Indie, Rock & Alternative

Video: Villagers – The Meaning of the Ritual

Conor O’ Brien made this video himself. Plenty of more Villagers love on this blog.…

Telepathe say Dance Motherfucker

Telepathe’s Dance Mother is my favourite album of the moment, followed closely by Fever Ray,…

Lines Drawing Circles – Thebes

Video for the song I featured a while back. Lines Drawing Circles are playing Crawdaddy…

Video: Ponytail live in a Laundromat

And why not? Ponytail play Whelan’s on 11th of March. The last time they played…

Free passes to This Town Needs Guns, Adebisi Shank & ASIWYFA

A great gig coming up this Thursday and another involving that ever-reliant mark of quality…

Video: Grand Pocket Orchestra – Ballet Shoes

(via Analogue) Directed by Luke Franklin and Deirdre O’Toole. Grand Pocket Orchestra.

Fight Like Apes – Tie Me Up With Jackets

Lovely noise. Expertly directed by Eoghan Kidney. From Muuuzuuu.

Podcast #23 – Solid Gold / Ariel Pink / Fever Ray & more

Belgium’s Aeroplane have been killing their remixes of late. Like a funky taxidermist stuffing the…

Wavvvvvvvvvvvves

How many Vs is too many? I haven’t got my hands on Wavves newest album…

Premiere: Villagers – Hollow Kind EP

Since the first inklings of Conor J. O’ Brien’s new Villagers project was whispered about…

Peter Bjorn and John – Nothing to Worry About

Kanye leaked this track and you can see why. It’s a bit of a stylistic…

Barry’s 3 albums you my have missed in 2008

Now that the site is back working again, here’s a post Barry wrote for the…

Jaydiohead -2009’s first worthy mashup album

We’ve been here before. 1) Dangermouse’s Grey album featured Jay-Z mashed up with The Beatles.…

Weekday Jukebox

It’s been a really annoying few days on the blog with phishing and spamming IP…

Nialler9’s Songs of 2008

Go forth to discover and listen to Nialler9’s 50 best tunes of the year.. 50.…

Video: Why? – A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under

The song was my ringtone for months. http://www.myspace.com/whyanticon

Video: Little Joy – ‘No One’s Better Sake’

The Strokes’ drummer and band’s eponymous LP is one of my recent highlights. It’s brilliant.…

Antony and The Johnsons – ‘Another World’

I had no real love for Antony Hegarty’s music before this despairing and haunting song…

Open up your / open up your / open up your throat

I’ve had Animal Collective‘s ninth album Merriweather Post Pavilion in my possession for the last…

Vampire Punk

I wouldn’t have had Ezra from Vampire Weekend down for a punk but he proves…