UK darkwave/new wave legends B-Movie have aired the video for their latest single "Another False Dawn".
The song is a already a classic tune nere on KRR and is taken from their latest album 'Climate Of Fear', which came out back in March via Cleopatra Records. Grab your copy here.
Philadelphia jangle pop/indie pop band Mercury Girls have unleashed their new single "Holly".
They are one of the most talked-about new bands in ages. Featuring members of Literature, Little Big League and Pet Milk, Mercury Girls have a gorgeous, layered sound that combines post-punk dynamics with soaring/jangling guitars, fantastic melodies and expertly-arranged tunes.
The song features on the 'Continental Drift' mini-LP, four great bands, two great labels and two continents meet on this stellar. Frequent collaborators Slumberland Records and Fortuna POP! have team up to bring you a smashing eight song sampler of some of the finest pop out there in 2016. It will be out on August 26, pre-order your copy here.
London-based psychedelic/pop band Cairobi have premiered the video for their latest single "Lupo".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the band's forthcoming self-titled debut record, set to be released on 16 September via Week of Wonders.
Oasis will reissue their 1997's album Be Here Now, the third instalment of their Chasing The Sun: 1993-1997 series, including rare and unreleased recordings and other bonus features.
Remastered from the original tapes, the album will be released on October 7th via Big Brother Recordings, with special editions including the highly anticipated 'Mustique Demos’- the previously unreleased album demos recorded in 1996, plus unreleased and rare tracks from the 'Be Here Now' era. Pre-order your copy here.
It also includes is a new Noel Gallagher mix of "D’You Know What I Mean?".
In a statement, Gallagher said of the new mix, "As the years went by I'd started to accept that the songs on Be Here Now were in fact insanely long … too long! Someone (I can't remember who) had the idea that we re-visit, re-edit the entire album for posterity's sake. We got as far as the first track before we couldn't be arsed anymore and gave up … it does sound fucking mega though."
Have a listen below.
Be Here Now — Chasing the Sun Edition Track List:
Disc 1: Be Here Now
01. D'You Know What I Mean?
02. My Big Mouth
03. Magic Pie
04. Stand By Me
05. I Hope, I Think, I Know
06. The Girl In The Dirty Shirt
07. Fade In-Out
08. Don't Go Away
09. Be Here Now
10. All Around The World
11. It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)
12. All Around The World (Reprise)
Disc 2: B-sides & Extra Tracks
01. Stay Young
02. The Fame
03. Flashbax
04. (I Got) The Fever
05. My Sister Lover
06. Going Nowhere
07. Stand By Me (Live At Bonehead's Outtake)
08. Untitled (Demo)
09. Help! (Live In LA)
10. Setting Sun (Live Radio Broadcast)
11. If We Shadows (Demo)
12. Don't Go Away (Demo)
13. My Big Mouth (Live At Knebworth Park)
14. D'You Know What I Mean? (NG's 2016 Rethink)
Disc 3: Mustique Demos
01. D'You Know What I Mean? (Mustique Demo)
02. My Big Mouth (Mustique Demo)
03. My Sister Lover (Mustique Demo)
04. Stand By Me (Mustique Demo)
05. I Hope, I Think, I Know (Mustique Demo)
06. The Girl In The Dirty Shirt (Mustique Demo)
07. Don't Go Away (Mustique Demo)
08. Trip Inside (Be Here Now) (Mustique Demo)
09. Fade In-Out (Mustique Demo)
10. Stay Young (Mustique Demo)
11. Angel Child (Mustique Demo)
12. The Fame (Mustique Demo)
13. All Around The World (Mustique Demo)
14. It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) (Mustique Demo)
Legendary British rock group Led Zeppelin are set to expand their 'BBC Sessions' compilation for a new re-issue called THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS.
Nearly 20 years ago, Led Zeppelin introduced BBC SESSIONS, an acclaimed two-disc set of live recordings selected from the band¹s appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971.
The compilation will be out on September 26, newly remastered (supervised by Jimmy Page), and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a previously lost session from 1969. Pre-order here
Jimmy Page recently spoke to Guitar World about the impact those sessions had on the band: “The BBC Sessions show in graphic detail just how organic the group was. Led Zeppelin was a band that would change things around substantially each time it played…We were becoming tighter and tighter, to the point of telepathy.”
