Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new album 'Beat the Devil's Tattoo' is available in its entirety for streaming now on their myspace account before its scheduled March 9 release.
http://www.myspace.com/blackrebelmotorcycleclub
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new album 'Beat the Devil's Tattoo' is available in its entirety for streaming now on their myspace account before its scheduled March 9 release.
http://www.myspace.com/blackrebelmotorcycleclub
Melbourne songstress Ainslie Wills has released 'Wide Load' an impressive single from her upcoming EP 'Somebody for Everyone', set for release in May.
Wills has experienced national attention before in 2007 when her single 'Green Coloured Glass' earned her a touring spot with Missy Higgins.
'Wide Load' however is a massive step forwards in her sound, sultry vocals and a stripped back bassy rhythm section create a seductive sound that brings to mind a soulful Cat Power.
Ainslie Wills - Website
1 girl + 1 boy / guitars + drums = Bonfire Nights. That's the tagline of Bonfire Nights' website, the girl and boy being drummer Ruth Nitkiewicz and guitarist Stephen Foster, Brisbane locals who've formed one of the more exciting new Brisbane bands.
Bonfire Nights rely on a relatively simple sound, flitting sonically between their cited influences like The Raveonettes, The Mess Hall and My Bloody Valentine. They're at their best when mixing their own vocal harmonies with a bigger sound like on their track 'Own Worst Enemy' where at times they come off sounding like a less serious Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
They're scheduled to be playing their first show this coming March 27 at the Troubadour along with releasing an EP in the coming months. Check out 'Own Worst Enemy' below.
Bonfire Nights - Website
UK rock duo Blood Red Shoes have released new single 'Light It Up' today, a week before the release of new album 'Fire Like This' on March 1. The video features some particularly grubby looking people, as well as an overly rousing chorus, typical of the bands sound
Of the track, drummer Steve Ansell says:
“To me, 'Light It Up' is like our Pixies formula song, just groove on the verses then smash the distortion up full on the chorus. It's about feeling like everything is about to explode and that you want it to explode. it's about craving for chaos and upheaval and destruction because it might actually change something.”
Blood Red Shoes - Website
Local Brisbane band Butcher Birds are Stacey, Jacinta, Joanna and Donovan, three girls and a guy who are making some of the best music to come out of Brisbane of late. They released their first EP called "Eat Their Young" in 2006, and in October 2009 released their critically acclaimed debut LP, "Set My Bones', which has since gained them recognition from Triple J & Rolling Stone.
The Butcher Birds sound is reminiscent of the 90's grunge/indie rock sound and brings to mind amongst others, Veruca Salt, PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth and The Breeders. So if you're into 90's fuzz rock fronted by female vocals you should definitely have a listen.
Butcher Birds - Website
English rockers Archie Bronson Outfit are set to release their third 'Coconut' this March. This is the bands first release since 2006's critically acclaimed 'Derdang Derdang'.
Tracklist:
01 Magnetic Warrior
02 Shark's Tooth
02 Hoola
04 Wild Strawberries
05 Chunk
06 6.1 You Have a Right to a Mountain Life / 6.2 One Up on Yourself
07 Bite It & Believe It
08 Hunt You Down
09 Harness (Bliss)
10 Run Gospel Singer
The Rapture have revealed that their new album will be "100 times better than the iPad".
Currently working on the follow-up to 2006's 'Pieces Of People We Love' in Paris, the New York band are hoping the album will be released in the summer.
"We're cruising through the process," Gabe Andruzzi told Pitchfork. "If everything goes well we'd love to have this album out by June or July".
Working with Phoenix producer Phillipe Zdar, Andruzzi also gave an insight on how the album is developing.
"Being in Paris makes the whole process seem kind of mysterious, a little magical," he explanied. "It's going to be a mystical, magical album. I tell him that "mystical, magical" reminds me of Steve Jobs introducing the iPad".
He added jokingly: "Our new album's gonna be fucking 100 times better than the iPad, with this record you're going to be interfacing with your soul in ways that have never happened before."
After releasing debut single 'Hey Somebody' in November last year Melbourne two-piece Big Scary managed to garner national airplay from Triple J. From their the band has has continued success, including having 'The Weight' shortlisted for Triple J's Hottest 100, and will be releasing their debut full lenghth EP 'At the Mercy of the Elements' on February 26.
