From the monthly archives: February 2012
Happy Leap Day everyone! As we all take time tonight with our families to mark the reappearance of Leap Day William, here’s our monthly mix tape to add to the festivities. It’s got a bit more balls than usual, with new tracks from Arctic Monkeys and The Cribs leading off. But don’t fret, there’s [...]
Brighton oddballs British Sea Power are in the midst of a monthly residency in their hometown. At Krankenhaus 3 this Friday, the band will issue BSP3 — the third in a series of demo EPs featuring material being considered for the next album. The “single” from this edition is “Brand New Century,” which is [...]
The Arctic Monkeys are about to kick off a North American tour with The Black Keys, and to celebrate they’re releasing a non-album single. “R U Mine?” will be available on iTunes March 2nd, but you can see the cheeky, low budget video today. Steve Jones, former Sex Pistols guitarist and current KROQ DJ, [...]
Brooklyn psych-pop act Bear In Heaven will release their third album, I Love You, It’s Cool, on April 3rd. The follow-up to extremely well received Beast Rest Forth Mouth, it finds the band pursuing their pop sensibilities to new synth-fueled heights. “If you could dance with me, I think you will like my moves.” [...]
Justin Vallesteros’ Craft Spells is a bit of a west coast Wild Nothing. A C86, 4AD inspired bedroom pop project that grew to become a real band on a real label. Makes sense they’re both on Captured Tracks. May 15th the aforementioned real label will release a new Craft Spells EP, Gallery. The follow-up [...]
Jason Pierce and Spiritualized return with a seventh studio album — the first since 2008′s Songs In A&E — on April 17th. Sweet Heart Sweet Light has some ridiculous cover art (that’s it above), but by the sounds of “Hey Jane” it’s a bit closer to J Spaceman’s psychedelic origins than A&E’s thoughtful grappling with [...]
Much like a Reese’s peanut butter cup or a Jack splash of diet, this is two of my favorite things coming together. A Place To Bury Strangers and NYC neighbors School Of Seven Bells have teamed up for a terrific remix of “So Far Away” from APTBS’ recent Onwards To The Wall EP. Oddly [...]
No doubt you’ve heard this already, but in the event you missed it, the latest “3 Artists, 1 Song” collaboration for Converse is the biggest yet. I quite enjoyed the Bernard Sumner/Hot Chip tune a while back, but you can’t deny the sheer star power of Damon Albarn, James Murphy and André 3000. “DoYaThing” is [...]
Canadian synthpop duo Crystal Castles, who you may recall did a lovely collaboration with Robert Smith a while back, are currently working on the follow-up to 2010′s II in Warsaw, Poland. Yesterday, they released a video for “Suffocation” which was produced with Vs. Magazine. Directed by Crystal Castles’ Ethan Kath and starring a vamped [...]
