Simple Minds are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band originally formed as a punk rock outfit in 1977 called
Johnny & The Self-Abusers. The band was short-lived and only released one single before half of its members formed The Cuban Heels and the other half formed Simple Minds. The band took its name from lyrics in the David Bowie song Jean Genie.
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Pixies “Bagboy” Video #2 and Announce 4 L.A. Shows
HOW FUN! Non stop Pixies news! Today the band released a second video for the single “Bagboy” via Rolling Stone. Frontman Frank Black had this to say about the reasoning behind a second video:
“We didn’t set out to have two music videos for ‘Bagboy,’ but once we saw both of these, we knew we didn’t want to use just one. They’re so good, so creative, and each in its own way, and both made by up-and-coming filmmakers. …Who says you can’t have two videos for a song that show two completely different perspectives? Not us.”
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Watch Franz Ferdinand Video Love Illumination
& Live On Letterman Performance
Sixteen days after releasing the video for “Right Action,” Franz Ferdinand have released a second video for the song “Love Illumination” (watch below). Monday night the Scottish indie rockers performed at the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC for the Live On
Letterman Show. You can watch the entire 48 minute performance below while it’s still available. The band says it’s all systems go for the release of the new album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action on August 27.
Enjoy all 48 minutes of Franz Ferdinand Live On Letterman here:
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The Vaccines Share Song Off Forthcoming EP
The English indie band The Vaccines plan to release an EP titled Melody Calling on August 13. The band recorded the EP in Los Angeles, the release date matches the beginning of their U.S. tour where they will support Phoenix and Mumford and Sons. The Vaccines have shared the song “Everybody’s Gonna Let You Down.”
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New Music Tuesday July 23, 2013
The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record stores or on digital download.
Apparently, this is the week that bands with twenty plus members release albums…
Watch Washed Out Video “Don’t Give Up”
Chillwave extraordinaire Ernest Greene who uses the moniker Washed Out, is scheduled to release his second full-length album Paracosm on August 13. Paracosm is the follow-up to Ernest’s terrific debut from 2011 Within and Without. A couple of weeks ago the first single “Don’t Give Up” surfaced, today we have the video.
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Cut Copy Uniquely Debuts New Song
The Australian indie electronic band Cut Copy shared a new song this past weekend at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. The four piece set up a booth at the festival and made 120 limited edition copies of the 12″ single “Let Me Show You” available. Each record was lathe-cut on the spot with the purchaser’s name engraved into the one-sided record. One of those 120 people that bought the record was nice enough to post their “first listen” on You Tube.
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Indie On TV Alert For The Week Of 7/22/13
Here’s your Indie on TV alert for the Week of 7/22/13.
Remember you can watch previous week’s performances in the Indie on TV page.
Here’s the schedule:
Letterman
Monday = Franz Ferdinand
Wednesday = Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
Fallon
Thursday = New Order
Indie NYC
Saturday = The Thermals; Of Monsters and Men; Barcelona
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Artist Spotlight: The Orwells
Every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist.
This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on The Orwells.
The Orwells are a garage rock teenage quintet based in Chicago, Illinois. The five piece formed in 2008 when the kids were in the ninth grade. What is it with Chicago and teenage indie rock bands? The members include Mario Cuomo (vocals), Dominic Corso (guitar),
Matt O’Keefe (guitar), Grant Brinner (bass), and Henry Brinner (drums). The band is named after the English novelist best known for his book nineteen eighty-four, George Orwell.
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Johnny Marr Releases Video “New Town Velocity”
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has released another single off his debut solo album The Messenger. The third single is “New Town Velocity” (watch video below). The new single will be released next Tuesday with a brand new song “The It-Switch” on the B-side. Two weeks ago Mr. Marr reported he is returning to the U.S. for a 18 date fall tour.
Watch Sea Wolf Video “Old Friend’
Sea Wolf, one the most underrated indie bands out there, have released a video for the track “Old Friend” on their website. The L.A based band recently completed their U.S, tour. The California themed video “Old Friend” is off their latest release Old World Romance.
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Divine Fits Release 2 Videos
Divine Fits, the American/Canadian supergroup comprised of Britt Daniels (Spoon), Dan Boeckner (Handsome Furs and Wolf Parade), Sam Brown (New Bomb Turks), and Alex Fischel have released videos for the double A-side single “Ain’t That The Way” and “Chained To Love” today. The tracks will be released July 23 on vinyl 12″ and have been available on digital download since June 4. The band performed both of these songs on Conan earlier this summer and was posted in the GoINDEEpMusic Indie On TV 6/3/13 section.
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Pixies Added To Riot Fest Chicago Line-Up
Never in my wildest dreams could I have ever imagined a day when The Replacements and the Pixies would appear together on a concert poster. Wake up… it’s for realz. Riot Fest Chicago has added the Pixies to the September 13-14-15 festival. This is the first U.S. show that the Pixies will feature “New Kim” Shattuck on bass. Ms. Shattuck has taken over for the recently departed Kim Deal. No need to stress Pixies fans, there will be many, many, many more U.S. dates announced in the near future,
Upon further review, I would like to congratulate the organizers of Riot Fest Chicago! Not only were you able to procure two of the greatest rock bands of all-time, you then placed them on the poster next to the two shittiest bands of all-time…..
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Flashback Friday: The Cult
GoINDEEpMusic presents Flashback Friday featuring The Cult.
The Cult are a British hard rock band formed by Canadian Ian Astbury in 1983. The band’s origin is traced back to 1981 when Ian moved to England and formed the gothic rock band Southern Death Cult. The critically acclaimed band enjoyed immediate success and praise when opening for Bauhaus and Theatre Of Hate. Record labels lined up for a chance to sign the up-and-comers, but before they could
put pen to paper Ian broke up the band 16 months into it. While on tour Ian met Billy Duffy from Theatre Of Hate. The two joined forces and formed the band Death Cult, hoping to cash in on the success of the former band’s name. By 1984 the band realized that if they were to going have success in America they needed to drop the gothic connotations and they truncated the name again to simply The Cult.
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New Look Yuck Release Song “Rebirth”
After the departure of frontman Daniel Blumberg, the British indie band has moved forward as a three piece. Daniels new project is a solo effort under the moniker Hebronix. No word on a new album release date however, the band has shared a video for the song “Rebirth,” which features Max Bloom on lead vocals.
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