Band To Check Out: Let's Buy Happiness & 'Run' official music video

Let's Buy Happiness are a five-piece from the North of England (Newcastle) who only recently reached my radar with their single 'Run' which immediately found me making strong comparisons between their haunting, melancholic, dreamy sound and that of two of my favourite English alternative/indie acts; Bat for Lashes and The XX.  Excitingly, the quintet recently announced that their long awaited debut album will go by the name of 'Chants For...

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Video: Elyas Khan - 'Bells'

Elyas Khan is one of those dapper guys who you look at and instantly think "Damn, he's cool", and we first got a bit swoony over him over at our sister site  The Sound of Confusion when we reviewed his funky, avant garde, soulful single 'Bells'.  We've just caught the video for 'Bells' which features Elyas Khan and Romain Vicente on drums , getting their groove on, doing their thing and are completely besotted! After watching...

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Upcoming benefit compilation CD to feature unreleased tracks by Thee Oh Sees, Cave Singers, Elf Power & more

At three years old, Ryan Benton was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,a degenerative and deadly condition that saw him given a life expectancy of late teens to early twenties at most. In the fall of 2008 he had to make the journey out of the USA to Costa Rica to be treated for the first time with adult stem cells; a natural treatment that then and now is currently banned in the USA. After receiving his first treatment and against...

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Video: goodbyemotel - 'Set It Off'

We were introduced to alternating Australian/New York based indie-rock quartet, goodbyemotel almost a year ago when we shared our opinion of their EP 'People' over at our sister site, The Sound Of Confusion. One track taken from the EP has made a considerable mark on the Southern Hemisphere, and that's 'Set It Off' which has featured on the soundtrack of a Chrysler 300 TV advert aired in Australia as well as countless radio plays. 'Set...

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Black Light Dinner Party stream debut album 'Sons & Lovers' on official release date

                                                      NYC electro quartet Black Light Dinner Party are comprised of Jack Côté, (vocals, guitar), Zach Lipkins (drums), Joel Friedman (keys) and Dan Stevens - (vocals/ bass) and today has been an important day for them. Why? It marks the official release...

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The Intermission Project release 'Sorry' EP

If you've been following us you'll know that we've shared news on The Intermission Project a couple of times this year (if you're new to us, check our archives). Therefore, we are really pleased to hear that yesterday (Monday 23rd September) saw the release of The Intermission Project's debut EP 'Sorry'. The EP features three remarkable songs, two of which have already received incredibly positive responses online.  Check out the...

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Video: MyLyricalMind - 'Drop Me A Line'

MyLyricalMind is the wonderful solo project of Manchester based, acoustic/melodic /atmospheric/ nu folk/ who-cares-about-genres-anymore, artist Matthew Wood and lately we've been chilling out to his simplistic,nature-based, official video for his single 'Drop Me a Line'. The track is taken from MyLyricalMind's forthcoming second EP 'A Quiet Hurricane' where his laid back acoustic sound, peculiar, husky vocals, and emotive strings makes for a...

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Video: Bwani Junction: 'Borneo'

Scottish indie pop band, Bwani Junction, will be releasing their infectious, anthemic, new single 'Borneo' on 4th November. 'Borneo' is the third single taken from their forthcoming second album, produced by Paul Savage (Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, Delgados, Deacon Blue) and due to be released on Aksatak label. We caught up with Bwani Junction via an email Q&A back in July here over at our sister site, The Sound of Confusion where the...

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Single Review: Jagga - 'Hold Me'

After releasing his single 'Out Of Control' at the start of the month, Jagga's already coming at us with his beastly new track, 'Hold Me'. Darker and more insistent than it's predecessor, Jagga's vocals plead emotion, fury and intensity amongst a powerful backdrop of noise that sounds a bit like Jagga's recorded the track clanking around chained up in a dungeon some place. Creatively and sonically speaking though, it's very good but has left...

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Video: Watch Nirvana play 'Scentless Apprentice' Live

Do you have documented footage of what you were doing on 13th December 1993? No? Neither do I. Either way, it probably wasn't as exciting as the live performance footage we have below of Nirvana playing ‘Scentless Apprentice’ originally recorded on that exact date that was released online yesterday. The band’s Live And Loud show recorded at Seattle's Pier 48 venue features the final touring line up of Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl, and...

