One of my favourite London based bands, Stricken City, have 2 new teaser tracks from their forthcoming album available for your listening pleasure on their MySpace page. They’ve also some upcoming gigs. Pity I’m no longer in LDN, as Stricken City put on a great show.

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JD Samson and her art/performance collective MEN are once again taking to the streets of North America to bring their special brand of electro dance pop to the masses. 08/31 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah 09/01 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House 09/02 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy Hariet’s Pioneertown Palace (Joshua Tree) […]

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“I remember being young and hearing music and thinking, ‘I didn’t know music could do that.’ That can be a feeling of a release, of pent-up tension or aggression, or just being transported through a beautiful moment or an emotional setting. It’s just something that connects. I don’t know why it does it, but it’s […]

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As a fan of Bowie and chiptunes, this brings a tear to my eye. (via)

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As put off as I was by all the hoopla surrounding Wavves’ debut, it was Nathan Williams’ subsequent “meltdown” that really made me wish the whole thing would just go away. So, I was shocked to like the band’s first single off its Fat Possum debut, King of the Beach, as much as I do. […]

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Interpol follows up the most bizarre video of its career with a much more conventional short-form take on “Barricade”, the first actual “single” off Interpol, out September 7th via Matador. With the departure of Carlos D., Interpol is “officially” a trio, since there’s no sign of Dave Pajo on bass in this clip. On the […]

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