Listen Before You Buy

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 BRAHMS have been around for well over a year now but have yet to release anything officially, until now that is. Their much-hyped four song EP was fantastic, trawling through the depths of the darkest and dreariest of Electronic Funeral-Pop, but it was always given away for free and was never tangible.  Well it [...]

TweetShare Finally, some new music from BRAHMS. Since I discovered them back in March after sifting through the massive amounts of music that the SXSW organisers give away for free each year, it’s been almost 10 months since anything new from this NYC three-piece has made it’s way onto the interwebs.  They have done a bunch of [...]

TweetShare It’s been a few months since we’ve had some new tunes from The Joy Formidable, but here’s another newb from the as-yet-no-official-release-date album “The Big Roar”, expected in 2011. It follows in the footsteps of some of their previous tunes’ wall-to-wall sound, haunting synths and an overall atmosphere of foreboding, layered with catchy choruses [...]

TweetShare The Joy Formidable have been around for a couple of years now, releasing two singles and an album in 2008 (their debut single “Austere” (which a somewhat controversial video that was banned by YouTube) was followed by “My Beerdrunk Soul is Sadder Than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees”, and their debut album “Balloon Called [...]

TweetShare Remember that huge SXSW post I made a couple of weeks ago where I uploaded hundreds of songs by bands and artists appearing at this year’s festival?   Nah I didn’t think so, but I do, and one of the things I remember about it as I was listening to all of the songs [...]

TweetShare WARNING: This post may cause uncontrollable bouts of severe enjoyment and musical discovery.  Also by the time this page loads, SXSW may well be over. /END WARNING Disclaimer – Each year the SXSW organisers have been releasing hundreds and hundreds of songs by the artists who take part in the festival and bundling it up into [...]