Artist: Guards

Sweet indiepop to make you wanna have summer right now. Video for Guards ' Ready To Go , directed by Kaylie Church with DP Ryan Jackson-Healy.

We encountered Guards ' fun, energetic and sometimes hard-rocking live set for the first time last year when they opened for Two Door Cinema Club in Washington DC. Their next single, 'Ready to Go', has an incredibly uplifting quality and is scheduled to be released on the 22nd of April, and their cheekily titled debut album 'In Guards We Trust' follows a week later on the 29th of April on Partisan Records. Watch the black and white, carefree summer-themed promo video for the new single below. [...]

Today Lollapalooza announced their 2013 lineup, and it's a good one. Headliners are The Cure, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, The Postal Service, Vampire Weekend, The National, New Order, Queens Of The Stone Age, and (bleh) Mumford & Sons. Then you got Kendrick Lamar, Grizzly Bear, Band Of Horses, Major Lazer, Hot Chip, Local Natives, Two Door Cinema Club, Crystal Castles, Lana Del Rey, Beach House, Cat Power, Frightened Rabbit, Alt-J, Foals, Smith Westerns, The Vaccines, Father John Misty, DIIV, Heartless Bastards, Haim, Jessie Warem Wild Nothing, Wavves, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Icona Pop, Jake Bugg, [...]

At last, Lollapalooza has confirmed that the leaked lineup is indeed its real lineup, and also revealed the weekend's day-by-day breakdown. Nine Inch Nails and The Killers will close out Friday, August 2nd, appearing alongside Queens of the Stone Age, New Order, Band of Horses, Hot Chip, Crystal Castles, Disclosure, Father John Misty, Ghost B.C., Jessie Ware, and Smith Westerns. Saturday, August 3rd will feature Mumford and Sons, The Postal Service, The National, Kendrick Lamar, The Lumineers, Azealia Banks, Local Natives, Death Grips, Haim, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, St. Lucia, Foals, Matt & Kim, [...]

Guards prove that they are "Ready To Go". Guards have shared a new video for "Ready To Go". The song is taken from their debut album, In Guards We Trust, out now through...

One of our very favorite albums of 2013 so far is the debut album from the New York City band, Guards. The band released In Guards We Trust in early February. Filled with instantly memorable ready-for-the-radio and blissful pop rock nuggets, the band were featured on World Cafe the week of the album's release. You ... Continue reading �

Watch 'Ready To Go' via MTV. In Guards We Trust is out now. Purchase Guards items via Insound. MP3: Guards - Coming True

The term “indie music” gets thrown around a lot, often not in reference to actual independent music, and often by people who don’t actually listen to the music they’re attempting to classify. Alterna-pop three piece Guards, with their psychedelic-influenced stadium rock, would be a prime example – sounding a little like MGMT and a lot like frontman Richie James Follin’s older sister’s band Cults, Guards are on track to be the next radio-friendly “indie” band. On the surface, In Guards We Trust, the band’s first full-length release, seems to have it all – head-bobbing, toe-tapping songs [...]

With hardcore Northwesterner's now back from a cold but successful weekend at Treefort Music Fest in Boise, we have a whole week of great new shows to warm you back in Seattle. On Monday night, we welcome Iris DeMent  at The Triple Door, and then on Tuesday we have an exciting night out with Duff McKagan's It's So Easy and Other Lies, A Punk's Revue  at the Moore Theatre, Major Lazer, Angel Haze, and Lunice  are at Showbox SoDo, and  Doldrums and Sean Nicholas Savage  are downstairs at Barboza. More surprises on Wednesday [...]

Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Spunky, guitar-shredding, vocalist Ritzy Bryan may go fucking mad driving on the 405 like the rest of us, but that madness was unleashed at The Fonda as everyone was out of their cars and moving to the trio's latest Wolf's Law . The constant interaction between Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vox, keys) and Matt Thomas (percussion and wearing stylish sneakers this time around) and the fans kept the energy level high the entire night. I always feel like I can have a shot of whiskey with this [...]

