Frankie Rose‘s forthcoming Interstellar is quickly becoming rather highly anticipated for this old waver, based on the strength of her first two singles. First glimpse “Know Me” referenced The Cure and The Smiths. The latest track, “Night Swim,” has the syncopated rhythm and whip cracks of The Cure with the guitar stabs of Echo [...]
Sweden’s own Miike Snow will release sophomore album Happy To You in March. First look “Devil’s Work” was promising, and today we get to hear the first proper single, “Paddling Out.” It’s got more of the uptempo energy and production slickness of “Devil’s Work” with a nice breakdown/buildup in the middle: If you want [...]
So I’m dreadfully late on this one, but I’d be remiss to let it go as a) Solar Bears are some of the nicest blokes on twitter and b) it’s one of the loveliest tunes I’ve heard in a while. “Alpha People” is the first cut from the Dublin electronic act’s forthcoming second album [...]
Trio-turned-duo School Of Seven Bells just released the first official single from their upcoming third album Ghostory. The song, “Lafaye,” introduces the lead character of the concept album amidst a driving bassline and cooing Elizabeth Fraser style layered vocals. The digital single comes with the b-side “Love From A Stone.” Look for Ghostory on [...]
Brooklyn duo Chairlift release their highly anticipated sophomore album Something next week. Early peeks “Amanaemonesia,” “Met Before” and “Sidewalk Safari” indicated that Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly had stumbled into fertile synthpop territory that truly sounds completely original. Much of that can be attributed to Polachek’s inventive phrasing and crystalline vocals, but Wimberly has [...]
Errors, the Glaswegian post-rock understudies of Mogwai, release their third album on Rock Action Records January 30th. Have Some Faith In Magic is full on electropop without the burden of intelligible lyrics. The first single, “Pleasure Palaces,” echoes Kraftwerk in its gleeful embrace of technology. That feeling definitely comes through in the video for the [...]
Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings will release Attack On Memory next week, the highly anticipated sophomore full-length from young Dylan Baldi and co. Produced by Steve Albini, it’s light years from the twee, 90′s influenced emo of Cloud Nothings’ self titled debut. With the rapid fire drumming of Jason Gerycz and Baldi’s newfound snarl, it’s rather [...]
The underrated British Sea Power have begun a club residency in their hometown of Brighton. The first Friday of each month is Krankenhaus club night featuring live sets from the band and various guest DJs. Each show will be commemorated with a limited edition EP of demos, beginning with January’s EP1. See the full [...]
New Jersey’s Real Estate really came into their own in 2011, receiving much critical acclaim for Days — including scoring the 11th spot on our year-end list. Today, the band premiered a brand new video for the song “Easy” on the Will Ferrell/Judd Apatow helmed comedy site funnyordie. Might seem unusual, but the video was [...]
