saturday wake up call

"Shed" by Title Fight, from the album Shed, out through SideOneDummy.



Be sure to check out Title Flight's Daytrotter session here.

friday wake up call

"F·U·Y·A" by C2C—one of the coolest videos I have ever seen!

thursday wake up call

Watch this beautiful video directed by Christian Sorensen Hansen for the song "The Cascade"
by Moving Mountains.

my 30 favourite songs of 2011

#30 "The Copper Top" by Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, from Everything's Getting Older




#29 "Surfer's Hymn" by Panda Bear, from Tomboy




#28 "Queen Of Hearts" by Fucked Up, from David Comes To Life




#27 "V.E.N.O.M" by Pulled Apart By Horses, from Tough Love — out on January 23, 2012

wednesday wake up call

"Numbers in Action" by Wiley, taken from 100% Publishing

tuesday wake up call

New single/video from The King Blues for "Does Anybody Care About Us?":



The single, along with a live accapella version of "Five Bottles of Shampoo" will be out on digital download on February 12th. In the meantime, buy Punk & Poetry here.

monday wake up call

Here's a video for Crowns debut single for the song "Kissing Gates":

holiday spirit

For today only, you can download any La Dispute records for free or any donation you see fit—all proceeds go to 826michigan, go here for more details.

I highly suggest you check out Wildlife, my favourite album of the year!

sunday wake up call

Here's a roundup of some awesome Christmas songs:

"Fairytale Of New York" by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl




From A Charlie Brown Christmas, "Christmas Time is Here"




From Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album, "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas"




Anamanaguchi's cover of "All I Want 4 Xmas Is U" by Mariah Carey

saturday wake up call

Happy Christmas Eve! — Check out The Front Bottoms' cover of "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses:

my 30 favourite albums of 2011

#30 Esben And The Witch: Violet Cries
You can really get lost in the mysterious and ghostly atmosphere of Violet Cries,
it is the perfect winter album.

#29 Future Virgins: Western Problems
A punk record with a hint of old-school garage sound... wonderfully fast and messy!

#28 Kuedo: Severant
This ultra mellow and futuristic/spacey sounding album can really expand your imagination.

#27 Patrick Wolf: Lupercalia
Refreshingly happy and wonderful.

#26 Mamaleek: Kurdaitcha
A crazy drone black metal album with electronica/industrial beats—think of Suicide meets Sunn)))—Kurdaitcha is one weird, but amazing sounding album.
Download the album for free here!

#25 Bangers: Small Pleasures
Raw and catchy skate/pop-punk album by a band from Cornwall.
Download the album for free over the Banger's Bandcamp page!

#24 James Blake: James Blake
It's crazy how such minimalistic vocal style and downtempo beats can convey so much emotion.

#23 Weekend Nachos: Worthless
Wickedly loud hardcore album!

#22 The Streets: Computers And Blues / Cyberspace and Reds
While I have included two separate albums here—a mixtape, Cyberspace and Reds released shortly before the official album, Computers and Blues—they feel like one big album for me. Both records are equally great and feature some of the catchiest beats and wittiest lyrics by The Street.

#21 Zomby: Dedication
Dark and mysterious grime beats make Dedication feel like something out of a dramatic thriller movie.

#20 Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
I love this band and their incredible live shows! Although not nearly as good as their masterpiece debut, Helplessness Blues is still a damn fine folk album with unforgettable lyrics. The title track is one of the best songs of the year!

#19 Caves: Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound feels intimate and honest for its DIY and aggressively raw sound. It is fast, catchy and one of the most energetic records of the year!

#18 PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
Gorgeous up-beat music juxtaposed by some ironic and horrific lyrics.

#17 Sharks: The Joys Of Living 2008–2010
A great compilation that shows off the band's talent and potential; can't wait to hear their proper full-length debut, No Gods, out on March 20, 2012!

#16 Basement: I Wish I Could Stay Here
An album that echoes the melodic riffs, pounding drums and aggressive vocals of 90s emo... absolutely LOVE this record!

#15 Touché Amoré: Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me
20 explosive minutes of shouted vocals and sincere lyrics over some ridiculously flawless production. Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me features some of the most memorable lyrics of the year in "Condolences": "If you fantasize about your funeral, I understand / I've been there before / If what's more important, is the music played / Than who'd attend / We are the same..."