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Band To Check Out: Talk In Colour & 'Rushes' EP stream

London 'cinematic future pop' quintet Talk In Colour consist of (Kat Arney - Harp, Chris Bangs Cellist/Producer/vox,Mary Erksine - Vox and Keys, Dave Oliver- Drums and Nick Siddall: Guitar). After their critically acclaimed 2012 album 'ColliderScope', Talk In Colour got back into the studio to create their next EP 'Rushes' "more stripped-back, raw sound, melding together their trademark delicate vocal and harp melodies with glitchy...

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Psapp announces details of new LP 'What Makes You Glow' & 'Everything Belongs To The Sun' single stream.

I was first wowed by off-the-wall,  London-based, experimental/electronica duo Psapp, back in 2006 when I stumbled across their fabulously quirky track 'Hi', whose animated accompanying video is in my top 10 list of music videos you have to see at least once in your life!  Psapp recently unveiled their new, highly energising, hand clappy, mummery, cat meowing, baby crying, tribal themed single 'Everything...

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Video: Steel Cranes - 'Moving On'

On the 24th September, California-based rock duo Amanda Schukle (drums) and Tracy Shapiro (guitar/vocals) of Steel Cranes will release their lively debut album, 'Ouroboros'. 'Moving On' is the super noisy, sonically scuzzy duo's "heavy as shit" second single taken from the album and has had us caught in a bad as, whirlwind of punky pleasure since our first listen. It's more than just boisterous noise though, as band member Tracy Shapiro...

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Art Brut announce line up change just days before UK tour

Who is in the picture you might ask? Well, it's the new line up for Art Brut of course! With only five days to go until the Berlin-based English and German indie rockers begin their UK tour, they've just announced a change in line up with drummer Mikey Breyer and guitarist Jasper Future respectively retiring from the band. But, as the old saying goes, "as one door closes, another one opens" and the band have welcomed Toby...

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Single Review: Gavin James - 'Remember Me'

Gavin James is already an exciting, well established, up-and-coming talent in Ireland whose debut EP 'Say Hello' (released only in Ireland) entered the Irish iTunes album charts at No.1, which then saw the title track of the EP go on to win Gavin the Choice Meteor Award (the Irish Mercury Prize) this year for Song Of The Year. We discovered Gavin back in April and instantly impressed, made him one of our Artist's To Check Out over at our...

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Free Download: Sundays - 'Forces'

Vancouver based, experimental soul/electronic, singer-songwriter and producer Sundays is a new and exciting, enigmatic artist whose current single 'Forces' has got us very interested to see what wonderful things the future may hold for her. The second single to be taken from her upcoming EP 'Of Eros and I' (due for release in October)  'Forces' is a down-tempo, minimalistic track with spooky synths, seductive vocals, smooth, spacious...

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Pre-Release stream of Fenech-Soler 'Rituals' on Hype Machine

As the September 30th release date for Fenech-Soler's much awaited album 'Rituals' looms even closer, these four English electro-pop gents have decided to spoil us all by premiering a pre-release stream of the album in its entirety on Hype Machine. Catch the stream and November UK tour dates below.                                      ...

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Single Review: TIDEUP - 'A Dance In The Dark'

A couple of months ago I reviewed 'In Curses You Came' the debut EP from experimental pop band TIDEUP and I remember my parting remark about the EP was that its slow dreaminess made it more of a quiet night by the fire listen than one you could throw into the party mix. Well, 'A Dance In The Dark'  the first single from their up coming album changes that. Whilst Noelle Indovino's wonderfully dreamy vocal style continues to shine,...

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Video: iTCH - 'Homeless Romantic' (featuring Adam Lazzarra)

It's been a while since I've been this excited about a new release. Winning my heart right now is the announcement of a UK October 13th release date for  iTCH's incredible new single 'Homeless Romantic'. Why will I be shouting this from the rooftops? iTCH has teamed up on vocals with Taking Back Sunday's Adam Lazzarra to create a foolproof hip hop, post hardcore, rock/pop track that will appeal to a hugely wide audience. There's...

