Teardrop Factory have shared a home-made music video for new track ‘Now We Shatter’. Despite adopting a sound that’s as lo-fi as it gets, this duo keep it cranked way past ten in their new music video. Proving that a dark and introspective vocal combined with fuzz fuelled chords and rippling ride cymbals is all you need to build a sizeable wall of sound.
Teardrop Factory’s debut album Thrash In The Heart is due september 15th via Faux Discx. Stream ‘Now We Shatter’ below.
What better way to mark your Brazilian debut than playing alongside Dinosaur Jr? Fucked Up do you one better in their brand new music video for Glass Boys album track ‘The Art of Patrons’.
Following frontman and lyricist Damian Abraham on his journey home from the Sao Paulo show to meet his family in Toronto, the video stays true to the albums theme of dividing teenage dreams of rock ‘n’ roll with the realities of adult life as a family man. Stream this four minute heart warmer below, and if the new video isn’t enough to feed your Fucked Up appetite, stream two tracks that didn’t make the album here.
Death From Above 1979 – ‘Government Trash’ – Last Gang Records
THAT BASS SOUND IS BACK. You know the fucker. It’s an absolute beast and it’s coming at you like a train in this newly released track by the monstrous DFA 1979. Most unoriginal sounding bands fail with double the amount of members, but DFA’s new tunes smack you in the ear like a rush of crack. Welcome back. – Zac
Half Japanese – In Its Pull – Joyful Noise
It may have taken 13 years for some new music from Half Japanese but it was worth it. Many have tried the lo-fi punk thing and made it sound crap but this is an example of how you do it in style. Look out for the new album Overjoyed on Joyful Noise. It’s a treat. – Zac
Twin Peaks – ‘I Found A New Way’ – Grand Jury Records
Chicago’s Twin Peaks deliver infectious, guitar driven anthems that will make you want to run around like a turbo charged Bruce Springsteen. This is a pop song crafted the right way: short in length, jammed with infectious hooks and a message that inspires. Let ‘I Found A New Way’ set the standards. – Dave Palmer
Sheer Mag – 7”
Channelling a classic rock vibe via psychedelia, indie and 70s punk, the debut EP from Philadelphia’s Sheer Mag is four tracks of fuzzed out joy. Odd time signatures, lo fi recording and a vocal as drenched in distortion as the guitar licks make this the perfect soundtrack to a BBQ with some cold ones. Woozy highlights come in the form of ‘Point Breeze’. – Jono Coote
Foxygen – ‘Cosmic Vibrations’ – Jagjaguar
Californian psych rockers Foxygen’s new single ‘Cosmic Vibrations’ opens with a brain-frying burst of noise before the band lurch into a pure Neil Young drawl and drag that bubbles with acid-fried country psychedelia. Their new album …And Star Power arrives in a month and if this sample track is anything to go by, it’s going to mulch your minds. – James Sherry
Nai Harvest – ‘Buttercups’ – Dog Knights Productions
Fans of odd vinyl shapes rejoice. The new Dog Knights Productions’ Flower Split continues the sound Nai Harvest honed on the brilliant Hold Open My Head EP earlier in the year. Despite new efforts from Playlounge, and both bands covering eachothers material, Nai’s ‘Buttercups’ is the clear highlight here. A mix of shoegaze, twiddly emo and 90s alt rock, it shouldn’t work but somehow it does, get into it. – Tim Lewis
Dads – Chewing Ghosts – 6131 Records
Self-effacing punk rock is hardly a brand new concept, but it’s so easy to get wrong. Thankfully, ‘Chewing Ghosts’ by New Jersey two-piece Dads get it just right with their Replacements meets Cap’n’Jazz power-pop. – Joe Parry
Paws – ‘Needle In The Hay’ – Cath Records
Documenting their first trip to LA by recording an entire live set to tape, Glasgow’s Paws dropped the resulting album earlier this month. It’s an intense and ferocious 13 songs, showing a terrifyingly good live band then – fuck knows how great they are now. At the top of the pile, just eclipsing the Mark Hoppus-approved ‘Jellyfish’, is a reborn ‘Needle in the Hay’, curing Elliott Smith’s morose lament by making it as vicious and urgent as it should be. – Chris Bunt
Hookworms – The Impasse – Weird World Records
The first cut to be taken from the Leeds psyche-weirdos Hookworms’ new album The Hum, ‘The Impasse’ jumps straight in with an MC-5-esque smack in the face, capturing the spirit of their ferocious live shows. – Joe Parry
