The Klaxons are a hectic outfit known for their brash, energetic live performances and winning a Mercury Prize. The group are among the best contemporary reincarnations of post punk/new wave, but they want to prove that there’s a melody going on underneath it all. Back on Spetember 20th, The Klaxons played an all-acoustic set at the Bowery Electric. The performance was a part of music site BaebleMusic’s The Guest Apartment series, and it found the band stripping down yet refining their vocals, especially. Anyways, harmonies abound, the band played an impressive, 8-song set that you can view on Baeble’s fancy new player HERE.
Tame Impala just released the video for their song “Lucidity,” off their debut album InnerSpeaker, out on Modular Recordings. In the song’s lyrics, lead vocalist Kevin Parker sings about reaching the sky; the video’s director Robert Hales took that idea to the extreme. Shot about 300 miles from Melbourne, the video was shot by a camera launched into space with a weather balloon packed with a GPS unit, which returned to Earth once it popped at its summit 14 miles high in the air. The effect is quite impressive with the image flipping and turning, slowly getting further and further from the ground into space. Preparation was strenuous: numerous authorizations had to be obtained from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the first cameras launched fogged up, or ran into clouds that obscured the view. But the result is beautiful and you can watch it right HERE.
Watch the video below:
If they put so much effort in their videos, imagine the dedication that could go into their live shows! They will be embarking on 10-week international tour next week that will bring them to the United States in November so definitely check them out.
Here are their upcoming tour dates:
October 7th || HQ || Adelaide, SA
October 8th || Uni Bar || Hobart, TAS
October 9th || ANU || Canberra, ACT
October 14th || The Enmore Theatre || Sydney, NSW
October 15th || The Palace || Melbourne, VIC
October 16th || The Tivoli || Brisbane, QLD
October 22nd || Astor Theatre || Perth, WA
October 23rd || Fat As Butter Festival || Newcastle, NSW
October 26th || O2 Academy 3 || Birmingham, UK
October 27th || Ruby Lounge || Manchester, UK
October 28th || Heaven || London, UK
October 30th || Le Grand Mix || Tourcoing, France
October 31st || Lieu Unique || Nantes, France
November 1st || La Marioquinerie || Paris, France
November 3rd || Botanique || Brussels, Belguim
November 4th || Gebaude 9 || Cologne, Germany
November 5th || Mascotte || Zurich, Switzerland
November 6th || Le Romandie || Lausanne, Switzerland
November 8th || B72 || Vienna, Austria
November 9th || 59 to 1 || Munich, Germany
November 11th || Beatlemania || Hamburg. Germany
November 12th || Rolling Stone Weekender Festival ||Schleswig, Germany
November 13th || London Calling at The Paradiso || Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 16th || Black Cat || Washington, DC (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 18th || Bowery Ballroom || New York, NY (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 21st || First Unitarian Church || Philadelphia, PA (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 22nd || Paradise Rock Club || Boston, MA (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 23rd || La Sala Rossa || Montreal, QC (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 24th || The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern || Toronto, ONT (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 26th || Double Door || Chicago, IL (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 27th || 7th Street Entry || Minneapolis, MN (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
November 29th || Jackpot Music Hall || Lawrence, KS (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
December 1st || Emo’s Alternative Lounge || Austin, TX (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)December 2nd || The Loft || Dallas, TX (with Stardeath, White Dwarfs and Kuroma)
December 4th || Bluebird Theater || Denver, CO (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 6th || Urban Lounge || Salt Lake City, UT (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 7th || Neurolux || Boise, ID (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 9th || The Biltmore Cabaret || Vancouver, BC (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 10th || Neumos || Seattle, WA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 11th || Doug Fir Lounge || Portland, OR (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 13th || The Independent || San Francisco, CA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 14th || Echoplex || Los Angeles, CA (with Stardeath and White Dwarfs)
December 30th || Falls Festival Marion Bay || Hobart, TAS
December 31st || Falls Festival Lorne || Lorne, VIC
January 1st || Field Day || Sydney, NSW
January 2nd || Southbound Festival || Busselton, WA
Magic Kids’ debut album Memphis, named after their hometown, out on True Panther Sounds came out in August and has led them to be compared to E.L.O, Belle and Sebastian, all with a Beach Boys influence. The video they have just premiered for the artsy music bloggers at Yours Truly is a record of their first venture out in the Bay area, where they performed at the Oakland’s Ghost Gallery on February 15th, 2010. During this rendition of “Candy,” the band was joined by Christopher and Garrett from Girls, Max from Smith Westerns, members of a weekend flute club, a string section and more friends for a touching and laid back performance.
