Webcuts Music

Pavement reunion done and dusted, Stephen Malkmus and Co. get back to making adult indie rock on album number five.

…says Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug of his solo off-shoot project Moonface. Not as good as we’d hoped, either.

Warpaint are to release live favourite “Billie Holiday” as their next single on September 19. The track has been mixed by Pulp bassist Steve Mackey and is a complete re-working of the original version from their debut EP Exquisite Corpse, produced by John Frusciante. Warpaint’s record label Rough Trade explained, “It was felt that the single did not get enough ears the first time around, and as it’s always been a band favourite it only seems right to re-release it now that they are a little more well known”. The track will appear on a deluxe reissue of debut album The Fool (also out on Sept. 19) packaged with the EP.

The 25th anniversary of Throwing Muses debut has arrived, with 4AD issuing the first ever compilation of the band’s work, simply entitled Anthology, on September 5. Compiled by the band, the first American act to sign to 4AD, the twenty-one track selection eschews most of the singles in favour of personal favourites, and enjoys a non-chronological sequence. The initial limited release comes in a hardback book with a bonus twenty-two track CD of B-sides and rarities. To coincide with this the band have scheduled a European tour throughout late Oct/Nov.

From the label that gave you The Libertines and The Strokes, here’s another young and disaffected indie guitar band.

Chicago’s Fruit Bats return to their familiar “effortless and sweet” indie folk ways on their fifth album, Tripper.

As 2011 continues to reveal an abundance of new artists and great music, it’s of no surprise that one of the more anticipated debut albums was that of 28-year-old Atlanta based songwriter and producer Ernest Greene, AKA Washed Out. Full of blissful harmonies and gently shifting arrangements, augmented with hip-hop beats and samples, Within And Without quickly became the preferred summer spin at Webcuts. Static’s Chris Berkley recently caught up with Ernest to talk about all things Within And Without — recording the album, the process behind it, and amongst other things, 10CC’s “I’m Not In Love” and the ‘raunchy’ cover art.

Long Island’s Twin Sister channel a little Tom Tom Club on “Bad Street”, the first single taken from their forthcoming album In Heaven due out September 26 on Domino Records. We gave away this track as a free download not too long ago, but the band have since shot a video clip shot at lead singer Andrea Estella’s family’s house in Long Island, populated by her bandmates, friends and family, giving off an 80′s suburban house party vibe to match the track’s carefree summer bounce. Webcuts totally fell for Twin Sister’s 2010 double-EP combo Color Your Life / Vampires With Dreaming Kids, in particular the exquisite dreampop shimmy of “All Around And Away We Go”, so it’s only expected that we’ll excitedly prick up our ears at the sound of fresh rumblings from their camp and report on. Twin Sister have also just announced a 10 date UK and Irish tour for the autumn, kicking off at Cargo in London on October 25 and ending at The Grand Social in Dublin on November 12.

First solo release from Rogue Wave‘s Zach Rogue under his new moniker, Release The Sunbird. For those who like their rock wimpy.

Join Us finds They Might Be Giants at their “quirkiest, catchiest and most clever”, which is simply music to our old-school fan ears.