Music of 2013
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^Now there's nowhere to go but down in terms of tone... 
So, to my delight and surprise there appears to be a new Kurt Vile album due for release in April. For now, here's a video showing the creation of the album cover mural, as well as the obligatory free download of the featured track. 
So I just got back from Laneway.
Bat For Lashes. Blew. Me. Away.
She looked so beautiful, and sounded even better - I was so impressed with how flawless her voice was. Her opening of Lilies will stay with me for a long time
Awesome. 
And continuing on the Bat For Lashes theme, here's the recent video for 'A Wall' and as a bonus, a nice little 'behind the scenes' film too...
^Awesome
New Postal Service! :chicken:
The Postal Service are helping celebrate the 10 year anniversary of their seminal debut Give Up with the release of a deluxe reissue of the record, featuring two new songs.
One of those new tracks, 'A Tattered Line Of String', was unveiled this week. Check it out below:
Responding to questions underneath the YouTube video, The Postal Service's label Sub Pop had this to say about the origins of the song.
"To the best of our knowledge at this time, no, The Postal Service is not currently working on new material. And no, "A Tattered Line of String" is not a Give Up leftover from 2003. For those of you who like details like this, this song was actually begun in 2006 and finished up in 2012".
The Postal Service make their live return at Coachella this April.
Yet more Bat For Lashes now - this one is a performance of 'Marilyn' for a vaguely Valentine's Day-themed feature on Vogue.com. Natasha is on electric guitar, which I don't recall ever seeing before. I could really easily listen to it all day. 
Oh no, not again! 
The Strokes' 'All The Time' is currently streaming. It's quite brilliant, and probably wouldn't have sounded out of place on 'Is This It'.
Team 'One Way Trigger' or Team 'All The Time' - that is the question.
Oh no, not again!
Oh no, not again!
What do you think of Mumford by the way M*? I've always got the impression you're not really a fan.
I probably should be, it's the sort of thing I'd usually like and I'm a fan of pretty much all the artists you'd closely associate with them. I've just never really felt compelled to hop on the bandwagon, as it were. Some kind of weird blind spot, I guess.
Another new one by Suede. Much prefer this one to 'Barriers'.
And 'All The Time' finally popped up on YouTube... 
I probably should be, it's the sort of thing I'd usually like and I'm a fan of pretty much all the artists you'd closely associate with them. I've just never really felt compelled to hop on the bandwagon, as it were. Some kind of weird blind spot, I guess.
^Really like the sound of that one. The opening gave me a slight 'How Soon Is Now' flashback.
I probably should be, it's the sort of thing I'd usually like and I'm a fan of pretty much all the artists you'd closely associate with them. I've just never really felt compelled to hop on the bandwagon, as it were. Some kind of weird blind spot, I guess.
Is that ever since Little Lion Man broke? You should check them out live some time.. might change your mind about them
Kind of since always really, even in the early days I found it tricky to get into them in any significant way. I wouldn't turn my nose up at a chance to see 'em live though, they always seem to go down brilliantly at festivals and suchlike.
At the risk of reaching Bat For Lashes overkill on this page, here's the newly released (and quite brilliant) video for 'Lilies'.
The (now not so) new single by Alice in Chains
Their new album "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" should be released in May.
At the risk of reaching Bat For Lashes overkill on this page, here's the newly released (and quite brilliant) video for 'Lilies'.
New Primal Scream song, complete with rather unnerving video. That Kevin Shields, will he ever stop releasing new music?
Adam Green and Little Joy's Binki Shapiro channel Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra. Pretty cool stuff.
New Yeah Yeah Yeahs :Dinah:
^It's funny, the lead track off every new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album seems to skew the feel of the rest of it somehow, if that makes any sense whatsoever. But I've no idea what to expect after hearing that. It's growing on me with every listen though, and *spoiler alert* the gospel choir knocked me for six at the end.