Here is another lovely week to be a bay area resident. Please go to a show or 20! Thursday, March 21st Rudimental, Charlotte Church, Kidnap Kid at Rickshaw Stop Remember 1998? There was a 12 year old singer that had a pretty monsterous hit record of lite classical music that took the world by storm. [...] The post Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 3/21/13-3/28/13 appeared first on Spinning Platters .

Richie Follin – founder of punk rock band the Willowz, former member of Cults, and now singer in New York ‘60s and ‘70s revivalists Guards – lived near Cow Hollow in San Francisco for six years, up through the sixth grade, and attended St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School. A self-described hooligan, he “got in trouble all over” town, and eventually landed at the Salesian Boys and Girls Club, meant to right the course of young delinquents. “I feel like pretty much everyone who ever went there – it’s only a matter [...]

Friday began with a bus ride downtown, on which there were NO 20-year-olds talking about the Snoop Dogg/Snoop Lion controversy, so I fear that I'll never get to the bottom of that for you. I'd really like to spend some time going on a rant about music 'fans' who just come to sxsw to see the biggest act possible, and wait in line for 8 hours in the process. There are a million places to do that - mainly the zillion festivals that those bands play each year - but sxsw should be about new/undiscovered bands. [...]

Yesterday was not a great day. It is the little things sometimes. Things like when you wake up and realise that despite knowing I was away for 10 days in total, I had only bought clothes for 8 (except t-shirts which bizarrely could last me for 13) and the suncream tube is actually some kind of foaming face wash. Or all the eggs have gone at breakfast meaning as a non-meat eater the sausages and bacon are not great substitutes. And then some crappy news from work, and by the time all is sorted I am [...]

While my fellow bloggers and all-around music loving nerds are spending spring break in good 'ol Austin, Texas for South By Southwest this week, some of us left behind in the cold, slushy weather are likely seething with jealousy. To warm us over and giving us something to look forward to, the good people at Osheaga released (after a [...]

The line up has been revealed for Montreal's annual Summer festival, Osheaga. 20132s Osheaga will feature The Cure, Mumford and Sons, Phoneix, New Order, Vampire Weekend and The Lumineers as headliners as well as Kendrick Lamar, Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis, Hot Chip and many more. Full artist line up at Osheaga 2013: The Cure, Mumford and Sons, Phoneix, New Order, Vampire Weekend, The Lumineers, Kendrick Lamar, Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis, Hot Chip, Tegan and Sara, Alt-J, Ellie Goulding, Beach House, Pretty Lights, Imagine Dragons, Two Door Cinema Club, Porter Robinson, Ben Howard, Flogging Molly, Explosions [...]

If you haven't heard of Guards by now, it won't be long before they become a household name. Led by Richie Follin (brother of Madeline of Cults ), the band creates a signature blend of expansive, unbelievably catchy rock mixed with 602s jangle pop. Their debut album, In Guards We Trust , is full of summer jams, singalong choruses, and fuzzed-out guitar riffs. We got the chance to ask Richie a few questions, and gain a little insight [...]

• Guards - Coming True
• Guards - Sail It Slow (feat. CULTS)

Damn, is it spring already?   February  seemed to fly by - almost like it was shorter than all the other months... Alright, all bad jokes aside, the end of February is also the unofficial end of winter, meaning it's time to take a look at all the fantastic album art that's come out in the last three months. Here are 10 that caught my eye: Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - [...]

Best Coast and Guards are performing at the TLA on Wednesday, June 5th. Guards' debut album, In Guards We Trust was recently released and they were on World Cafe with David Dye. Listen to the show here. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Go here for tickets and more information about the show. Below, listen ... Continue reading �

• Guards - Cover Songs

The Brooklyn indie-rock band Guards visited World Cafe with David Dye earlier this month to perform songs from their debut album, In Guards We Trust. Below, download "Coming True" from the session. This month (and this month only) World Cafe is offering free downloads of performances from bands including Calexico, Lord Huron, the Afghan Whigs, ... Continue reading �

• wxpnfm - "Coming True" by Guards