Fossil Collective - Let It Go Video

Charming video from UK band Fossil Collective! Their debut EP Let It Go comes out June 2012 on Dirty Hit records.

Exitmusic - Passage Video

Exitmusic's debut full-length album Passage will be released May 22 (May 21 in the UK)on Secretly Canadian. Catch them on tour this Spring with School of Seven Bells! Tour dates below!



TOUR DATES:

04/06/12 Asheville, NC- Grey Eagle Tavern *
04/07/12 Atlanta, GA- The Earl *
04/08/12 Birmingham, AL- The Bottletree *
04/10/12 Baton Rouge, LA- Spanish Moon *
04/11/12 Houston, TX- Fitzgerald's *
04/13/12 Austin, TX- The Mohawk (outside) *
04/15/12 Kansas City, MO- The Riot Room *
04/16/12 Denver, CO- Larimer Lounge *
04/17/12 Salt Lake City, UT- Urban Lounge *
04/19/12 Los Angeles, CA- Echoplex *
04/20/12 San Francisco, CA- Rickshaw Stop *
04/22/12 Portland, OR- Doug Fir Lounge *
04/23/12 Seattle, WA- The Crocodile *
04/24/12 Vancouver, BC- Electric Owl *
04/27/12 Minneapolis, MN- Triple Rock Social Club *
04/28/12 Chicago, IL- Lincoln Hall *
04/29/12 Bloomington, IN- The Bishop *
04/30/12 Detroit, MI- Magic Stick *
05/05/12 New York, NY- LPR *

05/11/12 Haag, DK- Walk the Line Festival
05/12/12 Brighton, UK- The Great Escape Festival
05/14/12 Glasgow, UK- King Tuts #
05/15/12 Leeds, UK- Brudenell Social Club #
05/17/12 London, UK- Boston Arms #
05/20/12 Amsterdam, NL- Indiestad Fest @ Bitterzoet
05/21/12 Paris, FR- Divan Du Monde
05/23/12 London, UK- Electroworks

* = w/ School of Seven Bells
# = w/ Zulu Winter

7 Silly Questions w/ Folklore!

Folklore is a mini-orchestra lead by veteran indie rocker Jimmy Hughes with musical roots in both Athens, GA and Philadelphia, PA. The band released two concept albums in 2007/08 and a new one in 2011 titled Home Church Road. Lyrically the songs are story based, but musically the band creates a landscape that is orchestrated in whichever direction the prose dictates using woodwinds, brass, strings, and more. Hughes may be best known for his work as guitarist for Elf Power and their collaboration with Vic Chesnutt during 2009's Dark Developments. An indie journeyman, Hughes has also been the driving force behind the fantastic band Boy's Star Library, and also performed with Bugs Eat Books and Masters of the Hemisphere. Currently, when not spending time with Folklore, he teaches music to children ages 1-5 at an arts-based preschool in downtown Philadelphia.



But we can't make Folklore all about Hughes. Without his cast of fantastic musicians, Folklore would not soar to such fantastic heights. This is really well illustrated in their coveted second Daytrotter Session! I caught up to the crew while they were preparing for their hectic April tour schedule. Thankfully, they agreed to take sometime out of their busy schedule to answer my highly dubious questions.



What's the most embarrassing band you loved as a kid?
David Specht: Mary Kate & Ashley Olson had an album called "Brother For Sale" and my sister had it and the songs were pretty good.
Jordan Burgis: Rod Stewart Unplugged was the only music I knew existed until I was almost 10.
Aaron Jollay: Live
Jason Henn: Probably Van Hagar
Jimmy Hughes: I agree with Aaron about the band Live. Also Red Hot Chili Peppers... they were one of the first concerts I saw and I loved them at the time... not so much anymore.

What is the first record you bought?
David Specht: Beach Boys "Endless Summer" all the hits - brought it in to show and tell in 1st grade.
Jordan Burgis: Genesis "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". 15 years later, still haven't made it past side 1.
Aaron Jollay: Nevermind
Jon Croxton: I'm pretty sure it was either "Raising Hell" by Run DMC or "Licence To Ill" by the Beastie Boys. Whichever it was, My brothers and I had to play it really low so our parents couldnt hear it!
Jason Henn: The first Monkees album on cassette at the Richmond, Indiana, Target.
Jimmy Hughes: Huey Lewis And The News "Four". 2nd album was "Raising Hell" by Run DMC. They were definitely cassettes.

