
In this version of NFTU we're reviewing some of the latest singles from Driving By The Night, Go:Audio, The Penny Black Remedy & Walk. Don't Walk. - anddd we have an EP courtesy of Ono Palindromes to review amongst the singles. Driving By Night - Promise In Youth (Dental Records) The thing with bands that are so brilliant as live acts is that they can't transform the magic onto a CD, so as I read the horrahs of Irish outfit DBN's live work (which includes a sell out show [...]
(Day 3 begins here ) DAY 3 (continued) 7. Portastatic Portastatic is the prolific side project of Mac McCaughan, whom you may also know as one of the main guys in Superchunk. I'd heard of them from that but more so because my dear friend Margaret White , fiddle-player extraordinaire and all around great dame, played fiddle for them over the years (and Cat Power...and The Comas...and 66489685 other bands). Margaret said she wasn't playing SX [...]

Before I get into all of this, be sure to enter our Ragged/Filter contest - we're giving out a bunch of free goodies, so don't miss out! Now, on to our mix. Our third installment of the weekend mix is a particularly good one and includes a lot of music from the UK, per usual. You may have perused our new music this week and noticed we were talked up Tokyo Police Club quite a bit. No album this year hit me quite the same as this one - [...]

Wolf Parade - Call It A Ritual ( mp3 ) Unwed Sailor - Little Wars ( mp3 ) The Black Angels - Doves ( mp3 ) No Age - Eraser ( mp3 ) My Brightest Diamond - Inside A Boy ( mp3 ) Annuals - Sore ( mp3 ) The Dears - Lost In The Plot ( mp3 ) I Was A Cub Scout - Pink Squares ( mp3 ) The Courteeners - What Took You So Long (mp3) The Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be ( mp3 ) [...]

The big reason why I'm so fascinated with SXSW, even if I didn't get to go, and even though it's over for another year, there is still several months' worth of music that remains to be discovered from it. Here are just a few of my picks. The Dodos (photo above): Jodi MySpace | Website | Label: French Kiss Records | Hometown: San Francisco Just released: The Visitor Buy at [...]

Otros de los participantes en el festival SXSW de este año son los irlandeses Driving By Night, grupo de corta trayectoria discográfica, ya que apenas han publicado un single, pero con un gran sonido que hace presagiar que nos encontramos ante un gran grupo en potencia, y es que, si os dais una vuelta por el myspace de la banda, tendréis la ocasión de escuchar temas tremendamente potentes como "Promise In Youth" u otros más calmados pero igualmente intensos como "In Denial" o mi favorito "Fears Of Men". Además, como prueba de que ya se han fijado en [...]