The Vaselines will release their second record, Sex With An X (CD/LP), on September 14^th, 2010. This is the band’s first album in 20 years and will coincide with a 10-stop tour through the UK ending in their hometown of Glasgow, Scotland.

For your listening pleasure, the band is offering a free download of “I Hate The 80’s”, the debut single off the new record athttp://www.thevaselines.co.uk. Now you can find out for yourself why this band has long been celebrated by musicians and music enthusiasts across genres and across the globe, including super-fan Kurt Cobain.

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New Music: CocoRosie

May 23, 2010

CocoRosie Grey Oceans

This dynamic psych-tastic sister duo are in the midst of wrapping up their month long European tour, and will be kicking off their 17 date US stint on June 8^th, in Washington, DC. Be sure to keep an eye out for CocoRosie’s full length video to appear online in late May. You won’t be disappointed.

“Lemonade is a five-minute song that starts with a twinkly piano opening and adds strings, woodwinds, electronic percussion and interlocking vocals.”- Pitchfork (Download “Lemonade” )

“…this collection of hauntingly somber songs feels more fully realized than CocoRosies’ previous lo-fi offerings.” – Nylon

“…blend of scratchy gospel melodies overlaid with yelps and whirrs.” – Elle

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Male Bonding

May 19, 2010

Male Bonding Nothing Hurts

Emerging from the fertile D.I.Y. rock scene in Dalston, a gentrification-proof London neighborhood with ample “lo-fi” bands and Turkish restaurants, noise-pop trio Male Bonding plays fast. Nothing Hurts, the band’s first full-length, gets it done in half an hour, and most songs clock in at around two minutes. But, there’s much more to Male Bonding than high-speed, high-impact punk. If you will know their velocity, you will remember their melodies. Every song on Nothing Hurts, whether a clipped, snarling rock anthem (“All Things This Way,” “Crooked Scene,” “Pumpkin”) or something more foggy and contemplative (“Franklin,” “Worse to Come”), carries a hook that’s immediate and permanent. Nothing Hurts was recorded in the fall of 2009 in New York and mixed and mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound.

After a triumphant return home to the UK, from their US tour with the Vivian Girls & The Soft Pack the band are gearing up to begin a pretty lengthy UK tour.

Interview with Dirty Laundry TV.

Band of the Week on Spinner.com

Free MP3 of Franklin, via Stereogum

Free MP3 of Years Not Long via Pitchfork

European Tour Dates:

“Webb’s upper-register vocals have yearning nailed down, and the feeling is cemented by lyrics…”-Pitchfork

“…people of the world will finally know of Male Bonding’s gritty awesomeness.” – Fader

“…Male Bonding, gets friendly with choppy, high-velocity noise pop.” –Village Voice