French synth/post punk/no wave band Dear Deer aka Federico Iovino (Popoï Sdioh) and Sabatel (Cold War, Cheshire Cat), have dropped the video for their latest single "Disco-discord".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the album 'Chew-Chew', released in October 2018 via Manic Depression and Swiss Dark Nights. Grab it here.
The video was directed by Michel Jocaille. Watch it below.
Japanese psych-pop/indie rock four-piece Taffy have unveiled the video for "Remember to Remember".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their fifth studio album 'Nyctophilia', which came out last year through Club AC30. Grab your copy here.
Stockport psych pop-rock band Fuzzy Sun have premiered the video for their latest single "Heavy".
The song is part of our current playlist and is the is the lead track from their most recent EP “Warm Evening / Cold Morning” (October 5). Buy it here.
The video was filmed/edited by James Kuwamura, and shot during their Winter Tour 2018. Watch it below.
KOOL ROCK RADIO ► THE50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2018 (A to Z)
With so much KOOL music released this year and the records we've been constantly spinning since January, it wasn't an easy task to pick the best albums from the last 12 months. However, these 50 are the ones which stuck with us the most, whether they came from long-established artists or fresh newcomers, here are our Best 50 Albums Of The Year, listed in alphabetical order:
A Place To Bury Strangers ► 'Pinned' (Dead Oceans) [indie rock/psychedelic]
Paul McCartney has aired the video for his latest single "Who Cares", starring american actress Emma Stone.
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from McCartney's latest album ‘Egypt Station’, which came out in September via Capitol Records. Get your copy here.
Watch the video below, it was directed by Brantley Gutierrez and Ryan Heffington.
Reading, England indie rock/pop band Sundara Karma have unveiled the video for their new single "The Changeover".
The song is taken from their forthcoming second album "Ulfilas’ Alphabet", produced by Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, Les Rhythm Digitales) and Kaines (Alex from Everything Everything), out March 1 via Chess Club/RCA.
The video was shot in St Matthias Church in Stoke Newington and co-directed by vocalist and frontman Oscar Pollock and Lewis Knaggs. Take a look below.
Stone Roses legend Ian Brown has premiered his new single "Black Roses".
The song, a cover of reggae icon Barrington Levy 1983's single, is taken from his forthcoming solo album 'Ripples', which will be released on March 1. Pre-order your copy here.
Glasgow noise pop/post-punk quartet The Ninth Wave have unleashed the video for their excellent cover version of The Pogues 1996's song"Love You 'Till The End".
The song is part of our current playlist and is out today (December 14) via Distiller Records. Get it here.
“We decided to make this cover the final thing we put out this year because The Pogues aren’t exactly like our band but still capture emotion in the same way,” said the band in a statement. “We did the whole thing in a couple of days – we recorded it all one night in our studio and then it was mixed by Dan [Austin] who we’ve worked with since our first releases.”
Portland indie pop/electronic/synth band Chromatics have aired the video for their version of Bruce Springsteen classic ''I'm on Fire".
The song features on their 2006's record 'In the City', and is out today as an EP with a few unheard tracks from the original tapes, via Italians Do It Better. Grab it here.
The video was filmed By Johnny Jewel and Nat Walker exactly 12 Years Ago, at Studio Suite 3O4 in Portland, Oregon on December 13th, 2006. Check out below.
Liverpool indie rockers The Wombats have shared the video for their latest new single "Oceans".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the deluxe version of their album 'Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life', which came out last month. Get it here.
Auckland alt-pop/nu wave band Cut Off Your Hands have released their brand new single "On The Sea", and its accompanying video.
“‘On the Sea’ loops on an infinity groove, like the ditched desperate lover holding tight to an "idea of us" that is no longer, endlessly waiting, stuck on repeat in a Bad Pattern, sinking.”
“We've all been/are or have known/know that person. It's horrific, we don't have the answers, and other than rhythm and melody we can't offer much, but sometimes that's enough.”
Watch the clip below, it was directed by Benjamin Zambo.
Swedish post punk darlings It's For Us have premiered the video for their newest single "Stay".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming second album 'Stay', which will be out on February 1st via Novoton.
"Stay is one of the songs from the album that just wrote itself," bassist and vocalist, Camilla Karlsson, reveals to D//E. "We jammed a few minutes and then it was ready. It was like all of us already subconsciously knew how it was suppose to sound, even before it was written. The lyrics are about doing the opposite than the title. To turn yourself inside out trying to make a relationship work even though you know it is going to fail, right from the very beginning."
East London art wave/post punk/krautrock band Snapped Ankles have unveiled the video for their latest single "Drink and Glide".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming album 'Stunning Luxury', set to be released on March 1st via The Leaf Label. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed and edited by Daisy Dickinson. Watch it below.
Adelaide-based indie rock/pop band Dress Code have shared the video for their catchy debut single "Eyesight".
The band's words: "Eyesight came out of our first band practice and emphasises our pop and modern influences. The song is loosely based around the feeling of being distant from the people close to us and is open to interpretation."
The video was directed by the band's Jack Bielby. Watch it below.
Auckland-based psych/dance/pop two-piece Dual (aka Maurice Miller and Jamie Pyne) have released their new single "Green Eyed".
Maurice words: "I met a girl and was drawn to her by her green eyes and felt a strong connection. The situation was less than ideal, I trusted my instincts and her eyes kept drawing me back to her"
The song is out now. Grab it here and stream it below.
