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EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: Whalebones - Another Jungle
We first laid eyes on Whalebones last April from the back of a heady Big Sur roadhouse called Fernwood. It was the Folk Yeah Spring Festival and the band was from Seattle. And like any Northwest rock outfit worth their salt, they took their noodles crunchy, closed their eyes and used that wailer girlie harmony to absolute perfection. Very Crazy Horse. Borderline epic. Not to cop out or anything, but they're the kinda songs that you'd imagine sound their best in a van on a sunny day, close to some water. We're so so psyched, not only to get exclusive access to "Another Jungle," but to get lowdowns on both downloads from Whalebones songwriter, Justin Deary. Go ahead and freak out.
DOWNLOAD: Whalebones - Another Jungle
DOWNLOAD: Whalebones - Don't You Know
Read on and get the story on both songs, directly from the band
DOWNLOAD: Ladyhawk - I Don't Always Know What You're Saying
Ladyhawk play mad but don't they come off so happy? I mean the music is dark. Distinctly. But, like basically everything from Vancouver, it feels so good. In case you've somehow never listened, it's like The National got their brakes cut and they go on driving anyway because they just don't give a goddamn if they end up on your lawn or in somebody's pool. And somehow that recklessness gives the band this vibe like they're your best friends from high school who you don't talk to that much anymore but you're still cool every time because who really needs all that talking anyway.
These new Ladyhawk jams, which are so right on it's kinda brutal, have sort of a goth '80s edge to them. All the chugalug and screaming choruses and flannel shirts with yellowed edges are still there, but there's also a hint of Echo And The Bunnymen. Sounds weird, I know, but listen and tell me it's not there. Anyway. Ladyhawk. Sheeyit. Their new record's called Shots and it's out March 4. Pick it up. Raise a beer.
EXCLUSIVE STREAM: Ladyhawk - S.T.H.D.
DOWNLOAD: I Don't Always Know What You're Saying
VIDEO THRWBCK: Mclusky - Collagen Rock (2002)
We felt like rocking out today, so we listened to Future of the Left, Andy Falkous' post-Mclusky fury punk, to assuage our inner desires for molten guitars and firebelly screams. Which, of course, led us to popping 2002's seminal Mclusky Do Dallas, that band's second LP (after the brilliantly titled My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours in 2000) in our stereo. Which then in turn led us to trying to find a live video of one of our favorite songs off that record, the searing "Collagen Rock". So what if it is basically an exact concoction of 1/2 Nirvana, 1/2 Pixies, originality is overrated.
VIDEO: Tiny Masters of Today - Hologram World
"Hologram World" is the new single by Tiny Masters of Today, the pre-teen brother sister combo of Ada and Ivan (with Russell Simins of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on drums). Despite their young age, the band have already bagged numerous high profile collaborations, and on "Hologram World", Yeah Yeah Yeahs mistress Karen O is on guest vocal duties. Check out the video for some gory zombie-on-zombie fighter action.
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