Rarely do I hear a song that is immediately this catchy… and I mean good catchy, not annoying catchy. This is the kind of song that will take a band places. Foster The People is a young band from LA with nothing more than a self-titled EP to their name, but I expect you’ll be hearing a lot more about them in the near future. I haven’t yet had the chance to dig into any of their other tunes, but I will soon. In the meantime “Pumped Up Kicks” should do the trick. Don’t say I didn’t warn you… continue reading...
The War On Drugs‘ 2008 debut album Wagonwheel Blues was one of the more unexpected highlights of the past few years of new music for me. It combined a strange mix of Bob Dylan-y vocals and atmospheric blasts of guitar fuzz for a ragged shoegaze sound, and it really did it for me. The band is back with a new EP called Future Weather and thankfully the first tune lives up to the precendent I’ve built up in my mind. The song is called “Comin’ Through” and I listened to it 5 times in a row once it had entered my iTunes library. Can’t wait to hear more. I hope you like it: continue reading...
The world could use a little California sunshine, and Loomis and the Lust is just the band to bring it. The sunny Santa Barbara based quartet will release their sophomore EP, Space Camp on August 10th. continue reading...
Land Of Talk have just debuted a new video for “It’s Okay”. Directed by WeWereMonkeys “It’s Okay” is the third of three new Land Of Talk videos; preceded by clips for “The Man Who Breaks Things (Dark Shuffle)” and “Troubled” All three videos can be found on the bands new Fun & Laughter EP along with four new songs. You can find the songs corresponding to the videos on their debut album Some Are Lakes. continue reading...
Self-recorded in their own PA studio, Slim & Slender is the brand new 4-song EP by jubilant pop sextet The Spinto Band. The vinyl and digital only collection, out this week via Park The Van, gives us a little taste of what we can expect from the band’s next LP, also self-recorded, which is due out in 2010. Possibly some of the band’s best material yet, Slim & Slender includes extended instrumental explorations and a bouncy cover of the theme from Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. continue reading...
Land of Talk have announced a west coast tour beginning October 27th in San Diego, and running through November 7th in Vancouver B.C.. To complement to tour, the band will be releasing an EP with 4 new songs and 3 videos, entitled ‘Fun and Laughter’. After having been sidelined for much of the year with a vocal ailment, front woman Elizabeth Powell is now gearing up for a busy fall. Here are the tour dates and the EP tracklisting: continue reading...
Japanese Motors, the laid-back Orange County-based quartet and most recent addition to the Vice Music roster are releasing a new digital-only EP on March 3rd, available at all major digital retailers. Entitled Perception of Reality, the EP features new acoustic and live versions of 2 standout tracks from their self-titled LP and one previously unreleased song (”Bummin’ Out”). In addition to this offering of live recordings, Japanese Motors will bring their raucous live show across America late February through March as the main supporting act for Modest Mouse, leading up to their SXSW shows to be announced. Full tour dates below.
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The All-American Rejects have announced they will release a special EP on February 3rd. The EP will include 4 remixes of the current hit single, “Gives You Hell” by premier remix artists such as El-P (NIN, Mars Volta, Beck), Ocelot (The Killers, Robyn) and more (see full track listing below).
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Coldplay have a brand new video for the song “Life In Technicolor II”, which is off their new EP titled Prospekts March. It’s essentially the same song as the lead track from Viva La Vida, but they’ve added words and lengthened it a bit. In any case, the video is hilarious and worth a look to see Chris Martin dance around in Puppet-form: continue reading...
The Ying Yang Twins are getting into the holiday spirit with a new Christmas themed EP, The Ying and the Yang of the Holidays, out now through Deep Records. The EP finds the twins striking a Bing Crosby-esque pose and caroling listeners with medleys of traditional Christmas songs with a Ying Yang Twins twist. On “Sleigh Ride” D-Rock and Kaine drink eggnog and smoke blunts while making a Christmas wish for peace in the hood and giving President elect Barack Obama a shout out. “This Christmas” is a soulful take on a holiday classic, and “Deck Da Club” and “Carol of Da Bellz” are quintessential Ying Yang Twins. continue reading...
