The CW has been famous for bringing us plenty of teen drama in the form of hit TV shows ( Dawson’s Creek , One Tree Hill , etc.), and even for introducing us to some science fiction drama (like Supernatural) .  Both formulas came together to bring us The Vampire Diaries , based the on novel series by L.J. Smith. The Vampire Diaries Season 2 saw the plot thicken as the love triangle between Elena, Stefan and Damon grew stronger as new monsters were introduced to the show. That’s right, you guessed it: werewolves, “super” vampires, and doppelgangers.  With just the right ...

Walkmen">The Walkmen bringen am 1. Juni ihr neues Album "Heaven" über Fat Possum auf den Markt und haben jetzt einen weiteren Song der Platte ins Netz gestellt. Auf der akustischen Nummer "We Can't Be Beat" klingen die fünf New Yorker mindestens so schön verschnupft wie Girls und genauso melancholisch wie zuletzt das Glam Rock-Trio Smith Westerns vom selben Label. Vorausgegangen waren die Titel "Heartbreaker" und " Heaven " — der gleichzeitig der Opener der gleichnamigen LP werden soll. Im Sommer geht das Quintett mit Pop-Sängerin Florence And The Machine auf Tournee. Hört euch den neuen Track über Soundcloud an: Walkmen">The ...

Photographer  Ryan McGinley   has always been involved in music: recently he directed  Friends Forever  a short film about  Girls  and  Smith Westerns ;  Sigur Rós  chose one of his pictures to be the  cover  of their album  Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust ;  Virgins">The Virgins   were formed thanks to him and he also took pictures of  M.I.A   for The New York Times. As if this wasn’t enough,  Atlas Sound  played live at the opening of his new exhibtion,  Animals   at Team Gallery on May 3rd. He first played at the rooftop, but was shut down by ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Beach Fossils, Real Estate, Wild Nothing, Smith Westerns, Sures Song: Gung Ho - Side by Side [download here ] What's so good? Brisbane band Gung Ho have begun making waves (pardon the pun) with their catchy, laid-back surf-pop. 2012 has seen them touring extensively (with the likes of The Whitest Boy Alive, Last Dinosaurs and Bluejuice), while the trio have also been putting the finishing touches on their debut EP – which is due out shortly. After releasing the summery “ Twin Rays ” last year, their latest single “Side by Side” is just as vibrant, another ...

The ongoing wave of folk-textured songwriting has produced more than its fair share of anaemic, dungaree-clad wannabes. Tom Williams & The Boat are not amongst them. Hailing from Tunbridge Wells, the band's music has plenty of acoustic whims but alongside this are shades of an art rock heritage. There are flecks of cult indie outsiders The Triffids on new album 'Teenage Blood', while the guitars have a crisp edge which recall elements of alt rock dons Sebadoh. More anti-folk (in the Jeffrey Lewis sense) than nu-folk, 'Teenage Blood' is due to be released on April 16th. ClashMusic have obtained an advance stream - listen to the album below and then check out a track by track guide from the band. - - - Teenage Blood This is the title track to the new album. A big country rock stomper, this track opens the album with a big ambient count in, testament to the space in which the album was recorded - a working brewery. This place served as the bands HQ in the center of the Kent country side. With a country fiddle and lilting harmonies, the track shows a more melodic & constructed approach to the songwriting on this album, as well as exhibiting newer influences, from Teenage Fanclub and Big Star, to The Band and Tom Petty. Teenage Blood was a song that came late in the process of writing the album, a project that amassed over 100 songs, with the band eventually recording 23 over a 12 day session in the Summer 2011. Teenage Blood was one of a handful of re-written or, 'Frankenstein-ed' songs that were some of the last to be recorded for the forthcoming second Tom Williams & The Boat album under the same name. Lyrically the song dwells on a sense of genetic inevitability to the woes of relationships broken and lost, and establishes a theme for the new album, the post relationship aftershock apocalypse! Too Young Another late comer to the party, Too Young was one of the last songs to be recorded for the new album. As straight forward a pop song as the band have penned to date, Too Young represents a pop sensibility and clarity, newly found on this album. Musically referencing anything from a tearful The Cure, to a Subterranean Bob Dylan, the song sees the band break free from previously exhausted folk references into a fresher sounding British guitar pop sound, more typical to the most recent material. Little Bit In Me The first song to be written for the new album, Little Bit In Me re-establishes the dark musical and lyrical content of previous Tom Williams & The Boat singles such as See My Evil and Get Older. The lyrics meander and stagger through a landscape of scarred and pitted characters, all ever present in a nightmarish gene pool that I yearn to escape from! With the violin referencing a Rolling Thunder era Dylan, and the guitar a Bends era Johnny Greenwood, Little Bit In Me is one of the more aggressive moments on the album, and is already a firm live favourite. Trouble With The Truth Trouble With The Truth was written early on in the writing of the new album. Lyrically it returns to characters from an earlier TW&TB; track Wouldn't Women Be Sweet, whilst establishing a new found darkness and righteous anger. Recorded completely live, it's one of two tracks on the album to retain the initial live vocal, and demonstrates nicely the sprawling warehouse barn space of the brewery in which the album was recorded. Lyrically deranged and menacing, the narrative centers round the escape of the protagonist from a basement leaving, 'the bodies and the bones'. The track charts the escape from a demented and ...

