Here is the new music video from New Zealand witch rock band HEX. They’re currently on their second US tour of the year, which runs until 9/23. You can catch the dates below.
Tour
September 12th // Seattle, WA // Funhouse
September 13th // Olympia, WA // Le Voyeur
September 14th // Austin, TX // Beerland
September 15th // Baton Rouge, LA // Burger House
September 17th // Athens, GA // SM & Co.
September 19th // Birmingham, AL // The Nick Rock’s
September 20th // New Orleans, LA // Circle Bar
September 21st // Houston, TX // Big Top
September 22nd // Austin, TX // Pecan Street Festival
September 23rd // Forth Worth, TX // Boiled Owl Tavern
Pile: Odds And Ends [Album Review]
Pile Odds And Ends Exploding In Sound Records [2018] Who: Boston-based Pile please their fans with an essential compilation of their twisted, genre-defying songs. Sound: … Read more
The Shifters – “Straight Lines” [Video]
After two 7-inch singles and a demo cassette (recently pressed to wax), Melbourne quintet The Shifters finally unveil their first, proper full-length album Have a Cunning Plan. The album showcases ten new tracks by the band at their best; scrappy, self-destructive, stumbling and brilliant pop music that seems tossed off or nonchalant on the surface but is rife with rewards upon further listening.
Check out the video for “Straight Lines” and you can find the album for pre-order at Trouble In Mind Records HERE.
Neil & Liam Finn: Lightsleeper [Album Review]
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Oh Sees – “Overthrown” [Video]
This new video from Oh Sees perfectly captures the essence of their latest record Smote Reverser. Check it out now!
The Friday Fire Track: ORB – “Space Between The Planets”
TFN has still not tired of the heavy psych weapons Flightless Records out of Australia currently has in their arsenal. ORB of course are now … Read more
Charles Bradley – “I Feel A Change” [VIDEO]
November 5, 2018 would have been Charles Bradley’s 70th birthday. In celebration of his extraordinary life, Daptone imprint Dunham Records will release his fourth and final album on November 9th. Black Velvet will feature ten studio recordings never before included on any album including lead single “I Feel A Change.” The video for the track, was directed by Living On Soul’s Jeff Broadway & Cory Bailey.
Black Velvet is a celebration of Charles Bradley, lovingly assembled by his friends and family at Dunham/Daptone Records. Though chronologically the material spans Charles’ entire career, this is no anthology, greatest hits or other shallow rehashing of the songs that already made him famous. Rather, this album is a profound exploration through the less-travelled corners of the soulful universe that Charles and his longtime producer, co-writer and friend Tommy “TNT” Brenneck created in the studio together over their decade-long partnership.
The album features new songs recorded during the sessions from each of his three albums, heard here for the very first time in all their scorching glory: “Can’t Fight the Feeling,” “Fly Little Girl” and the heart-wrenching single “I Feel a Change”; hard core rarities like his funk-bomb duet with LaRose Jackson, “Luv Jones,” the psychedelic groover, “(I Hope You Find) The Good Life” and the ever-illusive alternate full band electric version of “Victim of Love”; sought-after covers of Nirvana’s “Stay Away,” Neal Young’s “Heart of Gold” and Rodriguez’s “Slip Away”; and the title track “Black Velvet,” a stirring Menahan Street Band instrumental to which Charles was never able to cut a vocal.
‘BLACK VELVET’ TRACK LISTING
01 – Can’t Fight The Feeling
02 – Luv Jones
03 – I Feel A Change
04 – Slip Away
05 – Black Velvet
06 – Stay Away
07 – Heart Of Gold
08 – (I Hope You Find) The Good Life
09 – Fly Little Girl
10 – Victim Of Love (Electric Version)
Animal Collective: Tangerine Reef [Album Review]
Animal Collective Tangerine Reef Domino Recording Company [2018] Who: Established experimental electronic rock band. Sound: Aquarium/laser-light-show music. TFN Final Take: It’s an admirable idea. Make … Read more
Counting Crows: “25 Years And Counting” Tour 2018 [Concert Review]
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Big Bite: Big Bite [Album Review]
Big Bite Big Bite Pop Wig Records [2018] Who: Seattle, Washington based Big Bite have released a stunning debut album. Sound: Big Bite’s debut is … Read more
Deaf Wish – “FFS” [Video]
Melbourne’s Deaf Wish have an official video for “FFS” which was the lead single from Lithium Zion, their newest album that was released in July.
“FFS” was directed by band members Jensen Tjhung and Daniel Twomey and shot in glorious black and white, and stars guitarist/vocalist Sarah Hardiman delivering an intense and engaging performance of the song.
