Leisure’s debut album Plastic Soul is to be released on June 18. Here is the title track, a smooth cut that sounds like a more aloof version of The Strokes writing about a dreamy sensation. If you have liked what you have heard from Leisure so far, you’re bound to love this. Plastic Soul [...]

Drudkh Eternal Turn of the Wheel [Seasons of Mist; 2012] by Birkut Rating: For 46 years, the Ukraine remained firmly tucked away behind the Iron Curtain. It was a country afflicted with great turmoil and suffering, while it was subject to the grim and punishing Soviet arm that stretched out across Eastern Europe. From an outsider’s perspective, this gave the country a rather peculiar and mysterious allure, perhaps more so than any other Eastern Bloc country due to the deep, significant cultural ties it shared with its neighboring Russia. However, once the Iron Curtain started to crumble as a ...

CONKER is just one member of the CANT SAY resident DJs wolfpack. This coming Friday(25th May) the resident DJs will be participating in the Resident DJs Battle. So as he prepares for the big night Conker caught up with PURPLE SNEAKERS to discuss his Top Fives. TOP 5…. ALBUMS: Daft Punk – Alive 2007 The Strokes [...]

"Dead Sailor," the first single from Bloomington, Ind. fraternal duo Stagnant Pools ' Polyvinyl debut Temporary Room , captures the spirit of forgotten indie rockers like Calla and Snowden that lorded over the first half of the last decade-- a tar-thick mix of Joy Division moroseness, Sonic Youth squall, and urbanite emotional torpor that projects a New York City vibe regardless from where it actually emanates. The band sounds ready to escape something here, as a bucking rhythm and Strokes -like melody peeks through a hovering coal-dust cloud of distorted guitar sustain and reverb. "You think I’m a failure/ I’m ...

Although I would have expected/wanted any new Barn Owl-related goodie to have, like, an owl in it or something — something nature -ish to go with the monolithic guitar strokes of the band’s left brain (Or right brain? Who cares.), with those tumbling cliffs and miles of scorched, sun-dried desert vistas — Evan Caminiti’s “Returning Spirits” starts out cold and dank, super spooky, and has actual characters in it. Demon eyes peeking through the mist and that concert bass drum booming with certain impending death. Ah, but hang around for a minute, will ya? This works. The 3:30 ...

Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen has joined the lineup for this week’s Dylan Fest shows. As previously reported, the two-night birthday tribute to Dylan will take place at New York’s Irving Plaza on May 24 and 25. Other acts slated to appear include: the Whigs, Boz Scaggs, the Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti, Ad...

I am blinded by the glare of white skin, honkeys celebrating the honkeyness of a honky moment, the culmination of honkey culture for the past decade. This clip is the embodiment of the self-congratulatory culture that bridges the divide between television and the people who sit on the internet to overrate it. The clip contains A-list honky celebs, blog darlings who are the mouthpiece of modern high-end honkeyism. It is the beginning of an era. It is the end of an era. The clip was intended to 'say goodbye to Kristen Wiig', the most notable SNL castmember who was basically ...

Die russisch-amerikanische Singer/Songwriterin Spektor">Regina Spektor lässt in ihr neues Album "What We Saw From The Cheap Seats" – welches diesen Freitag in die Plattenläden wandert – hineinhören.    Nach der ersten Single " All The Rowboats " und dem lebhaften "Small Town Moon" ( motor.de berichtete ), präsentierte die 32-Jährige zuletzt das Video zu " Call Them Brothers ".  Hierbei handelte es sich um ein Cover der Band Only Son, welches sie im Duett mit deren Frontmann Jack Dishel (ehemaliger The Moldy Peaches -Gitarrist) einspielte. Wer einen ersten Höreindruck von ihren ersten neuen Klängen seit drei Jahren gewinnen möchte, kann mit einem Klick auf das folgende ...

This past Saturday’s SNL was an enjoyable one, with Mick Jagger hosting and performing. He lined up Fire">Arcade Fire & Foo Fighters to back him up on his two performances. Jagger performed “The Last Time” with Fire">Arcade Fire & The Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture on bass. He then performed “19th Nervous Breakdown” and “It’s Only Rock [...]

Mick Jagger closed out his hosting duties for last Saturday’s season finale of SNL by performing a medley of Rolling Stones songs with Fire">Arcade Fire, The Strokes, and Foo Fighters as his backing bands.  Somewhere out in musicland, the kitchen sink feels left out.  Videos of that performance can be found here. Radiohead’s Kid A Read more...

Ah, the humble single. Even after the Beat boom, punk, Acid House and countless other revolutions the single still stands as the staple currency of pop music. It's cheap, cheerful and - especially in the days of the instant download - manageable. Each week ClashMusic runs a singles review column, rating and slating the platters which come across our desk. This time round, we thought we'd hand the responsibilities over to Saint Etienne . Legendary music-philes, the trio's output is marked by an astonishing degree of pop literacy. New album 'Words and Music by Saint Etienne' is out now, so ...

Over the weekend on Saturday Night Live , Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger was joined onstage by various other artists and bands to perform 'The Last Time', '19th Nervous Breakdown', 'It's Only Rock n' Roll (But I Like It)', along with a performance with Jeff Beck about the upcoming Presidental Election in the U.S. Jagger was joined by Fire">Arcade Fire , Foo Fighters , The Strokes' Nikolai Fraiture and Jeff Beck on the show's season finale to perform some of his classics while Fire">Arcade Fire performed The Rolling Stones' classics 'Ruby Tuesday' and 'She's A Rainbow' to ...

Nikolai   Fraiture of the Strokes was there too.

As promised , the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" was a musical extravaganza. Episode host  Mick Jagger  used  Fire">Arcade Fire  and  Foo Fighters  as his backing band for two performances. Fire">Arcade Fire, with the Strokes' Nikolai Fraiture on bass, joined him for the Stones ' "The Last Time", while Foo Fighters and Jagger did a medley of the Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)". At the end of the show, Fire">Arcade Fire returned to join Jagger and the "SNL" cast to perform "She's a Rainbow" and "Ruby Tuesday ...

Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger was the host and musical guest of last night’s Saturday Night Live season finale. First up was Mick leading Fire">Arcade Fire, with The Strokes’ the Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture on bass, through the Stones’ 1965 hit The Last Time… Next, Mick fronted the Foo Fighters on 19th Nervous Breakdown > It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It) From there, Mick teamed up with Jeff Beck for Tea Party… Finally, Mick & Fire">Arcade Fire, as well as past and present cast members, paid tribute to departing cast member Kristen Wiig with She ...