Tibi PuiuHere’s a strange one from Atlanta flower punks [tag]Black Lips[/tag], named Katrina, a lover’s call to his lady friend ( err a hurricane i guess) . The single is extracted from their upcoming album “Good Bad Not Evil”, due to be released on September 11. The video is extremely catchy, with a lot of closeups (actually mustache closeups, yuck), and background set changes in color. Oh and is the drummer banging with fish or with…
New Maxïmo Park video: ‘Girls Who Play Guitars’
Here’s a great song and video from one of my favorite band [tag]Maximo Park[/tag], called “Girls Who Play Guitars”. It’s got everything that screams brit pop about it, and the lyrics are fun to sing along with. The video was directed by Leslie Ali, a good choice i might add as the video goes well with the song, leading to loads of fun. In the begging the band play in a all white outfit, in…
New Blonde Redhead video: ‘The Dress’
I’ve always had the deepest respect for one of my favorite Indie bands [tag]Blonde Redhead[/tag], delighting people with their music and work for 10 years now. Their last release “23” simply blew my mind, its such a great record with great songs. One of these great songs is “The Dress”, a very pretty and passionate song, but also delightfully uncanny, thanks to Makino’s masterful whisper. The video was directed by Mike Mills, a man with…
Catch the Arctic Monkeys in the US on tour this fall
US [tag]Arctic Monkeys[/tag] fans are in luck. The band recently announced the dates for their upcoming US tour, as part of their World Tour. The indie quartet have just received a second Mercury Music Prize nomination, for their second full length album and seem quite on a row. Besides the US, they’ll play on two occasions in Canada as well, in Toronto and Montreal. The dates: September 5: New York, NY Central Park Summerstage September…
Interpol: ‘The Heinrich Maneuver’ (Phones remix)
Paul Epworth, producer of such bands a: Babyshambles, Bloc Party, Maximo Park, The Rakes etc. just released a robotized version of [tag]Interpol[/tag]’s hit single “The Heinrich Maneuver”, from their smashing new album “Our Love To Admire”. Check out the remix’s streaming at Interpol’s myspace profile
Rilo Kiley’s new album: ‘sexiest ever’ ?
The LA indie quintet [tag]Rilo Kiley[/tag] have finished recordings for their full length album called “Under The Blacklight”, due in August 20 and now they’ve started to shed some light in the obscurity of this new LP. I really liked their last 2004 release “More Adventurous”, so i was pretty much glad when is saw NME’s post, where they asked Rilo Kiley about this upcoming album’s sound. When asked Jenny Lewis and guitarist Blake Sennett…
We Are Scientists talk about upcoming album
The guys down at CMJ caught up, in between recording sessions, with [tag]We Are Scientists[/tag] frontman Keith Murray. The indie trio are currently working on a new album, follow up to last years great LP “With Love And Squalor”, in Sausalito, California recording studios. The current working title is err… “What $ Of $ Do That Cost”, other titles they’ve thought of are “Fluffin’ Tha Cushions” and “Onlookerswatchedinhorror”. Boy these guys sure are wacky scientists….
Marriage sparks conflict in the Kings of Leon
The drummer of the Nashville indie rock band [tag]Kings of Leon[/tag], Nathan Followill, one of the four Followills ( three brothers and one cousin) composing the band proposed yesterday night to his girlfriend. Nathan popped the big question to his girlfriend Jessie Baylin, at her parents New York restaurant, over a bottle of Cristal. Not every one is too happy about this, Nathans marriage, it seems, interfering with his commitment to the band, according to…
Arctic Monkeys with latest single
Indie rockers [tag]Arctic Monkeys[/tag] have released “Florescent Adolescent”, today 9th July, their second single from their second hit album “Favourite Worst Nightmare”. I’m sure you guys are already familiar with it’s video, released in early June, depicting 2 groups of people beating the crap out each other, a group consisted of face painted circus clowns versus a group of “normal dressed” non-clown people. Well actually the video is more then a bunch of clowns pounding…
A new video from The Cribs: ‘Moving Pictures’
[tag]The Cribs[/tag] are back with a less controversial video named “Moving Pictures”, from the bands third LP “Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever”. The boys have traded their somewhat misogynistic video from “Mens Needs” to a more nostalgic black and white, with the skinny naked girl being replaced by a clothed laddie.