NYC’s Lake Ruth was formed in 2015 by multi-instrumentalist Hewson Chen of The New Lines, drummer Matt Schulz (Holy Fuck / Enon / SAVAK) and vocalist Allison Brice (The Eighteenth Day Of May, The Silver Abduction).
Their debut LP, Actual Entity, was released in 2016 on The Great Pop Supplement (UK). A second album, Birds of America, is due February 2018 on Feral Child (UK). Lake Ruth have crafted an absolutely radiant follow up to their brilliant debut album. Each track is like a perfectly cut gemstone, and the ten songs make up an album that is a joy to listen to from start to finish ! Get hold of the vinyl if you can, its a rare thing to find an album this perfect
last year we were reintroduced to the world of Les Autres, an excellent French indie rock band from the ’90s, via a compilation entitled “Backwards”. Now, we’re happy to present the debut album (after a couple self-released digital-only EPs) from Megrim, which is the new project of that older band’s guitarist/vocalist, Olivier Doreille. Like Les Autres, comparisons can be drawn to early ’90s contemporaries such as Lorelei and Hood, but Megrim’s sound is a bit more fleshed out, at times reminding me a lot of early Death Cab For Cutie and Nada Surf. Their songs are sometimes driving, other times melancholic, but always interesting, making for a well-rounded and rewarding album to listen to.
We’ve mentioned the Forth Wanderers before for the bands next move ever since their debut album last year Today the Montclair, New Jersey band have announced that they have signed to Sub Pop, who will release the bands sophomore album (which is self-titled) on April 27th .
The band also shared the first single “Not For Me,” a track that expands on their previous rock palate and offering even more fuzz and production that only gives their sound an even bigger feeling than ever before. These guys are making the sorta of rock songs that resemble some of the best stuff released in the 90s. While there’s an immediacy to their sound, there’s also something about their songs that benefit from a few extra listens to let it all sink in and truly appreciate.
“Not For Me” the official video which features animation done by the band’s very own Benjamin Guterl.
Just over a year after releasing their lauded debut LP, Yoncalla, Yumi Zouma return with Willowbank, the band’s sophomore album.
For the making of Willowbank, Yumi Zouma’s members — Charlie Ryder, Josh Burgess, Christie Simpson and Sam Perry settled on a plan to reunite for the New Zealand summer. To complete what would become their first significant work written and recorded entirely in their home country, they rented a studio in Christchurch’s semi-demolished CBD, on one of the few remaining blocks that still characterizes the city from before it was destroyed by a series of earthquakes. “It was as though there was a brief pause in all of our lives and we finally felt like a band from New Zealand,” said Burgess. “We were on home turf and creating from a place that felt fundamentally natural.”
They scare me… every release since EP I has been literal perfection, but somehow they continue to get BETTER AND BETTER with each one
When you know it’s there, the feeling of rootedness is undeniable on Willowbank. Being connected to their origins on the bottom of the earth allowed the band’s members to craft another essential chapter in the Yumi Zouma storybook.
Released October 6th, 2017
Yumi Zouma is Charlie Ryder, Josh Burgess, Christie Simpson and Sam Perry. All songs written, recorded and produced by Yumi Zouma.
The eccentric David Byrne has just released another track from his forthcoming album “American Utopia”, titled “This Is That” The new song follows Byrne’s previous single “Everybody’s Coming To My House,” released alongside the announcement of Byrne’s first solo album since 2004’s Grown Backwards.
“This Is That” was co-written and produced by Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never), due out March 9th on Todomundo / Nonesuch Records. The single is darkly simplistic, with beautiful ambient noises adding color to the song’s repeated musical formula. As with a lot of Byrne’s music, the lyrics are up for interpretation. The song follows a nonconsecutive narrative as Byrne changes his tone from past to present tense during the breakdown of the song, saying: “This is when, this is now, this is that, this is how … ”
Amidst sold-out shows in the UK and his new album’s high anticipation level, Byrne recently extended his world tour, now going till the end of August. David Byrne’s “This Is That,” from his album American Utopia.
Universal Music will issue The Who“Live at the Fillmore East 1968” in April, a set of unreleased recordings from the second of two nights played at Bill Graham’s legendary, but short-lived, venue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. An oft-bootleg concert by the Who will soon gets its first official release. Live at the Fillmore East 1968, which documents the last show of a two-night stand at the New York venue.
The two-disc, three-LP set, whose track listing is below, focuses largely on material from their two previous records, The Who Sell Out and A Quick One. But there are also three Eddie Cochran covers — “Summertime Blues,” “C’mon Everybody” and “My Way” plus takes on Benny Spellman’s Allen Toussaint-penned “Fortune Teller” and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates’ “Shakin’ All Over,” and a lengthy version of “My Generation.”. The Who’s manager Kit Lambert had recorded both the 5th and 6th of April shows of ’68 with a view to issuing as The Who’s fourth album after “The Who Sell Out”. That never happened, but 50 years later sound engineer BobPridden (who was there in 1968) has restored and mixed songs from the 6 April show for this new archival release.
The Who headlined the Fillmore East with Free Spirits and Buddy Guy opening.
The second night of The Who’s first run ever playing at the Fillmore East is an unbelievably great document of the band in its early prime, still full of the punk attitude that they would initially define while beginning to venture off into more artistic and experimental territory. Every minute of this performance is fascinating and much of this material has never been released, This set captures the entire band fully engaged in their music. Although many songs were still short and concise during this stage of their career, the intensity level is undeniable. Opening the show with Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues,” they immediately set a bar that most other bands could never even approach.