BBC Sessions tracklist:
Disc One
01. You Shook Me
02. I Can’t Quit You Baby
03. Communication Breakdown
04. Dazed And Confused
05. The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair
06. What Is And What Should Never Be
07. Communication Breakdown
08. Travelling Riverside Blues
09. Whole Lotta Love
10. Somethin’ Else
11. Communication Breakdown
12. I Can’t Quit You Baby
13. You Shook Me
14. How Many More Times
Disc Two
01. Immigrant Song
02. Heartbreaker
03. Since I’ve Been Loving You
04. Black Dog
05. Dazed And Confused
06. Stairway To Heaven
07. Going To California
08. That’s The Way
09. Whole Lotta Love (Medley: Boogie Chillun/Fixin’ To Die/That’s Alright Mama/A Mess of Blues)
10. Thank You
Disc Three
01. Communication Breakdown
02. What Is And What Should Never Be
03. Dazed And Confused
04. White Summer
05. What Is And What Should Never Be
06. Communication Breakdown
07. I Can’t Quit You Baby
08. You Shook Me
09. Sunshine Woman
Danish-Australian indie rock/pop duo Palace Winter have dropped a live session video for their excellent track "Hearts to Kill".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their debut LP 'Waiting for the World to Turn', released last month via Tambourhinoceros. Buy it here.
London based deep house/tech house DJ/producer Matthew Benjamin (better known as one half of Layo & Bushwacka) aka Just Be has dropped his infectious new tune "Snakes in the Bed".
Los Angeles based indie-pop duo Ablebody (the project of Pains of Being Pure at Heart guitarist Christoph Hochheim, joined by his twin brother Anton on drums), have announced the release of their debut album 'Adult Contemporaries'.
The 11-track album will be out on October 14 via Lolipop Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The duo have also dropped the video for the album's first single "Backseat Heart".
Check out the tracklist and the video below.
Tracklist:
01. Backseat Heart
02. After Hours
03. Gaucho
04. Powder Blue
05. The Sun, A Small Star
06. Heart Keep
07. Marianne
08. One Dime A Day
09. Say What You Will
10. Send Me A Letter” (Feat. Sean Nicholas Savage)
11. Wayside Glow
Tampa FL, post-punk band Merchandise have announced details of their new album 'A Corpse Wired For Sound', alongside the video for their new track "End Of The Week".
For the follow-up to 2014's 'After The End', the trio travelled to Rosà, Italy for their first ever sessions in a recording studio, with local producer, ICIO.
The nine-song nocturnal A Corpse Wired For Sound was recorded half in the studio and half at home, in Tampa as well as Cox’s newly adopted bases of New York and Berlin – the culmination of a long-distance collaboration between Cox and Vassalotti. It will be out on 23rd September via 4AD.
Pre-order the album here, check out the tracklist and the visuals for "End of the Week"
Tracklist:
01. Flower of Sex
02. Crystal Cage
03. Right Back To The Start
04. End Of The Week
05. Lonesome Sound
06. Shadow Of The Truth
07. Silence
08. I Will Not Sleep Here
09. My Dream Is Yours
A week ago, FF's guitarist Nick McCarthy and his wife Manuela Gernedel, aired "Cracks in the Concrete", their new single as Manuela, now they have premiered the visuals.
The song is part of our current playlist and is out via Lost Map.
The London-based project’s debut album is expected shortly and will feature cameos from Jim Dixon (Django Django), William Reese (Mystery Jets), Roxanne Clifford (Veronica Falls) and Paul Thomson (Franz Ferdinand).
New Jersey-based fuzz-pop/rock band YJY have unveiled their catchy new single "Summer Lifeguard".
The song is taken from their upcoming sophomore EP 'The Same Noise', out on 19 August via Sniffling Indie Kids. Pre-order the EP here and get an instant download of the track.
Scottish label owner/producer/singer-songwriter Johnny Lynch aka Pictish Trail has revealed his catchy new track "Dead Connection".
The song will feature on his new album 'Future Echoes' due to released on September 9th via Lost Map Records/Caroline International. Pre-order your copy here.
British psych rockers Syd Arthur have premiered the video for their excellent single "Sun Rays".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming new album 'Apricity', set to be released on on October 21 via Harvest Records.
London/Brighton based noise/power pop band The Fireworks have aired the video for their latest single "All The Time".
The song is taken from their new EP 'Black and Blue', released last Friday (July 15) via Shelflife Records. Buy it here.
The band have also announced that they have recruited Beth Arzy (Trembling Blue Stars/Lightning in a Twilight Hour/The Luxembourg Signal) as their new co-singer.
The video was directed by Andrew Jezard w/ James Van Vliet. Take a look below.
Canadian indie pop/psych band Twin River have revealed the video for their latest single "Settle Down".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their recent LP 'Passing Shade', which came out last month via Light Organ Records. Buy it here.
The video was made by Anthem Jackson. Watch it below.
San Francisco beach-pop band Sonny & The Sunsets have unveiled the video for their latest single "White Cops on Trial".
The song is taken from their recent full-length album 'Moods Baby Moods', released in May via Polyvinyl Records. Buy it here.
The video "is a testimony to all the protests and the movements we've seen this year, centering on San Francisco but of course beyond this city. A tribute to all the people in the struggle against state sanctioned murder, for the families of the murdered and in solidarity with those trying to change our world for the better".
French protokraut/synth wave/post punk trio Le goût acide des conservateurs (translated as "The acid taste of preservatives") have dropped their infectious new single "Hot Rod".
