Australian psychedelic rockers Tame Impala announced a new record this week called Lonerism, and debuted one of the album tracks along with the announcement. That track, called “Apocalypse Dreams,” befits its title. It’s a lengthy, extremely psychedelic piece that seems almost symphonic in scope, evoking the spacey orchestral work
Stream: Fang Island- Major This new album from the Rhode Island-based group Fang Island could not have come at a better time of year. These psychedelic math rockers have a penchant for face melting guitars and anthemic, singalong choruses that evoke the summer months, and their new full length album
Stream: Drug Church- “Mohawk” (feat. Jeremy Bolm) Drug Church is a side project of Patrick Kindlon, frontman for the New York-based post-hardcore group Self Defense Family, formerly known as End of a Year. Kindlon’s output with Self Defense has gotten increasingly more cerebral and arty since the name change,
Sirs by Sirs I imagine a self-titled debut that’s officially released on a label of any size is a pivotal moment for just about any band. And while there’s truly no shortage of self-titled debuts these days, that doesn’t make Sirs’ full-length milestone any less significant. The
R&B singer and Odd Future member Frank Ocean is having a big month. Last week, admitting to having a sexual orientation other than hetero made Frank the subject of numerous articles around the blog-o-sphere, and while I’m skeptical of the placement of this announcement, it is pretty
The video for Spiritualized’s “Little Girl” is nowhere near as long as the previous music video the band dropped, but that doesn’t mean it’s less cinematic. Actually, a lot like the video for “Hey Jane,” the vid seems to focus in on one person who seems to
There’s no question about it: Blur is back! While it may be a while before Damon Albarn works to release another Gorillaz album, it’s great that he’s diversifying his repertoire with a solo album, production on that Bobby Womack album, and now these new tracks that are
[audio:http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/youaretheone.mp3] OK, I’ll admit it, I haven’t given Place to Bury Strangers’ new album, Worship, an honest chance yet. Honestly, it’s got a lot to do with me being lukewarm on the band’s last EP; however, I’m
A clean, crisp music video for a fantastic piece of vocal pop from Jessie Ware’s forthcoming debut album, Devotion, which will be out on August 13th via PMR Records. Check the track listing here. While I wasn’t 100% impressed with her vocal contributions on that awesome SBTRKT album
An immaculate new video for the Active Child song “Johnny Belinda” is out. Beautiful, just beautiful. Props to director Dylan Wiehahn on this one. Active Child has some European tour dates to take note of at the moment, too: Jul 03 – Paradiso Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jul 05 – Village Underground,