Cymbals Eat Guitars – ‘Warning’ – Tough Love Records
Taken from Cymbals’ third album, Lose, ‘Warning’ steams in with sincere sentiment and attitude. However, pop sensibility looms in the form of spiraling guitar melodies and soaring choral harmonies. If you’re after a new indie rock guitar anthem,’Warning’ is the hit you need. – Dave Palmer
Heat – ‘Susisfine’
Adopting an irresistably catchy chord progression and a spiraling vocal hook, Montreals Heat churn out ‘Bohemian Like You’-style grooves that you simply can’t refuse. If you’re a sucker for a neat guitar riff then ‘Susisfine’ will have you in a spin for sure. – Dave Palmer
Pine Hill Haints – Ms Pacman
A laid back toe tapper of a track characterised by a piercing musical saw, this appreciation of traditional instruments not only makes for a unique live show, but adds an unexpected element to already beautiful and exciting musical arrangements. This is the sound of a group of people bringing together a variety of traditional elements and managing to create something completely unique. If you don’t know them, check their back catalogue out; then go out and see singer Jamie on tour with Serious Sam Barrett this September. – Jono Coote
Code Orange – ‘Dreams In Inertia’ – Deathwish
Deathwish Records’ Code Orange Kids have gone through a whole lot of changes for their upcoming LP, I Am King. Most noticeably, things have all gone a bit creepy. Now known as Code Orange, flags proclaiming “Thinners of the Herd” are showing up during live shows, the video for previous single, ‘I Am King’ featuring messages being carved into bodies and now this. ‘Dreams In Inertia’ is their slowest song yet but is certainly no less intense. Nooses tied and bodies sinking into bath tubs, this new video is both surreal and eerie, complimenting the monotonous trawling drums and chiming guitars perfectly. – Tim Lewis
Citizen Blast Kane – ‘Sandwich Time’ – Riffbuhl Records
Hailing from Hackensack, New Jersey Citizen Blast Kane play ultra raw and snotty garage punk rock and they’re PISSED OFF at having to wait in the queue for their sandwiches when they wanna eat. Just watch the video and sneer. – James Sherry
Citizen Blast Kane – Sandwich Time from Johnny Celentano on Vimeo.
Wilson – ‘Passing On The Left’ – New Damage Records
If you like the idea of a hardcore rock ‘n’ roll party soundtrack played by five sweaty Detroit dudes, then Wilson’s Full Blast Fuckery debut is for you. ‘Passing On The Left’ encapsulates pretty much everything that’s great about these guys, packing thunderous riff action, some serious shredding and THAT ‘woah-oh-oh’ chorus into less than 3 minutes. It’d probably sound even better blasting out onto a raging, booze-drenched pit, but for now, just crank this one up LOUD. – Alex Gosman
Cardiac Arrest – In the Mouth of Madness (three song taste)
This three song taster from St. Louis hardcore band Cardiac Arrest promises a very good record indeed. Reminiscent of early Boston hardcore or even Negative Approach, in that it throws a healthy dollop of street punk into the mix. You know immediately what you are getting with this, loud, fast and angry, but clinging onto a sense of melody like a pitbull, this is hardcore at its finest. – Jono Coote
No Form – Goddess of Fire/Barrier
Absolute wacko hardcore from up North, ‘Goddess of Fire/Barrier’ was recorded as the opener for Reagent Records’ new compilation and it’s the perfect way to set things off. Always avant garde, frantic violins start the song but this is no Floorpunch rip off, walls of feedback and vocals caked in reverb may follow the trends you’ve seen in bands such as Gag and Perspex Flesh, but No Form find a way to put their own twisted twist upon it. – Tim Lewis
With the recent PR stunts and clues, a rare vinyl emergence and a dispute with Kanye West, it didn’t take long for fans to cotton on to the fact Aphex Twin was about to storm back into our lives after his 13 year silence. Following last months album announcement, Mr R.D. James has shared the opening track to the record online for your listening pleasure.
Unpredictably accessible for Aphex, this new track veers more towards the soft pad sounds of 1993 single ‘On’, rather than the foreboding grind of 1999’s ‘Come to Daddy’. Stream ‘minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix] [aka the manchester track]’ below.