Nottingham indie rock/punk duo Sleaford Mods (aka Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) have announced the release of their fifth studio album 'Eton Alive'.
Sleaford Mods are one of the most important, politically charged and thought-provoking duos currently making their mark on the UK music scene and beyond.
The new album was recorded in Nottingham, it features 12 new tracks from the prolific artists, and will be out on February 22 2019 via the duo's newly formed label Extreme Eating. Pre-order your copy here.
“Eton Alive speaks for itself really. Here we are once again in the middle of another elitist plan being digested slowly as we wait to be turned into faeces once more. Some already are, some are dead and the rest of us erode in the belly of prehistoric ideology which depending on our abilities and willingness, assigns to each of us varying levels of comfort that range from horrible to reasonably acceptable, based on contribution.
So after the digestive system of the Nobles rejects our inedible bones we exit the Arse of Rule, we fall into the toilet again and at the mercy of whatever policies are holding order in the shit pipe of this tatty civilisation. It is here our flesh regenerates as we rattle into another form, ready, and ripe for order”. – Jason Williamson ‘Eton Alive’
Check out the tracklist and listen to their new single "Flipside" below.
Tracklisting:
01. Into The Payzone
02. Kebab Spider
03. Policy Cream
04. OBCT
05. When You Come Up To Me
06. Top It Up
07. Flipside
08. Subtraction
09. Firewall
10. Big Burt
11. Discourse
12. Negative Script
Norway bedroom pop/indie pop/rock three-piece Chain Wallet have revealed their catchy new single "No Ritual".
The song is the title track of their their sophomore album No Ritual, set to be released on February 15th via Jansen Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Northampton based dark/electronic/drone duo Boy Harsher (aka Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller) have unveiled the video for their new single "Fate".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming album 'Careful', which will be out on February 1 via their own Nude Club Records imprint. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Bryan M. Ferguson. Watch it below.
Glasgow indie rock foursome LUCIA have premiered the video for their latest single "Cheap Talk".
The song, produced by Jim Abbiss of Arctic Monkeys, is part of our current playlist and is the title track of their second EP 'Cheap Talk', released last month. Grab it here.
About the clip, frontwoman Lucia Fairfull says" “‘Cheap Talk’, where all my chick flick dreams came true. It was directed by Sedona May & Myself, and filmed by Christopher Gomes. This song was made for the mean girls, so it would have been rude not to!”
Post-disco/alt-pop artist Vanity Fairy (aka Daisy Capri) has unveiled the video for their catchy single "He Can Be Your Lady".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from her debut EP 'Lust For Dust', out now via all digital platforms. Get it here.
Co-produced alongside collaborators Sammy Yamaha and Simon Byrt (Pixx, Babeheaven), Vanity Fairy’s post-disco joy is a wonky, weird and wonderful reimagining of late 70s disco dance-floor fillers with influences ranging from The Bee Gees and Prince to Ariel Pink and Michael Jackson.
Manchester garage rock/psych band Hey Bulldog have shared their new single "No Future (Part II)".
About the track, vocalist and guitarist Rob Manton said: “With ’No Future (Part II)’ I think we’ve created a unique piece of music, that’s opened a door to a new sound the band is capable of, it came about completely naturally as a jam."
It is out now via Doing It To Death Records. Get it here and stream it below.
Omaha, Nebraska electro-punk outfit The Faint have announced the release of their new album titled 'Egowerk'.
The 11-track deep-dive into themes on modern society, the internet, and ego - specifically social media and its dark effects, it follows-on the 2016 compilation CAPSULE:1999-2016, and 2014's album Doom Abuse, and will be out on March 15 via Saddle Creek. Pre-order your copy here.
Despite The Faint’s nihilistic musings on Egowerk, vocalist Todd Fink and drummer Clark Baechle remain optimistic that things can improve if society is willing to absorb dueling perspectives. “The more you learn about any issue, any issue at all, the more you understand that it's more complicated than you think,” Fink says. “I'd like to see people less convinced that they're right about everything all the time. I guess I think we'll figure it out as time goes on.”
Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their new single "Child Asleep" below.
Egowerk Tracklist:
01. Child Asleep
02. Chameleon Nights
03. Life’s a Joke
04. Alien Angel
05. Egowerk
06. Own My Eyes
07. Source of the Sun
08. Another World
09. Quench the Flame
10. Young & Realistic
11. Automaton
New Orleans indie pop-rock duo Generationals have aired the video for "Silent Ocean".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their 2017-2018 singles collection 'State Dogs', out now via Polyvinyl Record Company. Get it here.
Leeds dream pop/lo-fi quartet Far Caspian have revealed the video for their latest single "Finding My Way Home".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their debut EP 'Between Days', released last month (November 19th) via Dance to the Radio. Get it here.
London indie rock/alt musician Ten Tonnes (aka Ethan Barnett) has aired the video for his newest single "Better Than Me".
The song is taken from his upcoming eponymous debut album (produced by regular collaborator The Maccabees’ Hugo White), set to arrive on April 5th, 2019. Grab it here.
London alt rock band Calva Louise have revealed the video for their newest single "Tug Of War".
The song is part of our current playlist and is out now . It is taken from their upcoming debut album 'Rhinoceros' set for release on February 1st 2019 via Modern Sky Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Bartholomew Jones. Take a look below.
Toronto dream pop/indie pop band Tallies have unveiled the video for their new single "Easy Enough".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their forthcoming self-titled debut album, which will be out on January 11th through Kanine Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The video directed by Christopher Mills. Check out below.