MP3: DIVE covers Kurt Cobain home demo Dive is the nom de plum of Zac Cole Smith and a project he does with Devin Ruben Perez, former Smith Westerns drummer Colby Hewitt, and Mr. Smith’s childhood friend Andrew Bailey. This … Continue reading →

Una de las propuestas que se presentó en la pasada edición del Festival Nrmal con integrantes de Beach Fossils y el ex baterista de Smith Westerns.

Requested by milton_chic@hotmail.com • Compiled by christina s. sweet freedom. 01. Foxes">Fleet Foxes - “Ragged Wood” (Ragged Wood) 02. Tokyo Police Club - “Graves” (Elephant Shell) 03. Pinback - “Fortress” (Summer in Abaddon) 04. Wolfmother - “Vagabond” (Wolfmother) 05. Local Natives - “Eyes Wide” (Gorilla Manor) 06. The Cloud Room - “Waterfall” (The Cloud Room) 07. Circa Survive - “Strange Terrain” (Blue Sky Noise) 08. Smith Westerns - “Weekend” ( 09. Local Natives - “Eyes Wide” (Gorilla Manor) 10. The Cloud Room - “Waterfall” (The Cloud Room) 11. Circa Survive - “Strange Terrain” (Blue Sky Noise) 12. GUARDS - “Sail it Slow” (GUARDS ep) 13. Wavves - “Take on the World” (King ...

Even though it's already halfway through March, is it too late to post a retrospective of last year's best long plays? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I started compiling and writing this list in November last year, however now that 2011 is well and over one can look back and contemplate on the staying power of some of the best records of the year. For instance, James Blake wasn't even going to appear on this list at the end of last year, and the Devin Townsend Project 's double album was in the top five at one stage. So, counting down ...

Is this the year the Stateside indie pop boom comes of age? 2011 saw mature, thoughtful releases from Dum Dum Girls and Vivian Girls, while the new Frankie Rose full length finds the Brooklyn artist exploring more ambitious sonic climes. Now DIVE could be set to follow suit. Essentially focussed on Z. Cole Smith, the four piece boast alumni from the Smith Westerns and more. Rapidly evolving, the band's debut single 'Sometime' was immediately made a Track Of The Day on this here webbing site upon its release in November. Come the Spring, come the flood. DIVE are working ...

Ex Cops: "The Millionaire" (via Bandcamp ) Stream On April 24, the New York City record shop Other Music will launch its own imprint with the Oxford, Mississippi label Fat Possum (home to Spiritualized, Smith Westerns, Youth Lagoon, Yuck, and more). The imprint will be called the Other Music Recording Co. Its first release is the debut 7" from Brooklyn band  Ex Cops , "You Are a Lion, I Am a Lamb" b/w "The Millionaire".

Never has an album been so completely controlled by a single influence as Sunkissed has. It’s something we all see every day, it influences all of us and we worship it. It’s ‘That big yellow ball up in the sky’, the sun. Sunkissed transports you from your miserable flat in Coventry to Bad Weather California 's beach-side skatepark whilst you get high together, and drink gallons of orange juice with that big ball of fire blazing down on you. You’re welcomed to your vacation on a raft of African guitars and calypso beats with ‘I’ll Reach ...

There’s a great American tradition of New York being a welcoming port and FADER teamed up with Converse’s new Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn to further it. Once a month, we’ll be welcoming touring artists … read more »

There’s a great American tradition of New York being a welcoming port and FADER teamed up with Converse’s new Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn to further it. Once a month, we’ll be welcoming touring artists … read more »

Brooklyn’s Dive is Cole Smith of Beach Fossils , Devin Perez, Andrew Bailey + Colby Hewitt (ex- Smith Westerns ). An awesome new band playing “shimmery and shiny pop.” Go see them @ SXSW or you’ll regret it when they take over the world. The ever-so-fine folks of Captured Tracks will give you some Dive action Saturday, March 17th @ 8:00PM live from The Parish . Listn.to Dive Related articles Beach Fossils - “Shallow” Blouse, Cosmetics, The New Lines & Heavenly Beat repped Captured Tracks  Beach Fossils schedule a show, promising new album soon