As the Fourth Of July holiday weekend comes to a end, celebrate some more with Dan Deacon. Dan’s 2012 album release America closes with a four part orchestral suite titled “USA.” The video features a psychedelic trip across our beautiful country. Only problem is you need 22 minutes of your precious time to check it out.
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Flashback Friday: Peter Murphy
GoINDEEpMusic presents Flashback Friday featuring The Godfather of Goth, Peter Murphy.
Peter Murphy is an English alternative rock solo artists and more importantly the lead singer of the legendary highly influential gothic rock band Bauhaus. The term “gothic rock” has been around since that late sixties however, it wasn’t until the late seventies post-punk gothic movement that the scene began to explode in the U.K. Bands that established and sparked this movement included Joy Division, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Cure, Echo and The Bunnymen, and Bauhaus. During the movement dark raincoats hit record breaking sales all over the world.
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The Replacements Leak 2 Rehearsal Video Clips
The Replacements have teased their fans over the last week with two separate video clips of reunion tour rehearsals posted to the band’s new Facebook page. The first clip is 9 seconds of “Alex Chilton” and the second is 19 seconds of “Favorite Thing” (watch clips below). It remains unclear who will be the other two musicians that will join Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson for the reunion shows. “Allegedly” long time drummer Chris Mars will not part of the reunion, because he would say no…Let it be known, I don’t believe any of that shit.
The Mats are currently scheduled to appear at three Riot Fest dates in Chicago, Toronto, and Denver.
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Thursday August 8 – FOALS – House of Blues – San Diego
GoINDEEpMusic will be out at the House of Blues in beautiful San Diego, Ca. on Thursday August 8 for an evening with FOALS.
The night of fun begins with the punk-pop band Drowners from NYC and concludes with renowned English indie rockers FOALS. Hopefully, the evening provides an opportunity to discuss Heritage Acts with Yannis.
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Happy INDEEPendence Day!
Have a fun and safe holiday
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Phoenix Release Video For “Trying To Be Cool”
Love them or Hate them… the French pop band Phoenix has dropped another single to the world from their latest album Bankrupt!. Phoenix recently headlined the two weekend Coachella festival back in April. The band’s world tour returns to the U.S. starting on August 30.
Check out “Trying To Be Cool” here … or not:
2013 … The First 6 Months
As we turn the calendar to July, let us reflect on the first half of 2013. The first six months has been filled with notable album releases from established indie artists as well as electrifying breakthrough buzzbands. Also, iconic Heritage Act My Bloody Valentine released their first album in over twenty years. Furthermore, The Replacements have reunited and The Stone Roses finally played the States. Can’t wait to see what the rest of 2013 has in store for us.
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New Music Tuesday July 2, 2013
The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record stores or on digital download.
Editors “The Weight Of Your Love”
The British rock band Editors return with their fourth album and first since 2009. The first single from the album is “A Ton Of Love”
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Pixies Announce Fall 2013 Tour & New Bassist
Never a dull moment in Pixies camp lately. Two weeks ago we learned that bassist Kim Deal quit the band, and then this past Friday the new song “Bagboy” turns up in your inbox. This morning news broke of an European fall tour and a new Kim on bass. Frank Black, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering will joined on stage by their new bassist Kim Shattuck. Ms.Shattuck’s credentials include fronting the L.A. rock band The Muffs, as well as a member of the eighties paisley underground band The Pandoras. Who could have imagined that this blog would make two separate references to the “paisley underground” scene in less than one week?
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Indie on TV alert for the Week of 7/1/13
Not much to report this week as most programs have scheduled repeats all week. About a month ago I saw Superhunanoids at the Make Music Pasadena Festival. Check out the repeated February 11th performance this week.
Remember you can watch previous week’s performance in the weekly Indie on TV sections.
Here’s the schedule:
Daly
Monday = Superhumanoids
Kimmel
Wednesday = ZZ Ward
Indie NYC
Saturday = ON AND ON. Admiral Fallow, ZZ Ward
The Music Experiment featuring Empire Of The Sun
Thursday = Palladia Channel (Check local listings)
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Artist Spotlight: Cayucas
Every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist.
This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on Cayucas.
Cayucas pronounced “ky-yook-us” is a five piece surf pop band from Santa Monica, Ca. The band is named after a quaint beach town in San Luis Obispo County, Ca. Formally known as Oregon Bike Trails, they changed their name to Cayucas in 2012 when founding member Zach Yudin expanded his solo project to a full-on band. Cayucas released their debut album Bigfoot on April 30th and have two songs in regular rotation on indie airwaves, “Cayucas” and “High School Lover.” Inspired by artists such as The Beach Boys, The Tornados, and The Animals, their beach vibes are perfect for a lazy summer day. Cayucas just kicked off their U.S. summer tour.
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Mix Tape – June 2013
1. The National “Don’t Swallow The Cap”
2. The Besnard Lakes “People Of The Sticks”
3. The Knife “A Tooth For An Eye”
4. Alpine “Gasoline”
5. Wild Nothing “A Dancing Shell”
6. Majical Cloudz “Bugs Don’t Buzz”
7. Superhumanoids “Geri”
8. No Joy “Lunar Phobia”
9. Bleached “Dead In Your Head”
10. Surfer Blood “Demon Dance”
11. The Pastels “Check My Heart”
12. The So So Glos “Son Of An American”
13. Thee Oh Sees “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster”
14. Deap Vally “Ain’t Fair”
15. Merchandise “Anxiety’s Door”
16. Rogue Wave “College”
17. Smith Westerns “Varsity”
18. The Airborne Toxic Event “Timeless”
19. Houses “Beginnings”
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Franz Ferdinand Shares 2 Songs From Upcoming Album
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action the first release from Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand in four years is scheduled to drop on August 27. You can listen to two of the tracks from the album below. Franz Ferdinand recently played the two weekend Coachella Festival and both of these tunes made it on the on the setlists in the desert. Apparently both of these songs will be made available for download this coming Tuesday. They’re currently available as a double A-sides 7″ single.
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Welcome Back Twinkies!
Here’s some fun news that you may or may not find music related.
Hostess has recently announced the reunion of the popular indie snack cakes. Twinkies, Ho Hos, and Ding Dings will be back together again and playing the local grocery store circuit starting July 15. After taking a brief hiatus to clear up some bankruptcy issues the brand will now be managed by Apollo Global Management (Carl’s Jr.) and Metropoulos (Pabst Brewing Co,).
Music festival attendees should find it much easier in 2014 to locate this fun late night snack.
Welcome Back!
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Flashback Friday: Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
GoINDEEpMusic presents Flashback Friday featuring Ned’s Atomic Dustbin.
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin are an alternative rock band from Stourbridge, England. Their music is described as a post-punk rave funk that oddly uses a double bass and falls into the category of “grebo.” The UK “grebo” subculture movement was short lived and included bands such as The Wonder Stuff, Pop Will Eat Itself, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Jesus Jones, and Ned’s. The “grebo” fashion style was dreadlocks, partially shaved heads, baggy clothes, boots, and eccentric hats and scarfs.
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