Seahaven will release their sophomore full-length on Run For Cover Records March 25th. The album was engineered and mixed by Ben Brodin (Bight Eyes, Pete Yorn), and produced by Seahaven’s Kyle Soto at Mike Mogis’ ARC recording studio in Omaha, NE. “Silhouette (Latin Skin)”, is the lead single which will be released as a three … Read more
Destruction Unit, in many different forms, toured for almost the entirety of 2013. As fast as they came home the band is ready to start yet another tour. The first of the dates will be with Parquet Courts and then they split off on their own for a bit before meeting up with Deafheaven for … Read more
7 years, 3 studios, and 2 engineers later, Swearing At Motorists are back with the album While Laughing, The Joker Tells The Truth. It was produced by band founder and frontman Dave Doughman & Rick McPhail (Tocotronic/Glacier of Maine) at the Upper Room in Hamburg over 4 weeks. This is Swearing At Motorists’ first new … Read more
Please note: Girl Band does not have any girls in the band. Nope – four late teens / early 20’s dudes from Dublin. Glad that is out of the way because this band took me by surprise with their new single “Lawman.” The track is a menacing six minutes from the opening drum march to … Read more
Woods has just announced their new album With Light and With Love out April 15, 2014 on Woodsist Records. Distinct from both the stoned folk of their earliest recordings and the Kraut-y dalliances of more recent fare, With Light And With Love showcases a more sophisticated brand of contemporary drug music that owes more to … Read more
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
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.
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
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
The Pixies have unveiled a brand new music video for EP-1’s track “Another Toe In the Ocean.” Completely different from the band’s recent music videos, “ATITO” is a 2-D animated clip that was written, directed and animated by Liviu Boar of the Romania-based ReeAnimation. In other Pixies news it has been announced that bassist Paz … Read more
Blouse have announced that they will be joining Dum Dum Girls on their 2014 Spring tour! The month long tour will take them in a loop around North America, beginning in San Diego in March and ending in San Francisco in April, including stops at SXSW and Dallas’ Spillover Music Festival. Blouse w/ Dum Dum … Read more
Broken Bells, the musical partnership consisting of James Mercer and Danger Mouse, has released the new official video for After the Disco’s lead single, “Holding On For Life.” The single-length visual creation follows protagonist Oliver (Anton Yelchin) as he navigates a truly out-of-this-world party and encounters some twists along the way. The band’s sophomore full-length … Read more
Here is a new track from Sub Pop artist Death Vessel. Their new album is due out February 25th, 2014 and today’s fire track, “Ilsa Drown,” from the record features guest vocals from Jónsi of Sigur Rós. It is a great chill track for some of the wintery weather many are experiencing today. You can … Read more
In October, Best Coast released their EP ‘Fade Away’ which was reviewd right HERE on TFN. The band has just launched a new video with comedy video website, Funny or Die. The video is for the song “This Lonely Morning” and features bandmates Bethany and Bobb in a dueling tennis match. http://vo.fod4.com/v/0fe55a12e6/v600.mp4 Best Coast is … Read more
The Austin Psych Fest has announced its initial lineup for its 2014 installment, which spans five decades and six continents. The seventh annual festival will be held May 2 – 4, 2014, returning to Carson Creek Ranch, a scenic 58-acre ranch on the banks of the Colorado River, located just minutes from downtown Austin, TX. … Read more
Here is a new video from up and coming band Arliss Nancy. You can find a review of their current record HERE and now they have a new video off of their Shit Starter Records 7″ titled “Both Got Old.” You can pick up a copy of this split 7″ with Those Crosstown Rivals HERE.
The Breeders have announced a special treat for attendees of select upcoming dates, which are the final dates of their 8-month long tour. In addition to playing their exceptional album Last Splash in its entirety, Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson will also be performing a complete run-through of its predecessor, Pod, … Read more
Happy Birthday to us! The Fire Note turns 1 today as we went all dot com on you November 26, 2012. We are simply humbled by the consistent flow of positive feedback that hits our inbox and the hundreds of thousands of page views we have received this year. Like any achieving 1 year old … Read more
Good news from the camp of Buffalo Killers. They have just recently signed with Sun Pedal Recordings (Warner Music Group). The Cincinnati group is coming off of three years of released albums (the critically acclaimed 3 (2011), Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. (2012) and Ohio Grass (2013) (TFN Review))), and the band just completed their fifth … Read more
Who is ready for some 2014 music? I know we haven’t properly finished off 2013 yet but that is the beauty of the Friday Fire Track! Up today is Axxa/Abraxas which is the music and art project of 23 year-old Atlanta native Ben Asbury. The name is derived from two principles that Asbury associates together, … Read more