monday wake up call

Bastions have released a new song/video for "Amongst Crows":



"Amongst Crows" is taken from the Bedfellows Part 1: The Bastard So EP, out in the new year via Holy Roar Records.

sunday wake up call

Watch this crazy video, directed by Michael Maxxis, for Hollerado's "Pick Me Up".

saturday wake up call

Jamaican Queens performing "Water" live @ The Loving Touch in Ferndale, Michigan.

friday wake up call

"Parting in the Porch" by Crowns, taken from the band's debut album, Stitches in the Flag.

tuesday wake up call

Merry Christmas everyone! Here's my favourite Christmas song of all time — "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl.

monday wake up call

Happy Christmas Eve, here's a new video from NOFX for their track, "Xmas Has Been X'ed".

sunday wake up call

Cool black and white animated video directed by Dimitri Stankowicz for Rone's "Bye Bye Macadam".

saturday wake up call

"Nie musze wracac" by Pezet x Jimek — don't really know what this song's about, but this is one hell of a music video directed by Kijek/Adamski!

my 30 favourite albums of 2012

30. Sundials: When I Couldn't Breathe

29. Mount Eerie: Ocean Roar

28. Propagandhi: Failed States

27. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city

26. No Class: Keine Klasse II

25. Pulled Apart By Horses: Tough Love

thursday wake up call

Epic 7-minute long video, directed by Milton Ladd, for "Never" + "Figure" by Hooray For Earth.

wednesday wake up call

"Population Density" by Breton

tuesday wake up call

Recently discovered this great band — check out Jamaican Queens' "Kids Get Away", video directed by Andy Miller.



"Kids Get Away" is the first single off the band's debut album, Wormfood, set for release on March 5th, 2013.

monday wake up call

New Teenage Bottlerocket video (directed by Bobby Makar) for the track “Cruising for Chicks”.



"Cruising for Chicks" is off of Freak Out!, out now via Fat Wreck Chords.

sunday wake up call

Really cool video for Reptile Youth's "Be My Yoko Ono", directed by Lucy McRae in collaboration with Hyper Island Motion Graphics '13 Stockholm.



"Be My Yoko Ono" is off of Reptile Youth, out now via hfn music.

saturday wake up call

New Gallows video for the track "Cross of Lorraine":



"Cross of Lorraine" is off of Gallows, out now on Bridge Nine Records.

friday wake up call

Great live video from AstroTV of Converge playing "All We Love We Leave Behind" and "Sadness Comes Home" live @ L'Astrolabe in Orléans, France.



The studio version of both tracks are from one of my favourite records of the year, All We Love We Leave Behind, out now via Epitaph.

thursday wake up call

Really love this video (directed by Ryan Staake) for "Sirens" by Nick Hook ft. El-P and Rood.



"Sirens" is off of Without You, download/stream the entire record for free here.

wednesday wake up call

Villagers playing "Nothing Arrived" live from Attica.



"Nothing Arrived" will appear on the upcoming Villagers record, {Awayland}, out on January 14th, 2013.

tuesday wake up call

New How to Dress Well video for the track "& It Was U", director by Luke Gilford.



"& It Was U" is off of Total Loss, out new through Acéphale.

monday wake up call

Pulled Apart By Horses have released "Epic Myth" (directed by James Brown), the fourth single taken from Tough Love.



"Epic Myth" is off of Tough Love, an album what will surely be on my year-end-list!

Also be sure to check out The Tough Love Sessions, a collection of demos, live, sessions and b-sides from Tough Love, is out today.

sunday wake up call

Here it is: M83's "Wait", the final episode of the "kids with superpowers" trilogy by Fleur & Manu.

saturday wake up call

The Gaslight Anthem playing "Here Comes My Man" on Conan on Thursday night.



"Here Comes My Man" is from the band's forth album, Handwritten.

friday wake up call

"Ghost" — new Yellow Ostrich video/song, off of the Ghost EP. Video directed by Frank Larson.

thursday wake up call

Brand new Pure Love (Frank Carter and Jim Carroll) video for "Beach of Diamonds".

wednesday wake up call

New lyric video for Devlin's upcoming single, "Rewind" featuring Diane Birch, out in the new year on January 27th, 2013.

tuesday wake up call

Watch Alt-J perform a stripped down acoustic version of "Matilda", part of The Bowery Presents:
Live Series.