Watch the video below:
If this intimate live performance caught your attention, you may want to catch Magic Kids on their tour, which currently has them running around Europe but will see them back in the US of A in November!
Here are their upcoming tour dates:
10/1 – London, UK @ Barfly
10/2 – London, UK @ Camden Proud Galleries
10/3 – Bruges, Belgium @ Botanique/Witloofbar
10/5 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
10/6 – Tilburg, Holland @Tilburg 013/Batcave
10/7 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
10/8 – Helsingar, Denmark @ Musikhuset Elvaerket
10/9 – Oslom, Norway @ Café Mono
10/10 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Pusterviksbaren
10/11 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Landet
10/12 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Lades
10/13 – Berlin, Germany @ Magnet
10/14 – Köln, Germany @ Werkstatt
10/15 – München, Germany @ Atomic Cafe
10/16 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Club Zukunft
10/17 – Milan, Italy Indierocket party @ Rocket (free entry)
10/18 – Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
10/19 – Oxford, UK @ Jercicho Tavern
10/21 – Bristolm UK @ Louisanna
10/22 – Bristol, UK @ The Social
10/23 – Cardiff, UK @ Swn Festival
10/24 – Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
10/25 – Leeds, UK @ Nation of Shopkeepers
10/26 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds
10/27 – London, UK @ TBC
10/28 – London, UK @ Lexington
11/05 – Dallas, TX @ The Cavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/07 – Houston, TX @ Numbers (with Bosco Delrey)
11/08 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon (with Bosco Delrey)
11/10 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 (with Bosco Delrey)
11/12 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (with Bosco Delrey)
11/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn (with Bosco Delrey)
11/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern (with Bosco Delrey)
11/16 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (with Bosco Delrey)
11/17 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird (with Bosco Delrey)
11/18 – Nashville, TN @ The End (with Bosco Delrey)
You may have not heard of Colin Caulfield, he is still ready to tell you his story. Or rather, stories. The young singer-songwriter, going by the moniker Young Man, has just released his debut EP Boy. He’s also just released the live video for “Just a Growin.’”
Caulfield has started a growing arnsel of music, a mixture of both originals and covers. With his first venture out on his own, he’s turned to writing about himself and the basic troubles of growing up. Check out the video of Caulfield crooning on “Just A Growin’” below.
Cary Ann Hearst writes in her bio on Myspace that “those who hate country music hate her especially for forcing them to like country music.” Indeed, don’t expect to hear Taylor Swift when turning on her music. This South Carolina girl has an edge and roughness seldom heard in today’s country music scene. This week, on My Old Kentucky Blog, she premiered her video for the song “Hells Bells,” off her EP Are you Ready To Die Yet, out on Filter US Recordings. She appears in a silent movie-inspired setting as a joyful bride turned into a murderous betrayed wife. This song was recently featured in HBO’s True Blood; that’s how bloody it gets.
After touring both coasts and making stops in Chicago, Miami and Texas, Melbourne-based group Miami Horror have released a new video for their song “Echoplex.”
Shot on location in Syndey and directed by Cara Stricker, “Echoplex” comes from the band’s recently-released debut album, Illumination, which features contributions from Swedish singer MAI, Melbourne-based chanteuse Kimbra, Dappled Cities’ Tim Derricourt, and Neon Indian/Vega’s Alan Palomo.
You may have not heard of Colin Caulfield, he is still ready to tell you his story. Or rather, stories. The young singer-songwriter, going by the moniker 
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