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Liars: ‘Liars’

Artist name: Liars Album name: Liars Label: Mute Records Gender: Experimental/Indie Release date: August 28, 2007 ZMErating: 8.5/10 Website: http://www.liarsliarsliars.com/ [tag]Liars[/tag] is one of those bands that you simply don’t know what to expect from, they’re totally unpredictable and always experimenting with their music. This has caused some severe loss of fan base over the past years, because of their ever changing albums, each LP with a totally different and weird theme (witches, betrayal, the…

Download: Above – ‘At Arms Length’

Above is a mainstream aspiring English indie pop band with a touch of alternative, that auto-describes itself as “[tag]Coldplay[/tag] on steroids, American rock with a sense of irony and you’re halfway there”. Well if that was a little bit confusing that have a go on their latest single ‘At Arms Length’, available at iTunes, a thrilling and passionate song. The song openes with a slow and melancholic piano line, backed up by smooth guitar chops,…

New Bat for Lashes video: ‘What’s A Girl To Do’

Brighton’s own Natasha Khan and her crew from Bat for Lashes have once again released a kick ass video, of hypnotic proportions: ‘What’s A Girl To Do’. The video looks like a classic horror flick intro, creepy piano lines and pulsing beats, with of course the usual BFL anomalies, like a band of mascot headed bicyclists riding behind Natasha K. and doing syncs. Director Douglas Wilson has really done a great job on capturing the…

Download: The Fiery Furnaces – ‘Ex-Guru’

Widow City, the sixth studio effort from behalf of brother-sister act [tag]The Fiery Furnaces[/tag], is slowly, but steadily approaching. I’ve got to tell you, the anticipation is driving me nuts, every time I find a leaked song I’m all ecstatic and stuff, it’s got to be the most awaited album of the year for me. What I love most about this new album is that it’s so much different from what I’ve listened so far,…

Babyshambles second album details

When he’s not snorting lines of cocaine, [tag]Pete Doherty[/tag], makes, or at least tries, to make music, good one even. His band, [tag]Babyshambles[/tag], is set to release their second album called “Shotter’s Nation”, on October 23 in the US, via ASTRALWERKS Records. It will be interesting to see if Pete’s band can at least match the success of their debut album; alas many people don’t credit them with much chances and regard this upcoming effort…

New Animal Collective video: ‘Peacebone’

Uff! Just when i thought I’ve seen a lot of weird videos in my life, here’s [tag]Animal Collective[/tag] to correct me once more, with their latest video “Peacebone”, the first single of their upcoming 9/11 Strawberry Jam. The video features a very “lovely”, if you could say so, couple of err… freaks, aliens or whatever, engaging in day to day girlfriend/boyfriend activities: picnics near the countryside, a little go through the Merry-Go-Round and of course…

New Rilo Kiley video: ‘Silver Lining’

After the explicit Moneymaker video, it’s time for [tag]Rilo Kiley[/tag]’s next single, Silver Lining, to get a video. This time the indie quartet turned to Autumn de Wilde, a very talented photographer turned video director, with whom singer Jenny Lewis has worked before on her solo album photo cover. The video’s plot is a wedding ceremony, in which Jenny’s is the bride and Blake Sennett, lead guitarist, the groom. In the begging of the video…

Beck releases latest single: ‘Time Bomb’

Yesterday, 20 August, [tag]Beck[/tag] released his latest single “Time Bomb” via iTunes at 0.99$, you can buy it from other download and retail stores starting 28 August. The old man’s still got it, and hits us with a classic Beck single, with electro vibes, annoying piano line, and a ga-ga-ga chorus. At first listen its quite annoying, but it’s grown on me now, quite fun actually, with doom’s day lyrics about ticking bombs, red alerts…

Download: Earlimart – ‘Happy Alone’

California native Earlimart have gone through a lot of changes in their musical style along their 10 years of existence. Their first records were more post-punk/folk influenced, sounding more like Pixies and Sonic Youth, but ever since Aaron Espinoza discovered that adding a piano can drastically improve their music, they’ve been spitting out sophisticated pop, that often resembling Elliott Smith. “Happy Alone” is a slow and melancholic track, off Earlimart’s latest album Mentor Tormentor. Espionoza’s…

José González extends tour dates

Besides chasing hogmen, Swedish folk singer [tag]Jose Gonzalez[/tag] tours, and a lot. But you already knew that, but what you didn’t know is he extended his dates, so after a all US tour spanning through out September and October, with English bass player James Blackshaw, he’ll set for the hummed plains of the UK, after which he’ll return to the US for another short string of gigs. Jose Gonzalez’s newest album In Our Nature will…