The latest single off Paracosm, the sophomore effort from Washed Out, is the beautiful “All I Know.” When all the fun lists are revealed at the end of the year, this tune should be near the top of many of them (IMO, of course). The video, produced by Urban Outfitters, is obviously nowhere near as beautiful as the song, decide for yourself. Washed Out is chillwave extraordinaire Ernest Greene.
Watch “All I Know” here:
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Last Tuesday evening the heritage act Simple Minds played to a sellout crowd at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The Glasgow, Scotland based band performed on United States soil for the first time in eleven years. The band has been touring the world since 2011 playing what is being billed as a Greatest Hits Tour, and finally decided that seven North American dates were worthy
enough. The entire evening showcased the group with two solid sets (see setlist below) broken up by a twenty minute interval, with no supporting act.
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Madchester legends, The Stone Roses, have announced that the documentary film Made Of Stone will hit U.S. theaters on November 6. The film, directed by Shane Meadows, chronicles one of the most improbable reunions of all-time. On December 3 MVD Entertainment Group plans to release the film on Blu-ray, DVD, and VCR Tape. Made Of Stone will make a great stocking stuffer for the hardcore Stone Roses loved one in your life. To this point, the two 2013 Coachella Festival dates remain the only U.S. shows The Roses have played.
Check out the Made Of Stone website for a list of U.S. screenings.
Murrieta, California November 6 Who’s In?
Watch the trailer here:
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After being quiet for the majority of 2013, Brooklyn indie rockers Yeasayer, have released a video for the track ‘Glass Of The Microscope.” The latest single is from the band’s most recent album Fragrant World, released in August 2012. The album has already produced the three singles “Henrietta,” “Longevity,” and “Reagan’s Skeleton.”
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The following albums dropped today and are available in your local trendy record stores or on digital download.
The indie pop duo comprised of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion return with the follow-up to their brilliant self-titled debut. The band recently shared the video for the track “High Road” (watch below).
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Has it really been four years since “Backspacer”? It actually feels longer. I’ve celebrated my 5th wedding anniversary, my first child was born, Pearl Jam celebrated their 20th anniversary with PJ20 and a majority of the band members released solo projects. Basically, it’s been a long time. Well the time has been worth it as “Lightning Bolt” is Pearl Jam’s strongest effort in years and for me it launches into the 2nd tier of their overall catalog.
The Australian indietronica outfit Cut Copy have shared a video for “Free Your Mind,” the first single and title track from the band’s
forthcoming album. The new album is the follow-up to the 2011 release Zonoscope, and is due in record stores on November 5. Cut Copy
begins a world tour on October 30 with 2 weeks worth of North American dates that includes a stop at the Marquee in Tempe, Arizona on November 6. The tune “Free Your Mind” combines a beautiful blend of circa 1991 Madchester grooves with Italo house beats that screams… holy shit I think I’m listening to the song of the year.
Watch “Free Your Mind” starring True Blood actor Alexander Skarsgard here:
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GoINDEEpMusic will be out at the Orpheum Theatre next Tuesday night October 15th for an evening with Simple Minds. The Scottish new wave band will finally be bringing their greatest hits tour to the U.S. The Los Angeles show is one of only seven North American dates. Only a few seats still remain at the 2000 seat venue. Check out the Simple Minds Flashback Friday feature.
Watch the classic video for “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” here:
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Cults, the indie pop duo comprised of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, have shared a video for “High Road.” The track is off the NYC band’s forthcoming sophomore album Static, due in record stores on October 15. Static is the follow-up their self-titled LP that came out in 2011.
Watch “High Road” video here:
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Jagwar Ma have released a new video for the track “Come Save Me.” The track is off the Australian indie dance band’s excellent debut album Howlin’. When the 2013 year end lists are revealed, Howlin’ will be among the best albums and “Come Save Me” will be near the top of the best tracks. The original video for “Come Save Me” was released back in 2011.
Check out the new video for “Come Save Me” here:
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Here’s your Indie on TV alert for the Week of 9/30/13. Remember you can watch previous week’s performances in the Indie on TV page.
Here’s the schedule:
Letterman
Tuesday = First Aid Kit
Friday = Albert Hammond Jr.
Leno
Thursday = Stone Temple Pilots (My Guilty Pleasure)
Fallon
Tuesday = Lorde
Wednesday = MS MR
Thursday = Phantogram
Conan
Monday = Moby
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Savages, one of the most exciting acts to emerge from the U.K. in 2013, have released a video for the intense tune “Husbands.” The all female indie rock band, based out of London, released their debut full-length Silence Yourself back on May 3.
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Almost every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist. This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on Swim Deep.
Swim Deep is the latest indie buzz band to emerge from the Birmingham, England B-Town music scene. The B-Town scene is a term given to bands that have risen from the Digbeth area of Birmingham over the last two plus years. Swim Deep joins fellow Digbeth groups such as Peace, Troumaca, and JAWS as bands on the come. Although all of these bands have different vibes, local journalists have run with this term to allegedly invented a music scene fad. Members of Swim Deep and Peace claim that they invented the term and are embarrassed that NME and other London based media outlets continue to use the silly term.
The Birmingham four piece consists of Austin Williams (vocals), Tom Higgins (guitar), Zachary Robinson (drums) and Cavan McCarthy (bass). The band formed in 2011 and credits The Stone Roses, Nirvana, and The Jesus and Mary Chain for the band even existing. In their short career, the indie dream pop band have released five singles along with their debut full-length Where The Heaven Are We. The critically acclaimed debut LP dropped back on August 5.
Fans of eighties dream pop, nineties shoegaze, or bands that have Deep in their name should already have Swim Deep in heavy rotation. As for the rest of the current B-Town music scene… everyone knows I’ve been singing the praises of Peace since late 2012 and if you like FOALS you’ll dig JAWS.
Check out the Swim Deep Videos below:
“King City”
“Honey”
“She Changes The Weather”
Download “Where The Heaven Are We” here:
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Local Natives performed in front of an energetic crowd at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona last Sunday Night. The Silver Lake, California indie rockers played a flawless set to a audience of mostly desert hipsters, “I am more indie than you” college students, and a few old men.
The beautifully constructed set (setlist below) consisted of an equal amount of tunes from the band’s two studio albums, Hummingbird (2013), and Gorilla Manor (2010). Throughout the evening the enthusiastic crowd provided constant backing vocals, especially on “Wide Eyes” and “World News.” The band opened the set with the 2013 single “Breakers” and closed the set with perhaps one of my LN faves “Who Knows Who Cares.” The self proclaimed ‘unprepared’ set caught the crowd off guard, because up to that point the set seemed fine to me as well as the capacity crowd… just sayin’. The evening ended with the powerful encore closer “Sun Hands,” you could watch it below if wasn’t for a “device malfunction.”
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Potty Mouth are an indie punk band that formed Northampton, Massachusetts in 2011. The all girl band consists of Abby Weems (vocals, guitar), Ally Einbender (bass), Phoebe Harris (guitar), and Victoria Mandanas (drums). The ladies took their name from an album by the seminal riot grrl group Bratmobile. Although they have association with riot grrrl bands from the feminist underground punk rock movement, they have denied their music has a political agenda.
Up until this point the band has released the EP Sun Damage in 2012, along with numerous singles throughout 2013. The bands debut full-length Hell Bent is expected in record stores on September 17. You can find the most recent single “Black and Studs” on the GoINDEEpMusic August Mix Tape.
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