Blog: The Clink

Posted in Soundbite Random Access Memories was basically on everyones mind last week, with it streaming in full on iTunes across the globe. I for sure still haven't formed a full opinion on the newest Daft Punk album, but one thing is for certain - 'Get Lucky' is the catchiest track on there, and Daughter's cover of the [...]

Posted in Play-This-List Something For The Weekend Andrew Wyatt is a name that may or may not be familiar to you. Miike Snow, that rings a bell right? Well then you actually do know Andrew Wyatt, one listen to the tracks below and you'd be hard pushed not to recognize that voice, even if it does sound a little bit darker. Wyatt [...]

Posted in Soundbite Has it really already been over a year since Ms Mr released the overly infectious 'Hurricane'? Since then the Brooklyn duo have been plenty busy, releasing a few new tunes along a decent amount of tour dates, all in the lead up to the release of their debut album Secondhand Rapture. Which, as luck would [...]

Posted in Play-This-List Sometimes a Sunday just calls for a delicate soundtrack to soothe your weary body after and week of craziness, and today 'Left to Wonder' is definitely part of that playlist. Wall is a relatively new solo artist, who just released her first EP Shoestring, which this song is taken from. It's just plain lovely. Shoestring [...]

Posted in Play-This-List Crystal Fighters are keeping spirits high with their latest single 'You & I', a must listen with a surprisingly adorable accompanying video. "You & I" is a song that "describes how time can fly by at warp speed, or slow down into a dream, when you are in love. All the craziness going on around [...]

Posted in Something For The Weekend Jagwar Ma's tunes just keep getting longer and longer! 'Come Save Me' was a standard 3:34 min, while a couple of months later 'The Throw' was released clocking in at 6:53 min long. Next up is new track 'Man I Need', blowing the previous two out of the water @ almost 10min long! Not that [...]

Posted in Soundbite Daft Punk, Random Access Memories - a lesson in doing an album launch right. This past weekend Daft Punk premiered an album trailer at Coachella featuring Pharrell Williams and Niles Rogers, and the new track 'Get Lucky'. Today we get a bit more info on how the collaboration came about from Pharrell himself as part [...]

Posted in General Clinkable Something For The Weekend Soundbite Crystal Fighters have the follow up to their debut album, Star of Love, ready to go. Cave Rave is set to be released 27th May on Zirkulo/PIAS/Atlantic. The band retreated to the Basque hills for the recording of the album, and if the title and this tune is anything to go by, it'll be a [...]

Posted in General Clinkable There Will Come A Time, the first single to be released from Noah And The Whale’s fourth studio album, Heart Of Nowhere, will be released May 3rd, on the same day as the album incidently. If, like me, you're too dang impatient, you can have a listen to the track here.

Posted in Play-This-List After seeing Young Galaxy live at Osheagea last year, they most definitely solidified themselves as one of my favorite electro pop act out of Canada.The band are gearing up to release they fourth studio album Ultramarine, out April 23 on Paper Bag Records. In the run up to this, they've been releasing a new song [...]

Posted in Play-This-List Something For The Weekend 'Shore Pine Walk' from Hamilton, Ontario songwriter Matt Paxton is just what you need on a Sunday. The video was shot in Vancouver in collaboration with Simeon Taylor of the Vancouver Institute of Art. Enjoy.

Posted in General Clinkable Described as 'on just the right sidef cheesy' on Pitchfork, this track, Outside Amore, from Swedish producers Axel Boman and Petter Nordkvist aka Man Tear has me hoping for darkness and dancefloors this evening. I hope it does the same for you.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =0ccK_iNerNI

Posted in Soundbite This just popped up in my soundcloud feed. Brand new music from our favorite Cork band, Fred. It's available as a free download over on their site.

Posted in Soundbite Today really is a mellow day - following on from that addictive Husbands tune is another must listen, this time from up coming NYC trio Little Daylight. 'Name in Lights' is only their second single, and they've already lined up a support slot touring with Charli XCX. This really is a song made for this [...]

Posted in Music Videos Play-This-List If you haven't heard it yet, the new Foals album is top drawer. I thought it would take a lot to top the stunning Total Life Forever, and this album does come close. My Number, featured not once but twice on The Clink, has a distinct pop sound to it, but its very catchy and [...]

Posted in Music Videos Soundbite Husbands are a trio from France, and this is their music video for 'Dream'. I was first drawn to this video because of the awesome type design treatment. It's pretty simplistic, and on first glance it seems like a straight forward animated video, but what's cool about it, its that it was actually shot in [...]

Posted in Music Videos Play-This-List Fossil Collective are a multi-instrumentalist duo from Leeds, England. David Fendick and Jonny Hooker take their inspiration from Fleetwood Mac and Simon & Garfunkel, so you can imagine what they sound like before you hear them. Soft, but rich, harmonies that ease the mind - perfect for a Sunday Supplement slot I think. A debut [...]

Posted in Play-This-List I normally leave the clever puns to Chris. And today, I'm still leaving the clever puns to Chris. It being Good Friday, it seems fitting to pick a Weekend Tunage tune with a holy or religious aspect. Enter O Emperor, with their new single Holy Fool. It's a highly enjoyable track, with dream-like vocals but it's still fast enough to dance [...]

Posted in Play-This-List Alls been quiet on the music front from Active Child since his stunning 2011 debut You Are All I See. I've been itching for some new music from Pat Grossi, but I'm also perfectly content with listening to his album over and over, it never seems to sound old. He's currently at work on the [...]

Posted in Play-This-List A light and dream melody with soothing vocals is what we have chosen for today's Sunday Supplement. Foxygen are an indie rock duo from California and they have delivered the beautiful San Francisco for our listening pleasure. They have also delivered one of the best album titles of all time - We Are The 21st [...]