Their second song of this set is the Stones‘ cover of the Allen Toussaint penned “Fortune Teller” which they had just performed for the first time ever the previous night.
They continue with “I Can’t Explain,” one of the few songs American audiences were familiar with at the time, but with a new level of aggression that wasn’t apparent on that early single. Next up is their current single at the time, “Happy Jack,” a tune that found them exploring new directions and beginning to experiment with dynamic changes. Extremely rare live performances of “Relax” and “My Way” follow and continue to explore and expand on the boundaries within the band’s music. “Relax” surprisingly turns out to be one of the heavier numbers on this set and the band takes flight into some inspired jamming following the verses. Unfortunately, the jam fades out and is incomplete.
John Entwistle then steps up for his defining song, “Boris The Spider,” lending his dark sense of humor to the proceedings. At this point, the band launches into “My Generation” and this version is amazing. The improvisational section following the verses is a great early example of the band letting the music propel itself. Although at times it seems like they are on the verge of being out of control, they never are, and early signs of Townshend developing themes within a jam are also surfacing. The approach to their instruments and the sound they create as a unit is utterly unique and unlike any other band at that time. The reels were changed during this jam, so a small part of it is missing on this recording.
This surely must have left the audience breathless, so while they were recovering, the band embarks on their most experimental composition yet, “A Quick One While He’s Away,” which is incomplete and begins in the middle of the song. This adventurous suite of songs, loosely tied together, is a hint at Townshend’s future aspirations that would eventually be realized in his first full-blown rock opera, Tommy. This is a fascinating performance for its entire eight minutes.
They close their set this night with another propulsive jam on “Shakin’ All Over,” again letting the music propel the band through several pulverizing jams, including spontaneous flailing of riffs familiar from other songs. Again, the raw energy is astounding. This and the previous night’s performance must have gone a long way towards cementing their reputation in New York City. This should be required listening for anyone interested in that era of rock music and especially for anyone interested in The Who this is absolutely essential.
Pete Townshend – guitar, vocals; Roger Daltrey – vocals; John Entwistle – bass; Keith Moon – drums
The Who Live at Fillmore East 1968 will be released on 20th April 2018. Amazon UK have a remarkably cheap pre-order price for the 2CD edition. Who fans should also note that an expanded 2CD deluxe edition of Pete Townshend‘s solo album “Who Came First” will be issued a week earlier on 13th April.
Ranging from 17 to 22, this quartet kicks out a scuzzy brand of glam-rock and 80s LA hair metal. Arrow de Wilde and Henri Cash write the tunes and alternate on the vocals as Austin Smith and Tim Franco handle the engine room. They wear their influences on their sleeves, they’re practically an encyclopedia of 70s music and they crush it. They’re fun, brash and most importantly; massively talented.
Whether paying homage to The Runaways on “I Love LA” or working on some heavy sludgy jams like Chicken Woman and the closer What I Want, they build each tune on a wicked riff by Cash as Franco & Smith keep the train on the rails. It’d be easy to label these kids as a novelty act but you’d be sadly mistaken. These kids rip it hard.
It puts a smile on this old fucker’s face that kids are still cranking out music like this. They are touring around now and will be at SXSW in Austin Texas this spring where they are an absolute must-see. You never know you might even get bitten.
The Sister Sister Sister tour is coming to the UK and Europe!
Fans who are signed up to the official mailing list will have first access to pre-sale tickets for these shows: It will be their biggest UK headline show to date at London’s Alexandra Palace in their own amazing way.
Taking on Twitter, Este, Alana and Danielle jumped into an impromptu cover of Spice Girls classic ‘Say You’ll Be There’ outside the gates of the 10,000 capacity London venue, which they’ll play on 15th June.
The ‘Sister Sister Sister’ tour will kick off in the US at the start of April, reaching Europe at the beginning of June, with other UK shows announced in Glasgow and Manchester. Haim who won ‘Best International Act’ at this week’s NME Awards, released their long-awaited second album ‘Something To Tell You’ last year, which charted at #2 in the UK and #7 in the States. New album ‘Something To Tell You’ available now
10th June Glasgow O2 Academy
11th June Manchester O2 Apollo
12th June Dublin Olympia
15th June London Alexandra Palace
Bleached is an LA-based pop punk group comprised of sisters Jennifer and Jessica Calvin (formerly of MikaMiko) on vocals and guitar, respectively, Micayla Grace on bass, and Nick Pillot as their live drummer. Bleached features typical pop punk guitars and drums while featuring catchy Billboard Hot 100-like vocals. Their latest EP, Can You Deal?, released March 3rd, was inspired by the sexist questions they were asked while promoting their previous records.
We’re pleased to release our Tame Impala cover of “Eventually”. It comes from our new album Nudes out March 2nd.
We wanted to include something special with the NUDES vinyl packaging, something that felt nostalgic and immersive in the same way that the recordings did. Having had them as a kid, zoetropes came to mind; those paper cylinders you spin to watch a moving image through the slits. Turning to the online art community, we figured it was worth a look to see if anyone else was on this wavelength. A few hashtag searches later, with one leading to another, phenakistoscope brought us to our new and incredibly talented friend Drew Tetz. He created this insert for our vinyl that combines old technology (your record player) with new (your smartphone camera) to create this trippy moving image. Check out his incredible work. He has been an absolute pleasure to collaborate with and we can’t wait for you to try these at home! . Available in the Deluxe Vinyl Edition of NUDES
Lucius – “Eventually” is a Tame Impala cover from the Lucius acoustic album, NUDES, out March 2nd.