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Single Review: Laura Welsh - 'Undiscovered'

 Following on from her first single, 'Cold Front' released on Outsiders/Polydor in July,  Laura Welsh is set to release her second single through the label on October 28th. The track is entitled 'Undiscovered' and although it doesn't have the initial hold and mystery of its predecessor, 'Undiscovered' is an atmospheric electro-pop song that holds its own. Written with  Dev Hynes, and recorded and produced in New York...

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Video: Strangers -'No Longer Lost' (featuring Charli Rouse)

 London synth pop trio, Strangers launched a free track a month project this July that will continue through to Christmas. Last month they brought us their catchy, 80's electro-pop single 'No Longer Lost' featuring  the seductive, modulated vocals of Charli Rouse. The track now comes with a cleverly filmed, glamour meets sci- fi, flashing lights-infused video, starring Adam Mcnab and Miss Mash Up; produced and directed...

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Video: Fishdoctor - 'Atlantic'

Last month, Brooklyn based, six-piece Fishdoctor released the new video for 'Atlantic' the first track taken from their upcoming album. The intimate video is a really lovely compilation of a band member's family home videos, which sees the majority of the shots filmed on the beaches of Long Island NY in the 1940's. Original and honest, the video is feel good, fun and full of nostalgia and the personal touch is a great insight into what...

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Single Review: Beautiful Boy - 'Home'

Conceived in a bedsit on Holloway Road, North London, but currently based along the south coast of England, Beautiful Boy was founded by Singer Dane Etteridge, who began writing and demoing a handful of songs with the intention of starting a new band. Dane then teamed up with the common musical interest and intent of  Simon Goldring (drums), Joseph Heaselgrave  (guitar), Greg Bishop - (bass) and Tom Beck - (organ/keys) which...

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Video: Frank Hamilton - 'Summer' & UK Tour Dates

Frank Hamilton || Website || Facebook || Twitter || Soundcloud Single 'Summer' || Released 7th October 2012 was a hectic year for Frank Hamilton ,which saw him write, record and release one song a week and there hasn't really been a dull moment for him this year either... What with recording an EP aboard the London Eye in the 28 minutes it takes to rotate once; releasing the entire 52 track #OneSongAWeek album, touring with...

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Video: Phantom Runners - 'It Takes Me Away'

  With an abundance of  generic start up indie bands floating around, sometimes it feels like it's getting increasingly harder to filter those who are worth getting excited about from the repetitious kind that leave you feeling lukewarm at best.  Fortunately, Brighton newcomers Phantom Runners are an exception who are developing a well deserved buzz about them throughout the UK with their wistful lo-fi/dream pop sound reminiscent...

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Music News: The 1975 stream their self-titled debut album in its entirety on Soundcloud

Just when we thought we couldn't be any more into The 1975, they go and do something completely brilliant like, oh, I don't know... Stick their whole highly awaited debut album up on the internet for free streaming! The 1975 also had a little something to say about what the album stands for: "This album is the soundtrack to our formative years. The culmination of our adolescence and the cornerstone of our material thus far. That's exactly...

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Films4Peace celebrates World Peace Day, 21st September 2013, with a unique global film project

films4peace || Website || Facebook || Twitter || Now in its third year films4peace is an annual, unique short film commission by PUMA , which explores the subject of peace via the medium of film for the purpose of forthcoming World Peace Day on 21st September. The project is curated by Mark Coetzee, ex-Director of the Rubell Family Collection, supported by PUMA and produced by Shooting People. and features some of today’s...

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Everything Everything - 'Don't Try' (Brandt Brauer Frick Remix)

Brandt Brauer Frick || Website || Facebook || Soundcloud Have you heard German experimental techno trio Brandt Brauer Frick's  wonderfully chaotic remix of Everything Everything's single 'Don't Try'? Brand Brauer Frick explain their reworking of Don't Try better than we could: "Everything Everything sent us really great material to work with. At first we didn't even notice that some of the vocal tracks they...

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