Category Archives: indie as fuck
Sebastien Grainger & Les Montagnes 7″
Ex-DFA79 frontman, Sebastien Grainger, has been quietly active of late. We’ve already heard about his appearance on DatA’s upcoming single, Rapture, and now Grainger has just released his debut 7″, American Names, via his solo project, Sebastien Grainger & Les Montagnes. It features four tracks: Epilogue (Somewhere Over The Hobo), Ways To Come Home (the [...]
Wolf Parade
My recent posts seem to be more and more making a lie of the name of this blog. But I’m kind of in a rut of late, as far as electro goes. Too much repetition, too many clamouring unknowns, too few wonderful, exciting slabs of new dance music. Times like this I begin to miss [...]
Yes, the Sigur Rós Album is Awesome
Ok so the new Sigur Rós album, Me› Su› í Eyrum Vi› Spilum Endalaust (With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly), is good. In fact, it’s amazing, my favourite album of theirs to date, and totally makes me wish I’d bought a ticket to their Sydney Splendour sideshow. Hey… I think my little [...]
Foals Remixed by Loud Pipes
I honestly don’t know what’s going on in this picture. I mean, I thought I got it: you put “let me show you my,” and “horseballs,” into a sentence and present it to a certain demographic, and you’ll have guaranteed laughs, or at the very least a silent appreciation of your superior homograph-dependent comedic skills. [...]
Model Horror
It’s a fascinating thing when you find a band who are well-established, well-connected, and talented enough to warrant a very solid fan-base, and yet seem wholly and conspicuously absent from the blog(osphere)/s. Leaving aside the inherent assumption of self-importance in what I’m about to say, whilst researching the Hertfordshire-based Model Horror sans any help from [...]
Muscles… acoustic?
That is correct. Muscles, Shepparton’s own electro-pop golden boy, is performing a one off acoustic gig at the Yamaha ‘Felt Hammer’ Festival. It’s going down in Melbourne town from March 12th to the 24th at The Toff. Muscles, best known for his ironic lack of the aforementioned, will be smashing out such hits as [...]
French Standards
So have you ever wondered what would happen if you crossed The Strokes with a bunch of well-mannered (they call me Miss) boys from the North of France? Well ok, neither have I, but if I had, stumbling upon Standards would pretty much be enough to put those inane musings to bed. This brand new [...]
Justice/Fucked Up – Stress and Remix
For some fantastic reason, the indie, law-suit-having kids of Fucked Up decided to cover Justice’s ‘interlude’ track, Stress from last year’s ‘Cross’ LP. It’s worth a listen if you enjoy rock covers of electronic tracks – I do. Justice – Stress Fucked Up – Stress [Justice Cover] Justice – Stress [Frank Force's Short Remix] Also [...]
Bloc Party B-Sides and Rarities
Well I knew this day would eventually come. Doesn’t make it any less devastating though. I finally ran out of room on my iPod. And I still have ten or so albums I haven’t even uploaded yet. Ugh. This means that every track that is currently on there must now EARN that newly-hallowed position of [...]
Black Kids Headline Vice Live
Internet indie up’n'comers Black Kids are headlining Vice mag’s Vice Live Tour starting January. Wednesday 30 January | ABC2 | Glasgow Thursday 31 January | Mint Lounge | Manchester Friday 1 February | 93 Feet East | London Saturday 2 February | Fleece | Bristol While they record their debut LP, check the EP Wizard [...]
Rolling Stone Fucked Up, Xiu Xiu Sue
Boy, Rolling Stone are in trouble. In their November issue this year they’ve included this Indie Rock Universe article that lists some great bands alongside some pretty illustrations. Very subtly, however, they’re included the sponsor: Camel Cigarettes. Here is what Anti-Cigarette activists are calling “one big cigarette ad”: Now Xiu Xiu, Fucked Up, and I’m [...]
The Breeders UK & Ireland Mountain Battles Tour
Ah, The Breeders. My secret high-school crush on Kim Deal aside, these guys still rock and are touring the UK, starting out in Ireland next April: 7th – Dublin Vicar Street 8th – Glasgow ABC 9th – Leeds Metropolitan University 10th – Nottingham Trent University 12th – Sheffield Leadmill 13th – Birmingham Academy 2 14th [...]
a few times nine times that same song
swedish low-fi indie pop rock wonder kids love is all have been a little quiet of late, which has been rather disappointing considering that their 2005 album ‘nine times that same song’ definitely reigned as one of the better exercises in swedish low-fi indie pop rock to be released that year. fortunately they now appear [...]
Code Monkey Emily on stage with Jonathan Coulton
Months ago an Evanston IL resident named Emily uploaded a video of herself performing a dance to Jonathan Coulton’s song Code Monkey which received a huge response on YouTube. The track blew up a little as a result. Whilst on tour in Chicago, Jonothan asked the crowd whether the young lady was present and invited [...]
Love is All Do Covers