Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have a new video for the single “Stranger To My Happiness” directed by Rob Hatch-Miller and Paloma Basu of Production Company Productions. The clip finds the band cast as the wedding band, captured at the end of the night having fun after everyone else has gone. The festive performance captures … Read more
The Lawrence Arms have shared their new video for “Seventeener (17th and 37th)”, directed by Ben Pier today. You can Watch the band go after Hollywood fame as they experiment with several genre variations, from 80’s metal heshers, to a clown makeup-wearing horrorcore outfit as they search for their band’s identity. “Seventeener (17th and 37th)” … Read more
Progressive Rock has a bad, and for the most part deserved, reputation. Indulgent, pretentious, pompous, overwrought, self-absorbed, ridiculous – all adjectives that can accurately describe the genre. There’s a reason it more or less disappeared around 1980. Although there have been numerous revival attempts from Marillion in the eighties to The Mars Volta in this … Read more
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Wig Out At Jagbags Matador Records [2014] Fire Note Says: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks create one of their most cohesive records to date. Album Review: Do you ever really know what you are going to get with a new Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks record? The answer is no … Read more
The Killers Direct Hits Island Records [2013] Fire Note Says: The Killers’ Direct Hits tracks the evolution of the band. Album Review: The Killers have been around long enough to put out a greatest hits album. This collection, Direct Hits, lets you see how The Killers began as a neo-New Wave outfit and turned into … Read more
Jake Bugg Shangri La Island Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Jake Bugg’s sophomore album is a more refined production of the artist’s raw, gritty sound. Album Review: Jake Bugg’s sophomore album, Shangri La, quickly follows his successful self-titled debut. Despite the lack of time between the two albums, Shangri La introduces new sounds and themes, … Read more
Guided By Voices “Save The Company” b/w “Second Chance” Guided By Voices Inc. [2014] Anybody ready for Guided By Voices latest full length Motivational Jumpsuit? Well you should be as this first single from the record is sure to get your GBV blood pumping. The other good news is that “Save The Company” is the … Read more
For Third Man’s 19th installment of the Vault, The White Stripes are front and center again. The package will consist of limited colored vinyl pressings of all of the White Stripes singles from their album Elephant. These include… “Seven Nation Army” “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” “The Hardest Button to Button” … Read more
Here is your chance to snag a Loser Edition color vinyl of the new Dum Dum Girls out on Sub Pop Records January 28, 2014. You’ll also receive a bonus 7″ featuring the album track “Rimbaud Eyes” as the a-side and the unreleased track “Girls Intuition” as the b-side. You can pre-order a copy HERE.
Brooklyn’s folk-revivalist, Jus Post Bellum, have a new video for “Sharp Was The River Bending.” You may remember that this band’s album, Oh July, was Headphoned Approved by The Fire Note and landed at #20 for our Blazing Top 50 Albums of 2013. Enjoy.
We can totally admit that we have not been on the Sky Ferreira bandwagon. No real reason either we just have not been there – until now. Sky Ferreira just recently tweeted out a link to a video. She and Ariel Pink have recorded a new version of Pink’s old solo lo-fi track “My Molly.” … Read more
Against Me! have released another song from their full-length album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues. Titled “Black Me Out,” the song’s acoustic version has been road-tested but it now receives the full-band treatment on the group’s forthcoming album that will be released through Against Me!’s own Total Treble label in North America on Tuesday, January 21, 2014.
Spartan Records just announced that they’ve partnered with States to release their brand new album Paradigm on limited edition vinyl! The label will be offering three very special vinyl variants of the album. • 100 – Transparent Royal Blue with Silver Glitter • 200 – Silver • 200 – Milky Clear Transparent in Orange (Color … Read more
#50 Joanna Gruesome Weird Sister Slumberland Records [2013] Boy/girl vocals, teenage angst, noise pop, loud guitars, high energy, feedback and double time drums are just some of the great rock n roll moments you will hear on the debut from the Cardiff-based five piece named Joanna Gruesome. It is this type of effort that makes … Read more
The Fire Note never claims to know all about the mighty guitar riff but we’ve given a listen to plenty of albums this year. I’m even sure there are some riffs that happened to slip through the cracks but we did our best to efficiently scour the 2013 releases. Hours went into listening from Deafheaven … Read more
Let’s face it – not every album can end up in our year end Blazing Top 50. Sometimes there are records that almost do make the cut and honestly probably could have replaced another record in the 40-49 range. Realizing that, you will find 12 of those such records below that came so close to … Read more
Christmas comes early for Flaming Lips fans this year. The Flaming Lips 1st EP will be available as a limited edition 12-inch on green vinyl and signed by Coyne. The last time this recording was available on vinyl was in 1986. It was originally recorded in two sessions at Benson Sound in 1984 and released … Read more
Grunge, rock, pop and folk were all represented as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its inductees for 2014. The final choices were Nirvana, KISS, Hall and Oates, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens. Nirvana, KISS and Ronstadt all have each sold well past 20 million albums while Gabriel, Hall and Oates, … Read more
The Fire Note received over 20,000 songs this year to check out. Pairing them down to 10 was simply crazy but we did just that for this week’s Top 10. Below you will find 10 tracks that simply made us listen again and again. Enjoy. #10 “Bonnie Brae” Harper Simon The bar is already crazy … Read more
The Fire Note wouldn’t be possible without the talented writers that have signed on here to share their educated thoughts and true enjoyment of music with our readers. Our year end Top 50 is coming later this week but clearly everyone has different tastes and ideas when naming the best album released in 2013. So … Read more
Local Natives “Palms” b/w “Wooly Mammoth” Turntable Kitchen [2013] We have featured Turntable Kitchen in this section before as the site offers a unique experience that combines a limited 7-inch with a special ingredient and delicious recipes to make a complete package. The very first edition (TK01) featured one of our favorite bands, Motel Beds, … Read more
Great way to move into the weekend. A new cover of The Rolling Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” from up-and-comers The Lone Bellow.
I don’t know about you but I am ready to say goodbye to 2013 and welcome an ongoing flow of 2014 music. With that said, today’s Friday Fire Track, “I Want Blood,” is from Mississippi’s Water Liars off of their upcoming self-titled third album out February 4, 2014 via Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records. The … Read more
FUZZ Live In San Francisco Castle Face Records [2013] Fire Note Says: The Live In San Francisco series keeps cooking with the ever burly FUZZ. Album Review: I‘m a huge FUZZ fiend. Not only was their debut s/t album something to get excited for (TFN Review), but the collection of 45s leading up to its … Read more