'Hey Somebody' may have been the song that grabbed peoples attention with its raucous fuzzed out sound but Big Scary has a much wider range than just straight up rock n' roll. Band members Jo and Tom are both multi-instrumentalists and it shows as their songs range from bravado driven rockers like 'Hey Somebody' to stripped back, heartbroken, piano driven ballads.
Big Scary - Website
Brisbane's own indie-popster's Last Dinosaurs are set to mark the release of their debut EP 'Back from the Dead' on February 26 with a show at The Old Museum.
Brothers Sean and Lachlan Caskey front the band as guitarists whilst Dan Koyama and Sam Gethin-Jones take on the drums and bass respectively in a line-up that has generated considerable buzz on the local music scene.
Much of the band’s appeal lies in the spritely, youthful guitar pop, as their instruments slither purposefully over and around each other. Triple j were quick to tag them as a promising act with demo “Honolulu” earning them the Triple j Unearthed tick of approval way back in February 2009. The Last Dinosaurs live show has also been hard to ignore, highlighted as one of the most talked about shows at Brisbane’s 2009 Big Sound Showcase by JMag.
If you've so far managed to escape U.K./Irish buzz band Two Door Cinema Club it's about to get a whole lot harder with their debut album 'Tourist History'hitting Australian shores on February 26th.
If you are one of the few that have managed to elude the sounds of single 'I Can Talk' to date Two Door Cinema Club are an an Irish electropop, indie rock band, compared sonically by many to early Bloc Party and Maximo Park. However in saying that lead singer Alex Trimbles' vocals are far more lightweight than the usual brit dance rock bands. This difference doesn't prove a hinderance though as Trimbles' voice play an integral role in the Two Door Cinema Club sound as their songs largely rely on fast, heavy beats mixed with honeysweet vocals. Eliot James, who co-produced the last Kaiser Chiefs album, took lead on the album.
In news that won't be of concern to most, aging front man Mark E. Smith and his post-punk band the Fall have announced they will be releasing a new album 'Your Future Is Our Clutter'.
The release is scheduled for April of this year and will be made available digitally and on a double album. The full tracklisting is:
'O.F.Y.C. Showcase'
'Bury Pts. 1 + 3'
'Mexico Wax Solvent'
'Cowboy George'
'Hot Cake'
'Y.F.O.C./Slippy Floor'
'Chino'
'Funnel Of Love'
'Weather Report 2'
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have released a new track, Conscience Killer from their upcoming album Beat the Devil's Tattoo. Enjoy.
Jack White's been a busy man. Not only has he had time to form three bands but in the recent past he's also discovered and produced a new act for this record label, The Black Belles. The Black Belles, a group about whom little is known except that they were assembled by White, feature Nashville burlesque model Erin Belle and have a fondness for slightly medieval-looking wide-brimmed hats. It's possible that the Belles might sound a little too like the White Stripes for some but if you enjoy some simple kick drum smashing backed by some textured electro-organ, crunchy guitar, and female vocals then you should find something worthwhile with their sound.
Here's the bands first single 'What Can I Do'
In news that will interest those that know their way around the asshole of the internet an advance copy of Texan garage rockers, The Strange Boys new album 'Be Brave' has been leaked in full.
Tracklisting:
1. I See
2. A Walk On The Beach
3. Be Brave
4. Friday In Paris
5. Between Us
6. Da Da
7. Night Might
8. Dare I Say
9. Laugh At Sex, Not Her
10. All You Can Hide Inside
11. The Unsent Letter
12. You Can't Only Love When You Want
Their debut album 'Strange Boys & Girls Club' only recently saw release in Australia and was generally well received.
Swedish dream-pop group The Radio Dept.’s oft-delayed third record Clinging To A Scheme look like it will finally see the light of day in April later this year. A full tracklisting for the highly anticipated album has been released along with beat-driven single “Heaven’s On Fire”, complete with Thurston Moore intro.
Album Tracklisting:
1. "Domestic Scene"
2. "Heaven's on Fire"
3. "This Time Around"
4. "Never Follow Suit"
5. "A Token of Gratitude"
6. "The Video Dept."
7. "Memory Loss"
8. "David"
9. "Four Months in the Shade"
10. "You Stopped Making Sense"
The Scottish singer/guitarist told BBC 6music that he and guitarist Nick McCarthy had been working on new songs at McCarthy's house for the follow-up to last year's 'Tonight… Franz Ferdinand' effort.
"I've been round at Nick's and we've been writing some things, and trying to do things in a different way again," he explained. "You'll hear it before too long."