#14 Yellow Ostrich: The Mistress
Alex Schaaf's soft and layered vocals make for a beautifully gentle album; "WHALE" and "Mary" are two of my favourite songs of 2011.

#13 Sundials: Never Settle
A fantastically nostalgic sounding album— it's like all my favourite punk/indie bands from the 90s merged to form a super band... think Jawbreaker + The Promise Ring + Guided by Voices + Pavement... so fucking good!

#12 Starscream: Future, Towards the Edge of Forever
The ambient and experimental chiptune rhythm make the album dynamically mesmerizing. Future, Towards the Edge of Forever is my favourite instrumental album of the year.

#11 Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat: Everything's Getting Older
A brilliant avant-garde jazz album full of soothing piano lullabies and minimalistic percussion. The best part about Everything's Getting Older is the fascinating lyrics and Aidan Moffat's wisely sounding voice provides engaging spoken-word stories, philosophies and rants.

#10 Cult Of Youth: Cult Of Youth
This strange record sounds like something out of an epic, medieval or fantasy adventure movie; the dark-theatrical-folky-raw-punk style make it he most unique sounding record of the year!

#9 Grieves: Together/Apart
A fascinating album that features some very sincere, personal and relatable autobiographical lyrics backed by smooth and minimalist production by Budo.

#8 Joyce Manor: Joyce Manor
Fast, youthful, energetic and catchy as hell style reminisce of mid-90s punk bands such as Jawbreaker and The Promise Ring. There is not one bad song in this S/T debut... the only setback is that it is over way too quickly!

Stream the entire album here.

"In your new leather jacket, you're somebody else. / It's not nice to meet you in a fortress of self. / Thanks to your new leather jacket, we're nobodies now."

#7 The King Blues: Punk & Poetry
What singer/writer Itch does so entertainingly well is his ability to include humour (often in a mocking fashion) to his serious subject matter. Punk & Poetry is filled with punk attitudes, folk passion, it is inspiring, angry and lively; and even if you don't pay attention to Itch's great lyrics, you would enjoy the album simply for its insanely catchy chorus!

#6 Timber Timbre: Creep On Creepin On
Creepily clever post-relationship lyrics and wonderfully strange arrangements produce an eerie sounding, yet very soothing folk-pop album.

#5 Bright Eyes: The People's Key
I think this is the most entertaining album of the year simply for Denny Brewer's spoken word contribution. In addition, this sounds like early Bright Eyes—Fevers & Mirrors with a little bit of Digital Ash In A Digital Urn. The People's Key features great lyrics and sharp (but not overly produced) production.

"I was dressed in white, touched by something pure / Death obsessed, like a teenager / Sold my tortured youth, piss and vinegar / I'm still angry with no reason to be..."

#4 The Front Bottoms: The Front Bottoms
Hands down the catchiest album of the year. The remarkable chemistry between the two members Brian Sella and Mathew Uychich makes this album ultra enjoyable! Together, they've created an youthfully fun and energetic sing-along record.

#3 Night Birds: The Other Side Of Darkness
Awesome fast classic surf-punk sound (Agent Orange) combined with the raw attitude of hardcore (The Shitty Limits). This one is pretty obvious based on my love for both 80s surf-punk and hardcore.

#2 Iceage: New Brigade
If you ever wonder what Hüsker Dü music with Ian Curtis-like vocal sound like, this is it. I just love the explosively noisy, raw, and carefree sound—really reminds me of old punk music. FUCKING BRILLIANT!





#1 La Dispute: Wildlife

The intensely emotional journey provided by Jordan Dreyer's vocal and lyrics is enough for me to choose Wildlife by La Dispute as my favourite album of 2011! It is full of engaging and compelling narratives like "King Park". A song about a drive-by shooting and the death of an innocent a boy, which eventually led to the killer contemplating suicide:

"Can I still get into heaven if I kill myself? / Can I ever be forgiven cause I killed that kid? / It was an accident I swear it wasn't meant for him!" —Very powerful stuff!

Perhaps the most memorable lyrics are the ones that sound like they came from Dreyer's subconscious; which in many ways, feel remarkably personal and frighteningly relatable.

