Hot Hot New Track!

Yessss!! The day has finally come! Hot Hot Heat has released their new track Goddess on the Prairie from the soon to be released Future Breeds (June 8th). Head over to Spin for the exclusive and listen to the new track. If it's any indicator of the album, we can expect some energetic, fun music.

Spin - Hot Hot Heat

Also, it seems like June 8th is going to be the day to get some great music: Tokyo Police Club - Champ, Hot Hot Heat - Future Breed, Against Me! - White Crosses (which has been leaked for weeks), Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void, - Deer Tick - The Dirt Sessions, Nada Surf, Lil Jon, Ratatat, Rooney, The Roots, and even a couple more good bands. Well geez, looks like my music banks will be happily filling up

Ok color me excited. Tokyo Police Club has two singles, Breakneck Speed and Wait Up (Boots of Danger) currently hitting the satellite waves on Sirius and this internets here. I've been hearing them on my commute for a couple days now and got a hold of some of the record last night. Gotta say, I'm pretty into it. They've held true to the niche that the band has carved but also evolved the sound enough that it sounds great. I won't say too much more because I don't want to influence anything...but check these out.
(click to play the mp3)

Tokyo Police Club - Breakneck Speed

Your Dose of Pop Videos

So I just made a 16 hour drive to New Jersey to intern for the summer and seeing as it was a Saturday/Sunday trip...Sirius decided to show me the top 45 pop song countdown all of 4 or 5 times in a row. So I just somewhat haphazardly watched a couple of the videos (proof its brainwash) but there are some pretty cool videos out right now. I mean, cough, cough, they're not indie at all but hey, it'll do. I'm going to post a bunch here so enjoy! (PS: I'm not sure why these keep getting cut off, so just click the title of this post to go to it as a separate page and you can see them all without part cut off)

Older song, new video, and Katy Perry. Guilty pleasure, I love these dudes. And Katy Perry. Definitely Katy Perry.


I want to know this dance:


I'm never not down (that's always) with the Black Eyed Peas, not matter what their sound is. And this video isn't too amazing but I'm down with the song:


I also love Katy Perry, and am amazed they came up with a pretty neat plot for a music video for this so it's getting posted too:


Like I said, 3OH!3 is my guilty pleasure. Not sure if this is the guys from 3OH!3, but its well done:


This I mainly like 1) for an obvious reason, but 2) because it's a reply to Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind, which was good for like 1 listen in my opinion. I'm not a giant fan of Cali, and anyone who has read this for a while knows, and we'll all probably be tired of this song by tomorrow, but I love it right now:


Finally, apparently Cartel came out with a new album last year. Hmmph missed that one. Actually not too bad. Show's some definite growth:


I think that's all I've got right now. Poppy stuff wooooooo. I swear I'll have real bands next time.

Forest Without A Bear

So the new Minus the Bear leaked yesterday apparently. I've heard some of it and along with keeping in Minus the Bear's awesome sound, it sounds amazing. A little more keyboardy and slightly more instruments and it sounds great. I'm not going to go too much into detail, but the album drops May 4th. It's called OMNI. I've snagged one song that's still on Youtube but I can't guarantee it will be up for long. Check it out...Summer Angel is the name of the song.

Before an Explosion

So this is me cresting a wave, I believe. I bring to you today a band that I'm pretty sure is about to blow up. Don't count me as trendy for posting this, but these guys are worth allowing your ears some listening time. Two Door Cinema Club hail from Ireland and have been rocking since 2007. The band just realeased their debut album Tourist History in March and it has been getting some good circulation. Complete with our well known Indie stances, swaying form the hips up, suit coats and all, Two Door Cinema Club sounds like a mix of toned down Foals, The Kooks, and a little hellogoodbye for good measure. I like it. A lot. I've got two videos for you to enjoy. Pick this album up! You will not regret doing so.

Undercover Martyn


Something Good Can Work

On The Fence

So I've decided to put off writing a paper that should really already be written to update some music on here. I'm really trying to make this blog breathe once again.
Firstly comes Thao With The Get Down Stay Down. Apparently this band has been around a little while but I've only recently begun to listen to them. And I must say, I was skeptical at first; but I really like the sound now. I'm putting up a single from their 2008 album We Brave beet Stings and All.


Thao - Bag of Hammers

Next is a band on of my band mates turned me on to. Neon Trees gained some spotlight after opening a few times for The Killers. This led to a record deal with Mercury Records and finally their new album Habits. Neon Trees, from Provo, Utah has an interesting sound that make me feel like I've heard the songs before, but not in a jaded way. Definitely looking to big things for these guys. Here's their video for the single Animal of the album Habits

...Oh and hooray for female drummers!

Resurrecting The Beast

Hello there. I'm Jack, nice to meet you. Once upon a time this was my music blog. Once upon a time I lost my free time and became a slacker when it came to updating this beautiful log of great bands, but no more! I've finally found some free time (be it nearly 6 months late) and I'd like to return to the blogosphere. One of the things that caused my great crash here was the (somehow) accidental wipe out of all our mp3s. Not sure how it happened, but it did, and when they went, and when I moved into a new place with an awful internet connection, so did my ambition. But now it's back. So I hit you with this. The Shout Out Louds are a band I've recently been listening to. The Shout Out Louds are a Swedish indie-pop band that's been rocking since 2001. Their third studio album, Work debuted on February 23rd and the single Fall Hard has been making some rounds on Sirius Radio and elsewhere. I give you the video for the song here tonight as I still haven't fixed the mp3 problem. But hey, Welcome back, Hipsters.