Crystal Castles – (III) {rating} Buy: (III) With Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass describing the duo’s third album as the ‘soundtrack to a dystopic world full of oppression and corruption’; and the album tracklist boasting song titles like ’Plague’, ’Wrath Of God’, ’Kerosene’ and ’Violent Youth’, you can understand why fans of the Canadian electro-goth…
With their new album Wolf’s Law out in January and a UK tour on the horizon, it’s time for The Joy Formidable to remind us of their distinct brand of unpretentious and invigorating power-pop. Here’s the video for the album’s lead single ‘This Ladder Is Ours’ to do just that:
Following the very cinematic and expansive promo video for ‘Ride’, Lana Del Rey has gone back to basics for the video for ‘Bel Air’ – another ‘bonus’ track from her Born To Die: Paradise Edition release. Watch the smoky and sultry video here: The description of the video on YouTube mentions a film called…
It’s hard to pick out a stand-out track from an album as consistently stunning as Tame Impala’s Lonerism, but if I had to I’d plump for ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’ as the highlight. Maybe Kevin Parker agrees, because he’s commissioned this visual treat of a video to accompany it: The video was made…
Veteran US rockers Deftones are streaming their brand new album Koi No Yokan online ahead of its release next week. Featuring previously released tracks ‘Leathers’ and ‘Tempest’, Koi No Yokan is the bands seventh studio album. Stream it below and let me know what you think: Source: NME In support of the album, Deftones are…
Manchester indie-rockers The Courteeners have today released details of their upcoming third album, the follow-up to their 2010 album Falcon. Called Anna, the album will be released on 4 February and was recorded at Manchester’s Hertz Studios with Hurts producer Joe Cross. Speaking of the new album. Courteeners frontman Liam Fray suggested it signals a…
Electro duo Crystal Castles are streaming their third album (III) online via Spotify. The album, which features previous releases ‘Plague’, ‘Wrath Of God’, ‘Telepath’ and ‘Affection’, is due for release next week. Check it out below and let me know what you think:
When I first covered London electro-duo Avec Sans back in July, I suggested they sounded a bit like Ladytron – and their new single ‘The Answer’ does nothing to change that view. Thankfully, Ladytron’s brand of thumping electro-clash is awesome, and Avec Sans seem to have enough charisma about them to still sound different and…
Kevin Shields has revealed he expects to release the new My Bloody Valentine album before the year is out. As previously reported, My Bloody Valentine have been in the studio working on the long-awaited follow-up to their seminal 1991 album Loveless – now the guitarist has said he hopes to release the album on his…
Psych-rock seems to be everywhere at the minute – or maybe I just keep getting drawn towards it. Either way, new Kent-based band White Bone Rattle seem to be pretty good at it. Their debut album Creature Of Curiosity is full of melodic, scuzzy, groovy and harmonious psychedelic rock – all of which is perfectly…
