April is over, so that means my tax return is late yet again. Nothing is certain but death and taxes, unless you never do a tax return, and are still alive. Take that, Benjamin Franklin! But enough about old idioms,...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic I’ve been a bit of an absentee father from the blog the past few months (depending on how generous your definition of “few” is). Excuses include travelling to Iceland, travelling to New York (and seeing CHVRCHES at Radio...
You probably felt the Internet explode when Kanye West dropped his new song with Kendrick Lamar. In case you missed the explosion, you can catch his hot new track, No More Parties, alongside a new video by English rockers Foals,...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic. The Pan Am Games are in Toronto and surrounding municipalities from July 11-26, while the Parapan Am Games are being played August 7-15. What sort of response has this generated in the build up and in Week 1...
Like the weekend, this playlist is likely going to take a full trip through your emotions. Begin here: 1. Starts low and slow with new music from Gothenburg’s José González. 2. Then, the rhythm comes in, with Brooklyn’s Party Supplies...
Since his unfortunate death more than 8 years ago, the estate of Detroit’s J-Dilla has been constantly pumping out releases to critical and peer acclaim. In an interview on a recent Stone’s Throw Records documentary, Kanye West even said that a...
Lana Del Rey is all sorts of shades of cool. Well, it’s appropriate that her latest song features that exact title – Shades of Cool. What starts off sounding a bit James Bond-esque with its intro, is a string-filled, Dan...
We gave you the lovely audio of the Papercuts track, Life Among the Savages, several months ago. But why listen to music when you can, um, watch the music? Yeah, exactly. What I’m unsuccessfully trying to say is that Papercuts...
There’s a new Kitsuné America 3 compilation, which includes a new song from Misun. This is good news, as the Washington D.C. act have been dropping some good tracks lately. The track is called Eli Eli and has a piano-led,...
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...
The frontman with many bands is returning with another new solo video. That man is Damon Albarn and that video is Heavy Seas of Love. We are nearing the April 29 release date of Everyday Robots, Albarn’s first solo release....
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...
The Antlers have announced a brand spanking new album. It is their fourth album, and it will be called Familiars. It’s out on June 17, and follows up a couple of EPs that the band released since 2011’s Burst Apart....
If you like Godspeed You! Black Emperor (and my 2012 year end list says that I do), then chances are you’ll like offshoot band Hiss Tracts. Hiss Tracts pairs David Bryant and Kevin Doria, who have been collecting some recordings...
Some more new stuff from Calgary’s Reuben and the Dark, following up that of Rolling Stone. The band are readying their Arts & Crafts release of Funeral Sky and have a good little track in Bow and Arrow. The track...
