Listen Before You Buy

TweetShare If you’re at all like me then you’re probably fairly excited to listen to “Conatus”, the new album by Zola Jesus. In the last couple of months we’ve heard a fair few tracks from the album as well as a collaboration with M83 on the song “Intro”.  Each song has slightly outdone the previous [...]

TweetShare As anticipation builds for the release of Zola Jesus‘ fourth album “Conatus”, we’re beginning to hear more and more from her. The last we heard was when she guested on M83′s latest song “Intro”, before that we had “Avalanche” which she recorded as part of her excellent Daytrotter session, and before that came “Vessel”, [...]

TweetShare The last time we heard new music from Zola Jesus was at the end of June when I wasn’t even suppposed to have the track, but due to some screw-up they gave the song away as a download and of course I posted it. Anyway, this time around we ARE allowed to have the [...]

TweetShare This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in [...]

TweetShare Now he’s hit the big time!  In the U.S.A. That’s a reference to The Beatles, but Blackbird Blackbird is going from strength to strength, and the fucked up thing is he’s either done, or almost done with his second album.  And if the third-person-tweets from his Twitter account are as I imagine, then it [...]

TweetShare It’s been almost five months since I last posted about The Moviegoers, introducing you to their Lo-Fi Summer Pop sound, and now they’ve released a video for their single “Avalanche”. It’s appropriate since it’s cold and a lot of the world is covered in snow at the moment, getting trapped on roads or in [...]

TweetShare Not content with releasing his debut album less than four months ago, Blackbird Blackbird is already hard at work on his second album, currently untitled. This new song is the first from said untitled album and as he notes, it’s more like his stuff from back at the start of the year when he [...]

TweetShare This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in [...]

TweetShare This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in [...]

TweetShare I know, I know, this isn’t new in the sense that it just came out yesterday, but it’s new in the sense that it’s less than two months old, and to me that’s pretty fucking new. In the music blogging world though (one which I refuse to reside) that’s a lifetime, and if you [...]

TweetShare When a band can manage to combine the melodies of The Beach Boys, the guitar-noise of mid 90s grunge, and the vocals of Echo And The Bunnymen in one 3:26 song, and make it work seemlessly, chances are that when you get to 3:27 you’re just gonna hit repeat. That’s how The Moviegoers roll [...]

TweetShare This guy never stops.  Never. Never ever. I’m pretty sure that he’s still making music when he’s sleeping.  He’s one busy guy, that’s for sure.  If he’s not working on new music of his own then he’s remixing someone else’s, or he’s guest-posting on other sites and blogs, or he’s being harassed by me [...]

TweetShare Blackbird Blackbird is going to be huge.  I say that unequivocally and without hesitation. I’ve posted about him before, a couple of times actually.  I found his “Happy High EP” via Arcade Sound’s free download section and instantly fell in love. Back then in the olden days (May) he was called Bye Bye Blackbird and [...]

TweetShare Two weeks ago Bye Bye Blackbird were called…..well, Bye Bye Blackbird.  Now they’re called Blackbird Blackbird. The reason?  Mikey (the guy behind the mask) told me that they got an email from a rival gang band who said they wanted to use the name since it was so cool they had a similar name [...]

TweetShare This Saturday (17th) is Record Store Day, “the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day, and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various [...]