The studio version of "Matilda" is from the band's debut album An Awesome Wave out now via Canvasback Music.

monday wake up call

Elijah Wood stars in the new Flying Lotus video "Tiny Tortures", directed by David Lewandowski.

sunday wake up call

Here's a chill video for this lazy Sunday morning — "Days", debut video by Balmorhea.

saturday wake up call

The Flatliners perform "The Calming Collection" via AltarTV.



"The Calming Collection" is from the band's incredible 3rd album, Cavalcade, out on Fat Wreck Chords.

friday wake up call

Wonderful animated video by Tony Johnson for Holly and the Wolf's "Marzipan Reindeer".

thursday wake up call

The Drums' frontman, Jonny Pierce, has released a brand new video for "I Didn't Realise," taken from his forthcoming debut solo album, out sometime in 2013.

wednesday wake up call

White Lung have released a brand new video for "Glue" (directed by Pierce McGarry), watch it below:



"Glue" is the third single/video off of Sorry, out now on Deranged Records.

tuesday wake up call

Great video by Light & Noise of Against Me!'s set from this year's Fuck Yeah Fest in LA.

monday wake up call

"Body of Work" by The Mynabirds, video directed by Allie Avital Tsypin:



"Body of Work" is off of The Mynabirds' sophomore album, Generals, out now through Saddle Creek.

Also check out this origami video to promo the Body of Work 7-inch.

sunday wake up call

Yet another excellent full set video by hate5six — Converge live @ The Royale in Boston, MA on November 12, 2012:

friday wake up call

New Such Gold video for the track "Two Year Plan":



"Two Year Plan" is off of Misdaventures, out now through Razor & Tie.

thursday wake up call

The Gaslight Anthem has released "National Anthem", a Hurricane Sandy Relief video:



The band is also selling a number of items to raise funds for Rebuild Recover and Architecture For Humanity's 'Rebuild Seaside Pier' effort.

wednesday wake up call

Another beautiful track, "Sweetheart, What Have You Done To Us", by Keaton Henson.

tuesday wake up call

Here's a full set video from one of the very last Basement shows ever.



The band put out an excellent final full-length not so long ago entitled Colourmeinkindness, be sure to check it out!

monday wake up call

This is definitely one of my favourite of the year: The Suicide Of Western Culture's "Love Your Friends, Hate Politicians" directed by César Pesquera & Alvaro Posadas as Actop.

sunday wake up call

Great black and white video directed by Chris Dias for Blind Digital Citizen's "War".



"War" is off of the Le Podium #5 EP, out now through Third Side Records.

saturday wake up call

Wicked song! — "Cheap Beer" by FIDLAR.



Here more songs from the band here.

friday wake up call

Stop-motion video by Rachel Chaiya Blumberg for Nada Surf's "Jules and Jim".



"Jules and Jim" is off of The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, out now via Barsuk Records.

thursday wake up call

Chris Farren performs an acoustic rendition of a new Fake Problems track entitled "I Don’t Miss Anyone" via Light & Noise.

wednesday wake up call

Awesome animated video, directed by Jan Šrámek and Martin Búřil, for Pjoni's "Chasm".

tuesday wake up call

New video for "Old Street", the second single off of We Are Lost Boys' EP, Life.

monday wake up call

Really love this very tranquil song/video for "In Mind" by Naysayer & Gilsun featuring Simon Lam. Bonus points for sampling footages from Enter The Void!

saturday wake up call

New Your Demise video for "Push Me Unde":



"Push Me Unde" is off of The Golden Age, out now via Visible Noise.

friday wake up call

What a fantastic animated video by Jose Arboleda for Monsieur Periné's "La Muerte"!

thursday wake up call

Watch this stop-motion extravaganza for "Whitby" by The Octopus Project.

wednesday wake up call

Barry from Joyce Manor playing "House Warning Party" for Nervous Energies (Halloween) session.

tuesday wake up call

Brand new alt-J video for the track "Fitzpleasure", directed by Emile Sornin.



"Fitzpleasure" is from the band's debut album An Awesome Wave out now via Canvasback Music.

monday wake up call

Watch an acoustic version of "Governing Correctly" by Breton via Pure Fm.



