July Talk: Pay For It:: Official Video
The Toronto-alt rock quintet’s Pray For It will be out July 10th on BMG Worldwide and Sleepless in Canada.The first single, named “Pay For It” comes with a video that, altho shot prior to our current predicament, was especially prescient to these harrowing times. Also further explained in the PR below, it was originally inspired by a Roy...
EOB (Ed O’Brien): Olympik:: Official Video
“All our lives played out soIntersect in the greatest flow Every sight, every sound And everything that goes aroundkaleidoscope will start to spinShaking up all the mess we’re in Gonna shake it up, all the mess we’re in…” Ed O’Brien’s “Olympik” is less a Radiohead and more U2 circa the mid-90’s and that’s ok. This shouldn’t be surprising as the producers...
Sonic Boom – The Way That You Live (Official Video)
Sonic Boom’s return continues with the release of “The Way That You Live”, the latest single from All Things Being Equal, out 6/5 via Carpark Records. Accompanying the single is a visualizer directed by Roland van der Velden. Following on from the hypnotic and groove-driven lead single “Just Imagine”, “The Way That You Live” kicks out as a slice of uptempo psych...
Listen to Psychic Ills Cover Charles Manson and The Beach Boys
Tres Warren of Psychic Ills passed away recently but not before leaving us with some final cover recordings of The Beach Boys “Never Learn To Love” and Charles Manson’s “Cease To Exist.” It’s cool to see that Warren understood the history and linkage of both songs and their respective songwriters. You can check them both out below as well as the press release. ...
Anthology Editions Announces 13th Floor Elevators: A Visual History
I was lucky enough to have seen Roky Erickson perform with his last touring band and it was a phenomenal show. Granted, his band was kind of propping him up but it was still a great experience. Had I been born 30 years prior, I definitely would have had the opportunity to see him in his prime. While I wasn’t there the 13th Floor Elevators Visual...
The National Announce High Violet 10th Anniversary Reissue and Concert
WATCH “THE NATIONAL – ‘HIGH VIOLET’ LIVE FROM BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM)” BEGINNING TODAY AT 5:00PM EST LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT THEIR CREW MEMBERS The National have announced they will be releasing a 10-year anniversary expanded edition of their 2010 album High Violet, on June 19th, 2020. Originally released May 11, 2010, the critically acclaimed fifth studio album...