The band are set to begin their Australian tour later this month
MMB Approved is a segment dedicated to bands My Music Brisbane wholeheartedly supports. These bands may be new, old, popular, obscure, together, broken up, reformed, deformed, malformed or even dead but in all cases their music has something. Something good.
Starlite Desperation is/was a rock band originally from Monterey, California. Combining elements of garage rock, punk, psychedelic music, goth rock, post punk, glam rock and 60's Pop. They released three full length records, 1 EP, and 3 singles, on several labels, including Gold Standard Laboratories.
The band found relatively little success and eventually disbanded in 2008, but not before having toured with the likes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ,The Rapture, The International Noise Conspiracy, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dirtbombs, The Ponys , and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Is there a 90's music revival going on? It's been suggested for awhile now and US band Lanterns have planted both feet in the 90's with their debut EP 'Apocalypse Youth'. Most of Lantern's songs are reminiscent of 90's alt rock and in particular 90's indie darlings Pavement. That's not to say they're an exact replica or even an adequate imitation but if you're into fuzzy 90's indie guitar rock with a joyful tone then you might just like Lantern.
The Soft Pack are a US band who've just released their self titled debut album The Soft Pack.
The songs on The Soft Pack are big and accessible with no bullshit song structures and some of the best bass lines going on right now. There's no doubt this band's mined alot of their sound from the likes of the Replacements, the Ramones and every other band that has ever gleefully doubled up guitar parts and vocal harmonies. But that's no bad thing as they've recorded a solid debut along with a possible hit single in 'C'mon'.
UNKLE is continuing the transition of becoming the band of choice for rockers who've always wanted to dance and wear mesh shirts. Jame's Lavelles British outfit has announced details of the bands next album, this time collaborating with the likes of Mark Lanegan, The Black Angels, Autolux and more.
The new album is titled Where Did The Night Fall
and is set to have a May release date in Australia.
Where Did The Night Fall Tracklisting:
1. Nowhere
2. Follow Me Down (feat Sleepy Sun)
3. Natural Selection (feat The Black Angels)
4. Joy Factory (feat Autolux)
5. The Answer (feat Big In Japan (Baltimore))
6. On A Wire (feat ELLE J)
7. Falling Stars (feat Gavin Clark)
8. Heavy Drug
9. Caged Bird (feat Katrina Ford)
10. Ablivion
11. The Runaway (feat ELLE J)
12. Ever Rest (feat Joel Cadbury)
13. The Healing (feat Gavin Clark)
14. Another Night Out (feat Mark Lanegan)
UNKLE - Natural Selection
UNKLE - Hold My Hand
Broken Social Scene have announced that they will release their next studio album in May. The Canadian collective's new album, which will be their fifth and is as yet untitled, will be released on May 3. It will be the follow-up to their 2005 self-titled effort.
The album was produced by John McEntire of Tortoise at Chicago's Soma Studios, with further sessions at Giant Studios and The Schvitz Studio in Toronto.
"After a couple of months we got bored," Ricky Wilson told BBC. "Then I got really bored, then mind-numbingly bored and that's when you start thinking about the fact you want to get up and do something again."
Unfortunately there's currently no release date set for the album so fans will just have to cross their fingers.
Electro popsters MGMT have provided further details on their follow up album to 'Oracular Spectacular'. Their new album will be titled 'Congratulations' and is scheduled for release in early April this year.
The tracklisting has also been announced
'It's Working'
'Song for Dan Treacy'
'Someone's Missing'
'Flash Delirium'
'I Found a Whistle'
'Siberian Breaks'
'Brian Eno'
'Lady Dada's Nightmare'
'Congratulations'
The Magic Wands are a band set to break through this year after receiving an excellent response to their 2009 EP Magic & Dreams. Chris and Dexy Valentine draw heavily on influences like the Jesus and Mary Chain and have a sound that is instantly like-able and totally sugar sweet dreamy danceable pop sprinkled with dirty guitars. They're reportedly recording their debut album in a San Franciscan studio before release later this year.
The festival will be hosted over three stages on Saturday March 6 & 7, with no camping available. The lineup remains intact and all tickets will be upheld.
