New York duo The Acrylics recently released a video from their new album, which will be on shelves very shortly.
The song “Nightwatch” is off of the band’s approaching release Lives and Treasure. The album will be here March 1 via Friendly Fire Recordings/Hot Sand Records.
The pair will be touring its way down to SXSW in support of the new album, and you can check out the video right here. It features a really spooky house/barn combo (?) and a downright scary horse. Enjoy!
Seriously. This isn’t a joke. Rock superstars the Strokes have announced a brand-spankin new album, coming out this March!
Their first full-length since their ambitious First Impressions of Earthand, the album Angels will be out March 22nd on RCA records. The track listing goes like this:
1.Machu Picchu
2. Under Cover of Darkness
3. Two Kinds of Happiness
4. You’re So Right
5. Taken For A Fool
6. Games
7. Call Me Back
8. Gratisfaction
9. Metabolism
10. Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
Although there is still plenty of time for these flighty rockers to change their minds, the band will also give some details on a spring North American backing tour for the new album sometime soon.
Strokes fans, your time has come. Stay tuned for more info on the upcoming tour and more details on Angels (including news on the single “Under Cover of Darkness” out sometime this month).
The Whigs have released a band-directed music video for the song “So Lonely.” The song comes from the band’s current album In The Dark and the video features a lot of nifty editing to go along with the incredibly catchy song. The Whigs just started a European tour with Kings of Leon.
Check it out their self-directed video right here:
Pepper Rabbit have announced that the psych-pop outfit will be supporting Ra Ra Riot on their upcoming West Coast tour.
The LA-duo released their first album, Beauregard in October on Kanine Records and have been on the road ever since. Along with a few Ra Ra Riot dates, post-SXSW Pepper Rabbit will be hitting the road with Miniature Tigers. The band also has some news regarding SXSW that they will be sharing in the near future.
The duo have also released a music video from their first album. It features floating instruments and moving paintings, and is excellent. You can see it right here:
Check out Pepper Rabbit’s tour dates:
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1/27 – Neumos – Seattle, WA*
3/4 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean &
3/5 – Der Rathskeller @ Wisconsin Union – Madison, WI
3/9 – The Middle East – Boston, MA %
3/10 – Bowery Ballroom – New York City, NY %
3/11 – First Uniterian Church – Philadelphia, PA %
Brooklyn’s own Class Actress have announced a spring headlining tour that takes them right through SXSW. The band’s first EP, Journal of Ardency is available now on Terrible Records.
A special extended version of the EP will be available at all shows. The CD features a cover of Neon Indian’s “Terminally Chill”. You can see Class Actress (with MillionYoung) right here:
Mar 9 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Mar 10 Savannah, GA @ Savannah Stopover
Mar 11 Miami, FL @ The Vagabond
Mar 12 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
Mar 13 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
Mar 16-19 Austin, TX @ SXSW
Mar 20 Dallas, TX @ Bro Fest 2011 @ Club Dada
Mar 21 Little Rock, AR @ Arkansas Community Arts Co-Op
Panda Bear is the side-project of Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox. Lennox has announced a release date for Panda Bear’s fourth full-length. Tomboy will be out on his own label, Paw Tracks, on April 19th of this year.
If you can’t wait till then, you can stream “Slow Motion” from NPR, and here is the track list to tide you over. Tomboy will be:
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