Monday, 29 July 2013

Video: The Recovery! - Taking Care of Business

The Recovery! are a heavy rock & roll/hardcore five-piece from Glasgow, Scotland. Comprised of Andy - vocals, Beanzy - guitar, Fraser - bass, Jawn, guitar and Stu on drums. Having recently received a lot of support for their last single, 'The Faint & The Fragile' with plays on MTV Rocks, Kerrang! TV, Kerrang! Radio, Radio 1, XFM and rave reviews in the likes of Rock Sound and Big Cheese, these Glasgow guys are now getting...

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Video: Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue Acoustic, a look back on the past 10 years, and UK tour dates.

I don't know about you, but  American pop-punk Yellowcard - Ryan Key (vocals/guitar), Sean Mackin (violin), Longineu (“LP”) Parsons (drums), Ryan Mendez (guitar) and Josh Portman (bass) - were a huge part of my music collection when I was a teenager;  So, it's great news to hear their 2003 single ‘Ocean Avenue’ has been certified platinum (that's one million copies sold) in the US this year. In honour of this, Yellowcard have...

Friday, 26 July 2013

Video review for 'Steel Bones' and details for Vuvuvultures Album Launch 27th July

Ahead of their debut album launch 'Push/Pull' on Monday 29th July through Energy Snake Records, the enigmatic four-piece that are Vuvuvultures have released a charming new video to accompany their debut single 'Steel Bones'. Produced by Gabriel Gettman, the wonderfully shot video featuring the band and strippers is being both sensual and hounding, dark yet classy, erotic yet elegant, and is very befitting of the song itself. Vuvuvultures...

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

YHA (the Youth Hostels Associatio​n) put up and coming band The Intermissi​on Project on the Map

The Intermission Project || Website || Facebook || Soundcloud Pre-Order ||'Sorry' EP || (out September 23rd) We love a bit of ingenuity and creativity that extends beyond musical ability and that's exactly what fresh, up and coming acoustic-folk trio The Intermission Project have to offer. Thinking outside the box, they've teamed up with YHA (the Youth Hostels Association) and will be...

Video Review: The Traps - 'The Honey Drip'

Birmingham/London four-piece The Traps (Jamie Berry - vocals, guitar, his brother Nick Berry - bass, vocals, James Minhas - guitar and Daniel Webb - drums) are doing something pretty cool right now: they're stepping apart from 'commercial' British indie and taking us to a purer, non -overly accented, 'mockney' style that we seem to hear in leaps and bounds these days To accompany their latest single 'The Honey Drip' is their official video produced by Genevieve Landry of Eva Productions which is hot, fiery, passionate and retro which fits the...

Video Review: Shan -'Stay'

There's a bit of a mystery about the correct genre to put London based singer- songwriter Shan in. Is his music Alternative Folk? Modern Soul? Post Rock? Quite frankly, we don't know -and we kinda like the unpredictability and the fact that we struggle to mould him. Stylistically, Shan seems to be covering a lot of genres and is clearly influenced by many different things. His current single 'Stay' is a chilled out, funky, soulful track...

Video Review: Mr 1-2-3-4 - 'Vermilion Sands'

Kraut rock Brooklyn artist Mr 1-2-3-4 describes his new single 'Vermillion Sands', as taking it's inspiration "from J.G. Ballard's 1971 collection of short stories, set in a futuristic resort town where the jaded denizens relieve their boredom by playing baroque and cruel games. The track starts off as swinging, Surrealist jazz, then turns on the motorik engine and heads for outer space". and to be fair you don't hear anything like that very often do you?! If possible, the concept of the song has taken an even more obscure turn now that...

Single Review: The 1975 - 'Sex'

Having recently featured as Zane Lowe's 'Hottest Record In The World' on Radio 1, the 1975 have revealed the new single version of 'Sex' due for release on August 26th - a week ahead of their debut album 'The 1975'.  It's an instrumentally tight, top quality, sing along track. Listen to the updated version of The 1975's 'Sex' below: Tour Dates: USA 25TH JULY – RICKSHAW SHOP – SAN FRANCISCO USA 26TH JULY – CASBAH...

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Video Review: Cold Blood Club - 'Goodbye To All That'

Get your party on with Brooklyn-based, new wave/electro-pop 7-piece, Cold Blood Club in their new video for 'Goodbye To All That' as they drink, dance and dine their way around the heart of New York City's, East Village. Directed by Kris Merc (De la Soul). The free spirited, feel good, video involves friendship, fairy lights and fun times as the group go from place to place dancing and drinking away the past and heartbreak - befitting of the track itself. Cold Blood Club's website   ...

Skills to do a charity DJ set for The Secret Garden Party

Of all the things to look forward to at The Secret Garden Party this year (25th -28th July), we are chuffed to hear that  UK electronic/synth pop duo Stills will be playing a DJ set via XFM's Eddy Temple Morris for the Calm Zone. Not only is this great news for electronica fans - it's an amazing cause as the Calm Zone is a charity that works specifically to prevent suicide in males in the UK. Awesome music, awesome cause - awesome band....

Sessions Video: Duologue - 'Push It' @ Sofar Sounds festival - London

Here's a really lovely video from super talented, electronica/rock quintet, Duologue performing 'Push It' live at  Sofar Sounds Festival in London on May 26th, 2013. Duologue's websi...

Video Review: Jingo - 'Same Without You'

   London based Jingo (consisting of Jack Buckett, his wife Katie, Joseph Reeves and latest edition Sahil Batra) are a four-piece making eclectic pop rock music. Taking an alternative route these guys released two debut singles earlier on in the year - one of which was the powerfully angst and challenging track 'Same Without You' which has a bizarre but completely captivating animated video that accompanies the resonating, smouldering...

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Band To Check Out: Radkey

    www.radkey.net    Missouri punk rockers  Radkey are comprised of three brothers; Dee Radke - (Guiar/Vocals), Isaiah Radke - (Bass/Vocals) and Solomon Radke (Drums) and are a force to be reckoned with. They also fall outside of the norm of what you'd expect from a fast paced punk band in the form of  unexpectededly smooth baritone vocals from Dee.   This summer Radkey played successful UK...

Monday, 8 July 2013

letlive. release 'The Blackest Beautiful' with free full album steam.

   www.thisisletlive.com/ || www.epitaph.com/ Buy 'The Blackest Beautiful' album: Amazon || iTunesToday LA Post-Harcore four-piece letlive. release new album 'The Blackest Beautiful' in the UK via Epitaph Records. Following in the footsteps of many wise artists at the moment, these guys streamed the album early on YouTube giving fans time to fully appreciate what the album essentially is all about - heart, hooks, and hardcore headrushes.Give...