Unicorns vs. Narwhals? Who would win in a fight?
David Specht: Narwhals would win: It's a tooth instead of a horn so it's like a big molar! Chomp Chomp Chomp!
Jordan Burgis: Racoonicorns ftw. Duh!
Aaron Jollay: Always gonna be more narwhals than unicorns, eventually this unicorn will get its ass kicked
Jon Croxton: I'm gonna have to say a tie on this one. I mean, would the two even be able to fight? I picture them just both staring and bucking at each other, one in the water, one on the land. Neither with the balls to actually enter the others turf. I can also picture all the other creatures egging them on, but in the end, the master wizard breaks it up and tells everyone to get back to class.
Jason Henn: That depends on which Narwhal, the toothed whale or the submarine. Unicorn vs. whale: unicorn wins. Unicorn vs. submarine: tie.
Jimmy Hughes: Let's break it down... Unicorn is just a horse (nothing more) with a horn and it's imaginary. Narwhal is actually real and way weirder that the made up horse this. So if it's a freak-out battle (and not a physical fight) then I say Narwhal wins for being super-freaky and real on top of that. If they were both real then I think they wouldn't fight and they would be best friends.

What is the funniest thing that has happened to you on the road?
David Specht: Pizza every day? Not sure if that's even funny but i kind of love it!
Jordan Burgis: There was the time Jimmy picked up a hitchhiker who turned out to be a vampire...
Aaron Jollay: Not sure, mostly wild stories are from Dark Meat trips.
Jason Henn: It didn't really "happen" to us, but the most van fun ever was probably Jon Croxton iPod DJ'ing tracks by The Masta Cylindaz Feat. Lil Flip Scoldjah.
Jimmy Hughes: I pooted!

Who has the worst van etiquette?
David Specht: No comment!
Jordan Burgis: Depends on who has the buck call...
Aaron Jollay: Me (see above)
Jason Henn: Jon Croxton, hands down. That guy is a total dick.
Jimmy Hughes: Me, I pooted!

Who is in heavy rotation on your iPod?
David Specht: Beach Boys "Smile" sessions , Godley & Creme "L"
Jordan Burgis: Agincourt, Earles and Jensen, CCR
Aaron Jollay: Caetano Veloso, Hawkwind, Nerves
Jason Henn: Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" all the way through at least once a day. Other than that, the new Jandek, White Life and Other Colors.
Jimmy Hughes: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Forest Fire, Nana Grizol "Ruth", Fleetwood Mac "Rumors", John Cale, Sebadoh, Buffalo Stance, Flaming Lips...

What is the worst argument over nothing that you got into with each
other after being road weary and exhausted?
David Specht: I don't remember!

Jordan Burgis: Who's going to buy the CD player shaped like a full size guitar, DAMMIT? (see attached picture)

Aaron Jollay: We never fight
Jason Henn: One time I slept with Scott Churchman's wife, Michelle, and he wrote a scathing song about it called "I Saw Her Again." Wait, I'm thinking of The Mamas and The Papas. On second thought, I don't remember any real Folklore arguments.
Jimmy Hughes: We really don't fight... it's true! I think that makes us the best band ever.

Click HERE for links to Free Folklore MP3s!




Folklore's April 2012 East Coast Tour Dates
4/6/12 - Asheville, NC @ Craggie Brewing Company
4/7/ 12 - Athens, GA @ The 40 Watt Club w/ Real Estate, Twerps
4/8/12 - Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave w/ Clinton Johnson, Jphono1
4/9/12 - Arlington, VA @ The Galaxy Hut w/ TBA
4/27/12 - New Paltz, NY @ The New Paltz Town Library w/ Breakfast In Fur
4/28/12 - New York, NY @ The Cake Shop w/ Palomar, The Hairs
4/29/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie w/ Kind Of Like Spitting, Little Big League

Viva Indie Rock Podcast #11

Podcast #11 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org.



