October 2010
6 posts
[Video] James Blake – ‘Limit To Your Love’ →
The video to accompany ‘Limit To Your Love’, James Blake’s take on the Feist number, portrays the acoustics of the track perfectly. ‘Limit To Your Love’ makes the hairs…
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[Video] Crystal Castles – ‘Baptism’ →
‘Baptism’ is taken from Crystal Castles’ second self titled album, Crystal Castles (II), which is available now. Last.FM | MySpace
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[Video] Foals – ‘Blue Blood’ →
After the ’2 Trees’ video a couple of weeks back Foals are spoiling us now with another new video to welcome in your weekend. ‘Blue Blood’ will be the latest single taken from…
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[Video] Is Tropical – ‘South Pacific’ →
Recently signed to Kitsuné, Is Tropical will be releasing ‘South Pacific’ on November 8th as the first single from their early 2011 slated debut album. The video to accompany the track,…
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[Preview] Bento #12 Curated By Young & Lost Club →
Young & Lost Club, a label I’m a huge fan of, have followed in the footsteps of the likes of Huw Stephens, No Age, Islet and more in curating their own Bento series for Turnstile. The EP…
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[Video] Mystery Jets – ‘Show Me The Light’ →
Mystery Jets’ third studio album, Seratonin, is out now. Official Website | MySpace
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September 2010
8 posts
[Video] Tame Impala – ‘Lucidity’ →
Tame Impala take a rather simple idea and turn it into an art form thanks to director Robert Hales. Here’s the blurb on the video, Shot outside the country town of Mildura, 500 odd kilometres… …
[Preview] Stream Carl Barât’s Debut Solo Album →
In the run up to the release of his eponymous debut solo album part-time Libertine and former Dirty Pretty Things frontman Carl Barât has made the record available to stream in its entirety. Also…
[Video] El Guincho – “Bombay” →
Nudity, whether it be male or female, has become the industry standard for the music video director over the past 12 months or so. Continuing this trend El Guincho gives us “Bombay”,…
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[MP3] British Sea Power – “Zeus” →
British Sea Power return with the sudden announcement of a new EP due for release in a couple of weeks time. The first preview of the EP comes in the form of title track “Zeus”, a track…
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[Video] Foals – “2 Trees” →
Foals follow up the comedic “Miami” video with a more sombre affair in ’2 Trees’. Total Life Forever, which features “2 Trees” is out now. Official Website |…
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[Introducing] Blackbird Blackbird →
Introducing the loyal fans of Indiescreet to new bands and artists is something I don’t do often enough, usually I’ll wait until there’s some buzz about an act before taking the…
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[Video] Crystal Fighters – ‘Follow’ →
Crystal Fighters continue their stop-motion madness with their latest video to accompany ‘Follow’. Continuing the theme of previous video ‘In The Summer’ and the Star Of Love…
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[Review] Egyptian Hip Hop – Some Reptiles Grew... →
It’s late on in 2010, but four Mancunian students are making a quick break from the underground electro/indie scene, under the moniker of Egyptian Hip Hop. Some Reptiles Grew Wings is a four track…
June 2010
20 posts
[Interview] A Quick Chat With Doctor P →
Dubstep producer and cp-founder of Circus Records Doctor P took some time out to answer some of my questions on collaborations, the upcoming festival season and what the future holds for himself…
[Video] Islet – ‘We Shall Visit’ →
The multi-instrumented Islet have a new video to accompany ‘We Shall Visit’, taken from their latest mini-album Celebrate This Place. Islet, who are known as much for their amazing live…
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[Video] Mark Ronson & The Business INTL – ‘Bang... →
Mark Ronson is back doing what he does best, collaborating with some of the hottest names in music, this time in the form of new material from his upcoming new album Record Collection. ‘Bang…
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[Video] MGMT – ‘It’s Working’ →
Although MGMT have previously stated they aren’t releasing any of the track from Congratulations as singles they are thankfully still making videos for a number of tracks from the album, the…
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[Tour] The Drums Announce UK Tour →
New Yorkers The Drums have just announced details of a UK tour set to take place through November and December across the country. The band, who have just scored a highly respectable #16 in the UK…
[Video] Gorillaz – ‘On Melancholy Hill’ →
Gorillaz are back with their latest video to accompany upcoming single ‘On Melancholy Hill’. Sadly the video is only available on iTunes as of yet, something which I don’t have…
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[Preview/Competition] Young & Lost Club... →
The busy ladies over at Young & Lost Club have released a whopping 50 singles this year, to celebrate that fact the label are releasing a compilation consisting of 34 of those 50…
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[Video] We Have Band – ‘Oh!’ →
I’m still pretty much undecided as to what I truly think of We Have Band, to me their music sometimes comes off a little pretentious and kinda unfinished. Having said that I loved…
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[MP3] Wavves – ‘Post Acid’ →
I’ve gotta say, I’ve been waiting for this moment for quite a while now; brand new material from Nathan Williams, aka Wavves. ‘Post Acid’ will be featured on upcoming new…
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[MP3] Japandroids – ‘Younger Us’ →
Japandroids continue their singles collection with the raucous and reminiscent ‘Younger Us’. As I’ve always said, for a two piece these guys manage to make quite a sound; and…
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[Video] Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – ‘Bright... →
Ariel Pink’s Before Today was released this week; to celebrate, the band have premiered a new video to accompany ‘Bright Lit Blue Skies’ over on GvB. The video is pretty surreal,…
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[MP3] Washed Out – ‘You And I’ →
This brand new track from Washed Out comes courtesy of the current Kia Adult Swim singles program which features eight great releases in eight weeks. ‘You And I’ is the fourth release…
