Following up their excellent track, You Are An Island, are Dustin Bentall and the Smøkes. The ø in Smøkes is deceptive – they aren’t Scandinavian – they are from British Columbia. Their latest track is called Shine. The fiddle-led, upbeat...
Some good stuff from the magical world of my email inbox today. The band are an indie pop duo from Washington, DC, which I’m learning has a pretty decent scene. The band are called The Analog Affair, which is a...
Something interested happened as I tried to listen to this song for the first time. I was also watching a lecture given by Q-Tip, where he was playing some unreleased Kanye West songs. However, this song by Forest Swords also...
CFCF have a great new track called Camera. The track is off of Music for Objects EP, out July 9. The track features Francesco de Gallo on saxophone. While you might think that’s a 16th century explorer, Francesco does the...
The xx have a new video off of last year’s excellent sophomore album, Coexist. If you recall, we were there in London at their album release party, mainly because we’re awesome. And modest. The video is for the track Fiction,...
Sigur Rós continue their online assault with yet another video. However, given the quality of their videos (and their songs), this is rarely a bad thing. The track is Kveikur, from the album of the same name, out June 17/18...
More new stuff from Cold War Kids. The track is called Loner Phase, which appears to be from the ages 16 to um, well, present day. The track is lifted from the album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts. Loner Phase is a...
Editors are marching (likely not literally) towards the release of their fourth album, The Weight Of Your Love. We first heard the track A Ton of Love, now brace your ears for the infectious track The Sting. The track starts...
Here is something new and upbeat out of London. The group are a duo called THUMPERS, and the just dropped a new EP called Unkinder. You can stream their 4 track EP over on Soundcloud, and we’re giving you a...
Didn’t get a chance to post this yesterday due to the ongoing webhost stuff happening here at PeteHatesMusic, but I did tweet it. Now that I can post again, here is said post. UK dance wizards (my words, not theirs)...
When I saw CHVRCHES as part of Canadian Music Week, I noted that new song, Gun, had an absolutely thumping chorus. Now those of you who weren’t in attendance can hear what I was talking about – they have chosen...
Time to get excited – I am going streaking! something new from Broken Social Scene. It comes in the form of a collaboration, as part of the Arts & Crafts X album (which celebrates their 10th anniversary, not their love...
A double dose of tracks from the Arts & Crafts collaborative compilation album, Arts & Crafts X. We’ve hit you with 3 songs already. Now we have Stars singer Amy Millan x Dan Mangan with Chances Are, and The Darcys...
The typo-friendly indie band HAERTS are back with a new track. We’ve already heard the excellent Wings, now you can hear All The Days below. If you wanted a nice summer song, look no further. We have great vocals from...
After teasing poor Internet citizens, Boards of Canada finally confirmed they will be releasing a new album. On June 10/11, Boards of Canada will release the follow up to 2006′s Trans Canada Highway EP. The new album will be called...