The album version of "Governing Correctly" is off of Breton's debut LP (and one of my favourite records of the year) Other People's Problems, out now on FatCat Records.

sunday wake up call

Cool animated video, directed by Brett Jubinville, for All Time Low's "For Baltimore".



"For Baltimore" is the first single off of All Time Low's latest record, Don't Panic, out now via Hopeless Records.

saturday wake up call

Watch this video for "Trucks At Night", an incredibly catchy track by The Cast Of Cheers.





"Trucks At Night" is off of the band's debut LP, Family.

friday wake up call

Watch The Coup's crazy puppets video for "Your Parents' Cocaine".

thursday wake up call

Love this new Mean Jeans video (directed by Brett Roberts) for "Possessed 2 Party (With U)."



"Possessed 2 Party (With U)" is off of the band's upcoming split with The Underground Railroad To Candyland.

wednesday wake up call

Watch Jason Willis' awesome stop-motion video for "Can't Play Dead" by The Heavy... just in time for Halloween!

tuesday wake up call

New Great Lake Swimmers video for "The Great Exhale".

monday wake up call

Yet another incredible video from M83 for the track "Steve McQueen".



"Steve McQueen" is directed by Balthazar Auxietre & Sylvain Derosne and it's taken from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.

sunday wake up call

Beautiful song/video (directed by Anne Peeters) for Sóley's "I'll drown".





"I'll drown" is from Sóley's debut album We Sink, out now on Morr Music.

saturday wake up call

New Titus Andronicus single/video for "In a Big City", directed by Isaac Ravishankara.



"In a Big City" is from Local Business, out now via XL Recordings.

friday wake up call

Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem performs a cover of "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

thursday wake up call

New Bridge and Tunnel video, directed by Brendan Mcknight, for "Outgrowing Pains".



"Outgrowing Pains" is from Rebuilding Year, out now on No Idea Records.

wednesday wake up call

New Gaslight Anthem video (starring Jack Bauer's daughter/the girl from Popular Mechanics for Kids) for the song "Here Comes My Man".



"Here Comes My Man" is the 3rd video off of Handwritten.

tuesday wake up call

Laura Stevenson and The Cans + ROAR! joined Andrew Jackson Jihad on stage to perform "Big Bird" at The Troubadour in LA.



The studio version of "Big Bird" is off of Knife Man, out now on Asian Man Records.

monday wake up call

Brand new video/song by Devlin featuring Wretch 32 for "Off With Their Heads".



"Off With Their Heads" off of Devlin's upcoming record, A Moving Picture, out on October 29th.

sunday wake up call

"Story Of A Lonely Street" by Kids Insane... from one of my favourite records of the year, All Over, out now on Third Time Lucky Rekords.

saturday wake up call

Really like this simple video, directed by James Mitchell & Adam Baz, for "Flat Earth" by Brainstorm:



"Flat Earth" is from Heat Waves, out now via Tender Loving Empire.

friday wake up call

Brand new Sharks video for "Luck":



"Luck" is off of No Gods, out now on Rise Records.

thursday wake up call

Code Orange Kids' "Flowermouth (The Leech)" ...can't wait to hear more from this band!



"Flowermouth (The Leech)" is from Love is Love // Return to Dust, out on November 20th via Deathwish Inc.

wednesday wake up call

New Cult of Youth video for "Man and Man's Ruin".



"Man and Man's Ruin" is from the band's latest record, Love Will Prevail, out now through Sacred Bones Records.

tuesday wake up call

Fantastic stop motion animation by Oh Yeah Wow for "Time To Go" by Wax Tailor feat. Aloe Blacc.

monday wake up call

New Into It. Over It. video, directed by Max Moore, for "Embracing Facts".



"Embracing Facts" is off of Proper, out now on No Sleep Records.

friday wake up call

Brian Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem) performs two acoustic tracks, "Handwritten" and "Desire", for X1075's Studio X series in Las Vegas.

"Handwritten"




"Desire"

thursday wake up call

Watch Band Of Horses play an acoustic version of "Slow Cruel Hands Of Time" at beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

wednesday wake up call

Best video ever! — Cartoon Network 20th Birthday Music Video created by ilovedust featuring music from Mad Decent.

tuesday wake up call

Street Dogs released a new track/video entitled "G.O.P.", the band's new take on "GLC" by Menace.

monday wake up call

Great new track/video, directed by Vice Cooler, for Two Gallants' "My Love Won't Wait".