"I know I never used to feel like this. / I used to never think of death or hear voices. / I used to feel like everything was perfectly in order, a normal life, / but I guess then came a departure."
—from "a Departure"

"I think the thing is that I shut off from everything. / From friends and family and my own ambitions. / From having fun. / I just shut off from everything."
—from "a Letter"

Wildlife is one of the most passionate and intimate albums I have ever heard and it features some of the best melodic hardcore music in recent years.

Stream the entire album here!

friday wake up call

Cool animated video for the song "Change" by CHLLNGR.



Download "Change" for free here.

thursday wake up call

Toronto under attack in "Don't Bleed Me" by The Darcys.

wednesday wake up call

HOLY SHIT — Black Flag reunited to perform "Nervous Breakdown" at the Goldenvoice 30th Anniversary show!!!!!!!!!



Get the Nervous Breakdown EP, one of the greatest releases/songs ever over at SST.

please vote for me!

Hey all, I entered a bunch of photos to Exposure Competition, please check out them out here... and it would totally be rad if you vote for me!

tuesday wake up call

Watch this disturbingly beautiful video directed by Matthew Salton for Gem Club's "252".



"252" is off of Breakers, out now on Hardly Art.

monday wake up call

Brand new video from Heights for the song "The Lost And Alone".



"Dead Ends" is from the band's awesome debut record, Dead Ends.

sunday wake up call

Here are two wonderful videos for this wonderful Sunday morning — "The Look" and "Everything Goes My Way" by Metronomy:





Both songs are off of The English Riviera, you can get it here.

saturday wake up call

"Kathryn, My Love" by Pandit



"Kathryn, My Love" is off of Pandit's debut full length Eternity Spin.

If you haven't seen/heard "Artichoke", please check out my original post back in January... it remains as one of my favourite songs of the year!

friday wake up call

Pinata people stalked by a crazy hunter/murderer in "Arrows" by Fireworks



"Arrows" is taken from Gospel, released through Triple Crown Records.

thursday wake up call

Watch this kaleidoscopic video for the song "Fake Pretend" by Carter Tanton featuring Marissa Nadler.



Download "Fake Pretend" (from the album Freeclouds) for free here.

wednesday wake up call

Very cool — Pressed And have recently released a complete visualization/video project of their EP, Imbue Up. Check out the video below, as well as all seven over at Stadiums & Shrines.

tuesday wake up call

"Home Away From Here" by Touché Amoré



The video, directed by Derek Wood, is composed of still images taken during a 4-day period with the band. The track is off of Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me.

monday wake up call

"No Way" by The Naked and Famous, taken from the band's debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You.

sunday wake up call

"Came Out Swinging" by The Wonder Years, off of Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing.

saturday wake up call

"Edward The Confessor" by Breton

friday wake up call

"As Young As Yesterday" by Korallreven, featuring Victoria Bergsman (Taken By Trees)



Such a chill song... and I love that you almost never see the skateboard in the video.
"As Young As Yesterday" is off of An Album By Korallreven, you can download the track here.

thursday wake up call

My new favourite song: "I Wana Be Your Man" by Willy Moon



Willy Moon - I Wanna Be Your Man by Willy Moon

Go pre-order the I Wana Be Your Man 7-inch over at Luv Luv Luv Records now!

wednesday wake up call

An explosive and destructive video for Deer Tick's "Main Street", directed by Colin Devin Moore

tuesday wake up call

Gallows' first post-Frank Carter release, Death Is Birth EP is out now, check out the video for "Mondo Chaos" below.



You can pre-order the limited edition Death Is Birth EP 7-inch via 6131 Records... and go check out Gallows' Daytrotter session here.

monday wake up call

"Baltika 9" by Deleted Scenes, the 2nd single off of Young People's Church of the Air.

sunday wake up call

Here's the first single, "Read All About It" (featuring Emeli Sande) from At Your Inconvenience—Professor Green's latest/follow-up to last year's sensational record, Alive Till I'm Dead.

saturday wake up call

Trippy video for "Love Hitch" by Young Circles!



