Barsuk Records is excited to announce that Maps & Atlases are continuing to tour in support of their latest album Beware & Be Grateful. The tour, which begins this week and wraps up late September, includes headlining dates, as well as shows with St. Vincent, Yo La Tengo, Frank Turner & Murder By Death. The band
BLONDS, one of the hottest new bands around, release their debut LP The Bad Ones today via Gluck Music.They also debuted the video for the title track. In support of The Bad Ones, BLONDS will tour with Wild Nothing & DIIV, joining them on East Coast dates in late September, following a hometown show with Telepathe in
Saint Motel has a video for “1997″ which just premiered on mtvU . Their very own A/J Jackson directed it with help from many of their amazing friends. It takes place at The Dresden in LA, and features both a sinister version of the world famous lounge singers Marty & Elayne AND an out of
Gaslight Anthem gets intense The Devil Makes Three easily wins our award for coolest looking band that has a banjo in it! Gary Clark Jr playing to a completely packed stage!
Check out our live, up-to-the-second, LOLLAPALOOZA coverage! We’re on the ground all weekend. Coverage starts this afternoon! (Photo: Matt Ellis)
BBC Radio 1 just premiered a brand new Biffy Clyro song on the Zane Lowe show. It’s called Stingin’ Belle. Listen here while watching behind the scenes studio footage from the making of their new album, recorded in LA at Village Studios with Garth Richardson. Enjoy. Photo: Kevin Westenberg
Hailing from the faded sea-side town of Margate, Two Wounded Birds now bring us the video for the summer gem, “To Be Young,” co-premiered at NME and My Old Kentucky Blog. Blending new wave and punchy pop with sepia-toned beaches, Two Wounded Birds arrive with an album that will soundtrack a montage of memories of
We’re only just past the halfway point of the 2012 but it’s fair to say that DZ Deathrays have already had quite the year. Having released their critically acclaimed debut album Bloodstreams earlier this year, Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley have spent the majority of this year doing what they do best and tearing up venues
Heartless Bastards have released a new music video for single “Only For You,” off their acclaimed 2012 record, Arrow (Partisan Records). It’s completely adorable and joyful…especially if you like watching little kids falling in love, driving cars, smoking cigarettes, drinking wine, picnicking, and swimming with their clothes on. The video was shot in Dripping Springs,
The Orwells announce the August 7th release of theirRemember When LP. To celebrate the release, The Orwells are offering up their track “In My Bed” for free download. It stands as the band’s shining track on their LP, a riff-driven scorcher that radiates an emotional starkness from its musical arrangement and vocals. Vocalist Mario moves