"My Love Won't Wait" is off of The Bloom and the Blight, out now via ATO Records.

sunday wake up call

Really enjoying the new How To Dress Well record, Total Loss.
Here's a song off it entitled "Cold Nites".

saturday wake up call

I've posted the following videos before, but I feel like I don't post enough about Title Fight and how much I love their new record, Floral Green... so here they are again, enjoy!

"Head In The Ceiling Fan"




"Secret Society"




"Head In The Ceiling Fan" and "Secret Society" are both from the band's sophomore record, Floral Green, out now through SideOneDummy Records.

friday wake up call

New Menomena video, directed by Trevor McMaha, for the track "Plumage".



"Plumage" is off of the band's latest record, Moms, out now via Barsuk Records.

thursday wake up call

Stream Converge's highly anticipated new record All We Love We Leave Behind in its entirety!



All We Love We Leave Behind is out on October 9th through Epitaph Records.

wednesday wake up call

Sindri Már Sigfússon (Seabear, Sin Fang) has yet another side project, check out the new video for his new band Pojke entitled "She Moves Through the Air", directed by one of my favourites, Máni M. Sigfússon.

tuesday wake up call

Gorgeous animation for "The Ancestor" by Darlingside, directed by Keith Boynton and lead animation by Abraham Dieckman.

monday wake up call

Beautiful animated video by Clement Picon for J.Viewz's "About the Sea".





"About the Sea" is off of Rivers and Homes.

saturday wake up call

AMAZING! — This new Joey Ramone video for "New York City", directed by Greg Jardin, is made up of thousands of still photographs featuring 115 people including previously unseen footage of Joey Ramone.

friday wake up call

Check out this wonderful 70s illustrated animal books inspired video by Jesse Ewles for Michael Zapruder's "Florida".

thursday wake up call

Really great video, directed by Sil van der Woerd, for Noisia's "Tommy's Theme".

wednesday wake up call

Roo Pescod from Bangers playing an acoustic version "The Mitigation Committee" on Backseat Sessions.



"The Mitigation Committee" is off of the Good Livin' EP, stream/download it for free here.
You should also check out Small Pleasures, one of my favourite records of last year.

tuesday wake up call

Another new video from Jake Bugg, this one's for "Two Fingers":

monday wake up call

The Promise Ring covering Adele's "Rumour Has It" via A.V. Undercover session... so fucking good!

sunday wake up call

Wonderful animation by Ori Toor for Kingdom Crumbs' "Evoking Spirits".



"Evoking Spirits" is from the group's S/T album, you can stream/download it over at Bandcamp.

saturday wake up call

This video, directed by Michael Carter, for Turbo Fruits' "Harley Dollar Bill$" gives us a rare glimpse into the world of Nashville motorcycle gang:



"Harley Dollar Bill$" is off of Butter, out now via Serpents & Snakes Records.

friday wake up call

Check out Bad Books' "Forest Whitaker" — an awesome music video composed of a highlight reel from Forest Whitakers' career.





"Forest Whitaker" is from the band's upcoming album, Bad Books: II, out on October 9th through Triple Crown Records / Favorite Gentlemen.

thursday wake up call

New Joyce Manor video (directed by Grandson and Son) for "Drainage" + "If I Needed You There".



"Drainage" and "If I Needed You There" are both from Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired, out now on Asian Man Records.

wednesday wake up call

Wonderful stop-motion animation by Martin Allais for Hundred Waters' "Thistle".

tuesday up call call

Really love this dark melodic track, "The Porter" by Dream Affair:

monday wake up call

Great new Pure Love song/video (directed by Ross Cairns) for "Riot Song":

við spilum endalaust

I'm back from a 6-day vacation in Iceland; this blog will resume to regular updates starting tomorrow.

I had an absolutely spectacular time, you can see photos from my trip via my Flickr gallery (more to come!)

brb

Going on vacation to Iceland. There will most likely be no updates till next week, Sept 15th. You can follow my Icelandic adventures on Twitter @JackmanChiu and I hope to upload photos to my flickr throughout the trip. Thanks and have a great week.

saturday wake up call

Willy Moon's "Railroad Track" directed by Michael Carter:

friday wake up call

Cool animated music video, directed by Maxwell Sørensen, for "Maps" by These United States.

thursday wake up call

Black & white video (directed by Abteen Bagheri) featuring some spectacular slow motion diving for "Ghosts" by The Presets.

