Morning Music Notes – Too Kool for School
In the height of my illness, English band Elbow dropped a video for a lovely new song called My Sad Captains. As I slowly clear out my bookmarks and return to solid foods, you might even get a post about...
Listen! Nathan Fake – Vanish North
Norfolk UK’s Nathan Fake has just released a loud, brilliant goosebump-inducing piece of electronic music. Not the first time we’ve shared Nathan Fake music – won’t be the last.
Morning Music Notes – Recovery
Sorry for the lack of Morning Music Notes – I’ve been sick all week and my bed has been calling me. I make my triumphant return today, along with some new music from Aussie electro dancers Strange Talk. Off of...
Listen! Inventions – Inventions (entire album)
More goodness in the form of ambient and electronic instrumental music for you. We’ve featured the Eluvium-Explosions in the Sky group Inventions before, with their tracks Peaceable Child and Entity. We (or rather, record label Temporary Residence) has launched the...
Watch! Kasabian – eez-eh
Several British bands headline festivals in their homeland, but play clubs in North America. One band that is starting to make the breakthrough is Arctic Monkeys, who sold lots of copies of AM. Another band trying to crack the code...
Listen! Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars
As we gear up for hearing nothing but Coldplay on the radio for the rest of 2014, the English band have given us another listen of what we’ll be hearing non-stop. The 2nd single from upcoming new release Ghost Stories...
Listen! Hiss Tracts – …shortwave nights
More lovely ambient instrumental stuff from Hiss Tracts. Following up halo getters and for the transient projectionist comes …shortwave nights. Featuring a slow, repetitive lead line, we hear droning sounds of strings and other sounds fighting to compliment this moody...
Listen! Banks – Goddess
More stuff from LA singer Banks, who is finally making waves outside of the blogosphere. We’ve featured her, oh, a half dozen times, including her London EP. The dark pop singer has a new track called Goddess, surely not named...
Listen! Grand Cousin – Oxygen
Some lovely indie pop from Grand Cousin. The track is called Oxygen, which they sell in a can nowadays – how about that?! The track has a sunny, poppy feel, with a mix of guitars and a bit of a...
Listen! Layla – Black Mud
More stuff from English singer Layla. Following that of Yellow Circles comes what is all over my finest jacket – Black Mud. The track has a big sound to it, with layers of sounds and music complimenting the big, sweet...
Morning Music Notes – Bringing It Back to 66
New stuff from Canadian indie rocker Reignwolf. Following up his track Are You Satisfied? comes Lonely Sunday, which would describe my afternoon spent creating a zombie world of gummi bears on my kitchen table. Reignwolf (Jordan Cook to his neighbours)...
Listen! #XI feat. Sundays – Lovecraft
Some simple, essentially wordless but vocal-filled melodies from #XI, featuring Sundays, who herself has featured on PHM a few times (Hope It’s Enough and World We Own). It may feature Sundays but its great for your Friday. Dig in below.
Morning Music Notes – One Word Rumour Mill
After a stunning debut by Vaults and their track Cry No More, the band have returned with another song, and another good one at that. The track is Premonitions – I had a feeling they would call it that. Full...
Listen! Ben Frost – Venter
This is manic brilliance. Take a listen to this impressive piece from Australian (based in Iceland) composer Ben Frost. I can’t really tee this up and do it justice, so I’ll just say: throw on your headphones, turn it up to loud,...
Morning Music Notes – Your Royal DJ
Coldplay have a new album (May 19). Coldplay will be on Saturday Night Live (May 3). Coldplay will air a Ghost Stories one-hour special on NBC (May 18). Coldplay will be on your fuckin’ cereal boxes soon enough (hopefully never)....
