See: The Lovely Eggs release video for Wiggy Giggy
The Lovely Eggs have revealed a new video for the track Wiggy Giggy ahead of the release of the album “This Is Eggland“. This song’s message that you can travel to outer space, and not realise what you have at home, is told through the medium of claymation space creatures and psychedelic collage. Dinosaurs! Kings! …
See: Mavis Staples releases video for “If all I was, was black”
Soul and civil rights legend Mavis Staples has returned with a new video for her latest albums titular track. The video for “I all I was, was black” looks at the ongoing controversy regarding civil war memorials, and in particular, imagines what could be done with the pedestals as we look forwards instead of back. …
Album : Starcrawler – Starcrawler
Exploding out of Rough Trade Records is the debut album from Starcrawler. A four piece from LA formed when vocalist Arrow De Wilde met guitarist Henri Cash in 2015 (and then met up with rhythm section Austin Smith and Tim Franco). Not content with releasing the catchiest song ever written about Ants, the band have …
Track: Dita Von Teese – Bird Of Prey
After seeing Dita Von Teese performing at the Crazy Horse in Paris to one of his tracks, French electronic music maestro Sébastien Tellier composed an album especially for her. The latest track to be unveiled from it being “Bird Of Prey” – Dita’s breathy vocals float over a shimmery background of space age harp music, before …
See: Superorganism release video for Everybody Wants To Be Famous
Likely to be the coolest band in the world in 2018, Superorganism have a date for their debut album, it will be out March 3rd on Domino. They also have a band-produced video for new single “Everybody Wants To Be Famous”. In which, lead singer Orono’s softly-spoken vocals perfectly express the boredom of everyone reaching …
See: Hookworms release video for Static Resistance
Hookworms are back with another track and video “Static Resistance”, from the forthcoming “Microshift” album. While the band say that “It’s a song about the wax and wane of depression and an eternal want to escape the life you’ve built.”, the toe-tapping beat and bright colours in the almost Parklife-esque video give the initial impression of …
Track: Link Wray – Son of Rumble
Not many people can make instrumental music so dangerous it gets banned, but that’s exactly what happened in 1958 when Link Wray released Rumble. Banned due to the fear that the rawer sound would lead to violence in the streets, its immediately recognisable riff was one of the key touchpoints on which rock and roll …
Track: Bitch Falcon – Of Heart
Dublin-based Bitch Falcon‘s new single “Of Heart” has just been released and it’s a slab of trashy and relentless slab of rock and roll fuzz meeting poppy vocal hooks. Think crashing riffs building to a crescendo of filthy noise over six minutes of driving beat. Backed by a big reputation for live shows, we’ll be …
Playlist: Robot Rock
Robots! They are coming for you, taking our jobs, driving our cars, offering to help you over the internet, it’s all part of their dastardly plan to take over the world. Despite recent high profile robotic embarrassments, songs about robots have always been popular. This playlist avoids the most obvious, but gives an overview of some …
Track: White Cliffs – On Call
Brooklyn solo artist White Cliffs has revealed his new single “On Call” – perhaps the sexiest and sleaziest ode to always being available on the telephone. “I was thinking of you then I feel my pocket vibrate” he drawls over a squelchy groove. Perfect for a lazy sunny day in the city, it’s the sort of …