The Presets - Ghosts from Abteen Bagheri on Vimeo.

"Ghosts" is from Pacifica, out tomorrow (Sept 7th) via Modular Records.

wednesday wake up call

"Secret Society" (directed by Hannah Roman), is the second Title Fight video taken from the band's upcoming record, Floral Green.



"Secret Society" is off of Title Fight's highly-anticipated sophmore LP, Floral Green, out on September 18th through SideOneDummy Records.

tuesday wake up call

Emperor Yes' "Wasps", directed by Chris Boyle — "A sing-a-long bootlegged betamax homage to the greatest horror films of the 80's and 90's including Alien, Troll 2, The Fly and My Girl."

Emperor Yes - Wasps from CHRIS BOYLE on Vimeo.

monday wake up call

Stunning imagery of Yakushima captured by Henry Jun Wah Lee in Sigur Rós' latest video for the track "Dauðalogn".

Sigur Rós: Dauðalogn from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo.

sunday wake up call

Really love the geometric design and patterns in "Arcades" by C2C (director: Rémi Paoli.)

saturday wake up call

New Trash Talk video, directed by Wolf Haley for the track "F.E.B.N."

friday wake up call

Wicked full set of Title Fight (by hate5six) playing at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA on August 11, 2012!



Watch more awesome full set videos by hate5six over here.

Title Fight's sophomore record, Floral Green is out on September 18th via SideOneDummy Records, pre-order it here.

thursday wake up call

Here's a video (directed by Alden Volney) for Villagers' new single entitled "The Waves", out on October 22nd, more details to come.

wednesday wake up call

"Aimless Arrow" — debut song/video (directed by Max Moore) from Converge's upcoming record, All We Love We Leave Behind, out on October 9th via Epitaph Records!

tuesday wake up call

Great supernatural video, directed by Robert Wallace, for Nice Face's "Equipped".



"Equipped" is off of Horizon Fires, out on Hozac Records.

monday wake up call

New Frightened Rabbit song/video, "State Hospital", taken from the band's upcoming EP of the same name, out out September 24th.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT - State hospital from handheldcineclub on Vimeo.

sunday wake up call

Lovely video directed by Thomas Beug for "Once Around The House" by High Highs.

High Highs - Once Around The House (Official Video) from High Highs on Vimeo.

saturday wake up call

Brand new video from Blood Red Shoes for the single "In Time To Voices", directed by Craig Murray.



The title track is off of the duo's latest record, In Time To Voices.

friday wake up call

"A young boy and his best friend escape on a dream-like adventure to a place of freedom and beauty."

Watch Benjamin Dowie's beautiful entry to the Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Film Competition for the track "Dauðalogn"

thursday wake up call

"Long Gone" by Apologies, I Have None, off of the band's wonderful debut, London.

love is better than anger. hope is better than fear. optimism is better than despair.

Today is the one year anniversary of Jack Layton's passing. If you are in Toronto, there will be an event to celebrate Jack's life at Nathan Phillips Square beginning at 6pm, see you there!

wednesday wake up call

Watch Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem performs an acoustic set at The Lowlands Festival 2012, which includes a cover of "Sowing Season (Yeah)" by Brand New!

tuesday wake up call

Lyric video for "Madness", new single off of Muse's upcoming record, The 2nd Law, out on
October 2nd.

monday wake up call

Here's a old one from a couple of years back... and it was the first song I listened to this morning — "Count Your Bruises", my favourite Flatliners song!



"Count Your Bruises" is off of The Flatliners' amazing 3rd album, Cavalcade, which came out two years ago on Fat Wreck Chords.

sunday wake up call

Here's "Bag", the second video taken from White Lung's sophomore record Sorry, out now through Deranged Records.

saturday wake up call

Spooky video for "Summer Bummer" by The Band In Heaven.

friday wake up call

Watch "In The Dark", an incredible live session by The Maccabees filmed using Xbox Kinnect cameras to 3D image map the space!



Tracklist:

1. Heave
2. Go
3. Grew Up At Midnight

All songs are off of Given To The Wild.

thursday wake up call

Axewound (the British-Canadian supergroup featuring Matt Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine and Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats) have released a brand new video for the track "Cold":

wednesday wake up call

"Outsider Art" — new Gallows song/video from the band's upcoming S/T record, out on September 10th (UK)/ 11th (US).

tuesday wake up call

Brand new Japandroids video for the track "The House That Heaven Built".



