dananananaykroyd: hey everyone!

Dananananaykroyd’s debut full length, Hey Everyone! is the ultimate fun record! The band has that refreshingly youthful energy very similar to Los Campesinos! Dananananaykroyd successfully mixes catchy indie pop sound with punk rock attitudes—the result is an album full of fast pace/speedy rhythms, lively shouts, memorable call and response vocal exchanges, and awesome crapping sections, which is always entertaining ! Every single track on Hey Everyone! is exciting; not only is it the funniest record I have heard this year, it is one frakking great rock album as well!

Watch This [wicked-cool song]
Infinity Milk [wicked-cool song]
Some Dresses [wicked-cool song]

visit Dananananaykroyd’s MySpace here
buy Hey Everyone! here

hold fast, hold fast, hold fast

PJ Harvey & John Parish will perform on The Late Show with David Letterman this Friday (June 12)!

Also, make sure you check out this awesome video for The Maccabees's "Can You Give It".



The Maccabees: Can You Give It [wicked-cool song]
from Wall Of Arms, buy the album here

can't you feel the knife?

Here's a recording of Grizzly Bear's "Knife" from last night's show at Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto.

Grizzly Bear: Knife (Live at Phoenix Concert Theatre, June 5, 2009)

omfg! feist performed two songs with grizzly bear!

Grizzly Bear with Here We Go Magic—June 5, 2009 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

Here We Go Magic






Grizzly Bear











see more photos at my flickr page

gossip whale

Check out The Gossip's new single, "Heavy Cross" from their forthcoming album Music For Men, out on June 23rd.

The Gossip: Heavy Cross [wicked-cool song]


Noah And The Whale has a new home. The band also announced their second record, The First Days of Spring, will be out at the end of August. Below is a live video and recording of new songs taken by Vincent Moon.

Fiume Night 14.1 _ Noah & The Whale _ williamsburgh, april 2009 from vincent moon / temporary areas on Vimeo.

who will lay me down in green pastures?

Patrick Wolf's next single will be "Who Will". It will be accompanied by a couple of remixes and radio edit. You can download one of the remixes below, enjoy!

Who Will (Buffetlibre Remix) [wicked-cool song]

happy bachelor day

Patrick Wolf’s new record, The Bachelor came out today in the UK! Go buy it from you local record stores.

Battle [wicked-cool song]
Hard Times (Alec Empire Remix)



In other news, the NXNE 09 preview video is up, this year's line-up looks promising!




Check out Bat For Lashes' video for "Pearl's Dream":




Lastly, watch Vimby Backyard Session With Great Lake Swimmers below:

pajo: scream with me

I love associating artists/albums with the different seasons; for instance, I have always love to listen to Great Lake Swimmer and Wilco (especially Sky Blue Sky) during the summer. This summer, I am adding Pajo’s highly anticipated new record, Scream With Me to my playlist. The legendary David Pajo once again bring the most dreamy and tranquil songs to my ears. Wait, I forgot to mention, Scream With Me is a Misfits covers album!!!!!!! Here’s the breakdown of the songs: 6 our of the 9 songs are from Static Age, 2 from Walk Among Us and lastly, the amazing "Horror Business". And yes, even with lyrics such as “When do creatures rape your face”; “The omelet of disease awaits your noontime meal/her mouth of germicide seducing all your plans”; “Kennedy's shattered head hits concrete/ride Johnny ride”; and “I'll put a knife right in you/I'm warning you”, I still think that this record is unbelievably dreamy and tranquil! Seriously, Pajo’s lo-fi acoustic guitar and vocal are the most relaxing combination in music today! Scream With Me is definitely an essential record for the summer. Misfits fans should find the covers amusing and if David Pajo is new to you, make sure you check out his self-titled record, it was one of my favourite records of 2005 (and Slint's Spiderland... but that's pretty much a given for any indie rock/math rock fans.)

Horror Business [wicked-cool song]
Attitude [wicked-cool song]

visit Pajo's MySpace here
Scream With Me is only available on vinyl, you can buy it here

show me some revolution

Check out Patrick Wolf's new video for "Hard Times" below.
(video taken from Pitchfork)



This is what Patrick has to say about the video:

"For me this video is my homage to two of my biggest heroes, Elvis Presley and Klaus Nomi. I always wondered what both of those geniuses would be doing if they were both still with us. Elvis and Klaus were some of the greatest radical visionaries the world has ever seen, never forget them. This is my first music video shot outside of the United Kingdom, filmed all on Pier 52, I think, on Manhattan Island, a couple of piers down from the home of Studio 54. The outfit I am wearing was made by my long term collaborator Ada Zanditon out of bin bags from Whitechapel Market in London flown to New York in its own suitcase at great excess baggage cost. It was an absolute mind altering experience working with Ace Norton, This guy is definitely the Michel Gondry of my generation. I cant wait to collaborate with him and his amazing team in the future. Big love to all the dancers, make up artists and performance artists in the video, to Charles Manning for making the costumes for my army and to Marvin for making this all happen for me and my hard times song."

grammatics: grammatics

To be honest, I did not make it through the entire thing the very first time I listened to Grammatics’s self-titled debut. I didn’t think highly of it, but there was this one song in particular that stood out. The brilliant track "Murderer" is the reason why I went back months later and gave Grammatics another go. I am glad that I gave this band/record another chance as it has now become one of my favourite albums of the year. This album is an excellent example of great band chemistry—the multi-textured arrangements work wonderfully with Owen Brinley’s dramatic vocal deliveries—the music and vocal interact so beautifully together! Grammatics’s S/T debut is flawlessly remarkable and it is the best debut record I have heard this year!

Murderer [super-wicked-cool song]
Relentless Fours [wicked-cool song]
Polar Swelling

visit Grammatics' MySpace here
buy Grammatics here