From the category archives:

Punk

Ting Tings – “Hang It Up” Video / New LP Info

December 15, 2011

Well, this news certainly caught my interest for much of yesterday – the Ting Tings are set to release a new album, titled “Sounds From Nowheresville”, March 6th. I absolutely loved their last album, couldn’t listen to it enough when it came out, so this is great, great news. They may be a bit poppy [...]

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New Video “Autumn Sky” from Edmonton’s N.N. #yegmusic

June 3, 2011

Edmonton’s punk rock extraordinaires N.N. (who I talked about back in April) just released the newest single and video from their upcoming album, scheduled to be released in July. We thought this was a track perfectly befitting the end of the week as we head into a much-needed weekend. Have a good one. Visit their [...]

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Pujol – Third Man Records Artist Set To Shred Sled Island and Edmonton

April 29, 2011

I received an email yesterday from a PR firm, and didn’t think too much of it until I saw a phrase that’s catching a lot of my attention lately – Sled Island (which runs June 22-25). I did a little bit of digging, and discovered that his most recent release is on the Third Man [...]

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Battles – Ice Cream and Album News

April 18, 2011

“Gloss Drop”, the hotly anticipated new album from post-rock trio Battles, is expected to be released June 7 in North America via Warp. It’s been four years since the last album from this New York group, who also lost vocalist Tyondai Braxton during the time, as he decided to focus on his solo work. You [...]

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Edmonton Punk Rockers N.N.

April 8, 2011

I got an email from Antonio exactly one week ago about his Edmonton band NN. I’ve listened to them a couple of times this week, and their variation on hardcore/punk is a real treat. They’ve already released a couple of EP’s in 2010 – the “N.N. Mixtape” and “This is …N.N.”, their most recent, which [...]

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SXSW Band of the Day: No Joy

March 18, 2011

No Joy played the My Old Kentucky Blog showcase earlier today, and are my choice for Band of the Day. I first talked about this band back in October last year, and true to form, their set assaulted the senses today (in a good way). From start to finish, these noise-pop professionals orchestrated a musical [...]

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Villa Cola

March 3, 2011

I received an email last night from Ranya Dube, lead vocalist for a London band named Villa Cola. I don’t always get to bands that send me music right away, but this happened to be one of those nights that I did, at least partially because I think their name is kind of kewl. Her [...]

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Quick Album Update: Pigeon Detectives

March 3, 2011

On Monday I featured the new video from UK’s Pigeon Detectives (“Done In Secret” – click here). I heard back from the band’s PR firm, and just wanted to let everyone know that their third album, “Up, Guards and At ‘Em!” will be released worldwide on the same date the album breaks in the UK [...]