"The House That Heaven Built" is off of Celebration Rock, out now via Polyvinyl Records.

monday wake up call

Check out Downtown Struts' video for "Lost In America"... in 3D!



"Lost In America" is off of Victoria, out now via Pirates Press Records.

friday wake up call

Sierra Leonean singer Janka Nabay has teamed up with Pupa Bajah to release "Nar London", a video/song dedicated to Ola Sesay and the Sierra Leone 2012 Olympic Team.

thursday wake up call

Ultra bizarre video from Liars for the song "Brats".

wednesday wake up call

Crystal CG has created this awesome Tron-like futuristic video for "Theme for Velodrome" by The Chemical Brothers.

Chemical Brothers 'Velodrome' - London 2012 from CrystalCG International on Vimeo.

tuesday wake up call

New Mount Eerie video for "The Place Lives", off of Clear Moon.

monday wake up call

Blur's new single, "Under The Westway" comes out today!

sunday wake up call

Entertaining claymation video for the track "Crom" by Linus Pauling Quartet:



"Crom" is the lead single from the band's upcoming record, Bag of Hammers, out on Sept 18th via Homeskool Records.

saturday wake up call

Check out this wonderfully strange animation by Ohashi Takashi for the song "With My Umbrella"
by cokiyu.

friday wake up call

"Natural Thing" by Nobody Beats The Drum is the new ridiculously entertaining video featuring cats, dogs and a ferret chasing a beam of light from HAL 9000





The song is from the Natural Thing EP out now on Basserk Records.

thursday bedtime lullaby

Well, looks like waking up at 4am everyday this past week to watch the Olympics have caught me off guard and I completely forgot to make a post this morning (first one I missed in forever!)

To make up for this morning's miss, here's a video of Ceremony covering "Kiss Off" by Violent Femmes, part of A.V. Undercover 2012.

wednesday wake up call

Plan B performing "iLL Manors" (probably my favourite track of the year!) during the iLL Manors album launch party in London on July 23rd.

tuesday wake up call

Watch The Gaslight Anthem perform their awesome single, "45" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon:



"45" is from the band's 4th/newest record, Handwritten.

monday wake up call

If you didn't catch the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, you missed a pretty great performance by the Arctic Monkeys. The band played 2 songs: "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" as well as a cover of The Beatles'"Come Together", watch them both below.

sunday wake up call

New video from Teenage Bottlerocket for the track "Headbanger".



"Headbanger" is off of Freak Out!, out now on Fat Wreck Chords.

saturday wake up call

Really love this wonderful animation created by Elina Kasesalu for "Lullaby for a Nameless Creature" by Calvin Cardioid.



"Lullaby for a Nameless Creature" is taken from But Now I'm Looking Forward, stream and buy the album here.

friday wake up call

Today's the day, the London 2012 Olympics will begin in around 8.5 hours with the opening ceremony. Watch this extraordinary Olympic athlete montage video featuring Muse's London 2012 official song, "Survival".



This video gives me chills every time I watch it... just perfect. "Survival" will appear on the band's sixth studio album, The 2nd Law, out on September 17th.

GO CANADA GO!

thursday wake up call

Great live capture by Joe Ramos of Direct Hit! performing "Where's The Weed?", aka "Snickers Or Reese's (Pick Up The Pieces)", at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.



The studio version of "Snickers Or Reese's (Pick Up The Pieces)" is off of the band's amazing release from last year, Domesplitter, stream the record here.

wednesday wake up call

New Title Fight track "Head In The Ceiling Fan"!!!!!!



"Head In The Ceiling Fan" will appear on the band's sophmore LP, Floral Green, which comes out on September 18th through SideOneDummy Records.

Can't wait for this record!

tuesday wake up call

Micachu & The Shapes have created a video for every song on their new record, Never, out now on Rough Trade Records.

"Easy"



"OK"



"Low Dogg"



Watch all the videos here.

monday wake up call

Over 100 high school students drew 3000+ frames to create this absolutely fantastic video for "Bubbles In Space" by Michael Andrews.





