Portishead: “Go on, drink it…” Compiled By Noah Mallin Portishead come back after 11 years with their atmospheric gloom-mongering intact. Their new one, Third (It’s their third album, natch) is readily identifiable as the work of the pioneering trip-hop threesome but the beats have grown more abstract and the rich production is studded with off-kilter [...]
Black Francis: “Yer in me power…” Compiled by Noah MallinLast week brought us a new album from ex-Pixie Kim Deal’s band The Breeders; This week brings us ex-Pixie Black Francis (nee Frank Black) and his new album, the awesomely rocking Svn Fngrs. As we all know, two weeks of ex-Pixies albums means five more weeks [...]
Compiled by Noah Mallin Here are some of the interesting new music choices this week. As always, if the vids show up as not available hit refresh in your browser.R.E.M. mark the box labeled crunchy guitars on their new album Accelerate. Here’s the video for “Supernatural Superserious” and no, that’s not Moby: The Annuals slide [...]
The Raconteurs are voting for McKinley this year… Those rascally Raconteurs rush release their new one, Consolers of The Lonely today. Naughty iTunes spoiled the retro unheard release fun by accidentally offering downloads over the weekend. Here’s the video evidence, a new song called “Salute Your Solution”: The B-52′s are all “Mwahh hah hah hah [...]
The Kills veiled threat… The Kills come back for more with new album Midnight Boom and they’ve discovered the ol’ poppy poppy by adding some boopy- boppy. I mean to say their embrace of electronic flourishes enhances their new found delight in melody. Oh hell, judge for yourself with new video for the first single [...]
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