Listen! Editors – No Harm
Here is a bit of an interesting reveal. Birmingham band Editors had their label Play It Again Sam drop a CD mixer of songs. Hidden on that mixer was a brand new track by PHM interviewees Editors. The new track...
Weekend Music – April Catch-up
Here are 8 new tracks to turn up loud for maximum weekend-ing. 1. Always open with guitars. Metz – Spit You Out 2. Then, turn 180 degrees… Towkio – Heaven Only Knows (Ft. Chance The Rapper, Lido & Eryn Allen Kane)...
Watch! Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
Caribou is drip feeding us videos from his excellent album Our Love (which hit number 5 on our Top Albums of 2014). Last October, we saw the video for Our Love. A lengthy wait until spring, and now we have...
Listen! Aquilo – Better Off Without You
Better off without you is a phrase I have heard way too often. Thankfully it’s usually a tapeworm saying it to me as it leaves my body. The phrase is also the name of the latest good tune from Aquilo....
Listen! The Mary Onettes – Ruins
The Mary Onettes have a new song following their Portico EP, which had songs such as Naive Dream on it. The Swedish indie poppers are giving us Ruins, and these are the good kinds of ruins (although those Roman ruins...
Listen! Ratatat – Cream on Chrome
Brooklyn instrumental indie electro rockers (how is that for a lot of adjectives?) Ratatat have returned. The duo played Coachella this past weekend (pfft, who didn’t?) and dropped a new song during their set, and then also on the Internet....
Watch! Lykke Li – Never Gonna Love Again (plus Drake cover)
We have an interesting new video from Lykke Li, who provided is with the top album of 2014, and her track Never Gonna Love Again. The song is a powerful yet sad breakup tune, blending her beautiful pop voice with...
Listen! Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck
We have an upbeat new track from Florence + The Machine. The track is called Ship To Wreck, and follows recent releases How Big How Blue How Beautiful and What Kind of Man. All of these tracks are GOOOOD! off...
Listen! Les Jupes – Everything Will Change
We’ve featured Winnipeg indie pop act Les Jupes on these pages before (proof!). The band will release Some Kind of Family next week, and have shared Everything Will Change, which is what happened to my shoe shopping experience once I...
Listen! Tame Impala – ‘Cause I’m A Man
After blowing away fans and critics with their last album, Tame Impala will return with their third album, Currents. The falsetto-loving, Australia psychedelic act dropped their new single ‘Cause I’m A Man, which is coincidentally the phrase I yell to...
Watch! Hot Chip – Need You Now
Hot Chip will drop their new album, Why Make Sense?, on May 19, and we’ve already heard the excellent Huarache Lights. While I was away in Costa Rica last week, the English band dropped another solid tune called Need You...
Listen! Action Bronson f. Chance the Rapper – Baby Blue
Man, this is catchy. Can’t stop listening to this.
Listen! Roots Manuva – Facety 2:11 (prod. Four Tet)
New music from Roots Manuva and Four Tet appeared online today, courtesy Big Dada Sound. Lots of vocal samples at play here… and here’s a fun game: what is the lyric in the main hook? (My guess: “Boat Race”).
Weekend Music – March 27
Here’s another big pile of music to turn up loud and get to know this weekend. Dig it. 1. Brodinski f. Bloody J – Us. Sounds like some sort of symphony of terrible machines playing R&B. 2. Denver’s Gila Monsta –...