"Bubbles In Space" is off of Spilling a Rainbow, out on August 14th on Everloving Records.

sunday wake up call

Another new Gaslight Anthem video for the S/T track, "Handwritten".



This is the second video off of the band's upcoming full-length, Handwritten, out in just two days!

saturday wake up call

Trippy video (by Derrick Acosta and Dusty Peterman)/catchy track for Mrs. Magician's "The Dead 80's".



"The Dead 80's" is off of the album Strange Heaven, available through Swami Records.

friday wake up call

The Gaslight Anthem concert on Monday night at The Opera House was seriously one of the best concerts I've ever been to! The band played for almost 2 hours, taking the stage to a clip of Fugazi's "Waiting Room" before playing "Great Expectations" to open their set.

They played so many old songs from Sink Or Swim and The '59 Sound; a Rolling Stones cover, Pearl Jam cover and of course a cover of "Baba O'Riley" by The Who to end the night... just incredible!

thursday wake up call

Apologies, I Have None performing a couple of their songs acoustically at Hard Luck Session.

"60 Miles"




"Sat In Vicky Park"



Both tracks are from London, one of my favourite records of the year so far!

wednesday wake up call

Really loving "Stone of Yap" by Cut Teeth:



"Stone of Yap" is off of the band's upcoming debut EP, Televandalism, out on July 24th through Topshelf Records.

tuesday wake up call

Crazy animated video by Alon Bonder for "Same Shit, Different Scene" by Kids Insane!



"Same Shit, Different Scene" is off of the band's upcoming release, All Over, out on August 1st via Third Time Lucky Rekords.

monday wake up call

I'm super stoked for The Gaslight Anthem show at the Opera House tonight in Toronto! Watch the band play at the Ed Sullivan Theater (Late Show with David Letterman) last month.




Check out the band's latest single/video for the song "45".



"45" is taken from the band's upload record, Handwritten, out on July 24!

sunday wake up call

Nice hand-drawn animation by Antony Barkworth-Knight for "White Paint" by Fitzroy North.

saturday wake up call

Brand new video/single from The King Blues for the track, "Wasted Words".



"Wasted Words" is from Long Live The Struggle, the fourth and final album by The King Blues.

friday wake up call

New Sundials track, "Completely Broken"!!!



So fucking stoked for the band's new album, When I Couldn't Breathe, out on September 25th through Asian Man Records!

Be sure to check out Never Settle, one of my favourite records of last year.

thursday wake up call

Dave Foley stars in the new OFF! video for "Borrow and Bomb" / "I Got News For You".



"Borrow and Bomb" / "I Got News For You" are both from the band's S/T debut, out now via Vice Records.

wednesday wake up call

Jake Bugg is set to release a new single, "Taste It" on August 12th, watch the video below:



His S/T debut album is coming out this fall on October 15th, which I absolutely can't wait to hear! Be sure to check out my previous post to hear more stuff my Jake Bugg.

tuesday wake up call

A fan-made video using "Maverick" by Teenage Bottlerocket + Top Gun footage!



"Maverick" is off of Teenage Bottlerocket's latest record, Freak Out!, out now on Fat Wreck Chords.

monday wake up call

Watch the breathtakingly scenic video directed by Dylan Wiehahn for "Johnny Belinda" by Active Child.



"Johnny Belinda" is the third video off of Active Child's wonderful debut, You Are All I See, out now on Vagrant Records.

sunday wake up call

Stream the brand new Such Gold track, "Locked Out Of The Magic Theater" below.



"Locked Out Of The Magic Theater" is from the upcoming record, Misdaventures, out on August 14th through Razor & Tie.

saturday wake up call

Beautiful video directed by Alexander Ingham Brooke for "Sky Blue & Ivory", the debut single
from Torches.

friday wake up call

Record release show video for "Cornea" by Suis La Lune.



"Cornea" is taken from Suis La Lune's latest album Riala, out now on Topshelf Records.

thursday wake up call

Check out the brand new Devlin single/video for "(All Along The) Watchtower", featuring Ed Sheeran:



"(All Along The) Watchtower" will appear on A Moving Picture, Devlin's sophomore record, out on October 29th through Island Records.

wednesday wake up call

Happy 4th of July/Independence Day!

Waking up to "American Slang" by The Gaslight Anthem seems pretty appropriate today.



