Watch! Vaults – Cry No More
We’ve been hyping Vaults since 2013, when they first dropped Cry No More on us. After a series of other great songs, such as Vultures and Poison, the band have come full circle with the release of their Cry No...
Category: Indie Pop
Watch! Petite Noir – Down
We’ve featured Cape Town, South Africa’s Petite Noir (his parents call him Yannick Ilunga) a couple of times, and not just because Cape Town is one of the best cities I have ever been to. His tracks Chess and Shadows...
Watch! Editors – Marching Orders
Brand new stuff from past PHM interviewees, Editors. The band continue their slight rock departure, with another track in similar mood and instrumentation to that as In This Light and On This Evening. The new track is called Marching Orders...
Listen! Vaults – Losing Game
The oft-featured indie band Vaults have a new EP and a new song from the Cry No More EP. You’ve already heard Cry No More (like, back in 2013); time to sink your ears (which isn’t an expression) into Losing...
Listen! Beck – Dreams
Beck’s Morning Phase phase is over. Welcome back ‘Party Beck’. After teasing some artwork and a song snippet, genre-hopping artist (and recent Album of the Year Grammy winner) artist Beck has returned with a dreamy, dancey new song called Dreams....
Watch! The Staves – Teeth White
Some new stuff from sister folk trio The Staves. Following up posted tracks Steady, and Black & White comes Teeth White, which is not a toothpaste advert. The video is filmed in a bar room, one of my favourite rooms...
Watch! Aquilo – Waiting (Live)
We’ve featured UK duo Aquilo quite a lot on these pages, probably more times than I’ve exercised in the past year. It’s hard not to feature them, when they drop songs like last year’s I Gave It All, and most...
Listen! CFCF – The Ruined Map
Apologies for the lack of posts the past week – I’ve been sort of sick. Anyway, enough with the bad news, let’s talk good news. CFCF, who have featured many times on these pages, return with a bit of a...
Listen! Beirut – No No No
We haven’t heard too much from horn-filled band Beirut lately. We saw them at Field Day in London in 2012, and a couple of videos from their excellent last album, and that’s the last of it. Good news – the...
Listen to the PeteHatesMusic Monthly Mix – May 2015
You know the drill – a new month, a new letter from your landlord saying the rent is late – but, a new monthly playlist from PeteHatesMusic to make you forget all of your troubles. We select 9 great tracks...
Watch! Aquilo – Calling Me
More gorgeous stuff from UK duo Aquilo. They nearly topped our Songs of 2014 list with I Gave It All. They have also given us gems such as Losing You and more recently Better Off Without You. The track is...
Listen! Daniel Johns – Talk (album sampler)
Daniel Johns is beginning stage 3 of his musical metamorphosis. The Aussie singer fronted 90s-00s grunge (and later somewhat experimental) rock band Silverchair. He then teamed with Paul Mac for stage 2, in the band The Dissociatives. Stage 3 is...
Listen! Florence + The Machine – Delilah
The June 2 release date of Florence + The Machine’s new album How Big How Blue How Beautiful is fast approaching. We’ve heard tracks like the title track, What Kind of Man, and Ship To Wreck in the run up...
Watch! Chastity Belt – Joke
The awesomely named Chastity Belt follow up recent song Time to Go Home with their new video for Joke. The track is off of Seattle foursome’s recent album release Time to Go Home. The song has a simple yet catchy...
Listen! Metric – The Shade
New stuff from Toronto indie rockers Metric. After exploding even bigger after their last couple of albums, anticipation has been high for new material. Today, the band dropped a new video for their latest effort, The Shade. The track has...
