Blog: The Clink

Posted in General Clickable Soundbite When I got the mail about this Base Ventura Twisted EP I just happened to be sitting in front of my laptop with my third camouflage cosmo (that's a cosmopolitan not served in the stupid glass). I wasn't sure if it was the sun and the manly cocktail that got to me or if the music [...]

Posted in General Clickable Soundbite Forgive me, this post should have been with you days ago! It's here now though and I really hope you dig the tune. Tame Impala's - Elephant; a track that many bands of the 702s rock scene would have been mighty proud of. It goes deeper or further back into rock territory (almost into prog with the [...]

Posted in Play-This-List Daughter's star has been steadily rising since they released their first batch of demo tracks back in 2010. The London trio (Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli & Remi Aguilella) deservedly signed to 4AD this year, and the first song to be released since their signing is this stunning new track, 'Smother'. 'Smother' is to be released [...]

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Posted in Play-This-List Soundbite Play Audio Interpol's ever brooding frontman Paul Banks has done the solo thing before. Although this is the first time he's releasing something under his actual name. Back in 2009 there was Julian Plenti is....Skyscraper, Julian Plenti Banks' was Banks' solo alter ego. He released an EP under the same name earlier this year, with the promise [...]

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Posted in Get Your Gig On Play-This-List Some readers of this blog might know that I took a hiatus to go travelling. I've returned to Dublin, but I haven't been to a gig yet> Thankfully, that has all changed with the purchase of a ticket to Band of Horses. Ok, slight correction - that will all change. It may be ages away [...]

Posted in Soundbite In my opinion, Bloc Party are back to their best. Their latest single, Octopus, is out about a month now and it gets me bouncing every time I hear it. Perfect for a Weekend Tunage slot then! The fourth album from Bloc Party is out 20th August and its called Four.

Posted in General Clickable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =JKHZcQF9g1g I've been a fan of Victoria Bergsman since seeing and hearing her fronting The Concretes many, many moons ago in Edinburgh. I immediately fell for her heartfelt, almost world weary delivery. Now she's wood not concrete, Taken By Trees, but the sound is still the same. Here's a great example, new song Dreams taken from [...]

Posted in Music Videos Beautiful new video and track from Bat For Lashes. 'Laura' is taken from her forthcoming album The Haunted Man which is due out October 15th. It's been forever hasn't it?

Posted in General Clickable I just did a wash and noticed that my favourite hoodie has faded quite a bit. It's sad you see because it's a got bits of different colour on it so I can't dye it. I don't know why I'm sharing that with you, a problem shared is a problem halved though isn't it? On [...]

Posted in Play-This-List Weekend Tunage has been a little neglected as of late. But this Friday all will be made right again thanks to Alt-J (∆), an awesome new band from Leeds who describe their sound as 'folk-step'. You might be wondering what the eff is folk-step? Well take a listen below to find out...a mixture of tight [...]

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Posted in Soundbite Fresh new track 'Sleep Alone' from Two Door Cinema Club that just premiered on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show. It's the first soundbite from the bands forthcoming new album Beacon, it's got all the usual goodness we've come to expect from TDCC, but with lyrics that are a bit more melancholy despite the signature up-beat [...]

Posted in Get Your Gig On Play-This-List Who fancies a bit of feel good indie pop tunage? Saint Motel are a quartet from LA who recently released their debut album Voyeur. The band have been knocking around for a while with a previous EP release to their name, but it was their track '19972 that initially caught my attention. There's something about [...]

Posted in Soundbite The XX just posted this video for new track 'Angels' on their facebook page. Here's the message from the band: It's been a long time since we've played you anything new. This song is called Angels, it is the first single from our new album, Coexist. We've been playing this song live recently, so it [...]

Posted in General Clickable Soundbite It's not often we write reggae at The Clink, but this cannot go without a mention. The genius, the master, Jimmy Cliff's forthcoming album, Rebirth is streaming over at the Rolling Stone site. At the tender age of 64 Jimmy is still sounding great, his unique voice  makes his ska and reggae tunes emanate such a feeling, [...]

Posted in Get Your Gig On Music Videos 'Forget Me Knots' is the lead single taken from Irish twin sisters Heathers forthcoming album Kingdom. The single was released on June 22, and now it's got the above accompanying video, directed by . There is definitely a bigger more poppier feel to the new single - which is no bad thing. It's actually reminding [...]

Posted in Get Your Gig On Music Videos Soundbite 'Wildest Moments' sees Jessie Ware hook us in with another solid soulful single. I've been a fan ever since Chris posted about '110%' a few months back. 'Wildest Moments' is due out on August 10th, just ahead of her debut album Devotion which gets released shortly after on August 17th. The video above was directed [...]

Posted in General Clickable Chill Wave Choosday...A new Clink feature?! No I don't think so, but if we had something as good as DIANA's Born Again every week then it could be. Check out this blissed out blend from the Canadian trio.

Posted in General Clickable It's not often you'll find us writing about the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, but today is a sad day and an exception has to be made. You see Lonesome George, a 100 year old, last of his kind giant tortoise from the Islands has died. Now I know you're thinking WTF is he on [...]