friday wake up call

"Hold Open My Head" by Nai Harvest, the title track from Nai Harvest's EP Hold Open My Head, out on March 4th through Dog Knights Productions & Topshelf Records.

thursday wake up call

Against Me! performed "FUCKMYLIFE666" on Late Show With David Letterman last night!



"FUCKMYLIFE666" is from the awesome new AM! record, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, out now on Total Treble.

wednesday wake up call

New single from Timber Timbre entitled "Hot Dreams".



"Hot Dreams" is from Timber Timbre's third album, out on April 1 through Arts & Crafts.

tuesday wake up call

PunkWorldViews.com posted two live videos of Direct Hit! performing at the Redwood in Los Angeles.

"Satan Says"




"The World Is Ending (No One Cares)"

monday wake up call

Here's a new video for two Poliça tracks, "I Need $" and "So Leave", directed by Isaac Ravishankara.

sunday wake up call

Impressionist video by Romain Assénat & Ana Silva for Nils Frahm's "Says".



"Says" is off of Spaces, out now through Erased Tapes Records.

saturday wake up call

New No Age video for "I Won't Be Your Generator", directed by Oliver Payne.



"I Won't Be Your Generator" is taken from An Object, out now via Sub Pop.

friday wake up call

Great live video by Made Of Chalk TV for "Spinning Thread" by Into It. Over It.

thursday wake up call

Ridiculously crazy new Death Set video (directed by Sofia Szamosi) for "Lite The Fuse", taken from the band's new EP entitled King Babies, out on Dim Mak.

wednesday wake up call

Wonderful animated video by Noémie Marsily & Carl Roosens for BRNS' "Our Lights".

tuesday wake up call

My most anticipated album of the year, Transgender Dysphoria Blues by Against Me! is out today! Watch Laura Jane Grace & James Bowman perform acoustic versions of "FuckMyLife666" and "True Trans Soul Rebel" at Red Bull Sound Space at KROQ.

Post by Against Me!

Post by Against Me!

monday wake up call

"Deep End" by Creative Adult, from the band's upcoming debut album, Psychic Mess, out on February 25 through Run For Cover Records.

sunday wake up call

Great stop-motion / shadow puppets video by Katie Maren Nelson for Hey Ocean!'s "If I Were A Ship".

the best game you can name

Happy Hockey Day In Canada!

saturday wake up call

New Let's Wrestle song/video entitled "Codeine & Marshmallows", from the band's upcoming self titled album, out on February 10th via Fortuna POP!

friday wake up call

Nice animated video by Martinus Klemet for Calvin Cardioid's "Slow Dance".

thursday wake up call

"Difference Maker", beautiful track by NEEDTOBREATHE, taken from their upcoming album Rivers In The Wasteland, out on April 15th.

wednesday wake up call

"Miss Teen Massachusetts" by Skaters, taken from the band's debut album Manhattan, out on February 25th.

tuesday wake up call

What a beautiful song — "Brighter!" by Cass McCombs featuring Karen Black, video directed by Stephen Eckelberry.

monday wake up call

Bad Religion performs a live web exclusive of "True North" (one of my favourite songs from last year) on Conan!

sunday wake up call

King Krule pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock in this new video (directed by Jamie-James Medina) for "A Lizard State".

saturday wake up call

Jake Bugg has released a new single/video for the song "A Song About Love", taken from Jake's second album, Shangri La.



Bonus: Jake Bugg performs "A Song About Love" on Later with Jools Holland.

friday wake up call

Here's a live video of Finch performing "Letters To You", taken from the band's upcoming live album/DVD, What It Is To Burn X, out on February 25th through Tragic Hero Records.

thursday wake up call

New Sundials video (directed by Max Weinstein-Bacal) for the track "710", from When I Couldn't Breathe, out now on Asian Man Records.

wednesday wake up call

Watch "Bank of Elevators", chapter 8 from Direct Hit!'s Brainless God, out now on Red Scare Industries.



If you missed the previous chapters, watch them here (chapter 1 to 4), here (chapter 5) and here (chapter 6 & 7.)

tuesday wake up call

New Lawrence Arms song/video, "Seventeener (17th and 37th)", from the band's upcoming record, Metropole, out on January 28th via Epitaph.

monday wake up call

"My London" by Crowns, taken from the band's debut full-length, Stitches in the Flag

sunday wake up call

New Blood Red Shoes song/video entitled "The Perfect Mess", taken from the duo's upcoming S/T album, out on March 3rd through Jazz Life.

saturday wake up call

A wonderful collaborative animated video for "In fielder" by Miro Belle.

friday wake up call

Really cool video, directed by Stephen Meierding and Sami Jano for Appomattox's "United".

thursday wake up call

"Growing Pains" by Neck Deep, from Wishful Thinking, out on January 14th through Hopeless Records.

my 30 favourite albums of 2013

Happy New Year! Here's a look back at some of my favourite albums from 2013 ... other great albums that made it just outside of this list include Anthems by Pure Love, No World by Inc., You're Nothing by Iceage, Enola by I Can Make A Mess, Kveikur by Sigur Rós and Good Together by Chapel Club.


30. Direct Hit!: Brainless God

29. Nils Frahm: Spaces

28. The Flatliners: Dead Language

27. Ghostpoet: Some Say I So I Say Light

26. Zomby: With Love

25. Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart

24. Bad Religion: True North

23. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires Of The City

22. Deafheaven: Sunbather

21. Weekend Nachos: Still

20. The Wonder Years: The Greatest Generation

hello 2014!