Watch Swedish Pop Band JJ’s Emotionally Arresting Video for “All White Everything”
Swedish pop outfit JJ will release their new LP, V, on August 19th via Secretly Canadian. Today, the label shared from that record, the debut video for “All White Everything.” Vocally driven and dynamic,…
Sylvan Esso Releases “Coffee” Video, Tours with tUnE-yArDs
Watching people dance makes me wanna get up and dance, so I’m resisting all impulses to jump up and cut a rug and instead tell you about this new video from Sylvan Esso….
Soft Metals Share New Video for “No Turning Back”
As a perfect way to commemorate the celebration of true love that is the consumerist paradise of Valentine’s Day, dreamy electro pop band Soft Metals have shared a new video for track “No…
Wild Beasts Share “Sweet Spot” Video from Upcoming LP
With artists like Dirty Projectors and Cass McCombs, Domino Recording Co. is a label you can rely on putting on quality sound. Wild Beasts are one of those bands and will be releasing…
Teen Shares Trailer Video for New LP
Teen has announced that their new LP, The Way and Color, will be released via Carpark on April 22nd and has accompanied that announcement with an album trailer video featuring a compilation of sounds…
Woman’s Hour Signs to Secretly Canadian, Shares Track “Her Ghost”
Secretly Canadian is one of those labels you just trust. If they announce a release or a signing or a new track, you can comfortably assume it’s going to be worth a listen….
Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks Announce Album, Share Track “Little Fang”
Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks has announced their debut album Enter the Slasher House, which will be released on Domino on April 8th. The band could almost be considered a supergroup, featuring not only…
Show Preview: Octopus Project, Tele Novella, and Borrisokane play Mohawk Friday December 7th
You need more reasons? I just gave you five excellent ones in the headline! The epic dance party that will undoubtedly ensue anytime Austin faves The Octopus Project plays is a damn good…
The Blow with Love Inks at Red 7: Live Review
For New Year’s Eve 2006, my first blog, Urban Pollution threw a party at the fairly newly opened Mohawk. The bill included A Hawk and a Hacksaw featuring Jeremy Barnes of Neutral Milk…
EP Review: TEEN – Carolina
Carolina, the new EP from Brooklyn’s TEEN, features an impressively varied and divergent array of sounds across its five songs. The EP is a follow-up to last year’s well-received and buzzed about full…
New Track: Sombear – “Love You In The Dark”
Electro-pop musician Somber, aka Brad Hale, creates tender pleas over beat oriented synth pop. “Love You In The Dark” recalls contemporaries such as Autre Ne Veut, but the track relies on indie-pop sensibilities…
Album Review: Phoenix – Bankrupt!
Though Bankrupt! is officially Phoenix’s fifth studio album, many listeners will likely know this album simply as a follow-up to the synth-rock band’s chart-topping success, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. As such, the main question…
CSS Shares New Single “Hangover” from Forthcoming Album Planta
Brazilian electro-pop group CSS have announced the release of their 4th studio album, Planta, which will see release via SQE on June 11th. The band has steadily diverged from its punky, electroclash roots and steadily…
New Track: White Prism – “Dance On”
NYC’s White Prism will release a self-titled EP on April 23rd and has shared “Dance On,” a cut from that debut effort. White Prism is the project of Johanna Cranitch, who creates light,…
New Track: We Are Loud Whispers – “Western Town”
Okay, we admit it! We pretty much adore everything that comes out on Hardly Art. How do these guys keep finding these quirky hidden gems of pop bands? The label has announced the…
