10 artists to cover a cult classic representing the spirit of the people who have worn Docs. Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club have done an admirable acoustic version [...]
Dim the lights and bring in the mirrorball for this sad-eyed so-long taken from The Raveonettes forthcoming kick-ass album In And Out of Control, out October 5 on Fierce Panda in the UK. Just one of many great tracks vying for attention on the record, “Last Dance” is pure Danish pop perfection, mixing Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning” with drug addiction, romance, and impending doom in Intensive Care. The Raveonettes may have wandered off the dancefloor with past releases, but this time around, this dance won’t be their last one.
Pretty in black and pretty and back, The Raveonettes rolled into London this week to play a one-off gig showcasing their forthcoming album In and Out of Control. It wasn’t all rape, guns, suicide and stealing cars, but it was near enough.
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).