The video was directed by band member Adam Badlotto by using over 7,000 stop motion images; incredibly, none were generated by a computer.

friday wake up call

New Patrick Wolf video for the song "Together", directed by Mattias Erik Johansson.



"Together" is taken off of Lupercalia and P.Wolf's forthcoming EP, Brumalia, out on December 4th.

thursday wake up call

Here's a live recording of Fugazi's "Waiting" to celebrate the launch of Fugazi Live Series archive project!



Dischord Records launched Fugazi Live Series today with 130 show downloads for a suggested prize of $5 a show. The goal is to post new shows monthly with over 800 by the end. You can get all the show by buying a Fugazi Live All Access Subscription. Man, Dischord is still fucking awesome!

wednesday wake up call

Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) sings "When I Was Young" at Musee Carnavalet in Paris for Le HibOO.



The song is off of Nada Surf's new record, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, out on Barsuk Records on January 24th, 2012.

tuesday wake up call

Gallows' new single "Mondo Chaos" is out via iTunes today.



Holy shit, I miss Frank Carter already!





Gallows' new/first release since the departure of Frank Carter/addition of Wade MacNeil, Death Is Birth EP will be available new week

monday wake up call

Dreamy video directed by Natalia Stuyk for Echo Lake's "Buried at Sea".

grieves: together/apart

I don't listen to much hip-hop/rap, but every year, I fall in love with at least one or two hip-hop albums. For the past few months, Together/Apart by Grieves has been playing a lot on my ipod (it sounds better through headphones vs speakers.) There is something about Together/Apart that is quite compelling—it's probably the autobiographical aspects in Grieves' lyrics. They are sincere, personal and very relatable. Right from the first track, "Lightspeed" takes the listener to various points of Grieves' childhood/adolesence—some are random and some are significant. I personally like the random narratives: "Back then it was all about laughs / Hit the corner store for the new Fleer packs..."; "Time past and the friends found punk yah / Oh whatever man a lot of it was junk / But we loved it made us feel cool little dumb kids / Running round just for fun doing dumb shit..." Meanwhile, Grieves' tales are backdropped by the smooth and minimalistic production by Budo. The multi-instrumentations of piano, drum machine, trumpet, etc. are absolutely perfect; yet, the album sounds far being overproduced. I discover something new/fascinating every time I listen to Together/Apart, for that, I predict it will have tremendous lasting appeal... and I also predict that Together/Apart will appear again in my albums of the year list!





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sunday wake up call

Here's "Fox" by Millencolin, a classic love song about a scooter!



This awesome song is taken off of one of my favourite records of all time, Pennybridge Pioneers, released back in 2000.

red. blue. where are you tonight...

Well, after a week of mystery tweets, The Promise Ring are back for two reunion shows!

Feb 24, 2012 – Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI
Feb 25, 2012 – Metro in Chicago, IL

saturday wake up call

Post-apocalyptic video for "Shipwreck" by Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke.

friday wake up call

A creepy and bizarre video for the song "All Eyes" by Post War Years.

thursday wake up call

Wild horses and beautiful landscapes in "Get It Right" by Tashaki Miyaki

wednesday wake up call

Here is "Blonde On Blonde" by Nada Surf... because it rained a lot throughout the night/morning in Toronto and I think "Blonde On Blonde" is the perfect rainy day song!

tuesday wake up call

"Life Saver" by Toronto's RITUALS

monday wake up call

"All Your Light (Times Like These)" by Portugal. The Man, from the album In the Mountain In the Cloud.

sunday wake up call

Wonderful stop motion video for the song "Love Spin" by The Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club.

saturday wake up call

Here's a song from The Promise Ring's classic, Nothing Feels Good—one of the greatest albums ever—in celebration of the band’s return... on Twitter. No official reuniting or new album news yet, but one can dream, right? The band’s first tweet yesterday was "Hello again..." Oh man, I can't wait to hear the good news!

friday wake up call

Enjoy this dancing man-bot in "Anticipate" by Skream feat. Sam Frank

thursday wake up call

A couple of live videos of Caves performing at The Windmill in Brixton, London. The first one is "The Mess I Made" and the second is "I'm Not Sorry"—both tracks are from the insanely catchy record, Homeward Bound.

wednesday wake up call

Discovered this incredible stop-motion arts and crafts history of the world music video last night while browsing on Vimeo. The video is directed by Kevin Parry and it’s for the song "Thick As Thieves" by Kalle Mattson.

tuesday wake up call

This is for Occupy Wall Street, who were unjustly and forcefully raided by NYPD last night.

