Morning Music Notes – Ripoffs
PHM last heard from UK folk singer Will Varley back when he released When You’re Gone. Varley has returned with not only a new song, but a 8-bit-tastic new video for the Nintendo lover in you. The track is called...
Listen! Klaxons – There Is No Other Time
Klaxons stormed out of the gate in 2007 with a stunning debut album, Myths of the Near Future. This was followed up by the average Surfing the Void, although the album had some of the best album art ever (see...
Watch! Slow No Wake – Everyone Needs Someone
How about some dreamy indie pop for you? We have Slow No Wake (aka Adam Theron-Lee Rensh), and his track Everyone Needs Someone. Why does no one need me, dammit? Except that hobo who follows me around the park, that...
Morning Music Notes – Everyone is Givin’ It Away Now
Morning Music Notes Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic While the Super Bowl might’ve been over within minutes last night, all the buzz is about all of the music-related things that happened at the sporting event. Let’s kick things off by looking at U2....
Weekend Music: A W E – Crystals
Some pretty interesting music here from A W E. First, the lush, slow, melodic original to wind down from your long-ass week. – wait 5 minutes – And now, the pumped-up, half-time, almost-hardcore, “wait – is that Japanese?” version –...
PeteHatesMusic Monthly Mix: Best New Hip Hop and Dance / EDM – January 2014
Back in December, we had some contributors, um, contribute some tracks to the many year end lists for 2013. One of the lists that we liked a lot was the Hip Hop and Dance / EDM ones – so much...
Listen to the PeteHatesMusic Monthly Mix – January 2014
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic It’s the end of the month, which means two things. One is that I need to dig around my couch for change so I can keep my landlord happy – she likes nickels. The second is that PeteHatesMusic...
Morning Music Notes – One Drunk Driver Supporting Another
Back in September, I jetted down to Brooklyn to see the Thom Yorke-led Atoms for Peace. The band blew me away, with their thumping rhythms and Flea working his magic on bass. MTV filmed a performance of the band in...
Listen! Solomon Grey – Last Century Man
Some great new stuff out of London that you need to feast your ears on. Meet the duo known as Solomon Grey. The crazy thing is that this song featured is a B-side! The track is called Last Century Man,...
Morning Music Notes – Who Are Recording An Album This Year?
You’ve already heard the catchy as hell new track by rising Danish star MØ. You can now see if the imaginary video that you made up in your head matches what she came up with, as we have a video...
Interview with Sam Lockwood from The Jezabels
One of the more anticipated albums this year, both in their homeland of Australia and elsewhere for those in the know, is the sophomore album of The Jezabels. The band are readying the release of The Brink, out February 18...
Morning Music Notes – Get Rich Schemes (By Insulting Kanye West)
Think back to a time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth – 2013. I might be wrong about that dinosaurs bit. We introduced you to a talented, Australian producer oddly named Vancouver Sleep Clinic, and his track Collapse. Vancouver Sleep Clinic...
Listen! Banks – Brain
More new stuff from PHM favourite, Banks. The LA singer has wowed us with tracks such as Waiting Game, Bedroom Walls, and This is What It Feels Like. She returns with a track called Brain, which is produced by Shlohmo....
Listen! Inventions – Entity
Sometimes you put things together and make other awesome things. Homer Simpson did it with Skittlebräu. I did it with – actually, I won’t finish, since I can’t top Skittlebräu. The latest combination of awesomeness comes to us courtesy of...
Listen! Strange Talk – Morning Sun
After their amazing track Cast Away, we tipped Strange Talk to break out in 2013. While that might not have necessarily happened, it doesn’t mean they don’t continue to hit us with sunkissed slices of goodness. The latest example of...
