The Strokes post "Juicebox" video
Following up on last week's story regarding the new Strokes album, First Impressions Of Earth, the band have now posted the video for "Juicebox," the leadoff single for the disc. The video, featuring comedian David Cross, can be viewed in Real Video (lo/med/hi), Windows Media (lo/med/hi) or QuickTime (lo/med/hi). The band are currently on a...
Jade Tree signs New Mexican Disaster Squad
Jade Tree has announced the signing of Florida punk band New Mexican Disaster Squad. The group, who were formerly signed to A-F Records and most recently released a split CD with Western Addiction on No Idea Records, will enter the studio after Thanksgiving to record their Jade Tree debut. The currently untitled disc will be...
Paulson post album e-card, tourdates with Mikoto
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Subtitle Young Dangerous Heart [3] If you’re all for nerdy, adventurous hip-hop but anticon always leaves you with that what-the-fuck? feeling, here’s a reasonable compromise. Los Angeles underground rapper/producer Giovanni Marks is a 7-footer with a lovably stiff flow and the requisite geek obsessions (“Give me a 8-bit machine,” he threatens, “and I’ll take out...
Röyksopp
The Understanding [2] Röyksopp's popular 2002 debut, Melody AM, was a pleasant blend of melodic, dimple-cheeked house and frosty downtempo pop that placed a soothing ice pack on trip hop’s troubled brow. Highlighted by the insanely catchy and cheerful bleep-funk nugget “Eple,” the disc charmed effortlessly. Unfortunately, The Understanding lacks Melody AM's winsome ways. It’s...
Blusom
Blusom The Metapolitan [3] Blusom are poised to reap the benefits of the burgeoning indietronica movement. These digital-era Nick Drakes blend winsome acoustic-guitar strumming with sparing use of laptop atmospherics to forge songs that hint at popular Nixon-era American singer-songwriters as much as they do the Postal Service. Much of their second album, The Metapolitan,...
Bedouin Soundclash
Bedouin Soundclash Sounding A Mosaic [4] A reggae act fronted by a white Canadian named Jay Malinowski invites abuse, but save the goofing for another bunch of would-be-irie Canucks. This Kingston, Ontario, trio craft a loving tribute to Jamaica on Sounding A Mosaic — a musical maple leaf as potent as ganja, with appropriately spare...
Throwdown
Throwdown Vendetta [3] Let’s face it, Throwdown’s music isn’t rocket science. The band are far from virtuosos, and fans don’t have to be relatives of the Amazing Kreskin to know what they’re getting themselves into when they crack open anything with the band’s name on it. Like every other Throwdown release, Vendetta features a pervasive...
Troubled Hubble
Troubled Hubble Making Beds In A Burning House [4] Troubled Hubble’s name, which combines astronomical intelligence with whimsical poetry, encapsulates their appeal. This Illinois-based quartet write clever commentary about everything from insects to cold, but their instrumental inspirations are less obscure. Propulsive percussion and choppy riffs guide these relentlessly upbeat songs to their melodic payoffs....