Lithium Zion is available on CD/LP/DL/CS worldwide through Sub Pop HERE.
Interpol: Marauder [Album Review]
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Wand – “Town Meeting” [Video]
When Wand make music and tour, they do it for everyone, right? But perhaps most of all (yet least noticed), they do it for the kids! And not just the figurative adult kids, but actual factual real ones. That’s why Wand recently partnered with OMG Everywhere, a not-for-profit summercamp for kids, to make a video for “Town Meeting” off their recent EP release, Perfume.
WAND ON TOUR!
10/12-14/2018 Desert Daze Festival Lake Parris, CA
11/8/2018 The Exchange in Bristol, United Kingdom
11/12/2018 The Deaf Institute in Manchester, United Kingdom
11/13/2018 Stereo in Glasgow, United Kingdom
11/14/2018 Hare and Hounds in Birmingham, United Kingdom
11/15/2018 The Haunt in Brighton, United Kingdom
11/16/2018 Village Underground in London, United Kingdom
11/17/2018 Black Box in Brugge, Belgium
11/19/2018 Point Ephémère in Paris, France
11/20/2018 Bitterzoet in Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/21/2018 Zukunft Am Ostkreuz in Berlin, Germany
11/22/2018 Unter Deck in Munich, Germany
11/23/2018 Rote Fabrik in Zurich, Switzerland
The Friday Fire Track: RAYS – “Yesterday’s Faces”
Oakland’s RAYS are back! The follow up to their self-titled debut will be out November 2nd via Trouble In Mind and is titled You Can … Read more
Houndmouth: Golden Age [Album Review]
Houndmouth Golden Age Rough Trade Records [2018] Who: Louisville trio going through a transition. Sound: High energy synth-pop. TFN Final Take: Giving Golden Age its … Read more
Track Premiere: Extra Arms – “Why I Run”
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The Record Company: All Of This Life [Album Review]
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Oh Sees: Smote Reverser [Album Review]
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The Friday Fire Track: Ron Gallo – “Always Elsewhere”

Stardust Birthday Party is the follow up to Ron Gallo’s debut album, Heavy Meta, which was a fantastic garage rock album that we missed out on in 2017. Well, we are not missing this one as Gallo storms back with today’s Friday Fire Track, “Always Elsewhere.” The track is from Stardust Birthday Party which is out October 5, 2018 via New West Records.
Gallo’s energy sounds like a modern Talking Heads as the track has a very pop backbone under its excited guitar playing and call out type vocal delivery. The song just has all the components to make your Friday better!
Ron Gallo Website
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New West Records
Mitski: Be The Cowboy [Album Review]
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Down By Law – “Rebrand It” [Video]
Veteran punk band Down By Law recently released their 11th record, All In, via Kung Fu Records under exclusive distribution through Cleopatra Records, Inc. The band has followed up with the debut of a brand new video for their latest single “Rebrand It.”
Brian Owens: Soul Of Cash [Album Review]
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David Byrne: “American Utopia” Tour 2018 [Concert Review]
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Death Valley Girls – “Disaster (Is What We’re After)” [Video]
Los Angeles punk glam rockers Death Valley Girls have announced their third studio album Darkness Rains, out October 5th via Suicide Squeeze Records. The announcement arrives with this fantastic Iggy Pop-starring video for the new single “Disaster (Is What We’re After).” It really will have you wanting a hamburger!
The band also has a 30-date US tour scheduled this fall which you can see all the dates below.
Death Valley Girls Tour Dates:
08-26 – Long Beach, CA @ Happy Sundays (FREE)
09-13 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriets *
10-03 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom **
10-04 – Tustin, CA @ Marty’s on Newport **
10-05 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah **
10-18 – Riverside, CA @ Aurea Vista
10-19 – Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse Saloon
10-20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
10-21 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
10-23 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
10-24 – Dallas, TX @ Regal Room
10-25 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
10-26 – Memphis, TN @ The Hi Tone
10-29 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery #
10-30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie #
11-01 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge #
11-02 – Cleveland, OH @ The Winchester #
11-03 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx #
11-04 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen #
11-05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club #
11-07 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge #
11-08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge #
11-09 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic #
11-11 – Chico, CA @ Duffy’s #
11-13 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
11-14 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret #
11-15 – Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown #
11-16 – Seattle, WA @ Freakout Festival
11-17 – Eugene, OR @ Old Nicks #
11-20 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop #
* w/ L.A. Witch
** w/ Roky Erickson
# w/ Gymshorts