Track List:
1) Jaill Traps Waste a Lot of Things
2) Evans the Death Evans the Death Telling Lies
3) Win Win Ones & Zeros EP Ones & Zeros
4) Brainiac Internationale Go Freaks Go
5) A Place to Bury Strangers Worship You Are the One
6) Aqueduct I Solid Gold Growing Up With GNR
7) Ravens & Chimes Holiday Life The Parting Glass
8) Breton Other People's Problems Wood & Plastic
9) Easter Island Frightened? Hash
10) Yukon Blonde Tiger Talk Six Dead Tigers
11) Supernova Ages 3 & Up Oreo
12) AU Both Lights Old Friend
13) Cheers Elephant Like Wind Blows Fire Doin' It, Right
14) The Magic Ragged Gold Door to Door
15) Stars The Five Ghosts We Don't Want Your Body
16) All Tiny Creatures Harbors An Iris

The Magic - Door to Door MP3

Fantastic Canadian band The Magic are releasing their debut album Ragged Gold in June 2012 on Half Machine Records. Here's the first preview track Door To Door. If you follow the link through to Soundcloud, you can download the track for free! We expect good things from these guys!

Frankie Rose - Night Swim Video

As we reported a few weeks ago, Frankie Rose's Interstellar album is really tremendous. Here's another great video for the track Night Swim!

Viva Indie Rock Podcast #10

Podcast #10 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org.



Track List:
1) Yukon Blonde Tiger Talk Stairway
2) Nurses Dracula Trying to Reach You
3) Dan Mangan Arts & Crafts Sampler 8 Post-War Blues
4) Beach House Bloom Myth
5) Porcelain Raft Strange Weekend Unless You Speak From Your Heart
6) Dana Buoy Summer Bodies So Lucky
7) Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster Broken Hearts Sound Like Breakbeats
8) Best Coast The Only Place The Only Place
9) The War on Drugs Slave Ambient Come to the City
10) Gold & Youth Arts & Crafts Sampler 8 Time to Kill
11) Gauntlet Hair Gauntlet Hair Top Bunk
12) Guided By Voices Do the Collapse Teenage FBI
13) Moonface With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery Headed for the Door

Preview M. Ward's A Wasteland Companion Thanks to NPR & Merge!

M. Ward's new solo album A Wasteland Companion is due out April 10th on Merge Records! However, thanks to NPR, you can preview the whole album just by clicking HERE!

Also, check out the truly incredible video for The First Time I Ran Away!



M. Ward on tour:
April 11 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
April 12 Santa Cruz, CA The Cocoanut Grove Ballroom
April 13 Indio, CA Coachella **SOLD OUT**
April 14 Santa Barbara, CA SoHo **SOLD OUT**
April 16 San Diego, CA Belly Up **SOLD OUT**
April 17 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
April 18 Flagstaff, AZ The Orpheum
April 20 Indio, CA Coachella **SOLD OUT**
May 5 Portland, ME State Theatre
May 6 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
May 7 New Haven, CT Toads Place
May 8 Boston, MA House of Blues
May 11 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 12 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 13 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 15 Durham, NC Duke Performances at Page Auditorium
May 16 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre
May 17 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre
May 18 Gulf Shores, AL Hang Out Music Festival
May 20 Nelsonville, OH Nelsonville Music Festival
May 22 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
May 23 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
May 24 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
May 26 Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre
May 27 George, WA Sasquatch Festival

La Sera - Double Video!! Real Boy/Drive On!

Katy Goodman never ceases to amaze. Here's two videos in one from La Sera's album Sees the Light - Real Boy/Drive On. Enjoy!

Preorder Moonface's With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery! Free MP3s!

So, the super special deal on preorders for Spencer Krug's latest brilliant project Moonface has begun. With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery is due out April 17th. Starting today, every pre-order will receive an instant digital download of the entire record. Deluxe bonuses, including a limited-edition 7" with bonus material and poster, are available. Check out the two free MP3s released in advance of the album. This one is not to be missed.

