The Reverberation Appreciation Society and The Black Angels are happy to announce that next year’s Austin Psych Fest will be held the weekend of April 26 – 28, 2013. With the success of APF5 behind them, planning for the 6th annual festival is in full swing. Vice’s Noisey video channel is streaming the entire concert film of APF4 ” Austin Psych Fest: Live at The Power Plant” for a…
elsinki vampire rock outfit, The 69 Eyes, is currently putting the finishing touches on its new, 10th studio album, due out early October on Nuclear Blast Records. Commented lead vampire, Jyrki69, “We’ve never really celebrated anything, not that we’ve been playing 20 years or so (vampires don’t count decades). Thus this time we thought to celebrate a bit: the new album is entitled as tenth in Roman numbers, it’ll be…
Brooklyn-based musical collective Railbird release new single “Jump Ship” today just ahead of a July residency at Pete’s Candy Store. The brand new track features Sean Rowe (ANTI), the Cohen-esque baritone singer-songwriter whose voice is deeply soulful, and Sarah Barthel of Phantogram (Barsuk), whose breathy vocals are most often heard over booming electronic beats. It’s no wonder this unlikely collaboration meets in the middle with Railbird – A “fringe” band…
Andrew Johnston is back at it again with an incredible new video for “Beat Down Your Stereo,” just premiering on Baeble Music. The visual piece is the second from Johnston’s critically acclaimed 2011 debut, The Wake of the Wonder Years. The video starts of with Andrew combing through Montreal’s landmark Marché Aux Puces St. Michel (thats flea market en françaises!): This is only the beginning of his journey. Picking up…
MISS MAY I has just posted the first official VANS WARPED TOUR video update detailing the band’s performances and some backstage antics. Head to the band’s official YouTube page right now to check out the video and stay tuned for some behind-the-scenes and gear videos being posted exclusively soon. This summer is the season of MISS MAY I! The band recently announced the #32 Billboard Top 200 first week…
GunShyAssassin.com has posted a stream of BORGNE’s “Suffer As I Paid My Grave.” The song, taken from the Swiss atmospheric/industrial black metallers newest release Royaume des Ombres, is available for online consumption at this location. Royaume des Ombres, which was released worldwide on June 12th via Sepulchral Productions, sees BORGNE return with a vengeance with what is undoubtedly its most accomplished work to date. Moving forward in the darker and…
Wye Oak was commissioned to write and record a brand new song for the 2012 Adult Swim Singles Program. This year’s program has been expanded to include 12 consecutive weeks (that’s all summer!) with a new exclusive track debuting every Monday. The 2012 Adult Swim Singles Program will be featured at AdultSwim.com/singles from June 18 – September 9 and will include all-new, never-before-released tracks from Wavves, Flying Lotus, Death Grips,…
Following the recent announcement of the third annual West Coast installment of The Power Of The Riff Festival in Los Angeles on August 11th, today the first ever East Coast chapter of the festivities have been confirmed! TPOTR is an event that honors extreme music fans and musicians of all ages, tapping into a lineup that represents the forefathers, milestones and current national touring acts, while shedding light on…
Alambrista is a perfectly rare bit of film that has been given additional life through its inclusion in the Criterion Collection. This Ned Beatty-led film is focused on the plight of the migrant worker. Robert M. Young’s direction is able to convey the utter hopelessness of the situation. The transferring of the narration back and forth between Spanish and English shows the duality of the lives in which these…
New York based live band hip hop collective Dussel Has Friends have released a music video for their track “American Made”. The video, which was conceptualized and edited by DHF’s frontman James Donald provides visceral imagery to accompany the track’s glimpse into the commonly underestimated darker side to family life in the United States that seems to be present no matter an individual’s financial status. The band is also offering the track as a free download, which can be found on their Soundcloud page…
Supreme death/black metal commando, Belphegor, has uploaded video footage from the band’s last rehearsal in June, offering a first impression of the sickness yet to be unleashed. Check it out here: http://youtu.be/qY_kxdp3RB8. The video was filmed a few days before the band entered the Mana Studios in Florida with producer, Erik Rutan. All announced titles are working titles. The new, yet-to-be-titled album is slated for release in March 2013 via…
Dreamy indie-pop comes through on Smallspace’s disc, in the vein of The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, and most of all “Kid A”-era Radiohead. However, it is during “Right Here” that Smallspace really begins to distance themselves from such an obvious tag; this is due to the electronic sound that burrows its way through the track. This version of electronic is not that type which is present in a number of…
On September 17th, Strut release the second album in the FAC. DANCE series, bringing together sought after 12″ versions and rarities from Manchester’s revered Factory Records imprint. Despite a reputation for austere post-punk, the label’s first decade produced a slew of landmark dance records, primarily brought to the label by Rob Gretton, who valued tunes and beats over Situationist theory and laboratory experiments in popular art. Conversely, founder Tony Wilson…
Using a banjo to peddle eir wares, Josh Small makes for a very American and alternative look on what is traditionally folk music. Not subscribing to the elitist feel of a number of Devendra Banhart-related CDs, Josh Small has the feeling on eir first track “Pushing Boulders” of one of the dime-a-dozen acoustic guitarists. What is different for me is eir heavy use of profanity in eir tracks; instead…
Bullhead is a film that possesses an utterly untouchable plot, one in which cattle owner Jacky (Mattias Schoenaerts) ties eirself into the mafia through down and dirty dealings. There is substantial plot progression to be had during Bullhead, as viewers will learn about Jacky’s past and present, while the ramifications for eir future rapidly turn into a noose. Each of the characters that are present in Bullhead have their…
Fans of Freddy Moore’s rock bands The Kats, Nu Kats, and BOY can finally purchases releases from these bands on iTunes. Re-mastered and being released for the first time ever digitally are The Kats Get Modern (1979), The Nu Kats Plastic Facts EP (1980), The Nu Kats Live @ Davlen (1981), BOY Westlake – Single (1983), and BOY Live on Hollywood Blvd (1984). If you are a fan of bands…
Starting out “The Pieces We Keep” with some of the most tight playing I’ve heard on a disc recently, we are assaulted by sizzling guitar licks. Covering the same type of topics that numerous bands have covered for years, A Small Victory still yet tears down the paradigm of the post-punk or “emo” band to resurrect it on their own terms. Mark’s vocals roll out on the disc like…
Providence, RI duo Lightning Bolt has announced a full North American Fall tour, including their second appearance at LA’s FYF Festival in September. The band will also be issuing an archival EP of “lost” material from 2008 as a 12″ and digital release on Load Records, titled Oblivion Hunter to coincide with the tour. LIGHTNING BOLT 08/21 Washington DC Rock ‘n Roll Hotel 08/22 Richmond, VA Gallery 5 08/23 Raleigh,…
Today Capcom announced the talent which has created the music for DmC Devil May Cry in close collaboration with Capcom and Ninja Theory. Combichrist composed music that will be heard during cinematics and gameplay, including combat, while Combichrist catalogue tracks were also licensed to add to the game’s already adrenaline-pumping soundtrack. “As an avid gamer myself I was honored to be asked to work on this project. I had…
Columbia, SC hard-rockers Crossfade have exclusively premiered their fan-driven music video for “Dear Cocaine” today on Loudwire.com. Following a personal video message from frontman Ed Sloan, Crossfade kicked off a social campaign allowing fans to submit their “Dear Cocaine” stories, revealing demons they are trying to overcome. The result is a heartfelt compilation of stories ranging from drug addiction and anorexia to bullying and social anxiety along with live footage…