Speaking of new albums, The Clientele have a new one as well, titled Bonfires On The Heath. I couldn’t find any videos from the new release, but I did find this nice live performance of their classic, We Could Walk Together from TheCurrent.org

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The new album, 3, from Nouvelle Vague lands stateside on October 20th. The fact that they’ve parlayed their cover schtick thus far is rather impressive.

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I’m a little late to this, but I’m rather pleased to hear that Kings of Convenience have a new record out. Here’s a video from the single “Mrs. Cold.” Looking forward to giving the new record a spin.

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The highly anticipated new record Exploding Head from Brooklyn’s A Place To Bury Strangers hit stores today. Definitely worth a spin. Absolutely gutted that I missed their live show last night in DC.

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I caught these guys opening up for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart the other night and while their sound didn’t really translate to the live experience, I’m digging their recordings. Reminds me of a chiptune Majesty Crush.

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If Robert Palmer’s backup singers got hit by a truck full of Bjorks, then you’d get the tacky, bored to death, technicolor robots that mime Depeche Mode’s new single off Sounds of the Universe, “Hole to Feed.” Inexplicable tongue dancing ensues. Utterly bewildering yet fascinating new video.

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In this interview with NME, Graham Coxon discusses his newest record, The Spinning Top, in his typically unsure and self-deprecating way. He also admits that Blur has no plans beyond this past summer’s run of celebratory shows, which means absolutely zilch, especially considering the way these guys danced around the whole idea of reforming FOR […]

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