The new video from former Hercules & Love Affair member, Carter Yatusake’s band, Midnight Magic is all kinds of weird. Any video that purposely tries to be terrible, confusing, retro, and terribly retro all at once gets my attention. The...
Swedish indie duo, jj, have released a new song called Beautiful Life. Wait, a Swedish band, releasing a song called Beautiful Life – where have I heard that before? jj’s latest single, jj n° 4, comes out on May 8...
New York City’s A Place to Bury Strangers have just announced a new album, and also let us hear a tune as well. If you like noise, you might like these guys and their new song. The album is called...
Yesterday (which was April Fools’ Day), I saw a headline that said Jack White was releasing his next single via balloons, and I immediately dismissed it. It turns out I am the fool, as it’s true (at least according to...
Halifax band, Wintersleep have directed us to their new website on their Twitter account. I took the bait, and what did I find, but a June 2012 release date for a new album, Hello Hum, plus a new song. The...
The New York City electro pop duo, The Hundred in the Hands, have a new album coming your way. Out on June 12, the album Red Night is lead by the excellent first single, Faded. If you don’t know who...
The Avengers is the summer blockbuster that will feature the Marvel Comics characters in what might be a dud of a flick. Here in the UK, the movie is actually called Avengers Assemble, because of that 1998 spy film Avengers,...
Leeds outfit, Kaiser Chiefs, have a new song, which is from their “best of” collection, Souvenir: 2004-2012. The song is one of the better ones they’ve done in awhile, evoking vintage Kaiser Chiefs (who have been around for 8 years?!...
90s legends the Smashing Pumpkins are still going, um, strong, despite only having one original member (hint: it’s singer Billy Corgan). The band have undertaken an ambitious project, recording 44 songs for a concept album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. And to...
New MGMT Album Due in September Good news for lovers of psychedelic rock, specifically MGMT – they will be releasing their third album this September (via Gigwise). The album is a follow up to the somewhat critically-panned but still excellent...
First off the heels of a double album, M83 have a new EP out on May 8. The EP is called Reunion and will feature the album version of the track Reunion, as well as 6 remixes. So don’t give...
A double dose of news regarding bands with female singers (not that there’s anything wrong with that). First up – Best Coast (not sure which coast that is). Best Coast will release their second album, The Only Place, on May...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (who PeteHatesMusic caught live in Toronto) have an exclusive EP out on April 21 for Record Store Day. There will be four songs on the remix EP, called Acid Reflux EP, which features...
Zulu Winter, who we have had the privilege of interviewing and covering live, have announced their debut album. It will be called Language, and will be out on May 14 – just in time for you to sing along to...
Metric have announced on their website, ilovemetric.com, their upcoming new album, Synthetica. The album will be out in North America in June 12, just in time to get some nice, summer music from the Canadian rockers. Below are some details...
