“The Pull” is not only a track by High Places but now its a video directed by High Places! This Brookyln-based (now LA) duo has put together eerie visuals that match their track, making it easy to focus on their token cosmic and percussive tones. They’re heading to Europe this month but will be back in Texas for the 35 Denton festival March 8. Also, their LP is available for MP3 download, CD and LP at Thrill Jockey. Band Links: [...]

Have you come aboard the Big Deal train, yet? Well, they’re debut album, Lights Out, came out two weeks ago so you don’t really have an excuse if you haven’t.  Kacey Underwood and Alice Costello make the U.S.-U.K. union sound a lot more pleasant than our forefathers did, with harmonious vocals and grounding electric guitar that calm the rattled nerves of rocky relationships and inspire adventure. Directed by popular indie-folk director, Yoonha Park, “Talk” features surgical visuals that will have [...]

It’s been ten torturous years since we have seen any new releases from Seattle’s finest, The Murder City Devils. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long, especially since they left on top and so abruptly. I was fortunate enough to of shot one of their shows back in 2010 and remember hearing rumors of a pending release, but those rumors were quickly overran by the ringing in my ears from shooting them and using a bar napkin for [...]

Qualms is simple – sticking to airy synths and vocals that lean closer to a hum than a melody. Members Justin Mantell and Darin Thompson call it anxiety-ridden, lets just call it 80′s nostalgia. The video looks like it was filmed with an old JVC camcorder but reflects the dramatic tune in chopped cuts and speed alterations. It sure does look cold on the east coast. Qualms’ Split 7″ is available for immediate download here on their Bandcamp, featuring “Ghost [...]

Hailing from the UK, Inca Gold continue the chillwave revolution with more of their layered experimental sounds with this new dreamy track “Atom.” Releasing on February 20, their appropriately titled Inca Gold III, is the third installment of their EP series.   So far, these guys have managed to record, mix and produce all of their material themselves!  Over the past 2 years, members Ezequiel Claverie, Ben Chatwin, Alex Lewis and Chris Howarth have developed their sound and style for [...]

Hardly trashy and farthest from migraine-inducing, Dada Trash Collage & Banter Media present “Migraine,” a four minute chill-wave synthy track, for nothing but the cost of your time! Keep an eye out for their upcoming music video for their track “Fliers” and don’t miss them at SXSW. The Fun Fund EP will be available on their Bandcamp on February 7. Until then, nab a few free downloads – DadaTrashCollage.Bandcamp.com Dada Trash Collage – “Migraine” Dada Trash Collage Live Dates: Thursday, [...]

The Dø will be your favorite band. They will.

What does music stand for if not passion and finding those bands that bring out the passion within us? The members in The Jealous Sound have, after 9 long years on hiatus, found the passion within themselves and turned it into a collection of songs that picks up where their debut album ‘Kill Them With Kindness’ left off. Each song discovers emotional high’s and lows fronted by the powerful vocal delivery of Blair Shehan. Indeed there can be nothing bad [...]

La Sera, Cold Showers @ The Echo, Los Angeles, CA. Cold Showers are a band that I should have heard before this night.  I know that it’s tough to keep up with all the radness that is going on in music these days but c’mon.  Where have I been?  These guys have toured with some of my faves and they have a sound definitely leaning towards Joy Division which is incredibly hard to pull off without pushing the lines of [...]

This manly barrage of sonic destruction is what I was expecting from Pelican’s last full-length ‘What We All Come To Need’, it’s taken the band a few extra years, but have they ever let the hounds loose on this track. Can’t wait to hear their new 4-song EP Ataraxia/Taraxis, hopefully it continues with the swamp-rock indie/metal feel on display here.

Ane Brun’s “Do You Remember” is the first track from her upcoming album ‘It All Starts with One’ is a sonic wallop of vocal stunnery featuring the super hot First Aid Kit backing Ane up on vocals. The album comes out May 1, via PIAS in America. Ane Brun “Do You Remember”

  Handsome Furs@Belly Up, San Diego, Ca. I may be breaking a commandment when I admit to the fact that I covet Dan Boeckners’ wife.  But than again I also covet his life, and his band geneology and pretty much everything about him.  Having performed in bands such as Atlas Strategic and Wolf Parade and now fronting Handsome Furs with wife Alexei Perry make him completely covetable.  It gets even worse when seeing them live.  This is the second time [...]

The Features lead singer, Matt Pelham, took a moment to tell us about getting booed by kids, being featured on The Twilight: Breaking Dawn Soundtrack and that the ideal music career would be to follow in Tom Petty’s footsteps. IRR and Big Hassle have a pair of tickets to The Features show in Los Angeles at The Bootleg Theater on February 2.  Want in?  Comment or tweet (@IRRmusic) your favorite Features song! Are there any specific dates on the tour [...]

What was your first piece of music gear and how old were you? Did you play it night and day? Ibanez EX guitar. YES. What instruments do you own? Fender Rhodes mark 2, Blue Bottle mic, Blue Robbie pre, Roland Space Echo, Onkyo Cassette deck, Tascam 112 Casette deck, LA-4 compressor, Waldorf XT synth, Novation 25SL, Dynaudio Bm5a monitors, a few RME soundcards, Mac pro, Macbook pro, Yamaha MG & Korg KM-202 mixers, Martin D-18 Acoustic guitar, G&L Legacy & [...]

Maybe you like to hula-hoop in a unitard at the bottom of the Alex in Berlin, or maybe you like to hula-hoop in the dark with your face painted. Or maybe you just like to dance naked in your kitchen scaring the meowmeow out of your cat. Either way, this song will get you making some pretty freakily unbalanced and carnal moves.