Videos
Media Jeweler – Helicopter [Video]
Founded in Orange County before rising to greater prominence in Los Angeles, Media Jeweler are a band who have long pushed to the outer edges of the art rock scene they’ve been a fixture of for going on half a decade. From their early days sharing stages with artists like Palberta, Palm, Yonatan Gat and … Read more
Wax – “California” [Video Classic]
Spike Jonze’s classic music video for San Jose rockers “Wax”. One of the most creative videos from his early career. The song rocks too!
Islands – “Carpenter” [Video]
Islands’ new LP Islomania is set to release on June 11th on Royal Mountain Records. “Carpenter” is the final preview of the LP. “Carpenter” is the third and final single from the indie band’s first album back after retiring in 2016, and follows the previously released “(We Like To) Do It With The Lights On” … Read more
The Routes – “Ain’t It Black (featuring The Meyer Dancers)” [Video]
Where the activities of many bands seemed to have dwindled over the last year due to COVID, Scotsman in Japan Chris Jack and his outfit The Routes, seem, if anything, to be creatively thriving. Instrumentals II, the ninth LP by The Routes, is their second album release this year following their recent killer psych/garage/punk-themed LP … Read more
Pardoner – “Donna Said” [Video]
Drawn toward each other by some magnetic force and a mutual love of Yo La Tengo and Polvo, the early conversations that led to forming Pardoner wouldn’t have happened had it’s members not been living in the dorms at San Francisco State University. The primordial soup of spending countless hours around other creatives on an … Read more
Video Premiere: Nick Kizirnis – “The Distance”
Last time we heard from Nick Kizirnis he had just released a video for his single “Slipping Away” from his new solo album, The Distance, back in January 2020. Then of course the world closed its doors! For a guy that has a musical resume most could only dream about, including recently recording with The … Read more
Curtis Harding – “Hopeful” [Video]
Curtis Harding’s voice conveys pain, pleasure, longing, tenderness, sadness and strength—a full gamut of emotions. Today his voice takes on an optimistic lilt in his new single “Hopeful”. Directed by photojournalist Lynsey Weatherspoon, the song’s accompanying black and white video was filmed in the West End of Atlanta and features footage of a John Lewis … Read more
Yo No Se – “Mosquito” [Video]
Yo No Se return with a 3rd video for their upcoming album Terraform. “Mosquito” was directed by Alex Studer, filmed by Toby Cameron of On Par Productions with animations by Arturo Baston. Terraform is out June 18th via Stolen Body Records. Yo No Se return after a 5-year hiatus since their last album, Soma. Their … Read more
TORRES – “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes In My Head” [Video]
TORRES (moniker of Mackenzie Scott) new album, Thirstier, is out July 30th on Merge Records. “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head” is the first single. TORRES has also announced tour dates which you can find below. Thirstier, the follow-up to 2020’s Silver Tongue, is Scott’s most exuberant and daring record to date, showcasing her … Read more
Durand Jones & The Indications – “Witchoo” [Video]
Durand Jones & The Indications announce their new album, Private Space, out July 30th on Dead Oceans in association with Colemine Records, and a fall North American tour. Following the Indications’ 2019 Headphone Approved album, American Love Call, Private Space unlocks the door to a wider range of sounds, boldly launching the band into a … Read more
The Goon Sax – “In The Stone” [Video]
The Goon Sax will be releasing their new album Mirror II on July 9th via Matador Records. The band’s third album and first for Matador, Mirror lI is a new beginning: a multi-dimensional eclectic journey of musical craftsmanship that moves from disco to folk to no wave skronk with staggering cohesion. The first-person narratives of … Read more
Sleater-Kinney – “Worry With You” [Video]
Sleater-Kinney return with a new single and video entitled “Worry With You.” It marks their first new music since 2019. The accompanying visual, which was shot in Portland, OR was directed by Alberta Poon and stars Fabi Reyna and Megan Watson. The song also heralds the arrival of the group’s tenth full-length studio record, Path … Read more
Japanese Breakfast – “Posing In Bondage” [Video]
