Mark Seliger Apologies for going for the low-hanging fruit with this one, but I don't have the time or energy to squeeze out something more interesting. So you get this. And pro tip: providing a current photo with credit really goes a long way towards leading off a post. Anyways, The Rolling Stones - perhaps you've heard of them - finally announced their long-rumoured, basically inevitable 50th anniversary North American tour yesterday, and while it's only nine dates long, at least for now, Toronto makes the cut - the Stones will be [...]
Steve Mason performs at the launch at BBC Maida Vale Studios By Matt Jones So the lovely people at BBC Radio 6 Music , who are playing a huge part in organising Latitude Festival 2013 (with their own stage to prove it), invited us down to the festival launch event last night - and boy, oh boy does it look exciting. Top of the bill stand Kraftwerk , fresh out of their Tate Modern audiovisual spectacular, who will be performing the best [...]
Steve Mason performs at the launch at BBC Maida Vale Studios By Matt Jones So the lovely people at BBC Radio 6 Music , who are playing a huge part in organising Latitude Festival 2013 (with their own stage to prove it), invited us down to the festival launch event last night - and boy, oh boy does it look exciting. Top of the bill stand Kraftwerk , fresh out of their Tate Modern audiovisual spectacular, who will be performing the best [...]
Frank Yang So this is the first time in nine years that I am NOT in Austin for SXSW; reasons for this are myriad, but the broad strokes can be inferred from this . So while this means rather than embarrassment of concert riches to choose from, my live music options amongst bands not deep in the heart of Texas were decidedly shallower, but still pretty great - after all, Veronica Falls were back in town. It was at SXSW 2011 that I first made the acquaintance of the Anglo-Scottish quartet, [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Foals - My Number [download here ] What's so good? Foals probably don't need an introduction, but just in case: they're a math rock band based out of Oxford, and have released two albums to date. [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Alt-J, Bloc Party, Foals Song: Everything Everything - Kemosabe [download here ] What's so good? I've already listened to [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Bloc Party, Foo Fighters Song: Foals - Inhaler [download here ] What's so good? Woah woah woah, Foals has [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Foals, Bloc Party, The Temper Trap, Jubilants Song: Northeast Party House - Stand Tall [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Temper Trap, Foals Song: Bloc Party - Day Four [download here ] What's so good? Bloc Party just [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Bloc Party - Octopus [download here ] What's so good? Holy Mackerel! Waking up to see a new Bloc Party song was a huge surprise. The even better part was that this track is absolutely amazing, far exceeding [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Foals, Bloc Party, Miike Snow Song: Northeast Party House - Pascal Cavalier [download here ] What's so good? Another [...]
Ever heard of The Edmund Fitzgerald, Union, Fear Of Flying, Anotherstory and The Karelia ... nope? Ok how about this, Foals, Bloc Party, White Lies, Morning Parade and Franz Ferdinand. The truth is, very few bands spring up fully-formed, and the most of them require years of rehearsal, before they look and sound remotely convincing. We take a look into some big bands and their early attempts at fame. The Edmund Fitzgerald: Foals The Edmund Fitzgerald consisted of future [...]
We simply cannot consider what Foals , or Bloc Party , or The Libertines would have sounded like if they weren't from the UK. It's just impossible to imagine isn't it? Totally impossible. There's something especially British about them. You can say the same thing for lots of bands through history. The Smiths simply couldn't come from San Francisco could they? What about The Specials , or Metronomy , or Roni Size , or Radiohead ? No chance, they're all very, very British. However, they also sound very different from [...]
Sometimes you need useless comparisons. It's a start, after all, naming those things; you, a pattern recognizing machine built for solid navigation. Beyond the savageries of its alliteration, Coastal Cities' stunning new single, "Think Tank", a precocious and explosive offering, will feel both very new and achingly familiar. The easiest footnotes are early Bloc Party, but somehow more juvenile
"I love you but I really don't like you"...There are just some emotions that transcend time, geography, and what stage of life one may be in, and these 17 year old artists know how to present these feelings musically like seasoned brit rock veterans. As worded by Neon Gold , [they] "are part of that new wave of '80s revival outfits bringing danceable shoegaze back to life in a whole new way". When I pressed play on the video below, from the vintage aesthetic to the beautifully crafted guitar riff that keeps you swaying like the game of [...]
The Stanley Blacks are a no-gimmicks indie rock band from the UK. Fitting into such a category is presently a tricky maneuver, as many of their counterparts are shrugged off in favor of over-produced, industrial sounds. But the four-piece have stayed true to the purest of music, even if their new album - which is [...]
Yes, I'm back! It took me the deletion of Thieves By Tuesday* at the free web hosting site, Blogger, to realize the mistake I've made in the first place upon making this blog, and its working with Blogger. I'm in high hopes now that I'm in the WordPress family, an event like that will be avoided for eternity. You might notice how, over and over, I reiterate the stress I have with my college course and the absence of free time with all of the things I've been balancing. It's annoying, I know. But every single [...]
THE CAST OF CHEERS The genre of math rock always did sound like the future when it first arrived out of America's midwest a couple of decades ago, before it evolved into its modern form, with the British act Foals or the New York-based Battles heading up the underground alt-rock scene in the last few years. It should come as no surprise that this futuristic genre has returned and is seemingly ever more fitting to modern life with each appearance. It enjoyed a short hiatus between Foals albums, but now [...]
Why don't (why don't) you teach me something new? From Ariel Pink to Bloc's Blue Light, Jam Association is talking that baby talk. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti- Bright Lit Blue Skies Foals- Blue Blood Bloc Party-Blue Light (Engineers 'Anti-Gravity' Mix)
To put this into perspective, my first two records were purchased in 2003. They were the Gorillaz' debut and Stereophonic's third album. I only started to listen to electronic music over two years ago, with Soulwax's incredible documentary Part of the Weekend Never Dies . Rap and hip-hop, for me, has only been around for about a year. So to say my musical journey is still at its start, is an overstatement. The list will be indie rock dominated and slanted towards the end of this decade, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. I was originally [...]
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