The Tings Tings scrapped a whole album from the point of releasing their single Hands  in 2010 to now. Wow. On February 27th we get their second album Sounds From Nowheresville - the follow up to their massive debut We Started Nothing - which sold 4 million copies world wide. Jules and Katie are sure in a experimenting mood as new single Soul Killing is a big step away from last single Hang It Up . Both reminds us a lot of early Blondie though! Check out the reggae flavoured new single below which samples a rocking chair! Thoughts?  Tweet

Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell, Warren Ellis, Lydia Lunch also appear on 'The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project'

XRay Eyeballs are ready to foul up your living room and put out cigarettes on your cheeks once more. These blacker-than-thou noir-pop-punks have rejigged the lineup and are readying to tear down the foundations with Splendor Squalor , which 'X' is gleaned from. There is something decidedly glorious about this track, with enough glam, New Wave and Blondie references to poke a stick at before it's scuffed up with a Germs-monogrammed safety pin and set on fire. Splendor Squalor is out soon on Kanine . Xray Eyeballs - Die Little Love

This is a truly wonderful free exhibition of photos on display in Glasgow until 27 February. From the accompanying website:- Harry began his photographic career in his Glasgow home town, standing outside the Apollo, flogging gig-goers newly-developed shots from bands' Edinburgh shows the night before. Harry's impulse to guerilla lensmanship swiftly drew him to London: from 1979 to 1984 he was a staff photographer for the music weekly Sounds, providing countless front covers. During those five years, Harry's photographs covered the post-punk waterfront, from Blondie to David Bowie; the Associates to Devo by way of Joy Division, Bryan ...

Ciccone Youth “Into the Groovey” Teenage Fanclub “Like a Virgin” Tube Tops 2000 “Rock and Rock-Part 2 feat. Rodney Bingenheimer” Blondie “What I Heard” Hysterio “Ceremony” Girl in a Coma “Cemetery Baby” Menage “These Are the Days” The Screamers “Scream” The Float Associates Feat. Sky Saxon “Are You In?” Iggy and the Stooges “Raw Power” [...]

Former Luna Lounge co-owner, Rob Sacher, has a brand new book, Wake Me When It's Over , a story of his life as a New York club owner filled with stories about meeting, partying, or working with many iconic bands of the alternative and indie rock world. Rob's last club was Luna Lounge, which started out on the Lower East Side, and the bar featured the first shows from some awesome bands that have gone on to be some of the world's most important and successful music artists. Luna was the room were The Strokes first performed, where ...

- Frequenze news - “ESG-style polyrhythmic post-disco on a tropical-pop trip” – Stereogum “If there is to be one more band (from Brooklyn) then it should definitely be Friends” – Dazed and Confused Classica recensione da blog per una band dalla carriera lunga un singolo. Situazione che generalmente noi di Frequenze cerchiamo di evitare se non in circostanze particolari. Cioè quando un buon singolo è sostenuto da un ottimo video. I cinque Friends sono solo gli ultimi di una lunga serie di band provenienti da Brooklyn. Ciò che li distingue da altri aspiranti next hypster thing, a parte le canzoni in perfetta fusione tra ...

New York collective Phenomenal Handclap Band return with their sophomore album, and it's a curious beast. You know when they travel to the future in the Bill and Ted films, and it's basically the 1980s except it's the future? That's pretty much what this album is. Except with the 1970s. And no Keanu Reeves, which is a shame. It's all disco grooves, funk guitar, layer cake production and vocal arrangements that sound like a computer has been fed a load of ABBA, Blondie and Scissor Sisters and programmed to compose something. Read more..

Como habréis podido comprobar, hemos dejado a un lado las novedades discográficas para recordar a un grupo esencial en la historia del pop, se trata de Blondie, del que hoy veremos el video correspondiente a su canción "Union City Blue", un tema, que después de 33 años sigue sonando así de bien.

One my best of breed albums for 2011 was Yacht's Shangi-la. A review was readied for the 10th edition of Plectrum-The Cultural Pick , although space restrictions meant it couldn't be included - but, nothing goes to waste... Following up on their debut album, Portland's finest pop-boffins Yacht return with Shangi-la , a collection of triple distilled listening. The new, New Wave of New Wave you could say - where the duo's inspirations and influences are worn like button badges of honour. Lene lovich, Atomic-era Blondie and Giorgio Moroder are gathered together in the Yacht music library, with the key ...

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Blondie, Braids, The Luyas Song: Labyrinth Ear - Humble Bones [download here ] What's so good? Excited for the week to start? If you have the Monday blues, this song may get you energized. Here we have Labyrinth Ear, a boy/girl duo from London, with a track from their EP, Apparitions , due out on February 7. Labyrinth Ear wastes no time, starting off “Humble Bones” with a fun tempo and industrial synth beat. It’s an immediately jump start to a dreamy and hypnotic electro pop song. The female vocals add ...

Susanna Hoffs “You Were On My Mind” The Nomads “Where the Wolf Bane Blooms” Betty Moon “Captain High Top” Van Halen “Tattoo” Arctic Monkeys “Suck It & See” Civil Twilight “Fire Escape” Blondie “Rapture Riders-Blondie vs. The Doors” Spector “Grey Shirt and Tie” Nada Surf “Looking Through” Bombay Bicycle Club “Shuffle” The Big Pink “Hit [...]

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Blondie, Braids, The Luyas Song: Slowdance - Sweetness [download here ] What's so good? Mark my words, Shufflers — Slowdance is about to explode. Hailing from Brooklyn, the band has got that smooth vintage electro pop down pat. They’re only beginning to explore the possibilities and so far, they’re offering up their debut EP, Light & Color . Let’s start with the first song, “Cake.” What a classic energetic pop of glam rock! It’s upbeat, intricate, and slightly grungey. The rest of the EP is a melting pot of different approaches ...

I thought I had uploaded this LP before but couldn't find it in the archives which is strange as the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star track is a classic of Bollywood kitsch. Sadly the rest is rather ordinairy of it's type. Released in 1971 on the Odeon label and seems to have been the property of Radio Bolton at one time. A soundtrack recording from the film of the same name. All the best singers are here - Ash Bosle, Lata Mangeshkar etc. IMDb says of the film - "Circa British rule in India, Harnam betrays a freedom fighter, and as ...

Girls @ Cake Shop (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Evillive (metal shows) * Blondie Chaplin @ The Rock Shop * Lonnie Smith">Dr. Lonnie Smith @ Jazz Standard * Monster Magnet @ Starland Ballroom * Daniel Kitson @ St....