Listen! The Black Keys – Turn Blue
Another listen of the upcoming album from The Black Keys is now here (like my pizza – 90 minutes after I ordered it). The track is a mellow rocker, with the Danger Mouse touch of added layers and sounds kicking...
Watch! Lana Del Rey – West Coast
A winning formula on paper would be Lana Del Rey singing, with production work by Dan Auerbach from the Black Keys. Often the reality doesn’t match the paper version, but this time thankfully it does. We have our first listen...
Morning Music Notes – World’s Celebrities Head to California Desert
Why pay someone to make a music video for you when there are others perfectly willing and capable of doing it for you FOR FREE? The Men did just that, with their fan-selected video for Different Days. The upbeat rocker...
Friday Afternoon Funnies: Drake Wants to Know What You Think About Drake
As you may have heard (or read on this fantastic blog), Drake is hosting ESPN’s sports awards show, The ESPYs, this year. He has also featured (sort of) in our Friday Afternoon Funnies in the past. This time, he brings...
Listen! Klaxons – Love Frequency (Tom Rowlands Remix)
The new album from Klaxons is shaping up to be a banger. We’ve heard tracks like There Is No Other Time, Children of the Sun, and Atom to Atom. We also know that Chemical Brothers member Tom Rowlands is helping...
Concert Review: Daughter, The National @ Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario
The venue was Massey Hall. The band was The National, playing a run of 3 straight nights in Toronto. The result was a very enjoyable Thursday night – better than my usual ‘eat a bag of Doritos and then search...
Concert Photos: Daughter, The National at Massey Hall, Toronto (April 9, 2014)
We here at PHM love both Daughter and The National. We interviewed Daughter in May of last year, and saw them in Toronto and Montreal. We also caught The National at NXNE (and many other pre-PHM gigs). Last night, we...
Morning Music Notes – Drakespys
Yesterday, we gave you the excellent live collaboration between Daughter and composer Joe Duddell and a 10-piece classical ensemble. Today, we get another treat from the live sessions at Air Studios in the form of Tomorrow. This is a good...
Watch! Daughter – Shallows (Live @ Air Studios)
Daughter haven’t come out with any new material since we saw them at Osheaga, and in Toronto (when we interviewed them). However, the band are about to drop a digital EP on April 15. It’s a live recording from London’s...
Watch! The Mary Onettes – Naive Dream
We’ve featured The Mary Onettes more than onette time, including tracks Evil Coast, Don’t Forget, and Hit the Waves. The Swedes celebrated this week’s release of Portico with a new video for Naive Dream. The breezy pop song is fittingly...
Morning Music Notes – More Bands for Flea
BOOTS has some more stuff, showing off his range. He’s previously dropped Howl, and is known as the man behind the scenes for the ‘surprise’ Beyonce album. The new track is called My Heart is a Stone, which means Lykke...
Listen! Klaxons – Atom to Atom
Klaxons announced their return with the catchy There Is No Other Time, followed up with Children of the Sun. While my third offering of lunch is yet another Big Mac, Klaxons’ third offering of new album Love Frequency is Atom...
Watch! The Wands – The Dawn
We have some slow, psychedelic rock for you, and from Denmark, no less. The band are called The Wands, which sounds absolutely magical. The men behind the magic are Christian Skibdal and Mads Gräs. The track from The Wands is...
Listen! Aquilo – Aquilo EP (stream)
Some dream pop to make you float away your day. The male duo are called Aquilo and they have a new self-titled EP, which you can stream below. Opener You There is sparse and dreamy, while the rest of the...
Morning Music Notes – Gettin’ Paid, Bitch!
SZA has teamed with Kendrick Lamar for a new track called Babylon. The song is produced by DJ Dahi, and is out now. Babylon sees SZA’s sweet vocals mixing nicely with the ethereal production sounds, which are then cut up...