Bonus: "A More Perfect Union" by Titus Andronicus (watch the video here)

"From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide."
― Abraham Lincoln

tuesday wake up call

Great Pacer video for the song "Explainer? I Hardly Know Her", which follows the process of a three colour letterpress print.



"Explainer? I Hardly Know Her" is from the band's awesome debut record, Making Plans. Stream/download/buy it over a Pacer's Bandcamp page.

monday wake up call

Spooky video directed by John Kenn for Fallulah's "Out of It"



"Out of It" is off of Fallulah's debut full-length, The Black Cat Neighbourhood, out on August 21th via MBM Records.

sunday wake up call

Happy Canada Day and Pride weekend!


Here's "Homophobes Are Just Mad Cuz They Can't Get Laid", an anti-homophobic track by Propagandhi, a great Canadian band with important values!




"Homophobes Are Just Mad Cuz They Can't Get Laid" is off of Where Quantity Is Job Number 1, out through G7 Welcoming Committee Records.

saturday wake up call

The Gaslight Anthem performed their new single, "45" on Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday night.



"45" is taken from the band's upcoming record, Handwritte, out on July 24!

friday wake up call

Here's "Last June" — the latest song/video by Gallows, which features footage from G20 in Toronto.



"Last June" is taken from the band's upcoming S/T record, out on September 10th through Bridge Nine.

thursday wake up call

Started listening to Defeater's Empty Days & Sleepless Nights over the weekend, really enjoying it so far, especially the track "Empty Glass":

wednesday wake up call

LOVE this super violent animated video by Pierre Mousquet and Jérôme Cauwe for Municipal Waste's "You're Cut Off":



"You're Cut Off" is from The Fatal Feast, out now through Nuclear Blast.

tuesday wake up call

"I Am The Least Of Your Problems" by Future of the Left, taken from the band's wicked new album, The Plot Against Common Sense, out now via Xtra Mile Recordings!

monday wake up call

Interactive pop-up video for "Glitters Like Gold" by The Cribs. (Click the pop-ups for special surprises!)



"Glitters Like Gold" is taken from In the Belly of the Brazen Bull, one of my favourite records of the year so far!

sunday wake up call

Check out More Than Conquerors' set on Gifted Live at The Belfast Empire Music Hall on June 7, 2012:

"Swords and Bones"



"The Great Deceiver"



"Bring Me to the Bloodbank"

saturday wake up call

New Every Time I Die video for the track "I Suck (Blood)", taken from the incredible album Ex Lives, out now via Epitaph.

friday wake up call

Yet another excellent video from Gem Club, this time for the song "I Heard the Party", directed by Joshua Stocker.



"I Heard the Party" is off of Breakers, out now on Hardly Art.

thursday wake up call

Terrific animated video by Liam Stevens and Chris Tozer (MakeMake Studio) for "Goodbye" by My Robot Friend.

wednesday wake up call

Pure Love (Frank Carter and Jim Carroll) will head out on their first headline run in the UK this July! Check out their latest single/video entitled "Handsome Devil's Club":

tuesday wake up call

Here's the second video—"The Shakedown"—from Yellow Ostrich's sophomore release Strange Land, out now through Barsuk Records.

ceremony june 16, 2012 @ wrongbar

Best. Show. Ever.













See more photos of Ceremony @ Wrongbar here.

monday wake up call

New Sharks video for "Patient Spider", off of the band's debut, No Gods, out now on Rise Records.

of montreal june 16, 2012 @ yonge dundas square

The of Montreal set at Yonge Dundas Square last night was one of the most bizarre + entertaining sets I have ever witnessed!











See more of Montreal photos @ Yonge Dundas Square here.

ceremony june 16, 2012 @ yonge dundas square

Pretty sure this is the only time I will see Ceremony perform under a fucking disco ball!











See more photos of Ceremony @ Yonge Dundas Square here.
Stay tuned for photos from Wrongbar!

sunday wake up call

New Basement song entitled "Whole"!

saturday wake up call / nxne day 4 picks

This is the day I've been waiting for ever since NXNE announced its lineup back in April and this is the only band that matters at this year's festival!

CEREMONY

3 @ Yonge Dundas Square
11 @ Wrongbar

Really hope they play "Kersed"...



...and "You're All the Same"



I've been dying to see this band live forever!

Live @ The Met in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on June 12, 2012



Video by hate5six, check out other wicked live sets here.