Via AOL Spinner, the Cool Kids‘ new album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, is streaming like a fresh water, uh, stream! It’ll be available exclusively through iTunes tomorrow. Listen to all eleven tracks by clicking right over here.
Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar doesn’t follow the usual tough and hardened stereotypes that come with repping the California city. The guy isn’t a wimp, but he’s more interested in saying something thought-provoking than violent. Backed by some fantastic beats, that’s what every track on this new
A few days ago, Daytrotter uploaded a session with TND’s favorite saxophone player: Colin Stetson. Click here to hear it. If you haven’t seen or heard the guy, do so as soon as possible. He’s an absolute beast, and an amazing soloist. The guy’s latest record
The Polish record label Few Quiet People claim on their site that their goal is “to drive the repetive drone sounds into the direction of pop.” Broken English aside, this is a pretty interesting mission statement. As a way of promoting themselves and the artists that they represent, Few Quiet
Topshelf Records is an underground record label based in Massachusetts that has steadily been gaining recognition and esteem since it was founded in 2005. They have put out vinyl releases for nearly 30 independent artists, many of which are characterized by an emotive punk sound that has been on the
If you’ve ever wanted to watch an obese guy in a batman costume eat lots of food and drink Margaritas, then Fair Ohs have the music video for you. The London band is set to release their debut LP Everything Is Dancing in a few months, and this video
New York’s shoegaze revivalists the Pains of Being Pure At Heart have a new music video out for the song “the Body,” which appeared on the band’s sophomore record, Belong earlier in the year. Released just in time for Summer, the video is is filled with well-shot scenes
The Young Maths is a group I’ve covered before on the this blog, back when they were much younger maths. Thus far, the group has released a couple EPs that would lead me to believe it’s still searching for a sound. Young Maths execute various styles of indie
Last month, the abstract rhymes and trippy beats on Shabazz Palaces’ new album, Black Up, convinced me it was one of the most interesting hip hop LPs I’ve heard this year. So interesting, in fact, that I threw it on my favorites of 2011 so far list without much
Idiana’s Sleeping Bag is gearing up to drop its first LP in August. In the meantime, the band has dropped two tracks, and “Ben” is one of them. Here, the band shoots for a tight and close sound that gets in the listener’s face, but still executes the