CLICK HERE FOR PREORDER INFO!

Dana Buoy - Summer Bodies

Dana Buoy (aka Dana Janssen), the long time drummer for Akron/Family, is releasing his fantastic debut solo album Summer Bodies on Lefse Records May 8th. According to the press materials, this album "started as hopeful love notes left on an answering machine in Oregon were later crafted into an album in a bungalow near a jungle lagoon in Thailand." In truth, the easy, care free beach lifestyle clearly comes through in the music. Summer Bodies feels like a good friend you haven't seen in years who comes to visit for a day to catch up on old times. By the time Summer Bodies ends, you have the sensation of lying in bed on a summer night, slightly buzzed, reviewing the events of the day, while pleasantly drifting off to sleep. Stand out tracks include Call to Be, Delicate Suitor and So Lucky. However, there is not a disappointing song on this album. Give this record a shot, you won't regret it.

Gauntlet Hair Performs Lights Out for Into the Woods!

Into the Woods is a fantastic indie music documentary production team from Portland Oregon. After having to quickly change locations and almost getting shut down by the cops, Into The Woods was able to capture Dead Ocean's Gauntlet Hair performing a fantastic version of "Lights Out" under an overpass just in time for the golden hour. Check out the video and full tour dates below.



TOUR DATES:
04/22/12 New York, NY- Santos Party House
04/23/12 Boston, MA- Great Scott
04/24/12 Brooklyn, NY- Glasslands w/ Tezeo
04/26/12 Cleveland, OH- Grog Shop
04/27/12 Detroit, MI- Magic Stick Jr.
04/28/12 Bloomington, IN- Russian Recording w/ Pictureplane
04/29/12 Chicago, IL- Schubas
04/30/12 Madison, WI- High Noon Saloon
05/03/12 Portland, OR- Rotture w/ Yukon Blonde, Dana Buoy
05/04/12 Bellingham, WA- Shakedown w/ IG88, Dana Buoy
05/05/12 Vancouver, BC- Waldorf w/ Dana Buoy
05/06/12 Seattle, WA- Barboza (Neumos Jr.) w/ IG88, Dana Buoy
05/08/12 Sacramento, CA- Blue Lamp w/ Dana Buoy
05/09/12 San Francisco, CA- Bottom of the Hill w/ Dana Buoy
05/11/12 Los Angeles, CA- Satellite w/ Dana Buoy
05/13/12 San Diego, CA- Soda Bar w/ Dana Buoy

Viva Indie Rock Podcast #9

Podcast #9 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org.



Track List:
1) Of Monsters & Men Into the Woods Little Talks ICELAND
2) Ring Them Bells When I Hear the Whistle Blow DENMARK
3) Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol. 1 Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape With the Flood of Detritus
4) Holograms Holograms 7" Hidden Structures SWEDEN
5) Advance Base A Shut-In's Prayer Summer Music
6) Castling Queen's Side Cinema Rise & Fall SWITZERLAND
7) Human Tetris Happy Way in the Maze of Rebirth Silver Tears RUSSIA
8) 1860 Sagan For You, Forever ICELAND
9) Cats on Fire All Blackshirts to Me A Few Empty Waves FINLAND
10) Lack of Eoins Sudden Death Mode Single Sudden Death Mode ESTONIA
11) Giantree We All Yell Communicate AUSTRIA
12) Wildlife Strike Hard, Young Diamond Sea Dreamer CANADA
13) Young Prisms In Between Dead Flowers
14) The Creepy Crawlies Get Buried! Get Buried!

Free Arts & Crafts Sampler!

Arts & Crafts, the record label that brings us Stars, Los Campesinos, and tons of other amazing bands, is giving away a free sampler for the mere cost of an email address. Just follow the link below!

Arts & Crafts Sampler

Australia's Argentina Debuts Chalk Outlines Single!

Brisbane based musician/producer Alex Ritchie aka Argentina is prepping a soon to be released debut EP. Chalk Outlines is a first taste of what is to come. If the entire EP turns out to be this good, "we could be happy all the time."

