Stream the new The Pains of Being Pure at Heart album...

Guess what I'll be doing today? Disappointing first singles or not!
 

Darkness Falls...

Thanks to Peter for the heads up on this new and highly interesting Danish band called Darkness Falls. I’m a bit puzzled why I haven’t heard about the band (or the song), as the track was the 7th most played track on P3 last week? Taken from the band's just about to be released debut EP (hate namedropping, but it probably deserves to be mentioned that it was produced by Trentemøller).



Darkness Falls - Hey! by alarmmusic

Sister Mary says...take the world...

She Wants Revenge shares this bunch of dubious remixes of recent (and absolutely fabulous) single Take The World (which is still available for the price of an email).
She Wants Revenge - Take The World - Remixes by She Wants Revenge

Now that OMD is about to play SXSW it’s finally possible to get a legal promo track from the band’s History of Modern comeback album. Would have been great had it been available at the time of the album's release! But all good things come to those who wait, I suppose! On a side note, I’m still surprised how much I’ve enjoyed (and still am enjoying) the album.
+ Sister Mary Says

Recharge & revolt...

It’s always thrilling to hear news from The Raveonettes. But after a few listens opening track Recharge & Revolt from forthcoming album Raven in the Grave is a slight disappointment. Oh yes; in every way it does sound like The Raveonettes, but the track is extremely monotonous (though I do like those distorted guitars) and for 6 minutes you’re waiting (in vain as it turns out) for the chorus to kick in. But as always; need to listen to it more times and of course hear it as part of the album.


And here's another new track... War In Heaven by theraveonettes

and of course; don't forget to download this one:
+ Forget That You're Young

On the iPod this morning...

I listened to Darklands. In Roskilde (again) today, so no more updates...

Sunday music...

No words; just a batch of songs...
+ L'Altra - Nothing Can Tear It Apart
+ Seapony - Dreaming
+ Twiggy Frostbite - Written Within
+ The Favor Rite - The Figure of Speech
+ Villa Cola - Lost Days
+ The Idle Hands - Socialite Death Squad

California wives in Tokyo...?

I still think California Wives is a stupid band name, but who honestly gives a toss when the band’s music is downright brilliant? I posted the super catchy Purple (which I described as an indie-pop-post-punk-new-wave (somewhere in-between) song) some months ago and the band’s recent track Tokyo is an equally infectious synth-indie-new-wave-pop-whatever kind of thing. Yet another added to the list of great new bands to keep an eye on!
+ Tokyo
+ Purple

Tempomatador...

Tempomatador (if you have no clue who they are; check this post) shares a couple of new demos. Indeed they have a quite demoish sound (and the lyrics are said to be pure nonsense), but nonetheless they are really nice.

Ny puls demo by tempomatador
  Vender mig og glemmer dig by tempomatador

Reservoir...

Boston quartet (or is it a sextet now? - let's stick to calling them "band" instead) Breakfast of Champions shares fine new single Reservoir via bandcamp. Being a more straightforward uptempo pop/rock tune (with a nice little brass), it bears no or very little resemblance to the melancholic beauty London Fashion, which I enjoyed immensely when stumbling upon it in November last year. But despite taking a different path, Reservoir has no problem whatsoever holding its own. Though I still don't think they sound like The National.
+ Reservoir

Horses...

The incredibly talented (and very generous) High Highs offers brand new track Horses as free download. Great, beautiful, wonderful...go ahead and use whatever superlative you can possibly think of (and you still won't do the song justice). Despite being only a handful of songs old this band (in my opinion of course) has to be one of the most gifted and interesting newcomers in recent memory.
+ Horses