CSS Announce New Album 'Planta', Stream Lead Single "Hangover"

Brazilian band CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) have announced the release of their fourth studio album 'Planta'.

The follow-up to their 2011 LP La Liberación has been produced by TV on the Radio's David Sitek, and will be released on June 11 via SQE Music. 

CSS have also unveiled the lead single of the album titled "Hangover", it's a synth pop meets old-school dancehall jam, slathered in outer space reverb and big slidey synths. For us, it has a big Bow Wow Wow influence. You can hear it below. 

Planta tracklisting:

01. Honey
02. Hangover
03. Into The Sun
04. Girlfriend
06. Dynamite
07. Sweet
08. Too Hot
09. Teenage Tiger Cat
10. Frankie Goes To North Hollywood
11. The Hangout
12. Faith In Love

Website: http://www.csssuxxx.com

Empire Of The Sun To Release New Single 'Alive' Next Tuesday

Australian electronic duo Empire Of The Sun have finally confirmed "Alive" as the first single to be taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Ice On The Dune'.

The single will be out next Tuesday, 16th April, and the album itself will be released Friday, 14th June via EMI.

For the last month, the band have been releasing teaser clues for the album, including the Discovery trailer and a series of hieroglyphics for savvy puzzlers to decode, which were released via 3 different media outlets in 3 countries, some fans did it, some others went crazy.

Empire of the Sun will headline Vivid LIVE 2013 at Sydney Opera House on Thursday, 30th May and Friday, 31st May.

Watch the motion poster promoting the single below.

Watch: Republica Unveil New Video For "Christiana Obey"

British band Republica are back with a new 8-track EP titled 'Christiana Obey', which is available now digitally on iTunes and Amazon. 

Watch the video for the title track below, it was directed by Ben Simon. 

The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com.

Christiana Obey ep tracklisting

1. Christiana Obey (Republica Mix)
2. Suck Baby Suck
3. Whiskey Jack
4. I Am (Christiana Obey Original Version)
5. Christiana Obey (Andy Gray Radio Edit)
6. Christiana Obey (Tenek Mix)
7. Christiana Obey (Disobedient Mix by Fatter Faction, Ben McCusker & Dan Spier)
8. Christiana Obey (Republica Radio Edit)

Physical copies of 'Christiana Obey' are on sale through the Republica store on Ebay.