Ok, we’ve been banging on about Glenn for a while now, so nothing that new in it, but we love what he does! I guess the video is new and that’s enough. […]
New Music: Glenn Jones – Across the Tappan Zee (w/ Laura Baird)
New Music: Daniel J. W!shington – Giving me my Hand
Daniel reminds me of Why? which is always a good thing. There’s a nice touch of madness about what he does, and you’re never sure what direction the song will take next. […]
Justin Walter – Lullabies and Nightmares – Album Review (Kranky)
“I set out to record an album of completely improvised music that fused my experiments with the Electronic Valve Instrument and my love of held sounds on the trumpet. In recent years […]
New Music: Life Coach – Fireball
If you think these guys sound a little bit like Queens of the Stone Age, that’s because they are a little bit of Queens of the Stone Age. Phil Manley of Trans […]
Rachel Zeffira – To Here Knows When
A near perfect orchestral rendition of the My Bloody Valentine classic! It’s great to see a string section, flutes, clarinet and piano used to recreate the wall of guitar sound that is […]
New Music: The National – Demons
This first tip bit from the new album by the National, their sixth studio album to date, called “TROUBLE WILL FIND ME”. It is released on May 17th on 4AD. Don’t forget […]
New Music: Natural Snow Building
Natural Snow Buildings are a duo from France that make layered drone music that is rather lovely! This song builds so gradually you hardly notice the amount of instruments that develop over […]
Barn Owl – Void Redux
Barn Owl are a two perfromers (Jon Porras and Evan Caminiti) from San Francisco who create moody, atmospheric soundscapes. Here is the lovely new video by Paul Clipson for their piece ‘Void […]
New Music: Kaplin – Easy Lover
The video for Kaplin’s new single was shot on Capel Street, in Brother Hubbard cafe. It stars Janet Moran as the girlfriend who is trying to show someone her new shoes, while […]
New Music: Sufjan Stevens – Give A Little Love
It starts out small and filled with (nasty) auto tune vocals, and then it builds into something big and fun, with many, many voices, and then it gets small again. A lovely […]
New music: Waxahatchee – Lively
If you grew up with the likes of Belly and The Breeders I think you’ll get a lot out of Waxahatchee, the solo project of songwriter Katie Crutchfield. Here’s a track from […]
New Music: No-Way Sweden – Iceland/ England
David Stubbs from No-way Sweden was in touch with the site, and as well as thanking us for existing (we’re happy we exist too!) he also said this: “Our albums are downloadable […]
New Music: Thalia Zedek – Winning Hand
Brooding and quite beautiful, ‘Winning Hand’ is new song by Thalia Zedek. The former Uzi, Live Skull and Come is back with a solo project that can’t be ignored! Her new album […]
New Music: Barn Owl – The Long Shadow
This really is pretty epic stuff from Barn Owl. Definitely whets my appetite for more so stay tuned for a full review. From the forthcoming album ‘V’ out 15th April on Thrill […]
New Music: Black Pus – 1000 Years
Great animated pencil-drawn video. Taken from ‘ALL MY RELATIONS’ out 18th March on Thrill Jockey.
Ana Gog – Unitarian Church – 1/03/13
‘Making Trails’ is the first release from Irish band Ana Gog, and to celebrate this fact, they’re playing the Unitarian Church, Dublin on Friday (1st March). Tickets are €10 or (€15 with […]
Sam Amidon – My Old Friend
This is the first taster from Sam’s album ‘Bright Sunny South’ which is being released on May 14th, on posh label nonesuch! All the details and press blurb are here, but mostly […]
Guest Post – Declan Murphy – New Sounds for Spring
Declan is playing a DJ set at the Grafton Lounge on Sudany at 8-10 and at Lillie’s Bordello at 11pm is you like what you hear below. Au revoir January blues hello […]
Atoms For Peace – Judge Jury and Executioner
From Thom Yorke: HI ALL. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS BUT I HAVE A PROJECT CALLED ATOMS FOR PEACE. A KIND OF CONTINUATION OF THE ERASER .. BUT NO […]
!!! – THR!!!ER
How can a band be impossible to google after four pretty successful albums? Call yourself !!! of course! It’s pronounced Chk Chk Chk according to most sources, and the workhorse likes what […]
Foxygen – San Francisco
Retro-sounding, yes. But that voice, that chorus, “I left my love in San Francisco (that’s ok I was bored anyway), I left my love in the room (that’s ok, I was born […]
Guest Post: New Sounds for 2013 – Declan Murphy
After returning in October from a two year stint in Australia waving goodbye to the rest of Ireland’s unemployed singletons. I have learned quite a few things about myself and the country […]
Staygold – Rain On Our Parade – Album Review
After the brief but attention-grabbing sonics of the opening intro track, Swedish duo Staygold’s electropop album ‘Rain On Our Parade’ hits the ground running and makes you wish you were on the […]
No More Workhorse 