Every week new music floats through our office and some have that little bit more than others. This week we discovered NAO also known as North Atlantic Oscillation. Blend some Plaid and the Beta Band with a slither of Sebadoh and a dollop of Eric Matthews, liquidize in some shoegaze and the result is this. The album ‘Grappling Hooks’ is scheduled for 2010 but look out for an EP in October.
Culture Prophet is an electro duo from South Carolina, jump in there for some party action.
To mark the UK release date of their debut album Horehound, The Dead Weather have created the uncensored short “Treat Me Like Your Mother.” The groundbreaking film was directed by Jonathan Glazer, whose credits range from such highly-acclaimed feature films as Sexy Beast and Birth to award-winning music videos for Radiohead.
Enter Shikari will release their new single on August 17th.
No Sleep Tonight is taken from their recently released album Common Dreads and will feature remixes from Mistabishi, The Qemists, Lightsgoblue and Shikari’s very own Rout. Check the video below:
We knew all these videos would surface sometime and the latest is previously unseen footage of the infamous “hair on fire” moment during Michael Jackson’s Pepsi advert in 1984, check it out:
George Noble has left UK band Your Demise.
Centurion vocalist Ed McRae has been brought in as his replacement. Just so you don’t forget what they are all about, check out the video below for Burnt Tongues.
It’s Abjekt’s album of the year and now P.O.S‘ Never Better has another video taken from it.
Check out the Minneapolis Winter Wonderland in the video for Purexed below:
Manchester Orchestra should be high on everyone’s priority lists at Latitude festival for their intense live performance and emotively crafted alt-rock tunes but they’re also playing select headline dates so catch them at the following if you can:
16 Jul Academy 3 Manchester ***Venue Change***
18 Jul Hare & Hounds Birmingham
19-Jul Latitude Festival
21 Jul ICA London
28 Aug Reading Festival
30 Aug Leeds Festival
Also, head here to download a fantastic live EP from the band and watch some exclusive interview footage. This is just a taster of what’s in store at the live dates!
Pendulum ripped London’s Somerset House apart last night with a rocking set in the capital. The lucky, compact crowd witnessed a full set of bangers including an awesome rendition of Tarantula. Watch some phone footage here.
After a ridiculous amount of time speculating, it seems as though Rakim‘s new album will be released.
Whilst there is no set date for The Seventh Seal, a track has gone up taken from the record, which you can hear here. Watch this space for any news on this feted released.
And just in case you forgot what he’s all about: