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See: Death From Above release video for ‘Caught Up’, plus European tour dates
Death From Above have premiered a brand new video, to accompany their track ‘Caught Up’. The offbeat video is directed by award-winning filmmaker Eva Michon and features DFA “in the midst of a spirited performance while at the mercy of mysterious forces”, fusing “brutal rock and roll attitude with hip-shaking dance-rock”. The single has a …
See: The Lovely Eggs release video for Wiggy Giggy
The Lovely Eggs have revealed a new video for the track Wiggy Giggy ahead of the release of the album “This Is Eggland“. This song’s message that you can travel to outer space, and not realise what you have at home, is told through the medium of claymation space creatures and psychedelic collage. Dinosaurs! Kings! …
Track: L.A. Salami – Jean is Gone
London based artist L.A. Salami has shared his new track, ‘Jean Is Gone’, ahead of the release of his forthcoming second album The City Of Bootmakers. Salami is continuing to weave his way through an extensive catalogue, with each song telling its own story, characterised by many observational anecdotes. Following an upbeat intro, featuring a …
See: Manic Street Preachers reveal video for Distant Colours
Taken from their forthcoming album Resistance Is Futile, ‘Distant Colours’ was released on Friday 16th February on Columbia (Sony). Set for release on Friday 13th April, it will be the thirteenth studio album from the Manic Street Preachers. The first track from the album, ‘International Blue’ came out in December 2017 and was soon added …
Track: Drinks – Real Outside
Drinks, the collaborative project between White Fence’s Tim Presley and Cate Le Bon’s err…..Cate Le Bon, have reconvened for a second album, titled Hippo Lite. Its a follow up to the pairs Hermits on Holiday record which came out on Tim;s Birth Records in 2015, and is due out via Drag City on April 20th. …
Track: Maff – Hawaii
Chile’s magnificent Maff are back with a new single off their forthcoming EP ‘Melaniña’ due for release in April. Entitled ‘Hawaii’, it is another blistering, hypnotic slice of shoegaze with pounding bass and drums with guitars and vocals that recall the magnificence of The Horrors: Brilliant stuff indeed. ‘Hawaii’ will be released on March 2 …
Video: Valkyries – Serf
Summer seemed to last only for a about week in Tasmania this year but then all of a sudden comes a ray of sunshine from Clifton Beach, a rather pretty seaside area near Hobart where the farmlands meet the seas. It is the new single from Valkyries – a short but sweet slab of low-fi …
Track: Dr Octagon – Octagon Octagon
It’s been a while coming, but after a couple of decades Kool Keith, Dan The Automator and DJ Qbert have reunited as Dr. Octagon to record the long awaited follow up to 1996 cult classic, Dr. Octagonecologyst. Called Moosebumps: an exploration into modern day horripilation, it drops on will April 6th, but can be preordered here …
Track: 808INK – Come Down
London rap collective 808INK, aka vocalist Mumblez BlackInk and instrumental lynchpin 808 Charmer, are following up last years impressive ‘Flexing (Side A)’, ‘When I’m About, You’ll Know’ EP, out March 2nd. From it they’ve released a second track, ‘Come Down’. It opens with these jabbing synth lines and buzzing bass lines, over which Mumblez lays …
See: Mavis Staples releases video for “If all I was, was black”
Soul and civil rights legend Mavis Staples has returned with a new video for her latest albums titular track. The video for “I all I was, was black” looks at the ongoing controversy regarding civil war memorials, and in particular, imagines what could be done with the pedestals as we look forwards instead of back. …