New Music: Phantogram- Black Out Days + Celebrating Nothing

After a quiet couple of years New York state electro duo Phantogram have recently come out with two new singles titled "Black Out Days" and "Celebrating Nothing." These two new tracks are as good as, if not better, than any of the songs released from the big electro bands of the moment. Perhaps it is time for Phantogram to break it big and join the ranks of other recent success stories like Passion Pit and Chvrches. They are well on their way. Listen below:

The band's self titled EP is out today (September 30th) via Republic.

New Music: Woman's Hour- Darkest Place + Thunder

Woman's Hour are a four piece synth pop band heralding from London UK. Their music lies somewhere between The xx and Still Corners, which is to say a sound that employs the use of a female singer over minimalist synths and gentle guitar. Their newest single, "Darkest Hour" b/w "Thunder" will be available October 22nd via Luv Luv Luv Records. Listen to both tracks below:

New Music: Odonis Odonis- Are We Friends

Back in March, Toronto punk trio Odonis Odonis released "Intelligence",  one of the best hard rock tracks of the year. After releasing their latest EP Better earlier this year, the band have just come out with another hard charging single titled "Are We Friends", a song that uses the same combination of searing punk rock mixed with thumping industrial drum beats. Listen below:

New Music: Sleigh Bells- You Don't Get Me Twice

"You Don't Get Me Twice" is a slightly more subdued track than "Bitter Rivals", the first single and title track from Sleigh Bells' new album. The new track is more melodic than most of the band's earlier output from their previous two albums, but the song still maintains that Sleigh Bells edge courtesy of Derek Miller's maximum guitar riffage. Listen below:

Bitter Rivals will be released on October 8th via Mom + Pop.

New Music: The History of Apple Pie- Don't You Wanna Be Mine?

Way back in January British shoegaze pop band The History of Apple Pie released their impressive debut album Out Of View to much critical acclaim. Apparently they are already working on a follow up, and just to let us know that their band are still around, they have just put out a one off single titled "Don't You Wanna Be Mine?" Listen to the new track below that contains a musical ménage à trois of fuzziness that features lead singer Stephane Min's sweet voice sandwiched between the excellent guitar stylings of Jerome Thomas and Aslam Ghauri.

“Don’t You Wanna Be Mine?” is out 10/14 on Marshall Teller.

New Music: Best Coast- I Don't Know How

Everybody's favourite pot smoking, cat loving, California garage pop star Bethany Cosentino and her band Best Coast are back with new music, the first since the RSD releases of "Fear of My Identity" and "Who Have I Become." Miss Cosentino and her partner Bob Bruno have compiled these two songs, plus the brand new single "I Don't Know How" on to the new EP and will make it available for purchase on October 22nd via the singer's new label Jewel City. Listen to the new track below:

New Music: Absolutely Free- Clothed Woman, Sitting

Rising from the ashes of Toronto punk band DD/MM/YYYY comes Absolutely Free, a band slightly more psychedelic than what four members used to play in that aforementioned group. The nine minute "Clothed Woman, Sitting" is actually a b-side to a new 12" they are releasing on October 29th via Lefse. The song starts out like an instrumental post rock song before a propulsive beat kicks in and then it is all psychedelic pop bliss from that point on. Listen below: