New Music: Colleen Green- Heavy Shit

Colleen Green is poised to be the next thing in stoner indie rock following in the footsteps as such bands as Wavves, Best Coast and FIDLAR. Apparently the poor girl has a lot on her find; however we never find out what it is....it is just "Heavy Shit"!! Download the garage punk song below:

Green will release her debut album, Sock It To Me, on March 19th via Hardly Art.

For fans of Best Coast, Vivian Girls, The Ramones.

Colleen Green- Heavy Shit

New Music: Smith Westerns- Varsity + More Recent Releases & Music News

The kids in Chicago indie band Smith Westerns have just announced they will be releasing their third LP, Soft Will, to the world on June 11th. The first single from the new LP is titled "Varsity," an aptly named song for a bunch of twenty somethings who are young enough to be in college. The new track moves the band away from their British glam rock origins and to more of a dream pop sound. Listen below:

Soft Will is out June 11th via Mom + Pop





Surfer Blood have dropped a second single from their forthcoming new album Pythons. The LP now has a release date of June 11th (same as Smith Westerns-see above) through Warner. Listen to "Demon Dance" below:






Iggy & The Stooges are one of those bands that should probably stop recording new material and concentrate on their live shows. That being said their new track "Burn" is not bad. Listen below:

From Ready To Die which is out April 30th via Fat Possum






Watch a new video from Unknown Mortal Orchestra for "Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)" but be forewarned after I watched it I could not get the picture of masturbating puppets out of my head.

Video: Unknown Mortal Orchestra- Swim and  (Like a Shark)

The Soft Moon has released a music video for "Insides" from his excellent Zeros LP. Watch the darker than dark clip below:

Video: Soft Moon- Insides

And yet another nightmarish video: Metz have dropped a new clip for their track "Wasted". Watch below:

Video: Metz- Wasted

Slicing Up Eyeballs has noted some of the retro releases that are going to come out on Record Store Day.  Looking forward to these reissues: The Cure's Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Echo & The Bunnymen's Crocodiles. Jesus & Mary Chain's Psychocandy,  as well as Orange Juice, The Glove (Siouxsee & The Banshees Steve Severin and Robert Smith of The Cure) plus Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays 10 inch records.

Stream: The Glove- Mouth To Mouth

New Music: Great New Tracks From Empress Of, Imaginary Cities & Saturday Looks Good To Me

A lot of really good new songs coming into my E-mail inbox the last couple of days. Can't ignore them........

Brooklyn songstress Lorely Rodriguez, aka Empress Love, continues her impressive output of releasing shimmering and swooning indie pop songs and her expansive new track "Hat Trick" is no exception. This song is the first single from her Systems EP, out April 2nd via Terrible Records.

For fans of St. Vincent, Beach House

Winnipeg indie pop duo Imaginary Cities are set to release their new album, Fall Romance, out May 28th on Votiv.

If you are unfamiliar with Imaginary Cities they a are collaboration between Weakerthans/Waking Eyes member Rusty Matyas and singer-songwriter Marti Sarbit The couple gained critical acclaim a couple of years ago with their LP Temporary Resident and a college hit with the song "Say You."


Download Imaginary Cities' new single "Chasing The Sunset" below:

For fans of The Weakerthans, Library Voices, Kathryn Calder.





Saturday Looks Good To Me is the indie project of Detroit native Fred Thomas, who is about to release his first album in six years. In the ten years the project has been in existence Thomas has employed an ever changing line up of musicians that have explored everything from noise to afrobeat.

"Imaginary Friend" is the first track from One Kiss Ends It All which will be available May 21st on Polyvinyl. The low-fi blissful track makes use of the the beautifully voiced Carol Catherine. Listen below:

For fans of Girls, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Allo Darlin'

New Music: Great New Tracks From Pharaohs, Golden Curls, The Hush Now & Klak Tik

Hypnotic new dance music from Los Angeles band Pharaohs. They have brought in the wonderful Maria Minerva for their entrancing new single "Miraculous Feet" which will be featured on their debut album, Replicant Moods, out April 20th via 100% Silk. Listen below:

For fans of The Juan Maclean, Holy Ghost!




"Imaginary Love" is a new song from electronic dream pop duo Golden Curls. Not much information about these guys other than the fact they're from St. Louis and make beautiful blissful music. This track which is about forbidden love between a girl and her imaginary friend is available on bandcamp as a free download.

For fans of White Sea, Au Revoir Simone.





The Hush Now are an indie pop band from Boston, who have received a little bit of buzz and critical acclaim after appearing at CMJ and SXSW in previous years. The band are planning on releasing a new album some time in the summer but before that they are testing the waters with a brand new single titled "Arkansas". Download the track below:

For fans of Built to Spill, Apples in Stereo.





Klak Tik are a psych folk group out of East London who are getting rave reviews for their new album, The Servants, from Britain's best music publications, including 9/10 from NME, and 8/10 from Uncut.  Their music is also getting plenty of airplay on radio stations like 6Music and XFM. The Servants is out today in the UK and you can stream it over at Safety First Records. "Reborn" is the first single off the LP. Listen to it below:

For fans of Bon Iver, Lumineers, Efterklang.

New Music: Sean Nicholas Savage- Lonely Woman

Sean Nicholas Savage is an eccentric singer songwriter from Montreal who is an inspiration to a lot of his musician peers from that city. In early February Arbutus Records released a free compilation with covers of Savages' songs by some of Montreal's biggest indie stars including Mac DeMarco, Doldrums, and Pat Jordache.

Savage has already put out three albums, Flamingo, Won-Ton Jazz and Trippple Midnight Karma, with Arbutus records and he is all set to release his fourth, Other Life, on April 30th. "Lonely Woman" is the first single from the album, a dark R&B ballad about trying to pick up a girl who doesn't want to commit to him. Listen below:

Savage will be going out on an extensive tour covering SXSW, North America and Europe and opening for the likes of Mac DeMarco, Doldrums, Bleached and Melody's Echo Chamber. See all tour dates here.

For fans of Pat Jordache, How To Dress Well.

New Music: Ummagma- Lama (Jane Woodman Remix)

More news coming out of the Ummagma camp as the busy Ukrainian/Canadian dream pop duo have recently released another new music video and have had their beautiful song "Lama" remixed.

The remix comes courtesy of Jane Woodman a post punk musician and multimedia artist out of San Francisco. She has taken the original dreamy "Lama", and added more guitar and vocals that transforms the track into a sexy, industrial tinged beauty. If you wish to know more about Woodman, check out her bandcamp page where she has recorded a cover of the Psychedelic Furs classic song "Sister Europe" with the help of cellist Zoë Keating.

Also check out Ummagma's new music video for "Talk To Her" which was directed by French filmmaker Bulle Plexiglass.

New Music: Father Sculptor- Lowlands

Father Sculptor are a Scottish indie band who we helped introduce last August. The band released a few singles last summer and now they are ready to next step and have a new EP, Faith & Violence, ready for release in April. Listen to the ballad"Lowlands"which is the first track to be previewed from the new EP.

Faith& Violence will be available April 15th via IX Hispana.

For fans of The Smiths, Frightened Rabbit.