Wildlife - Sea Dreamer Video

Hey! Hilariously awesome video for the Sea Dreamer track off Wildlife's debut album Strike Hard, Young Diamond. Check it out!

Viva Indie Rock Podcast #8

Podcast # 8 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org.



Track List:
1) This Many Boyfriends Young Lovers Go Pop
2) Frankie Rose Interstellar Daylight Sky
3) Fenster Bones Fantasy II
4) Peter Bjorn & John Writers Block Up Against the Wall
5) Royal Headache Royal Headache Girls
6) The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs Come Back From San Francisco
7) Gabriel & the Hounds Kiss Full of Teeth Lovely Thief
8) Xray Eyeballs Splendor Squalor Die Little Love
9) Eux Autres Sun is Sunk Ring Out
10) Kishi Bashi 151a Bright Whites
11) The Men Open Your Heart Please Don't Go Away
12) La Sera Sees the Light I Can't Keep You in My Mind
13) Sam Prekop Pavilion Arizona
14) Future Islands On the Water Give Us the Wind
15) Destroyer Kaputt Bay of Pigs

I Break Horses & CSLSX Video - Violent Sea + Tour Dates!

Ahead of their upcoming five week North American tour as special guests of M83, I Break Horses share their collaborative effort w/ CSLSX Violent Sea, which includes the first new work from the band since the release of debut album Hearts in August 2011. Tour dates below!



Tour Dates:
APRIL
22 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
23 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
25 Portland, OR - Roseland *
26 Seattle, WA - Neptune *
27 Vancouver, BC - Vogue *
29 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
30 Denver, CO - Ogden *

MAY
01 Lawrence, KS - Granada *
02 St Louis, MO - Pageant *
04 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *
05 Detroit, MI - Majestic *
06 Toronto, ON - Sound Academy *
07 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom *
09 Boston, MA - House Of Blues *
10 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
11 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
12 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
14 Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theater *
15 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works *
17 Houston, TX - House of Blues *
18 Austin, TX - Stubb's *
19 Dallas, TX - Granada *
21 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent (Headline Show)
22 San Diego, CA - Casbah (Headline Show)
23 Los Angeles, CA - Echo (Headline Show)
24 San Francisco, CA - Popscene (Headline Show)
26 Sasquatch Festival, WA -Seattle
29 Chicago, IL-Lincoln Hall (Headline Show)
30 New York, NY- Mercury Lounge (Headline Show)
* = w/ M83

Viva Indie Rock Podcast #7

Podcast # 7 is available for streaming online or downloading and listening at your leisure! Live broadcast radio shows are 9pm Thursdays (EST) on PMCRadio.org.



Track List:
1) Parenthetical Girls Privilege Pt IV: Sympathy for Spastics A Note to Self
2) Tanlines Mixed Emotions All of Me
3) Simian Ghost Wolf Girl SWEDEN
4) Honheehonhee Shouts A Is For Aniaml CANADA
5) Variety Lights Central Flow Silent Too Long
6) PS I Love You Death Dreams Sentimental Dishes
7) Sun Kil Moon Among the Leaves Sunshine in Chicago
8) Dot Calliope Simon's Typewriter
9) Cheers Elephant Like Wind Blows Fire Leaves
10) Fucking Werewolf Assoc. Keep My Address to Yourself SWEDEN
11) The Mynabirds Generals Generals
12) Ceremony Zoo Adult
13) Spanish Prisoners Gold Fools Know No Violence
14) Sleepology Rotten Dreams Rotten Dreams
15) Black Mountain Year Zero Original Soundtrack Mary Lou

Mercury Rev Frontman David Baker's New Project - Variety Lights - Free MP3!

Legendary Mercury Rev frontman David Baker is back with a great new band -Variety Lights. After leaving the public spotlight more than 18 years ago, Baker returns with his collaborator, Will MacLean, to debut the remarkable psychedelic-synth album Central Flow. The lead track is, appropriately, Silent Too Long, which will be released as an exclusive single for Record Store Day. The debut album is due out in June on Fire Records. They were kind enough to share Silent Too Long as a free MP3. Please download and take a listen! It puts the kick back in a young man's stride.

Download Silent Too Long MP3!