Swamp Dogg – “Lonely” [Video]

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Swamp Dogg’s new album Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune from Joyful Noise Recordings debuted this week at #7 on Billboard’s ‘Heatseekers’ chart — Swamp Dogg’s first chart debut since his debut album Total Destruction To Your Mind in 1970. To celebrate, Swamp released an this music video for album single “Lonely,” alongside the announcement of a rare show at London’s Rich Mix on Nov. 13th and a performance at Le Guess Who? Festival.

The “Lonely” video, directed by the “I’ll Pretend” team Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson, co-stars Robyne Robinson (the first African-American primetime news anchor in Minnesota and soon to be Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee).

The Friday Fire Track: Robert Pollard – “Subspace Biographies”

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Trying something a bit different today as the Friday Fire Track goes back to 1998 and features a song from Robert Pollard’s sophomore solo record Waved Out. “Subspace Biographies” is easily one of my favorite Robert Pollard solo songs with its gentle opening before its foot tapping charge keeps the high kicks going.

The song just keeps moving and churning as it almost drowns out Pollard’s lyrics near its conclusion to an amplified perfection. When Pollard asks, “Captain, are you sure they’re coming in?” the track just nails it. “Subspace Biographies” is another solid pop rock song in Pollard’s massive collection that has a timeless vibe as it sounds as fresh in 2018 as it did in 1998.

The good news is that Rockathon Records has just released a remastered reissue on a nice looking Blue vinyl TODAY! It also includes a promo press photo from the era. You can see both below. Don’t just take our word for it – Waved Out should be in your collection and this Blue LP variant should be a must add to any collector. Enjoy your Friday and pick this up at the Rockathon link below!

Robert Pollard Website
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Death Valley Girls – “More Dead” [Video]

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Death Valley Girls just recently announced their new album Darkness Rains (out October 5th via Suicide Squeeze) along with the Iggy Pop-starring video for lead single “Disaster (Is What We’re After).” Now the Los Angeles band has shared the second single from the album entitled “More Dead.”

After you watch the video, you can pre-order the album HERE.

HEX – “Billboard” [Video]

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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

The Shifters – “Straight Lines” [Video]

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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.

Charles Bradley – “I Feel A Change” [VIDEO]

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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)

Deaf Wish – “FFS” [Video]

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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.

Wand – “Town Meeting” [Video]

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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

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