Japanese Breakfast, the musical project of multi-hyphenate Michelle Zauner, has shared a self-directed video for “Posing In Bondage,” the latest single from her upcoming album Jubilee which is due out June 4th via Dead Oceans. “‘Posing in Bondage’ is a ballad about loneliness and longing, a song about two people who want so badly to … Read more
Video Premiere: DANA – “Blueteeth”
TFN is excited to premiere this new video from Columbus, Ohio’s DANA! The featured song, “Blueteeth,” showcases the band’s style of experimental indie rock that is full of nervous energy that builds as the track progresses and then hits you with feverish bursts. You can hear DANA’s influences in this track for sure which includes … Read more
Fake Fruit – “Milkman” [Video]
Bay-area based band Fake Fruit, comprised of Hannah D’Amato (vocals, guitar), Alex Post (guitar), and Miles MacDiarmid (drums), released their debut, self-titled album earlier this year on Rocks In Your Head Records. Fake Fruit is detailed by D’Amato’s range of vocal affectations; acidic and confrontational, withdrawn and unamused, sweet and sorrowful. The arrangements bounce and … Read more
Beachy Head – “Hiddensee” [Video]
In 2019 Christian Savill found himself alone and with a year off from playing guitar for his grown-up band Slowdive. He started writing and demoing songs with no particular plan. From 2001 he had recorded with longtime friend and collaborator Sean Hewson as Monster Movie releasing several albums on Graveface Records. These new ideas felt … Read more
black midi – “Slow” [Video]
black midi present a new single/video, “Slow,” from their forthcoming album, Cavalcade, out May 28th on Rough Trade. In conjunction, they announce a fall North American tour, plus a new KEXP interview and performance. A full circle moment for black midi, their first KEXP performance (live from Iceland Airwaves in 2019) is how many first … Read more
Results Of Adults – “Gas Station” [Video]
Results of Adults are based in Birmingham, Alabama, and consist of Tym Cornell on vocals, guitar, piano, and an endless assemblage of noise-making devices; his creative partner and wife, Merry Bee Cornell, on bass; and Mark Beasley on drums and percussion. Formed in 2006, they have spent the last decade and a half concocting their … Read more
MxPx – “Can’t Keep Waiting” [Video]
You can always count on MxPx to keep punk rolling on. Check out their new single and video for “Can’t Keep Waiting.” The video was directed by Johnny Boyce. You can find merch and more on the single HERE.
The Murlocs – “Francesca” [Video]
The Murlocs have announced their fifth studio album, Bittersweet Demons, to be released June 25, 2021 via ATO and Flightless Records! The album’s first single “Francesca” was written as a rip-roaring celebration of the rejuvenated life of frontman Ambrose Kenny-Smith’s mother. Ambrose says of the track… “The song is about my mother and how she … Read more
T. Hardy Morris – “The Digital Age Of Rome” [Video]
T. Hardy Morris is set to return with The Digital Age of Rome on June 25th via the New West Records imprint Normaltown Records. The 10-song set was produced by Adam Landry (Deer Tick, Rayland Baxter) and mixed by engineer Nate Nelson. It follows the Diamond Rugs and Dead Confederate member’s 2018 acclaimed Dude, The … Read more
N0V3L – “Notice Of Foreclosure” [Video]
N0V3L’s new single “NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE” is a bitter, nostalgic submission to modernity, spiked with grief for a past forever gone and ambivalence for what lays ahead. It’s dark, danceable and loaded with new wave dissonance. The video is from the mind of animator Gart Darley, and compiled from images sourced from vintage magazines and … Read more
Bachelor – “Stay In The Car” [Video]
Bachelor—the collaborative project of Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner—will release its debut album Doomin’ Sun on May 28th via Polyvinyl Record Co., and today the duo announce their first-ever tour. Bachelor will hit the road in support of Lucy Dacus starting mid-September, marking both artists’ first performances since lockdown. Tour DatesSeptember 13, … Read more
Current Joys – “American Honey” [Video]
Current Joys – the project of Nick Rattigan – unveils new single/video “American Honey” from its forthcoming album, Voyager, out May 14th on Secretly Canadian. An avid consumer of cinema, a visual artist as much as he is a musician, Rattigan’s music is tactile, its imagery and sonics conceived simultaneously. This is visualized in the … Read more