One group that has improved album after album must be Cloud Nothings. After an impressive debut, they followed up with something equally as good if not better. The Headphone Approved Attack On Memory takes its’ white knuckle ease and balls to the wall sounds adding intensity that is always catchy and in your face. I’m … Read more
Not only is this new song from Seattle’s Jupe Jupe the featured Friday Fire Track but also its premiere! “Vicariously” finds the quartet bringing plenty of synthesizers, crooning vocals, jagged guitars and pulsating beats to your speakers for an entertaining introduction to the group. Jupe Jupe’s sound can be summed up like this: If Interpol … Read more
FUZZ, the LA-based trio of Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals) and Chad Ubovich, released their debut album last fall (TFN Review). Today, they unleash the first official FUZZ video, directed by Matt Yoka. Yoka was the man behind both Ty’s “Goodbye Bread” and “Thank God For Sinners” videos. Watch the video if … Read more
Last year we had a great time at the Bunbury Festival. The 2014 lineup has just been announced and we are already targeting some must see bands. The festival will take place July 11-13 in Cincinnati Ohio and looks to once again provide a great weekend of music.
Amen Dunes, the project of New York-based Damon McMahon, is set to release his third full-length album, Love, May 13th on Sacred Bones Records. Amen Dunes has always been rooted in traditional song and sound, but Love is being described as his first work where this clearly shines through. You can hear the late 60’s/early … Read more
Do to the Beast, the first new album from The Afghan Whigs in 16 years, will be released worldwide via Sub Pop Records on April 15th in North America. The album features the lead single “Algiers.” You can now watch the official video for “Algiers,” directed by Phil Harder on location in Agua Dulce, just … Read more
Pennsylvania based activist/performing artist Koji will be back out on the road this spring for a set of solo dates starting March 11 in Roanoke, VA. Koji says, “This is my first solo acoustic tour in the US since last year’s Acoustic Basement Tour. I’ll be playing in support of my first full length, Crooked … Read more
If there’s one philosophy here at The Fire Note, too much John Dwyer is never a bad thing-or at least it hasn’t been a problem yet. While John Dwyer is readying his solo LP under the name Damaged Bug, his band Thee Oh Sees have announced their follow-up to 2013’s great album Floating Coffin. Drop … Read more
TFN absolutly loved The Distillers, so when frontwoman Brody Dalle announcd she was going solo we got a bit excited. Her last band, Spinerette, was much more the “rock” band compared to her earlier punk days so all bets were off for what a solo record would sound like. Well, now we know a little … Read more
Have you checked out veteran Bay Area musician Tony Molina yet? Since 2002, Molina has played in several bands including Dystrophy, Ovens, Lifetime Problems, Caged Animal, Violent Change and his current solo work. Most recently, he released the “Six Tracks EP” through Matador Records’ Singles Going Home Alone series and his first solo album, Dissed … Read more
2013 made for an interesting year in music, not that it wasn’t packed full of its own surprises. It only seemed that there were a few stand outs. 2014 seems to be well on its way to fixing that. Fire Note favorites, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s are primed to release their anticipated … Read more
Here is the new video from Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr.’s titled “Strange Tidings.” It is the third from last years AHJ EP (TFN Review), out now on Cult Records. The video was shot in Paris with director Laurent Briet during Hammond, Jr.’s recent European tour.
Minor Alps, the collaborative of Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws and Juliana Hatfield, have premiered the Emilie and Sarah Barbault directed music video for “Waiting for You.” It is the latest song off the duo’s debut album Get There (TFN Review), out now on Barsuk Records. The video features the actors Julie Gayet and Philippe Rebbot … Read more
You may remember that we really enjoyed the Headphone Approved EP from Wake Owl last year and TFN has some anticipation for their debut full length, The Private World of Paradise, that releases March 4th via Vagrant Records. Recorded with producer Swift (Tennis, Foxygen), The Private World of Paradise expands past the more folk focus … Read more
Yuck released their second LP Glow and Behold last year (TFN Review), but as you remember Max Bloom stepped up on vocals after former lead singer Daniel Blumberg moved on to form Hebronix. Essentially that change made Glow and Behold their debut! Well, Yuck is making up for lost time as Bloom takes the band … Read more
The Whigs have announced the release of their new album Modern Creation. Set for an April 22nd release on New West, this new collection – completed in two weeks from start to finish – was produced by Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Wilco), and recorded at PLYRZ Studios in Valencia, CA. The Whigs will start a … Read more
Following their internationally acclaimed 2011 album Moment Bends, Architecture In Helsinki will release their anticipated new album NOW + 4EVA this April via the band’s own Casual Workout. The album’s first single “Dream A Little Crazy” is a song about letting go and enjoying it thoroughly. Featuring a big sing-along chorus, Architecture in Helsinki debuted … Read more
Xiu Xiu new LP, “Angel Guts: Red Classroom” is out February 4, 2014 via Polyvinyl Records. The group annouced their North America winter tour with Tearist and Farewell (Jamie from Xiu Xiu solo). Dates are below. 2/19: Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club 2/20: Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55 2/21: Felton, CA … Read more
The Afghan Whigs are set to release their first new album in sixeteen years on Sub Pop Records worldwide April 14th and 15th. The album’s title is Do To The Beast. Sub Pop is beyond thrilled to announce that The Afghan Whigs will mark their return to the label as they released 1990’s Up In … Read more
Here is a new Pixies video for “Magdalena” The song is taken off their latest release, EP 2. The video was conceived and directed by Judy Jacob (for Everything is OK), who directed and edited some of the highly-stylistic films made for Pixies’ 2009-2011 “Doolittle” world tour.
The Hold Steady has released the first song, “I Hope This Whole Thing Didn’t Frighten You,” from their new album Teeth Dreams, out March 25. Teeth Dreams is the New York band’s sixth album and first on its own Positive Jams imprint via new label Washington Square, itself a newly established imprint formed by Razor … Read more
Here is the new single from Mac DeMarco that is well worth a Friday Fire Track honor. His new record, Salad Days, is out on Captured Tracks April 1st and is easily one of our highly anticpatied listens in 2014. “Passing Out Pieces” takes a new direction for DeMarco as this song is much more … Read more
Below you will find the video premiere for the first single from Austin, TX’s HeadShy. “Coma” features Ikey Owens (Mars Volta, Free Moral Agents) and was directed by Chris Silagyi with Scotchrocket Productions. The video also showcases members of the up and coming band Residual Kid goofing around in the background at a scary birthday … Read more
DIRECT HIT! have joined Red City Radio and Elway for a three-week tour of the West Coast in support of its newest full-length, Brainless God. The Milwaukee, WI band’s sophomore effort was released in September of 2013 on CD and digital formats by Red Scare Industries (The Menzingers, Teenage Bottlerocket, Masked Intruder) and will see … Read more
For a new band Eyelids have quite a collective history of creating music for some of the most legendary indie songwriters ever. Not only were these longtime Portland, Oregon collaborators the principal instrumentalists for Robert Pollard’s post Guided By Voices band Boston Spaceships for over eight releases, but they have also worked in recent years … Read more