Glasser songs sound like ancient tribal lullabies. Had the Vikings been lucky enough to hear her soothing melodies they wouldn’t have done all that raping and pillaging. They’d be in Norway sipping fruit tea and practicing pilates. Here she answers our 321 questions and gets a galactic makeover from the always amazing Astronomer. Glasser – [...]
01.03.10.
Over at FADER my Dollars To Pounds column continues. Recently I’ve spoken to the amazing Actress, the vivacious Visions Of Trees, the delightful Django Django, and this week, the very nice Veronica Falls. Veronica Falls – Stephen [mp3] [Buy]
01.03.10.
I read somewhere that Jeremy Jay cites John Hughes‘ movies as a songwriting influence. In that case this song, the b-side of his new Sexbeat single, is the morning after the end credits roll, when the dork walks down to Shermer High after hooking up with the hottest girl in town. Hell yeah. It’s on [...]
01.03.10.
Because of the angle this photo was taken at you can’t see Kyle Parker‘s torso curling around the globe then trailing off into space past Venus past Mercury past the sun and out out out forever, but trust us, it is. He told us about his old cat and happy songs about sad stuff. Infinite [...]
01.03.10.
[Photo: Mark Quines] There are many cool things in Japan (like this and this and this and this) but perhaps coolest of all is Big Love, the best little record label in Tokyo. Their next release is a split 7″ from our pals Small Black and Cali dreamers Young Prisms. Get it while you can. [...]
01.03.10.
[Photo: Paul Rosales] Today’s Big Love love-in continues with a peek at another forthcoming release, this time a 7″ from LA’s Pearl Harbor AKA the band we have been daydreaming about. It’s limited to 300 copies. Buy one and your life will be 45% more awesome. Pearl Harbor – Slivers Of You [Stream Only] [Buy]
01.03.10.
When I was 9 I invented my first joke, something about John Lennon dropping some eggs and saying yoke oh oh no. My gags haven’t improved much since. Maybe these great Danes grew up being equally unhilarious, after all their new album is called Eggs. At least they had the good sense to ask dude [...]
01.03.10.
The awesome Stricken City are back to make mischief of one kind and another. In this brand new video for a brand new song a forest grows and grows and grows until the ceiling hangs with branches and the walls become the world all around and a waterfall tumbles by. From today you can download [...]
01.03.10.
Sometimes amazing things happen. In years to come your grandchildren will ask “where were you when Luke Perry covered the Beverly Hills 90210 theme tune?” (RIP Scott Scanlon.) Luke Perry – Brenda-Vision [mp3] [Via]
01.03.10.
According to Braeley Whaley his new EP is about “taking too many drugs in the desert with my friends, beating up Jesus and eventually dying from thirst.” Orff-some. Braeley Whaley – Floriculture [mp3] [Free]
01.03.10.