The song is taken from their upcoming new EP 'Vision', set to be released on July 22 via Soundress Records. Buy your copy here.
UPDATE 01/08: "Hot Rod" is our new Single of the Week!
Australian psych-pop/dance duo Jagwar Ma have premiered the video for their excellent new single "O B 1".
The song produced by the band and mixed by DJ Ewan Pearson, features drumming from Stella Mozgawa (of Warpaint),and is the first taken from their new album 'Every Now & Then' coming this Autumn via Mom + Pop.
UPDATE 18/07: O B I is our new Single of The Week!
Canadian indie pop/rock band Hot Hot Heat have unleashed the video for their next single "Magnitude".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their self-titled new album (and the final), released last month (June 24) through Culvert Music. Buy it here.
USA/Australia-based musical artist David West has aired his groovy new single "Happiest Man In The Room".
West currently plays in the guitar pop band Rat Columns, synth-pop project Liberation and post-punk trio Rank/Xerox, and has been in varied acts such as Lace Curtain, Burning Sensation, Total Control and Whalehammer.
The song is taken from his upcoming new album 'Peace or Love', set to arrive on 5th August via Tough Love Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Canadian dream pop/shoegaze/post rock band Slow Down Molasses have announce they will release their new album titled '100% Sunshine' on September 2 via Noyes Records.
Produced by Chad Munson and mixed in Glasgow by Tony Doogan (best known for his work with Mogwai and Belle & Sebastian), 100% Sunshine channels the bleaker side of indie rock, evoking shoegaze, dream-pop, psychedelic rock and darkwave at once.
The band have also shared the album's first taste "Moon Queen", a "superblast of searing noise in true early-1990s form, contagious four-on-the- floor rock’n’roll underscored by waves of drone and feedback".
Pre-order the album here, check out the tracklist and stream "Moon Queen" below.
100% Sunshine Tracklist:
01. Faeries On High
02. New Release
03. Intentions
04. Moon Queen
05. No Riots
06. Levitation Sickness
07. terminator iii vs amon duul ii
08. Ghosts & Vodka
09. Night Terrors
10. Flowers
11. You Made Me A Ghost
Switzerland kraut pop/psych band One Sentence. Supervisor have dropped the video for their infectious new track "Hedera Helix".
The song is part of our current playlist and is the 6th Track of their upcoming new album 'Temporär Musik 6', which will be released on October 28 via Oh, Sister Records. Grab the single here.
London based alternative/jangle pop outfit Beach Baby have announced the release of their debut full-length album 'No Mind No Money'.
The record will be out on 2nd September via Island Records/Caroline Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The band have also aired the video for their newest single "U R", which is their visual interpretation of: The Five Stages of Break-Up Grief (Denial - Mania - Anger - Sadness - Acceptance).
Check out the album's tracklist and the clip below.
Baltimore shoegaze/dream pop band Wildhoney have dropped their new song "Horror Movie".
It is taken from the upcoming Slumberland Records/Fortuna POP! four-way compilation 'Continental Drift', featuring The Spook School, Tigercats and The Mercury Girls, set to be released on August 25. Pre-order your copy here.
About the track, the band explained: "'Horror Movie' weaves dark lyrical content with an upbeat tempo and cheerful pop melody, reflecting the experience of trying to process trauma without the luxury of time and space to fall apart. The song also evokes a sense of triumph upon arriving at a point of clarity, resisting the ongoing, relentless urge to blame oneself for an abusive relationship, and coming out on the other side stronger and wiser than before."
Madrid garage/psych pop four-piece Hinds have released the video for their latest single "Warts".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their debut full-length 'Leave Me Alone', released earlier this year via Mom + Pop / Lucky Number. Get it here.
The video was directed by Pedro Martin-Calero. Watch it below.
The duo have revealed their first single "Cracks in the Concrete", which is out now via Lost Map as a PostMap postcard accompanied of a disco remix b-side by London DJ Nadia Ksaiba.
About the track, Gernedel said:
The line "cracks in the concrete" was partly inspired by the French phrase “sous les páves, la plage!” which came up during the student revolts there in May ’68. Roughly translated it says "there is sand underneath the pavement!". It’s talking about the potential of things breaking and breaking up things. Everything falling apart and you telling yourself that it’s going to work out ("everything is healing").
Yumi Zouma's Sam Perry solo psych-pop project Zen Mantra has premiered the video for his catchy single "Remember You At All".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from his self-titled album released back in April 15th through Flying Nun Records. Buy your copy here.
The clip was directed by Ben Dodd. Take a look below.
Glasgow-based musician JJD aka Soft Riot has aired his infectious new track "Lovers In A Dangerous Time".
The song is a cover of a song by singer-songwirter Bruce Cockburn, and features on 'Young and Cold Sampler Vol.3' compilation, set to arrive this Friday (July 15) via Young & Cold Records.