Anti-Flag: You Can Kill The Protester But You Can't Kill The Protest

cover song of the moment

The Horrors cover David Bowie's classic "Suffragette City", from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.



Download the cover for free over at SEAT Music Facebook page.

monday wake up call

"Vessel" by Zola Jesus, from the album Conatus:

sunday wake up call

WICKED—Justin Sane of Anti-Flag performs "Turncoat" and "Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook" at Occupy Wall Street!





"Turncoat" is off of Anti-Flag's The Terror State and "Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook" is from one of my favourite albums of all time/Justin Sane's solo album, Life, Love And The Pursuit Of Justice.

saturday wake up call

"Born Of Man And Woman", a song taken from The Other Side Of Darkness by Night Birds—one of my favourite albums/bands of the year!

friday wake up call

Bike journey through the neighborhoods of Melbourne, Australia! "Last Words" by Clubfeet:

awesome, radical—new pulled apart by horses!!!

New Pulled Apart By Horses song/single!!!!!!!!!!!



V.E.N.O.M is taken off of the band's second album Tough Love, out on January 23, 2012 through Transgressive Records!

thursday wake up call

DD/MM/YYYY's "Infinity Skull Cube" & "Gimme Pizza Mind", filmed with 360 degree panoramic video cameras captured by Panopticon360s.

wednesday wake up call

Awesome! — "Midnight City" by M83:

song of the moment

Patrick Wolf has a wonderful new video out for the song "The Falcons"!

cult of youth: cult of youth

I have been meaning to post about the Cult Of Youth LP since I think May/June but kept forgetting... Anyway, Cult Of Youth is a band from New York City that sounds like something out of an epic, medieval or fantasy adventure movie. It is by far one of the most unique sounding bands/records in recent years. It is quite difficult to describe the sound of Cult Of Youth, it sort of sounds like a combination of The Pogues and Joy Division. It has that aggressiveness raw punk energy while producing a mysteriously dark atmosphere—it is so damn awesome!





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song of the moment

Absolutely love this song + video by Hooray For Earth:

how music travels

Check out this awesome interactive music map!

happy halloween!

The Dickies "Killer Klowns From Outer Space"


Goblin "Suspiria Theme"


Suicide "Frankie Teardrop"

song of the moment

The Front Bottoms' new video for "Flashlight"!

a good beginning photos

Good Sunday morning! I have a new-ish photo blog and it's called "A Good Beginning". Please visit it here. Thanks!

song of the moment

Love this: "J.Viewz making a salad."

classic song of the moment

"Only You"—my favourite Portishead song and one of the greatest music videos of all time directed by Chris Cunningham!

the front bottoms: the front bottoms

The Front Bottoms’ self-titled debut is the catchiest album since Dog Problems by The Format. Indeed, there are some similarities between the two. Much like Dog Problems, The Front Bottoms features a handful of humorously cheesy and immature lyrics; but ultimately, the album is fun, carefree and youthful! Every song has at least one or two witty/memorable lines: "Please fall asleep so I can take pictures of you and hang them in my room, so when I wake up I feel like yea everything's alright" ("Flashlight"); "And I will remember that summer, as the summer I was taking steroids. Cause you like a man with muscles, and I like you." ("The Beers")

The energetic sing-along lyrics work perfectly with the lively folk-pop music—this is no doubt the result of the incredible chemistry between the two members of The Front Bottoms, Brian Sella and Mathew Uychich.

The Front Bottoms is pure and playful; it is a highly enjoyable and memorable record... and I can’t get over how damn catchy it is!









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buy The Front Bottoms here

cover song of the moment

Here's a new one from Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells covering Bananarama's "Cruel Summer". This track will appear on the duo's upcoming EP entitled Cruel Summer, out on October 17th through Chemikal Underground.

type + graphic inspiration from 16/8bit games!

