This week’s round up of the tracks I haven’t had the space to post…
MGMT recently released a ‘controversial album’ called Congratulations. Many fans were ‘let down’ because their new songs weren’t as catchy / poppy as their old songs. Instead, they carved out some sort of conceptual space that isn’t as approachable as Animal Collective.
At the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, MGMT opted not to play their first big song “Kids.” In many recent interviews, the MGMT Bros say that ‘Kids’ was one of the first songs they wrote, so they are looking to distance themselves from their early brand, and prove that they can write better songs.
Any band that is hand picked by a member of No Age to release an album on his label is gonna get more then its fare share of a look. Silk Flowers is just such a band. Signed to Dean Spurnt’s Post Present Medium label, the band recently came to my attention thanks to Spurnt’s pushing of the group. True he calls them "probably the weirdest band I know" and they definitely live up to that billing but there is something downright catchy about their music, even if you have to give it time to branch out and become comfortable in your ears.
Who: Pterodactyl
Location: Brooklyn, NY
NXNE Sets: Friday @ Sneaky Dee’s (11pm), Saturday @ El Mocambo (3am)
5 Questions: - Who are you guys looking forward to seeing while north of the border? Any Canadian
bands you’re really excited to see?
We’re super excited to see Mika Miko and our friends The Coathangers who we’re playing with at Sneaky Dees! We always love dd/mm/yyyy! Also excited to see the Gza if we can get in. The lineup is crazy cool! Oh and The Creeping Nobodies…not sure if they are playing but they are amazing and we’ll totally go see them if they are playing.
Pop Tarts weekly taster of new/recent releases, including Warlocks, The Field, Jarvis Cocker, Passion Pit and more.
Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.
Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11
Read the review of the gig here.
Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...
Good time with Bad Guys. Photos from the May 29th gig at the Old Blue Last. Read the review by the Bad Guy himself, Stuart London after the jump.
Artrocker.com exclusive: for fans of White Lies and Crocodiles we’ve got some fresh pictures from their UK show at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this month, courtesy of Alessandro...
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