Although Los Angeles duo Capital Cities‘ “Safe and Sound” has been floating around since 2011, a new (and very fun!) music video was released yesterday afternoon. There’s a timeless nature to this track—largely thanks to the addictive synth line—that makes it okay for it to […]
Tag: rock
Young Galaxy: “Pretty Boy”
“And I know you feel isolated, and I feel what you won’t say. I don’t care if the disbelievers don’t understand. You’re my pretty boy, always.” In a world full of loneliness and shady shade, there’s nothing better than the knowledge that someone will be […]
Florrie: “Live A Little”
Who the fuck is Florrie? I’ll tell you who the fuck Florrie is! She’s a 24 year-old singer, songwriter and model, and as the in-house drummer for production house Xenomania, she’s worked with an exciting roster of artists that includes Kylie Minogue and the Pet […]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Sacrilege”
“Sacrilege” sounds good on paper—Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs wailing passionately over whirling guitars and a backing choir. These are all things my ears like! A lot. Yet despite my extreme weakness for virtually any song with a gospel breakdown, I’ve never rolled out […]
Photo Ops: “It Makes Me Cry”
Photo Ops is the current project of Nashville-based musician Terry Price, whose new album How to Say Goodbye came out exactly one month ago. I know, I know! That lead-in isn’t anywhere near as exciting or sexy as 98 Degrees singing about their penises, but […]
Vampire Weekend: “Step” & “Diane Young”
Indie foursome Vampire Weekend have broken their three-year silence with a double A-side single, “Step” and “Diane Young”. The pair of tracks act as the first taste of their upcoming album Modern Vampires of the City, which lead vocalist Ezra Koenig has described as “darker […]
Veronica Falls: “Teenage”
If you took Katy Perry‘s “Teenage Dream“, put it through an Instagram filter and gave it a ’90s indie rock throwback makeover to sound literally nothing like the original, then you’d get Veronica Falls‘ similarly-titled “Teenage”. The song was one of two official singles released […]
The Colourist: “Little Games”
The Colourist‘s “Little Games” sounds like a lot of songs on modern rock radio. If you threw it on a playlist with Grouplove, Young The Giant or Two Door Cinema Club, nobody would bother to blink an eyelash over the transition. It’s upbeat, catchy as fuck […]
Frightened Rabbit: “Backyard Skulls”
Scottish indie fivesome Frightened Rabbit released their fifth full-length album Pedestrian Verse last month, and so far, it’s taken a place as one of my favorite releases of the year (right next to Tegan & Sara‘s Heartthrob, Ra Ra Riot‘s Beta Love and Woodpigeon‘s Thumbtacks […]
Phoenix: “Entertainment”
Fresh off their two biggest radio hits ever, Phoenix are back to rock your world with their new single “Entertainment”. Now, much as it’s great to hear new material from the French band, I will wholeheartedly admit that this track didn’t hit me as hard as “1901” […]