Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.... Crystal Castles - Violent Dreams (Joneses Remix) Cadence Weapon - 88 (Prod. Grimes) Maps & Atlases - Winter Toy - Left Myself Behind (Fearless Remix) Colleen Green - Goldmine Xiu Xiu - Beauty Towne Metal Blade Records March 2012 Releases No Ceremony - Heartbreaker Diplo - Sirius XM Blow Your Head 9 (Mixtape) BBU - bell hooks (mixtape) Casa de Diversion Covers Vol 1. (free compilation album) Good Old War – Can't Go Home [...]
Today's Live Performance once again comes from the Rockpalast archives. HIM is a Finnish rock band from Helsinki. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström, and bassist Mikko "Migé" Paananen, HIM's current lineup consists of Valo, Linde, Migé, Janne "Emerson Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards and Mika Karppinen on drums. They have released seven full length albums to date, the latest, Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, released on February 8, 2010. On September 5, 2006, HIM's fifth studio album Dark Light was certified gold by the RIAA, making HIM the first [...]
With songs that instantly catch listeners' ears, and a sound that combines the best of the boy band era with modern day pop rock, it's no surprise that The After Party is quickly becoming a favorite for music lovers across America. Though the group formed just over two years ago, this Kansas City, KS quartet has already begun to make an impact in the underground music scene. Read more »
Royal Baths began as so many bands often do -- with a shared passion, the encouragement of friends, and a meager bank account. Add to that heavy influences from the garage-rock scene, a 2" analog tape, inspiration from a headlining tour, and a Pitchfork premiere ["Faster, Harder], and you'll see what the band has grown to become with their sophomore album, Better Luck Next Life. It's a six-track affair, loaded with dark humour and a lo-fi meets garage rock aesthetic that will have you entirely absorbed, and maybe a tiny bit on edge. Give it a spin, and grab it [...]
Family of the Year is an American indie band from Los Angeles, California consisting of members Sebastian Keefe, Joseph Keefe, Christina Schroeter, and James Buckey. Read more »
Out from the downfall of every other failed miserable project of the past, comes this brand new excitingly swimming with emotion, watching your head spin with dizzy revelations, whilst coasting down the astrofuzzcoast of cooldudeawesomeville with yr gf, bff, and a milf, or so, "turn up" all things considered on the blackbox sound squirter, comes THE BOBBY ELECTRIC. 2/3's White Lake, MI and 1/3 Flint, MI, these gents don't follow the regular, modern-day norm. Their music has been described as taking "the finest ingredients of all yr. favorite 90's Alternative Rock College Radio Station bands, and [...]
Errors are a four piece "post-electro" band from Glasgow, Scotland. They are signed to Rock Action Records, the label founded and managed by the band Mogwai. Read more »
With her new album, Young Man in America, Anaïs Mitchell continues to seek out richly-detailed stories, but has chosen to examine multiple angles in an epic tale throughout the different stages of the country. Read more »
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.... Still Flyin' - Cleat Talking Emily Jane White - Black Silk Tijuana Sweetheart - Sunday cyvoid - EP Brian Larsen - Frozen Black Tambourine - What's Your Game Cry Baby - I Cherish The Heartbreak More Than The Love Lost Jonquil - It's My Part (Co La Remix) Jetsetmafia (feat. Boogie of DMP) - Bass Cannon Young Magic - Night In The Ocean (Young Magic downtown remix) Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo [...]
Today's Live Performance comes from Joe Gooch's post-Ten Years After band Hundred Seventy Split. Even if you had a problem with Ten Years After without Alvin Lee - like I did - Gooch is a fine guitar player in his own right... so if you like blues rock, give him a chance and watch and listen to this concert, recorded and filmed at the Harmonie in Bonn on November 22, 2011 and first broadcast on February 13 2012 on German TV Channel WDR in their Rockpalast series. Joe Gooch (born 3 May 1977, Highbury, London, [...]
Act As If is an indie/rock band from Los Angeles led by singer/songwriter Peter Verdell. The band released their first full-length album "There's a Light" in May 2010, A new 4-song EP "The Iron Is Hot" will be released February 21, 2012. Read more »
It's no easy task to make an album that holds true to post-hardcore, indie, and rock's individual aesthetics, while still keeping it cohesive. Unless, of course, you're Take One Car and are offering up sophomore album It's Going To Be a Nice Day. Using a musical styling similar to post-hardcore/indie favorites mewithoutYou, TOC offer twelve songs rich in instrumentation and emotional depth. Enjoy the album's premiere and a free download of "Brim" right here, and grab the album for yourself when it drops Feb. 21. Read more »
Sneak Attack Media is proud to introduce singer-songwriter Haroula Rose. Originally from Chicago and currently based in LA the talented songstress released her debut album These Open Roads last year, a realized collection of soft, gently picked acoustic and upbeat Americana numbers. Read more »
School of Seven Bells return with their third LP, Ghostory, on February 28th via Vagrant Records/Ghostly International. The album is the band's first as a duo featuring vocalist Alejandra Dehza alongside guitarist and producer Benjamin Curtis (of Secret Machines fame). Read more »
This time last year, Polica didn't exist. Now the Minneapolis-based band finds itself garnering praise from a Grammy winner. In a Rolling Stone interview following his win for Best New Artist, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon name-checked the psychedelic R&B outfit as a band for which he's head over heels. "They're the best band I've ever heard," he said. Give You the Ghost is out February 14th on Totally Gross National Product Read more »
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.... Mudhoney - The Straight Life Mudhoney - Sonic Infusion Mudhoney - In 'n' Out of Grace (Live in Berlin, 1988) Mudhoney - I'm Now Mudhoney - Blindspots La Sera - Break My Heart Luke Roberts - His Song Dan London - Little Bit About Me The Jayhawks - She Walks In So Many Ways (Live) Tall Firs - Industrial Estate (The Fall cover) Chaundon - Possession Shabaam Sahdeeq - This Is Messy Marv - [...]
Today's Live performance comes courtesy of the folks at KEXP radio. NY indie vets Nada Surf play an extended acoustic set for KEXP listeners live from the Triple Door in Seattle. Recorded 2/2/2012. Read more »
Luz Elena Mendoza and her band combine indie-folk and traditional Mexican music on their new album. Y La Bamba's new album, Court the Storm, comes out Feb. 28. Read more »
Black Radio is an album-length statement about the durability of substantive music, and about the possibility of black-origin popular music. It's the product of a band with a jazz pedigree, a Rolodex of R&B and rap stars, and all ears to the street. Robert Glasper Experiment's new album, Black Radio, comes out Feb. 28. Read more »
Toward the Low Sun functions as the moody, conflicted soundtrack for a storm-swept journey where getting lost is part of the plan. Dirty Three's new album, Toward the Low Sun, comes out Feb. 28. Read more »
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