Frank Turner, I already love you… why do you keep making me love you more?
The British Punk Bard, Frank Turner is showing up on a compilation called Skatepunk for Southbank and he covers…. The Weakerthans? Wow.
See Frank Turner in Vancouver on October 20th at the Commodore.
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While we were out there in the sunshine celebrating 146 years of Canadian nationhood… our friends in the UK were getting their boogy-on at Glastonbury.
Glastonbury featured something insane like 2000 acts…. and amongst all that noise, Australia’s Jagwar Ma emerged. NME magazine dubbed them a “must-see act,” and now that the party is wrapped the Sydney Morning Herald claims they achieved. Drowned in Sound also breaks down the weekend’s highlights (hint, they include Jagwar Ma as well!).
Their sound lends itself to some vintage scenes like psychedelic or 90s Madchester. If you get down to Tame Impala, you should be able to get into this.
Go with yourself.
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“Sometimes, wish you were here, weather permitting.”
Classic. Franz Ferdinand comes back to us with the new record Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions on August 27th.
Pretty Franz Ferdinand sounding Franz Ferdinand song. First listen, I already like it.
I had thought the guys had holed up in Vancouver for the recording of this record… but there’s no mention of that on Wikipedia, so maybe those recordings were scrapped? or for a different project?
I’ll leave you with a remix.
Go with yourself.
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Andrew Stockdale made a name for himself fronting Australian riff-rockers Wolfmother. Now he creates music under his own name, moved to Byron Bay, and records songs in his shed.
On the press release for the record, Stockdale talks about dropping the Wolfmother tag, “It was a name, a brand everyone knows. But I don’t feel comfortable playing as Wolfmother (…) When you write a song, what’s on your mind comes out, what’s in your heart and soul comes out. It’s about your life experiences. I’ve been getting stuff off my chest, expressing ideas and experiences that are personal to me and I don’t want to keep then applying that to the Wolfmother name. I had pressure on my shoulders.”
New record is called Keep Moving and its out in Canada on July 2nd.
Let’s listen to side one, track one, “Long Way To Go.”
Go with yourself.
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Did you make the time to see Austra at Rifflandia V? Man, I missed which was a real shame. I should check with @RiffRumours to see if she might come back.
Austra’s new record is called Olympia, Pitchfork says its pretty good. Exclaim says its influenced by early house and techno. Neat.
Let’s punch up the feature cut “Painful Like.”
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Grouplove are an American “indie” rock sounding band (the nucleus met in New York; now based out of LA)… we remember these guys from their songs on The Zone; “Colours” and “Tongue Tied.”
The new jam from their upcoming record Spreading Rumours is called “Ways to Go.” Already spinning on heavy rotation in LA on KROQ… pretty much means this song will be a summer 2013 party rock anthem.
Here’s an interview they did with some NYC blog.
And now… thee song!
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Steve Bays, the pride of Victoria and one the great heroes of Hot Hot Heat has emerged with a new project branded as Fur Trade.
The band immediately ended up on Last Gang Records with an album all ready for July 25th called Don’t Get Heavy.
The first single at the Zone (and the second released) is called “Voyagers.”
This blog RIGHT HERE has a nice interview with Fur Trade.
Go with yourself.
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MOAR Lazers…. yes, another electro jam driven by pretty vocals… what can I say? its a weakness. BUT, this track is remixed by (I wish they were) friends of the show CHVRCHES. Neat.
MS MR (Miss Mister) are Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow. Their record Secondhand Rapture came out in May. Its alright… I enjoy. But hey… don’t take my word for it, My Best English Mate was tweetin’ up the band the other day!
Happy Monday dance monster.
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Some dark synth driven music from the Rain Forest Kingdom.
The collective is called & The Raven. At its center, & The Raven is producer Brandon Delyzer. He creates, writes and performs with a fluid collection of artists and singers.
His current record is called In Triangles. The feature cut is “Retreat.”
The music video is a dark and spooky affair.
Go with yourself.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7OYLVznNvQ
Nico Vega is a Los Angeles rock & roll band who busted into the mainstream’s consciousnesses when their 2009 single “Beast” was used in the TV commercial for the video game Bioshock.
Nico Vega is now soaring and getting ready to release their album Lead to Light. They have a tour with Crash Kings gearing up. Check out the dates to see if one works for you.
Go with yourself.
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