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.

i want to buy you something

The Drums' second album, Portamento is out on September 13th; watch their new single, "Money" below:

jenny jenny jenny, don't be lazy

The Drums—October 16, 2010 @ Soundscapes

Thanks to Soundscapes and The Drums for putting this awesome set together!
If you are in Toronto tonight, Avi Buffalo will be playing a special acoustic set at 7 pm! I saw them twice during this year's NXNE and trust me, you won’t want to miss this!






see more photos at my flickr page

the drums: the drums

Around this time last year, the internet was treated to an unofficial/leaked EP from Brooklyn’s The Drums. Yes, I was guilty of downloading the EP and I even wrote a very positive post about it as well! Then in September, the band released "Summertime!" EP and it became one of my favourite releases of 2009. So now, 9 months later, The Drums’ S/T full-length debut is finally out and I am happy to say, like everything before, the new record is incredibly catchy and pretty damn awesome! The great thing about the full-length is that only a handful of songs were from the previous EPs; and if you were strong enough to stay away from The Drums EP, you will be greeted by a "new" song entitled "Best Friend". It is a surprise that this joyous and lighthearted sounding opener is about a dead best friend, definitely one of my favourite songs by The Drums. This full-length debut is what I have been saying about The Drums’ music in my other posts—it is utterly catchy and wonderfully carefree, just a perfect summer record. I have a good feeling that The Drums will one day be up there with The Tough Alliance’s 2007 masterpiece, A New Chance as my favourite summer albums of all time!



visit The Drums' MySpace here
buy The Drums here

the drums: the drums ep

So something called The Drums EP by the The Drums surfaced on the world wide web almost a month ago. I have been looking for more music from these guys ever since I heard their incredibly catchy songs from their MySpace a while back. Naturally, I downloaded the EP and was absolutely blown away by it! It features some of the catchiest songs I have heard this year—yes, even catchier than Discovery’s LP and the new Pheonix album. After discovering my love for the EP, I wanted to buy the thing. However, I couldn’t find it anywhere; in fact, there is absolutely no information about the release online. My conclusion is that the EP is not an official release—it is either only available on tour/unreleased demos or it was just something put together by a fan/people on the interweb, sort of like that Noah And The Whale EP. Regretless, it is a collection of wonderful lighthearted pop songs that reminds me tremendously of The Tough Alliance; I would go as far as to say The Drums are the North American version of The Tough Alliance! If you are looking for an official release by The Drums, an EP entitled Summertime! is coming out on September 15, which is becoming one of my most anticipated releases of the year after hearing what the band has to offer on the unofficial S/T EP.

Best Friend [wicked cool song]
I Felt Stupid [wicked-cool song]

Download Let's Go Surfing Digital Single from rcrdlbl.com!
("Let's Go Surfing" is an amazing song... there are a couple of great remixes on this digital single as well!)

visit The Drums' MySpace here
Summertime! EP comes out on September 15th, you can pre-order it here