Neil Busch, former vocalist/bassist/songwriter in …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead during that band’s peak is back with a new band called LVMRKS whose debut album is released today. The group also features bassist Jonathan Hischke (Broken Bells, Hella, Dot Hacker, et al.) and drummer Dave Clifford (Red Sparowes, The VSS) alongside Busch on vocals/guitar/keyboards. The album, Pale Fairytale was recorded and mixed by Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Tool, Big Business) and is available on LP and [...]
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Alpine’s debut album out TODAY + tour dates
SET TO SUPPORT GROUPLOVE AT CELEBRATE BROOKLYN JUNE 13 U.S. TOUR WITH CRYSTAL FIGHTERS CONFIRMED “Floaty vocals and sparkly-sounding pop compositions that are a real breath of fresh air.”—NYLON “…some of the most engaging female/male dual harmonizing heard in recent epochs.”—LA Weekly A Is For Alpine, the debut album from lauded Australian band Alpine, is available now on Votiv. The new release, which was recently chosen as iTunes’ Australian Alternative Album of the Year, has received early critical praise from [...]
Hunter Hunted Announce Upcoming Tour Dates, Band To Tour With FUN.
Hunter Hunted To Tour With FUN. In the Fall and The Mowgli’s This Summer, Thursday Show at The Roxy in Los Angeles Almost Sold Out Los Angeles-based band Hunter Hunted are excited to announce details of their upcoming tour dates, including a run of dates supporting FUN. this October. The band will also be supporting The Mowgli’s throughout the rest of May and June. They’ll be bringing their upbeat songs to a number of markets on the west coast as [...]
Imaginary Cities new album streaming on Paste
“Anthemic and Psalmic…Best of What’s Next…” —Paste Magazine “I #%$@ing love this band…” —CBC Radio Fall of Romance, the highly anticipated follow up album from praised Canadian band Imaginary Cities, will be released May 28 on Votiv. The band’s debut Temporary Resident was lauded by Daytrotter, Huffington Post and Filter Magazine calling the record a “solid showcase of the duo’s vocal compatibility, soulful piano and lyrical strength.” To support the release, the band played at SXSW with further tour dates [...]
Brooklyn’s Group Tightener Label Release New Album From Seattle Artist SECRET COLORS Days Off Out June 11
“Effervescent, bouyant mixes of effects-laden guitars, synths, and found-sounds, meticulously mapped out into relaxing journeys you can drift right along with. And oh, if only all of life’s little journeys looked and sounded like this.” IMPOSE Brooklyn-based label Group Tightener announce the second album release from Seattle’s Secret Colors. Days Off is out June 11. Matt Lawson, bka Secret Colors, has spent the last few years occupying a shimmering space of soft-focus ambient guitar improvisation, creating thick songs that contract [...]
!!! (chk chk chk) Share New Video And Start US Tour This Week
!!! have just released their fifth full length album THR!!!ER and are hitting the road starting tomorrow for a month long US tour. Guest vocalist Sonia Moore (of “2 Legit 2 Quit” fame) will not be joining, so the band is going to choose one fan per city to come up on stage and sing along. WATCH VIDEO HERE: !!! – One Girl/One Boy video Sing With Chk Contest – Note from the band: Come on, admit it. You’ve dreamed [...]
DODOS announce new LP Carrier
San Francisco natives The Dodos, have announced their fifth full-length, Carrier, will arrive in stores in Canada on Dine Alone Records on August 27. The album will be released on CD, LP (180 gram blue vinyl), cassette (limited edition of 100 white cassettes) and all digital outlets. iTunes pre-order will begin June 4 with an instant download of the first single “Confidence”, which is available to stream. The Dodos, comprised of singer and guitarist Meric Long and drummer Logan Kroeber, [...]
Trampled by Turtles “Midnight on the Interstate” video premiers on TeamCoco.com
“Listener’s Picks For The Year’s Best Albums (So Far)”—NPR “Lit up and charged…four-part harmonies that are close to being crystalline.”—Daytrotter The latest video from critically acclaimed band Trampled by Turtles debuted at the Bethany Lutheran College Speechless Film Festival to an overwhelming response. Conceived and created by students in the Bethany Lutheran College Media Arts department, the emotional video features stop-motion animation, elaborate cityscapes and 28 hand-made wooden puppets. The video can be viewed here. Trampled by Turtles continue to [...]
UK’s The Leisure Society Album Alone Aboard The Ark out July 2nd via Full Time Hobby
KCRW’s Song of The Day “A Softer Voice Takes Longer Hearing” download HERE As a fan of UK’s The Leisure Society, Ray Davies’ of The Kinks invited the band to record their album at his Konk Studios….gives us an idea of the band’s expansive electro-pop sound.” – KCRW “Unflinching clarity and a sense of longing…a uniquely British take on Americana; almost as if Scott Walker or Nick Drake had ‘gone country’, making music for coalminers rather than cowboys.” – The [...]
Atlas Genius Cover Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”
Australian band of brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery of Atlas Genius return with a brand new cover, this time of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” They recorded the acoustic rendition of the song as part of a session at Giel FM3 in The Netherlands recently and the audio premiered on KickKickSnare this morning. “Get Lucky (Daft Punk Cover)” Behind the success of their debut album, When It Was Now, Atlas Genius are one of the breakout acts of 2013. They’re MTV’s [...]