To continue my video games inspired post, check out my new favourite site: Title Scream

Also, the 3rd/final volume of Portal 2: Songs to Test By is out! This one features the awesome end credits song, "Want You Gone"!!!

starscream: future, towards the edge of forever

I have been listening to Starscream's Future, Towards the Edge of Forever non-stop... I am completely obsessed with the album—I listened to it 10+ times in the past two days! Future, Towards the Edge of Forever is a chiptune album, but not the same type of chiptune/8-bit music as the beloved Anamanaguchi. Rather than ultra hyper punk-influenced chiptune, Starscream's latest offers an ambient and electronic chiptune sound. Future, Towards the Edge of Forever is actually pretty mellow, but the drone and experimental rhythm make the album dynamically mesmerizing. I think this is my favourite instrumental album of the year so far!

Stream the entire album here!

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photo journal: nuit blanche 2011

L'écho-l'eau by Richard Purdy


Shannon's Fireflies by Seth Hardy and Site 3 coLaboratory


INFRA by Tonya Hart


New Dawn Fades by Michal Maciej Bartosik—My favourite installation at this year's Nuit Blanche!




Self-Portrait


DLYT "SMILE" (Socially Motivated Interactive Lightscaping Environment) by Dashing Collective & Aesthetec Studio


Face Music by Ken Rinaldo

See more Nuit Blanche photos here.

mia

Sorry for the crappy non-updates recently… I have just been crazy busy. I promise that I will be back with regular updates really really soon; for now, here’s what I’ve been listening to:


I am pretty sure that this is my favourite song of the year so far: Active Child featuring How To Dress Well: "Playing House"




Night Birds: The Other Side Of Darkness
Only shit... so digging this album—80s hardcore, surf punk... FANTASTIC!


Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory—volume 2 of the Portal 2 soundtrack is out... and the entire thing is FREE!!!!


Attack The Block—great movie and a even greater soundtrack by Basement Jaxx:



Sushi Island—a shit load of free chiptune music including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Re​-​Bit... so awesome!


New Zola Jesus album, Conatus:

from up the poppy hill

Watched a lovely animated film called Kokuriko-zaka kara (From up on Poppy Hill) at TIFF yesterday. The film felt like a classic Studio Ghibli production with very realistic, genuine and emotional plot + characters—very similar to Whisper of the Heart, Ocean Waves and Only Yesterday.

An added bonus, like so many Ghibli films in the past, Kokuriko-zaka kara had an unforgettable soundtrack! Aoi Teshima, who provided the theme song for Tales from Earthsea, sung the songs for this film. Listen to the theme song for Kokuriko-zaka kara below:

we will go far into the sea

Last week, I posted two videos of Yellow Ostrich performing "Mary" (which is one of my favourite songs of the year so far!)

Here's another one from the band—watch "WHALE", Yellow Ostrich's first video from their debut full-length The Mistress, out now on Barsuk Records and Afternoon Records.

active child + how to dress well = ftw!

"Playing House" by Active Child featuring How To Dress Well!



Active Child album, You Are All I See is out now on Vagrant Records.

Active Child is in Toronto Tonight, more dates below:

9/14 Toronto @ Garrison
9/15 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
9/16 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
9/17 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
9/19 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
9/20 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
9/21 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
9/23 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
9/24 Vancouver @ Electric Owl
9/25 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
9/28 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
9/30 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
10/13 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
10/15 Bergen, Norway @ Perfect Sounds Festival
10/16 London, England @ Binnacle Festival, Old Blue Last
10/19 London, England @ St. Pancras Church

song of the moment

Gun Lake: June

"June" is off of Gun Lake's debut Balfour, stream and buy the album here.

song of the moment

Los Campesinos! have posted a brand new song + video entitled "By Your Hand". It is the opening track to the band's forth album Hello Sadness, out on November 14. Go here for pre-order info.

Los Campesinos!: By Your Hand

caves: homeward bound

Caves are a three-piece band from Bristol, UK and their new album, Homeward Bound is a wickedly fast, loud and catchy pop punk record! But what I love the most is its DIY and aggressively raw sound—it makes the 33mins of music intimate and honest—you feel like you are listening to the band live. Homeward Bound is one of the most exciting and energetic records of the year!

Same Way Back

Taking On The World

Homeward Bound [wicked-cool song]

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