Brainstorm – Flat Earth EP

Portland duo BRAINSTORM are back in 2011 with a brand new digital EP, sticking to a wide variety of influences and ethnic sounds through their captivating and high-energy approach. Continue reading “Brainstorm – Flat Earth EP” →

Religious Knives – Smokescreen

RELIGIOUS KNIVES are back with a brand new full length on Sacred Bones, their last coming from the Ecstatic Peace label back in 2008. That being said, it’s been awhile since these Brooklyn natives were back in the spotlight. Continue reading “Religious Knives – Smokescreen” →

Wax Idols – All Too Human 7″

The Hozac description was right – you can feel it in the welcoming hook that opens this 7″. Whether it’s those pulsing drums or the screeching guitar, Hether Fedewa and her WAX IDOLS made quite a convincing vinyl debut for us here. Continue reading “Wax Idols – All Too Human 7″” →

Sharp Ends – Broadview Pressure Test 7″

For those of you who never had the chance to cop this back in 2009, today is your lucky day. Mammoth Cave so appropriately reissued the very first SHARP ENDS 7″, perhaps being the most consistent 7″ we’ve covered here since day one. Continue reading “Sharp Ends – Broadview Pressure Test 7″” →

Song of the Day #13

TIMES NEW VIKING released their fifth official full length album, but it’s their first to come from the Merge Records imprint. The others came from the likes of Matador and Siltbreeze, so releasing on Merge was a progressive step forward for these Columbus, Ohio natives. To some people on the outside looking in, Times New Viking might come off as just another one of those noisy, headache inducing bands with excessive lo-fi crunch who seemingly have more music than they know what to do with. This post is here to prove they’re far from that, and this song below goes a long way to illustrate what we’re trying to convey. “Fuck Her Tears” is an ecstatically gritty pop nugget overflowing with positive vibes and feelings of retribution, with jubilant guitar hooks and a vigorous rhythm section. This is one of those songs interspersed throughout the tracklist that’s highly deserving of multiple plays, which should become obvious quickly after listening to it below.

Fuck Her Tears –

Get it here: Insound
Genre/ Tags: Pop, Garage Rock, Lo-Fi, Noise Rock

The Shrapnelles – Asscalibur 7″

You ever listen to something once, not think much of it, then give it another go and it’s a whole different story? Can anybody explain why that happens? Maybe it did with this new SHRAPNELLES 7″, but then it’s like “Of course Hozac wouldn’t let me down.” Continue reading “The Shrapnelles – Asscalibur 7″” →

Javelin – Coleridge 7″

The cousinly duo of JAVELIN released two exclusives on Record Store Day, this 7″ being one of them. Coming from the Luaka Bop label, this was their first release since their 2010 full length “No Más.” Continue reading “Javelin – Coleridge 7″” →

Balkans – Balkans

For those of you who recall the BALKANS 7″, now they’ve taken it to a whole new level. Their self-titled full length is due out May 10th from Double Phantom Records, but we’re here to give you a preview before it’s officially unleashed. Continue reading “Balkans – Balkans” →

Lower Dens – Deer Knives 7″

Released on Record Store Day from the Sub Pop crew is the latest single from LOWER DENS. These Baltimore haze-rockers lay down two new tracks, neither of which have been previously released. Continue reading “Lower Dens – Deer Knives 7″” →

Titus Andronicus – New Video/ New Song

As some of you might already be aware, TITUS ANDRONICUS just unveiled a brand new music video at midnight last night. It’s for their song “No Future Part Three: Escape from No Future”, which comes from their monstrous 2010 album “The Monitor.” The video features a day-long trip through New Jersey, with the band playing in five different locations along the Jersey coast, ranging from Asbury Park to Jersey City and everything in between. You can view the video right below with all of it’s outstanding production. Word on the street is that the roof caved in during the last leg of the video, during the Jersey City segment. We find that hilarious, but the owners of that bar probably did not…

No Future Part Three: Escape from No Future

However! That is not all we have for you guys today. Titus Andronicus made their stop in Philadelphia last night on their spring tour, which happens to be winding down by the end of the weekend. During their sweat-lodge-like set at the First Unitarian Church, Titus and the gang graced our virgin ears with a brand new and unreleased track that has yet to be titled. At this point there’s not really anything else to find out about the song, but you’ve got a golden opportunity to view all five minutes of the madness right below. Just remember to tell your friends where you saw it first, then be sure to catch TA on their final two nights of the tour – April 29th in Hoboken, NJ and Brooklyn, NY on the 30th.