Category Archives: New Releases

03.31.11
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The Morning Benders Release EP In Support Of Japan Relief Efforts

If you didn’t know, Chris Chu brothers of The Morning Benders was born in Japan. And the band was going to play a concert in Japan this month. In light of the recent disaster over there, and in order to offer all the help they can give, The Morning Benders are releasing Japan Echo, an EP only available on the band’s website, whose proceeds, 100% of them, will be donated to the Japan Society’s Emergency Relief Fund. Get it HERE.

Full EP Tracklisting:
1. Cold War (Star Slinger Remix)
2. Better In Blue
3. Hand Me Downs (Wild Nothing Remix)
4. Excuses (RAC Remix)
5. Mason Jar (Twin Sister Remix)
6. Wet Cement (Aislyn Remix)
7. Little Riot
8. Promises (Star Slinger Remix)

03.30.11
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Datarock Releases EP In Advance of Full Album

Datarock has suddenly released an EP, California, in anticipation of their opus, Datarock – The Musical.  All tracks on the California EP will be on the full-length album, due out later this year.  You can hear the entire EP streaming right here:  http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/1.  Enjoy!

03.29.11
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Noah And The Whale Release New Album And New Live Video

Noah and the Whale just released their third album, Last Night On Earth, this week via Mercury Records. And you may have already seen their video for the song “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N,” but you can now view a live performance of “Give It All Back,” which Charlie Fink, the band’s frontman, says is about “the infatuation you share with your friends for the bands and music you love. Music you feel so passionate about that you’re prepared to humiliate yourself in front of everyone you know.”

Watch the video below:
03.28.11
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Art Brut Announce New Album, Residency Dates. Yes, Residency Means Touring.

Art Brut have recently made some plans, as bands do when they finish recording their 4th album. Brilliant! Tragic!, another Black Fancis-produced effort, will be released on May 24 with the single, “Lost Weekend” arriving May 16.  The big news here is that frontman Eddie Argos claims that on this one he has finally learned to sing, which you can preview HERE.  That’s the cover art above, and the track listing is below.

01  Clever Clever Jazz
02  Lost Weekend
03  Bad Comedian
04  Sexy Sometimes
05  Is Dog Eared
06  Martin Kemp Welch Five A-Side Football Rules!
07  Axel Rose
08  I Am The Psychic
09  Ice Hockey
10  Sealand

Art Brut also plan to do a brief tour, or residency — a 5-night stay at Lexington in London from May 30 – June 3rd.

03.24.11
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Rival Schools Release Video for Single

Quartet rockers Rival Schools have been awfully busy.  They’re in the midst of an East Coast tour and have just announced a West Coast tour.  You can catch them here:

05/20:  Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
05/21:  Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater
05/23:  San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club
05/24:  San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
05/26:  Portland, OR @ Peter’s Room
05/27:  Portland, OR @ Sasquatch Festival

The band has also just released a video for their latest single, “Wring It Out.”  The single is from their just-released sophomore album, Pdeals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiIbCBXZaRY

03.24.11
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Le Tigre Announce “Who Took the Bomp?” DVD Release Date

If you’re a fan of Le Tigre, this is for you. Oscilloscope Laboratories will release the film Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour on DVD on June 7!  Directed by Kerthy Fix, the cameras followed the electronic feminists during their This Island tour and includes never before seen live performances, archival interviews, and revealing backstage footage.

Watch a clip from the film below. Here’s Le Tigre performing “Deceptacon:”

The film will premiere at South By South West next week and will be screened in various cinemas around the world after that. Check out the dates below.

Here are the following movie screenings:

03/27: Melbourne, VIC, Australia @ Melbourne Queer Film Festival

4/4: New York, NY @ MoMA, 7 PM (Q&A feat. Johanna Fateman & Kathleen Hanna to follow screening)

04/12: Cologne, Germany @ International Women’s Film Festival

04/16: Orlando, FL @ Florida Film Festival

04/27: Boston, MA @ Independent Film Festival Boston

05/06: Vancouver, BC @ DOXA

05/27: Mexico City, Mexico @ Distrital Film Festival (Q&A feat. Kerthy Fix to follow screening)

06/28: Barcelona, Spain @ Barcelona Gay & Lesbian Film Festival