Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Watch: Climbing Boys Premiere Music Video For New Single "Onibaba"

London based post-punk band Climbing Boys have premiered the video for their brand new single "Onibaba".

The song has been added to our current playlist, and is an ode to Japanese cinema, it takes its name from a 1964 historical drama horror film directed by Kaneto Shindo. 

The movie also provides the visuals for the video, which is set somewhere in Japan during a civil war in the fourteenth century.

Watch it below.


(facebook.com/ClimbingBoys)

Watch: Sticky Fingers Drop Music Video For "Fake A Smile"

Sydney indie psych/rock band Sticky Fingers have dropped the video for their latest single "Fake A Smile".

The song is part of our current playlsit and is taken from their sophomore album 'Land Of Pleasure', released in August last year. Grab your copy here.

The video was shot by Sofie Van Der Meer. Watch it below.


Website: stickyfingerstheband.com

Watch: Hawaiian Gremlins Unleash Music Video For "Beyond"

Mexican shoegaze/lo-fi/new wave band Hawaiian Gremlins have unleashed the video for their latest single "Beyond."

The song is part of our current playlist and is the third cut from their "Girls" EP, released in earlier last year  via Sicario Music. . 

The video was directed by Naïve Productions y Hawaiian Gremlins. Take a look below.


(facebook.com/HawaiianGremlins)

Kool Rock Radio's Top 50 Best Albums of 2014


From Temples to The Horrors, Foster The People to Morrissey, The Drums to Kasabian, Jaws to Wunder Wunder... Kool Rock Radio takes a look at the best albums of the last 12 months!

Have a look back on a KOOL year in music, as we count down our top 50 albums of 2014. 

01. TEMPLES - Sun Structures
02. THE HORRORS - Luminous
03. THE WAR ON DRUGS - Lost In The Dream
04. FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Supermodel
05. BRONCHO - Just Enough Hip To Be Woman
06. JAWS - Be Slowly
07. INTERPOL - El Pintor
08. THE DRUMS - Encyclopedia
09. FUCK ART LET'S DANCE - Atlas
10. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - Days Of Abandon
11. KASABIAN - 48:13
12. THE BLACK KEYS - Turn Blue
13. WUNDER WUNDER - Everything Infinite
14. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Meteorites
15. U2 - Songs Of The Innocence
16. LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS - Neon
17. SIMPLE MINDS - Big Music
18. BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - So Long See You Tomorrow
19. LIARS - Mess
20. CYMBALS - The Age Of Fractures
21. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Futurology
22. BUFFALO SUNN - By The Ocean By The Sea
23. MORRISSEY - World Peace Is None Of Your Business
24. JOHNNY MARR - Playland
25. DUM DUM GIRLS - Too True
26. WILD SMILES - Always Tomorrow
27. JAMES - La Petite Mort
28. CHILDHOOD - Lacuna
29. LAS ZEBRAS - Siesta
30. JOHNNY ARIES - Unbloomed
31. STICKY FINGERS - Land Of Pleasure
32. PIXIES - Indie Cindy
33. MINIATURE TIGERS - Cruel Runnings
34. TV ON THE RADIO - Seeds
35. ARIEL PINK - Pom Pom
36. ASH CODE - Oblivion
37. HOOKWORMS - The Hum
38. TOM VEK - Luck
39. MODE MODERNE - Occult Delight
40. THE FOREIGN RESORT - New Frontiers
41. BAND OF SKULLS - Himalaya
42. KONGOS - Lunatic
43. EAGULLS - Eagulls
44. REPUTANTE - Oceanside
45. FUTURE ISLANDS - Singles
46. MAXIMO PARK - Too Much Information
47. CHERUB - Year Of The Caprese
48. MERCHANDISE - After The End
49. ROYAL BLOOD - Royal Blood
50. VA - The Art Of McCartney