London duo Summer Camp blends infections pop with anthem beats in a melange of feel good vibes. They’re currently prepping their debut full length, where one of their stand-out tracks “Better Off Without You” is also featured and can be listened in its full below. Produced by Steve Mackey of Pulp, the album is still a few dimes short, so if you enjoy the music please consider pledging a moderate sum and support the band’s…
The new Arctic Monkeys album, “Suck It and See”, has been out for well over a month now, time in which myself and other fine individuals have been almost religiously preaching to friends, relatives and blog readers how incredibly tight this LP is. The record’s first single, “The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala”, is incredibly infectious and sticky like most of you, I’m sure, have already been given to find out. The video for the single can…
Apparently, the seventeen tour dates completed in North America this spring weren’t enough for The Kills, seeing as the raw rock n’ roll duo from London just announced a second leg of the tour, which consists of nine dates and begins this August. The band, comprised of powerful (and daunting) vocalist Alison Mosshart and her striking guitarist Jamie Hince, has been touring in support of their latest and (according to many critics) greatest album to date, Blood Pressures. Because of…
Although far from being a Mr., Norway’s Monica Birkenes is one of the most impressive electro artists I’ve sampled in a while, and if you’re just about to contradict me, just hit play below and listen to her cover of Arcade Fire’s Suburbs. Click on the small around in the right of the souncloud player to download. The beats a darn killer, a nice 2-step dubstep instrumental overlayed by Monica’s haunting vocals, which in the…
Yuck is not exactly the word I’d use to christen this up-and-coming English band. A group of four musicians, all very exceptional at what they do but who embrace a more tame style of play, Yuck can be described as a band strikingly similar to the Sonic Youth. This is very evident in the similarities between the minimalist approach to the amount of chords used in the song and the simple but tight guitar harmonies….
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See official cover art.
Courtesy of the always giving and incredible NPR, this week we’ve got not one, but two albums up for streaming in their entirety. Both sophomore releases from the Fleet Foxes and The Antlers, namely Helplessness Blues and Burst Apart respectively, can be listened by accessing the links listed below. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues [full album stream] The Antlers – Burst Apart [full album stream] The streams will be up just this week, more than…
Seeing how 2009 was an incredibly intense year for Animal Collective with the release of Merriweather Post Pavilion and lots of touring, and the fact that it was followed by an even more intense 2010 filled with more touring and multiple solo projects, the last one just recently released to critically acclaim by Panda Bear, it’s a bit of a wonder how the band can still boost this kind of creative energy. It was actually…
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This summer, what’s possibly Madonna’s most influential record “True Blue” will mark 25 years since it’s epic release. As an anniversary celebration for both Madonna’s True Blue and their own 8 year anniversary as a label, Paper Bag Records will be releasing a covers tribute album. Classics like La Isla Bonita,” “Live To Tell,” “Papa Don’t Preach,” or “Open Your Heart” have been covered and revamped by the likes of Born Ruffians, PS I Love…
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