Yeasayer - O.N.E.
Brooklyn’s post-everything mavericks, Yeasayer, are gearing up to release their much-anticipated second album Odd Blood at the beginning of February. They’re offering new single O.N.E. as a free download from their website at the moment – all you have to do is give them your email address.
Wild Beasts
Northern four-piece Wild Beasts have announced that they will release the second single from their fantastic second album Two Dancers on October 5th. It will be ‘All The King’s Men’ and will come out on Domino.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Twee-gaze Brooklyn band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will continue to win hearts both pure and not so pure next month with a new single and one-off date in London. The band will release ‘Come Saturday’ on 24th August on Fortuna POP! records.
The Late Greats
Eastbourne’s current first sons of indie rock, The Late Greats, have a good, straight-ahead track on their hands here with this song.
Tucker B's
A new release from Tucker B’s, this lo-fi Australian band who, though formed in the last century, have not been massively prolific over the intervening years between 1994 and today. They have ramped things up a bit this side of the millennium though with two albums and an EP coming out in the last seven years.
Passion Pit
This time a year ago, Passion Pit were on very few people’s radars. That altered with the Chunk of Change EP, half an hour of cute, vibrant electro-pop. They even came ready-packaged with their own convenient little piece of indie mythology, that the EP was originally recorded by the band’s mainstay Michael Angelakos as a Valentine’s Day gift for his girlfriend.
Au Revoir Simone
Single number one from the Still Night, Still Light album, this is a great upbeat but melancholic track that would not be unduly impacted by another minute in length just so you could wallow in the heart tugging beauty of it.
Dag For Dag - Shooting From The Shadows
Another Swedish duo here, of which there seem to be quite a few being promoted around the place just now.
Voxtrot - Trepanation Party
You know what makes it hard to review CDs? When your girlfriend is in the room attempting to sing along without knowing the words, so all you can hear is the beat and a voice in your left ear going “Nahnahnaaahhnaaaaahhh!”. That said, it shows the strength of the track’s solid groove, created by big splashy piano chords and percussive guitars, with just enough drums to hold it all together.
Jarvis Cocker
Ex-Pulp legend Jarvis Cocker has made his new single, ‘Angela’, available as a free download on his official website.
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