The Lost Weekend
DINOSAUR JR
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE
LITTLE BIRDY
TUMBLEWEED
BRITISH INDIA
THE DIRTY PROJECTORS
THE DRONES
NASHVILLE PUSSY
BUTTERFINGERS
WOODEN SHJIPS
LITTLE RED
WHITLEY
WOLF AND CUB
MM9
DAN KELLY
BUSDRIVER
JEFF LEWIS AND THE JUNKYARD
THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS
NEW PANTS
REGULAR JOHN
Tweak Bird are brothers Ashton and Caleb (Big Bird and Little Bird, respectively), a US based duo who play a raucous brand of rock and roll, big beats, bigger riffs and eerie, high-pitched vocals. They released their first EP Reservations in 2009 and reportedly have a full albums worth of songs ready to go this year. No news on whether they'll make it over to Australia but if they do we'll be in for a damn good show.
American rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle club have announced that their new album 'Beat the Devil's Tattoo' is available for pre-order through iTunes, along with a free download of new single 'Beat the Devil's Tattoo'. The album is scheduled for release on March 8th.
Them Crooked Vultures appear to have another album on the way with bassist John Paul Jones having said that the band expect to have their second album out before 2010 is up.
As reported by NME, The Strokes are entering the studio this month to start work on their fourth album. Both U2 and Beck are reported to be producing.
Melbourne rockers Eddy Current Suppression Ring are set to release their third full-length album, 'Rush to Relax' on February 19. Their previous effort 'Primary Colors' received vast critical acclaim from the likes of Buddyhead, The Guardian and The Australian Independent Record Labels Association.
If you haven't heard them already these guys play punk rock that's basically a cross between the dirty sound of the Pyscho Surgeons and Radio Birdman, and the cleaner stuff of the Saints and Numbers, some of the best punk bands Australia ever produced, so you know this stuff is good.
The lead track off the new album, 'Anxiety' has made its way out and as expected its a loud rowdy mess. Brendan Suppression is his usual agitated self, blurting out lines about his anxiety racked life whilst Rob Solid, Eddy Current and Danny Current put together a sound that's more surf rock than much of their previous work.
Full Tracklisting:
1. Anxiety
2. I've Got a Feeling
3. Tuning Out
4. Gentleman
5. Walked Into a Corner
6. Second Guessing
7. I Can Be a Jerk
8. Isn't It Nice
9. Burn
10. Rush to Relax
In news sure to excite fans of 'I ♥' t-shirts everywhere, poppy good time dance-rock band New Young Pony Club are set to release their second album 'The Optimist' this March. A full tracklisting is already available:
1. Lost a Girl
2. Chaos
3. The Optimist
4. Stone
5. We Want To
6. Dolls
7. Before the Light
8. Oh Cherie
9. Rapture
10. Architect of Love
Here's the latest video from the new album, 'Chaos'
Rob Thomas/Vanessa Amorossi @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Sirenia (NOR / Paradise Lost (UK) @ The Hi-Fi
Ace Frehley @ The Tivoli
Tuesday, February 9
Subtle Sounds @ Ric's Bar
Jessiah Cocks / Rob Robot / They Are Spies @ X & Y Bar
Wednesday, February 10
Grant Hart@ The Troubadour
Thursday, February 11
Pistols of Dawn / Vayer / The Score / The Divine Right of Kings @ The Zoo
Bang Bang & Boss Kelly @ The Troubadour
Lecia McPhail @ Ric's Bar
Radio Star / Cadillac / Birds of a Feather @ X & Y Bar
Friday, February 12
Katie Noonan / Hannah Macklin & the Teapotter Party / Emma Dean / Edward Guglielmino & The Show @ The Globe
Kora @ The Hi-Fi
Jackson Jackson / Mama Kin @ The Zoo
Los Huevos / The Keep on Dancin's / The Sufari Krishnas @ The Troubadour
Friends with the Enemy / White Bats / Green Thief / Still Grey @ The Stepp Inn
Bec Laughton / Mark Lowndes @ X & Y Bar
Saturday, February 13
Skipping Girl Vinegar @ The Troubador
Ash Grunwald & Funkoars / The Coalition Crew @ The Zoo
The Chutes / Run For a Bus @ The Globe
Vegas Kings @ Ric's Bar
The Quickening / To the North / Local Resident Failure / Stolen Bikes Ride Faster / Blackjaw / Wiseheimer / Army of Champions / Concrete Street / Not OK / Hira Hira / Anchor Nowhere / The Mercy Beat / Sweet Dreams @ The Stepp Inn
Borich X Borich @ The Hi-Fi
Sunday, February 14
The Dodos / The John Steel Singers @ The Zoo
Kirsty Apps / McArtney / Lucy Star Satellite / The Lucky Wonders @ The Troubadour
Blind Lemon @ Ric's Bar
Jane's Melodica / Disnae Matter @ X & Y Bar
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