There’s no shaking the undeniable catchiness of Manchester Orchestra, the Alpharetta, Georgia band whose elegiacal “Simple Math” has taken over college radio. At first listen one could brush it off as a very capably written indie pop song, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But at second and third listens the track becomes an earworm, and […]


21 Feb
First video from Zonoscope LP

If you enjoyed the Cut/Copy‘s mixtape A Tale of Two Journeys from last week (which a lot of you apparently did), peep their latest video for “Need You Now” from their brand new LP Zonoscope (Modular Records). The video was directed by Keith Schofield. Cut Copy – Need You Now from Cut Copy on Vimeo.


15 Feb
Download the Melbourne quartet's latest mix

Melbourne’s Cut/Copy celebrate the recent release of their new album Zonoscope (Modular Records) with this set-the-pan-to-simmer mixtape, A Tale of Two Journeys. Cut/Copy not only craft some great electropop but they’ve always excelled as DJs as well, as their earlier mixes like So Cosmic prove. The new A Tale of Two Journeys mix is a […]


14 Jan
Atlanta's best hit a town near you this spring

Atlanta rabblerousers and general menaces to society Black Lips announced plans for more touring in 2010, ostensibly to support last year’s excellent 200 Million Thousand LP (Vice). Let’s hope they can avoid the dust they kicked up in India and actually finish this tour. Widely considered one of the best live bands in the world, […]