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See: Body Count Release Animated Music Video For ‘Thee Critical Beatdown’
LA’s heavy metal outfit Body Count release a music video for the hard-hitting track ‘Thee Critical Beatdown’ taken from their much acclaimed recent album ‘Carnivore’ released March 6th , 2020 via Century Media Records. The animation work was done by Tommy The Animator who also created a music video for the song “The Ski Mask Way” from Body …
TRACK: Whitney take on The Roches’ ‘Hammond Song’; full covers set next month
CHICAGO’S Whitney, who set all kindsa ears on fire with that fragile, world-weary crossover slice of Americana “No Woman” back in 2016, have released a video for their cover of The Roches’ “Hammond Song” ahead of a ten-song covers set, out via Secretly Canadian on August 14th. Following their acclaimed 2019 album Forever Turned Around, …
NEWS: mod revival nearly men The V.I.P.’s get an Optic compilation
OPTIC NERVE is really becoming the go-to mecca for wax heads who want pristine vinyl reissues of lost, past greats; an Edsel for the 21st century. The latest cult musical waifs to receive the label’s loving care is British powerpop/mod outfit The V.I.P.’s. The V.I.P.’s are notable, besides perhaps an over-blessing of punctuation, for never …
Track: METZ – A Boat to Drown In
Toronto noise punk trio METZ have shared an epic new single, ‘A Boat to Drown In’, ahead of their forthcoming fourth album, ‘Atlas Vending’. At 7 minutes and 37 seconds in length, it’s the band’s longest song to date. Whilst this might seem counter-intuitive as a single release, the song also features some of METZ’s …
NEWS: vinyl for Chemical Brothers’ ‘Got To Keep On’; museum exhibition
ATTENTION wax heads: in conjunction with The Design Museum in London, The Chemical Brothers have announced a limited edition pink vinyl 12” of the award-winning single “Got To Keep On”, the mesmerising video to which you can watch below. The museum, in Kensington, is reopening with the lead exhibition Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical …
SEE: Becky and the Birds – ‘Paris’: awesome Swedish future soul
LEAVING aside the Anglophone countries, there’s a cast-iron case that no other country has engaged with the world of post-1955 popular music quite like Sweden. There’s that acronymical band, two As, two Bs; you’ve probably heard the odd tune by them. But look past them at Avicii, Lykke Li, First Aid Kit, The Cardigans, The …
See: James Dean Bradfield – The Boy From The Plantation
With the announcement of Bradfield’s second solo album due August 14th via Montyray/The Orchard we are presented with the video for the third track – ‘The Boy From The Plantation’ Directed by longtime Manic Street Preachers collaborator Kieran Evans, the video features James in Wales alongside archive footage sourced specifically for the video. Kieran Evans: says of the …
Say Psych: Premiere: Nest Egg – Dislocation
Nest Egg were formed in 2011 and hail from Asheville, North Carolina. The band have honed their sound on the live circuit and their new LP Dislocation was released last week on The Acid Test Recordings and Little Cloud Records and BSM is pleased to bring you the video premiere of ‘ Dislocation is the …
Track: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald – I Love That Sound
Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is set to release his fifth album ‘Love Valley’ this October. Along with the new album news he also shares the new single ‘I Love That Sound’. A close and intimate sounding record which echos the private narrative the song portrays. Detailing the sound of a dress sliding off a …
Track: Jeremy Gara Shares New Track ‘Wraith’ And Second Solo Album News
Today Jeremy Gara, drummer of Arcade Fire, announces his second solo album ‘Passerine Finale’ to be released 11th September on Invada Records. To celebrate the announcement Jeremy has shared the track “wraith” taken Exploding out the speakers in a swirling wall of noise ‘Wraith’ is a somewhat creepy, almost uncomfortable, collection of thoughts and feelings painting in a kaleidoscope of sound. Check …