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Track: Maribou State – Turnmills, plus tour date
Maribou State have released their first new music since 2015 in the form of new track “Turnmills”… Blending orchestral elements and choral vocals with a shuffling hi-hat beat, the track rolls in over found sounds, with an almost gospel crescendo. It has the feel of a triumphant end-credits moment in the reality of urban life. …
See: Common Holly releases new video for ‘If After All’ ahead of debut EU/UK shows
Ahead of her first EU/UK shows next week, Common Holly, aka NYC-born, Montreal-raised Brigitte Naggar has released a new video for the track ‘If After All’, taken from her recent debut album Playing House, out now on Solitaire Recordings. It’s a rather lovely slice of alt-folk, wrapped up in this musically textured affair, with the electro-acoustic production …
See: Wye Oak release video for It was not natural, plus tour dates
We’re rapidly falling in love with Wye Oak here at Backseat Mafia. Following on from their successful European tour and the release of their album ‘The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs’, out now on Merge Records (read our review of it, here) the band have announced a whole run of tour dates, including …
See: Frankie Cosmos reveal video for Apathy, plus European tour dates
Frankie Cosmos have released a new video for ‘Apathy’ just before embarking on a UK tour which will culminate in a show at London’s La Scala on the 31st of May. Directed by Tom Scharpling, ‘Apathy’ is taken from Frankie Cosmos’ wry third album, ‘Vessel,’ released on Sub Pop on March 30th. Front-person Greta Kline …
Track: Five Finger Death Punch – When The Seasons Change, plus tour dates
Five Finger Death Punch’s new album is out on May 18th! And Justice For None is set for release via Eleven Seven, and the band have just released another song from it- When The Seasons Change. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory explained the themes behind the song; “It’s about loyalty, the kind of loyalty that doesn’t crumble in the …
NEWS: Devildriver Reveal Second Part of New Album Video Content
Devildriver recently announced their full-length album of outlaw country tracks- their take on some classic country tracks, entitled Outlaws Til’ The End Vol. 1. Accompanying this announcement, the band have been revealing a series of interview videos supporting the release of the album. This week saw the release of the second in the series- entitled …
See: Peter Buck & Joseph Arthur premiere new video for “Are You Electrified?”, plus album details
Rolling Stone has premiered Arthur Buck’s first video for the single, “Are You Electrified?” The Dean Karr directed clip was shot in Oregon, and features both musicians living the rock ‘n’ roll dream; hoisting their guitars aloft in front of a gritty graffiti-littered backdrop. Joseph Arthur and Peter Buck of R.E.M. fame will release their …
NEWS: The Goon Sax Announce New Album ‘We’re Not Talking’
Mark Bowen and Dick Green’s Wichita Recordings Label (Bloc Party/First Aid Kit/Ride) have fresh new signings in Australian IndiePop Rockers The Goon Sax. The album will launch worldwide on September 14th and this summer also sees the band out on tour supporting Frankie Cosmos across Europe in May, including a date at Gorilla in Manchester …
SEE: The Plainviews release video for new single ‘Bladerunner’
IDLES sideproject The Plainviews have unleashed new single ‘Bladerunner’ ahead of the release of their new EP ‘A Million Different Ways of Saying Nothing At All’ out on Invisible Lama. The band will host and play at an EP party with Heavy Lungs, Twisted Ankle and Sugar Horse at Exchange, Bristol on May 11th. …
Say Psych: News: MIEN Announce First Live Dates & Release new video for ‘Odessey’
JM Lapham from MIEN has created a video for the bands amazing new single ‘Odessey’, which is out today and it is taken from their critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album that was released on 6th April through Rocket Recordings. JM said this about the track and video: “The track started out as an instrumental by …