If ‘The Lords Favourite‘ didn’t give away the new territories that Iceage‘s new album will be exploring, ‘Forever’ certainly will. Who would’ve thought Iceage would be incorporating horns and strings into their music?
The Copenhagen fourpiece’s third album to date, Plowing into the Field of Love, is also said to feature elements of piano, mandolin and organ in place of their usual ear shredding guitars and crushing rhythm section. Stream ‘Forever’ below.
Plowing into the Field of Love is due October 6th via Matador Records.
In the wake of their exceptional self titled debut album, Glaswegian two-piece Honeyblood are set to embark upon a full UK tour this month, followed by a string of co-headline dates on the NME tour with Superfood.
Check out the tour dates below and head here to watch them get covered in an array of exploding deserts in the music video for ‘Super Rat’.
September
11th – Stirling, Tolbooth
13th – Glasgow, CCA
16th – Newcastle, The Cluny
17th – Sheffield, Old Fire Station
18th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
19th – Manchester, Soup Kitchen
20th – Southsea Fest, The Wine Vaults, Portsmouth
22nd – Bristol, The Louisiana
23rd – London, Sebright Arms
24th – Cambridge, Portland Arms
25th – Leicester Uni, The Scholar Bar
26th – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
27th – Brighton, The Hope
October
31st – Birmingham, The Oobleck
November
1st – Glasgow, King Tuts
3rd – Leeds, Brudenell
4th – Norwich, Epic Studios
5th – Oxford, O2 Academy
6th – Manchester, Deaf Institute
10th – Bristol, Louisiana
11th – London, Dingwalls
12th – Brighton, Haunt
It’s been a rather good year for these three excitable Brightonites, a summer of gigs across the continent, and a spot on the main stage at reading and Leeds has set Gnarwolves up for their biggest headline tour to date. This December, the band kick off a 12 date tour at the Camden Underworld, closing at their own stomping ground, The Haunt.
Check out the tour dates below and stream their new music video here.
November
30th – Clwb ifor Bach, Cardiff
December
1st – Cavern, Exeter
2nd – Fleece, Bristol
3rd – Talk, Birmingham
4th – Kingston College, Kingston
5th – Underworld, London
6th – Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes
7th – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
8th – Audio, Glasgow
9th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
10th – Sound Control, Manchester
11th – Epic Studios, Norwich
12th – The Haunt, Brighton
Gnarwolves’ self titled debut album will be available from September 15th through Big Scary Monsters / Tangled Talk.
Shiny Darkly
‘Soft Skin’
Crunchy Frog Records
While Shiny Darkly take clear influence from the 1980s in both their production approach and musicianship, be assured that this copenhagen trio do their musical forefathers great justice. Let their new single ‘Soft Skin’ set the standards.
Despite it’s delicate title, ‘Soft Skin’ greets you with a sinister collection of dark, deep and dungeonesque sounds. A scythe-like synthesiser glistens, piercing through a relentless wall of bass before sharp, ice-pick guitar tones decend upon your ears. An introspective and brooding wall of sound is built, yet there’s a beam of sunlight flickering through as the chorus hits, with a triuphant vocal hook soaring high above Shiny Darkly’s gloomy asthetic.
This trio use a melting pot of post punk influence to drive their music to fresh territories. A Mark Burgess-esque howl and primitive rhythms akin to those of The Jesus and Mary Chain make for a retrospective sound, yet when placed next to their Copenhagen contemporaries, such as Lower and Iceage, what Shiny Darkly are doing here is completely refreshing.
Look out for Shiny Darkly’s debut album Little Earth, due for release in early 2015.
Pittsburgh punks Code Orange have shared their upcoming album ahead of it’s September 2nd Deathwish release, courtesey of Consequence of Sound.
The album was produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, so naturally, this album is as heavy as they come. Head to Consequence of Sound to stream I Am King in all it’s ear shredding grindcore glory.
Australian punk legends The Saints have announced their recent signing to Fire Records for a brand new album titled King of the Sun, due for release in November.
Formed in Brisbane in 1974, The Saints characterised early punk rock. With their debut 1976 single, ‘(I’m) Stranded’, Chris Bailey (singer-songwriter), Ivor Hay (drummer) and Ed Kuepper (guitarist-songwriter) joined the ranks of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols to change rock music in the 1970s forever.
Listen to the album’s title track ‘King of the Sun’ below.
