Grouper The Man Who Died In His Boat Kranky Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Grouper creates a siren song that’s delicate, deep, and engaging. Album Review: The world of ambient music can always be a mixed bag from the post rock haze ambience of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, to the technocratic textures of Brian Eno, … Read more
Roger Knox & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Stranger In My Land Bloodshot Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Roger Knox highlights the complexities of life through the eyes and lyrics of Aborigine artists. Album Review: Roger Knox aka the Koori King of Country or Black Elvis as he’s known in his homeland of Australia brings a … Read more
Cheatahs Extended Plays Wichita Recordings [2013] Fire Note Says: Extended Plays is one of the most exciting debut records in years. Album Review: Extended Plays, the debut album from Cheatahs, is actually a compilation of two eps that the band released last year, SANS and Coared. If Swervedriver, Ride, and Slowdive are amongst your favorite … Read more
The Strokes have released a new single today titled “All The Time”. Their new album, Comedown Machine, is due out March 26th on RCA Records. You can now pre-order the album HERE or at iTunes starting February 19th.
New York melodic rock band SKATERS have announced their first tour in support of their debut Warner Bros. Records single, “I Wanna Dance (But I Don’t Know How)” b/w “Armed”, set for release on April 9th. Most recently, SKATERS have been named “Best of NYC 2012”, in The Deli Magazine Magazine Writers Poll. Confirmed SKATERS … Read more
She & Him, aka Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, will release their third album of original material, entitled Volume 3, on May 7 (May 13 in UK/Europe). The first 500 LP pre-orders will receive Volume 3 on limited edition robin’s egg blue colored vinyl! Preorders will include a poster and will ship to arrive on … Read more
Musician and political-activist Billy Bragg announces a new single ‘No One Knows Nothing Anymore’ – available to download from this week (Monday 11th Feb). The track is taken from his first new studio album in five years ‘Tooth & Nail’, released on March 18th through Cooking Vinyl records. Check out the video below:
Foals Holy Fire Warner Bros. Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Foals are on the verge of breaking big with Holy Fire! Album Review: Foals come out of the gate on their third album, Holy Fire, like an unholy alliance of Muse, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party. This is huge music with gigantic stadium sized hooks, … Read more
Hayden Us Alone Arts & Crafts [2013] Fire Note Says: Hayden returns to a bigger stage with his new record Us Alone. Album Review: Hayden has been a name in the business since his successful 1995 debut Everything I Long For and its US reissue in 1996 that was accompanied by MTV exposure (yes they … Read more
Shy Mirrors Negative Collector Big School Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Shy Mirrors come at you with all their indie punk barrels loaded on Negative Collector. Album Review: Shy Mirrors may have a Swedish postal address but the band is 100% American rock n roll as founder Mike Downey hails from Champaign, IL and is … Read more
In 2011, Julianna Barwick’s third record The Magic Place garnered incredible critical acclaim across the globe. Barwick has worked with a variety of artists ranging from avant-garde composer Ikue Mori to singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten. Most recently, in 2012, she collaborated with Helado Negro on the OMBRE album Believe You Me, which Wire magazine called … Read more
You can now see the debut video from Jim James called “A New Life.” This would be the first video from his new solo record Regions Of Light And Sound Of God which released last week. You can read our review of the record HERE.
Psychic Ills One Track Mind Sacred Bones Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Psychic Ills’ One Track Mind might be too honest for its own good. Album Review: I’ve always had a liking toward the psychedelic music genre and enjoy searching out which artist can create the biggest noise wall, which can have the best acid … Read more
The Spinto Band Cool Cocoon Spintonic Records [2013] Fire Note Says: The Spinto Band are back with another batch of 60’s influenced pop nuggets! Album Review: The Spinto Band aren’t exactly tossing out the playbook and starting over fresh with their new album, Cool Cocoon, but why should they? At this point, the band knows … Read more
Steve Adamyk Band Third Dirtnap Records [2013] Fire Note Says: The Steve Adamyk Band is back with another quick shot of punk rock for the soul! Album Review: Canada’s Steve Adamyk Band have emerged over the last several years as a top group in the punk pop world with their no-nonsense approach to the genre … Read more
Having just unveiled the never-before-heard song “A Tattered Line of String” (below), The Postal Service and Sub Pop Records have made Give Up (Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition) available for pre-order HERE. If you pre-order the 10th Anniversary Edition of Give Up from Sub Pop, you’ll receive a limited-edition Postal Service postcard set. If you pre-order … Read more
Shy Mirrors Negative Collector is officially out on Big School Records! There are only 150 hand-numbered LP’s cut at 45rpm with screen-printed jackets so I recommend checking out the band HERE and then grabbing a record HERE.
When Ivan & Alyosha’s All The Times We Had is released on February 26th via Missing Piece/Dualtone Music Group it will be a rewarding high point in the Seattle four-piece’s long journey so far as a band. They kick off the month of release with the Christian Hansen directed music video for their song “Running … Read more
Frightened Rabbit Pedestrian Verse Canvasback/Atlantic Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Pedestrian Verse is an honest, mature album that grows more immediate with every listen. Album Review: On their fourth LP, Frightened Rabbit offers a set of songs that feel like the soundtrack to a late night in their home city of Glasgow. Drawing on the … Read more
The Changes American Master Self-Released [2013] Fire Note Says: After seven years, The Changes release an excellent sophomore record in American Master! Album Review: The Changes released their debut, Today Is Tonight, back in 2006 and at the time I thought for sure the Chicago band would quickly burst out of the scene. Well not … Read more
Missing Number Contrast EP Self-Released [2012] Fire Note Says: Make your ears happy by listening to Missing Number’s Contrast. Album Review: I’m gonna take just a second to be a hipster and point out that I was a fan of these guys before they even began recording this EP. I want everyone to know that … Read more
Fonda’s Emily Cook and David Klotz have attempted to capture the engaging layers of a life that began starting a band that tumbled quickly into love and soon after marriage. Nearly 17 years later, Fonda are releasing a tribute to that unbroken journey wrapped in immortal images of Los Angeles. The band released the video … Read more
On April 20th (Record Store Day!) Sub Pop will release Sub Pop 1000, a limited-edition compilation of what Sub Pop feels are some of today’s most vital artists from around the world. Sub Pop 1000 is comprised entirely of unreleased and exclusive tracks, and will be available digitally and on dazzling, silver-ish vinyl in a … Read more
Harper Simon (Paul Simon’s son) has announced the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut with new album Division Street, produced by Tom Rothrock (Elliott Smith, Beck) via Play It Again Sam on March 25th 2013. With Division Street, Harper dives into new musical territory accompanied by new stories. Division Street is a departure for Simon: … Read more
Manchester’s The 1975 are finally coming stateside. The guys will play their first US shows down at SXSW before kicking off a headline run that will visit Chicago, NYC, and DC among other markets. You can see all dates below. In celebration of the announcement, the band just posted their new track “Head.Cars.Bending”. The band … Read more