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[Video] HEALTH – ‘USA Boys’ →
HEALTH have today released a video to accompany the recently previewed ‘USA Boys’ which will be taken from the band’s upcoming album Disco2. Disco2 will feature remixes of tracks…
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[Video] Gil Scott-Heron – ‘I’m New Here’ →
The Guardian today premiered Gil Scott-Heron’s latest video to accompany ‘I’m New Here’. The video, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, sees Scott-Heron taking to the…
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[Video] Everything Everything – ‘Schoolin” →
Everything Everything now have a video to accompany their upcoming new single ‘Schoolin”. The video, directed by Nicos Livesey, takes a literal meaning to some of the tough to decipher…
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[Video] Neon Indian – ‘Sleep Paralysist’ →
‘Sleep Paralysist’ was released earlier this year on Mountain Dew’s Green Label Sound and now has a video to suit; surprisingly, the first video released to accompany a Neon Indian…
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[Video] Miike Snow – ‘The Rabbit’ →
‘The Rabbit’ is brand new material from the two part Swedish, one part American trio Miike Snow. The track follows a similar route to material on Miike Snow’s self titled debut…
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[MP3] Doorly & Tim Goldsworthy Remix Delphic →
Delphic’s latest single ‘Counterpoint’ has had the remix treatment from both Doorly and Tim Goldsworthy, with both remixes adding to the electro vibe of the original in their own…
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[Video] Mystery Jets – ‘Dreaming Of Another World’ →
Mystery Jets are well and truly back; after two long years without any new material the band are back with another track from their upcoming new album Seratonin, first single ‘Dreaming Of…
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[Review] Dot To Dot 2010 – Nottingham →
Dot To Dot 2010 took place over the bank holiday weekend, heading to Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester. I stopped in at Nottingham to check out the wide range of artists and bands the festival…
May 2010
28 posts
[Review] Islet – Celebrate This Place →
The world islet refers to a very small island with minimal vegetation and no wildlife. The band Islet is certainly none of these things, being as far away from the word small as you could possibly…
[Video] Washed Out – ‘New Theory’ →
Washed Out have a brand new video to accompany a track which, although has been around quite a while, feels perfectly suited to the upcoming Summer months. MySpace | Last.FM
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[Preview] Wavves Share New Album Details →
Nathan Williams, aka Wavves, has just announced details of his upcoming new album, the follow up to his 2009 self titled album. King Of The Beach is the name of the album and here’s what…
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[Video] Vampire Weekend – ‘Holiday’ →
More Vampire Weekend for you guys, this time in the form of a video to accompany the third single taken from Contra, ‘Holiday’. As per usual the band have had fun with this video and are…
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[Interview] A Quick Chat With 1,2,3 →
American duo 1,2,3 have been hitting the blogs pretty hard over the past few months thanks primarily to their perfectly balanced blend of pop-rock and their standout track ‘Confetti’. I…
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[Preview] Vampire Weekend – ‘Jonathan Low’ →
Vampire Weekend tonight shared some brand new material on Radio 1 which will be featured on the upcoming Twilight Eclipse Soundtrack. ‘Jonathan Low’ is instantly recognisable thanks to…
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[MP3] Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’ & ‘Month Of May’ →
Wow, this week has seen some amazing new tracks already. Just as I though things couldn’t get any better the two new Arcade Fire tracks that were recently sparingly previewed made their full…
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[Preview] Flying Lotus – ‘Heave(n)’ →
‘Heave(n)’ is presumably a track which didn’t quite make the cut on Flying Lotus’ latest album Cosmogramma. The track was posted up on Flying Lotus’ Twitter feed…
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[MP3] Major Lazer & La Roux – Lazerproof →
Having only been announced yesterday Major Lazer (aka Diplo & Switch) and La Roux have sprung a brand new mixtape, entitled Lazerproof, upon us. You can get hold of the mixtape over at Mad…
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[Preview] Klaxons – ‘Flashover’ →
Finally, the wait is over! After what seems like forever we have some brand new material from Klaxons! It’s been over three years since the release of the band’s debut album, an album…
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[Video] Ellie Goulding & Lissie – ‘Everywhere I... →
Ellie Goulding recently joined Lissie on stage at The Great Escape to perform a duet of Lissie’s track ‘Everywhere I Go’. If you haven’t already then I’d recommend…
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[Video] Foals – ‘Miami’ →
Here’s the new video to the latest single taken from Foals’ highly recommended new album Total Life Forever. ‘Miami’ has a more funky feel to it than the previously previewed…
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[Video] Zola Jesus – ‘Night’ →
Zola Jesus is 21-year-old Arizonan Nika Roza Danilova, a woman who has been causing quite a stir primarily thanks to her brooding, haunting and atmospheric ‘Night’. ‘Night’…
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[MP3] Twin Sister Visit Daytrotter →
Twin Sister, a band we’re currently digging here at Indiescreet, headed to Daytrotter yesterday and played a number of tracks which you can download now. The band, who’s debut…
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[Review] Foals @ Rough Trade East, 11th May →
Off the back of their sold out gig at the Electric Ballroom, a tired looking Foals performed a free gig at Brick Lanes infamous Rough Trade East on Tuesday night. The record store was packed out…
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[MP3] Toro Y Moi – ‘Leave Everywhere’ →
‘Leave Everywhere’ is a new track from Toro Y Moi which sees Chazwick Bundick pretty much dropping the whole chillwave thing and venturing into more of a live band sound. Although the…
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