Cold Beat
Cold Beat is a San Francisco band led by former Grass Widow singer/bassist Hannah Lew.
Their debut album Over Me is due in July.
The catchy song “Mirror” is the first single.
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey, the controversial chanteuse, has announced that the follow-up to her sensational 2012 Born to Die album will be entitled Ultraviolence.
“West Coast’ is the first single.
The Len Price 3
Invoking the spirit of the 60s with classic New Wave, the English trio The Len Price 3 have had a rollercoaster of a ride over the past 10 years.
They cut their chops in the pubs about an hour southeast of London and incidentally not one of the three is named Len Price.
“Swing Like a Monkey” is from their latest album Nobody Knows.
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L is Monday at The Oedipus Project.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Cats N Rats “My Only One” (Estonia)
*Audrey Turner “Moanin’ The Blues” (San Francisco)
*Brandon Boyd “No Way To Say Goodbye” (Los Angeles)
*Laibach “Eurovision” (Slovenia)
*Windings “Bang Bang Normal Man” (Limerick City, IE)
*Skinny Puppy “Neuwerld” (Vancover)
*The Clocktower “Chill Pill” (Wolverhampton, U.K.)
*Kathleen Haskard “Untangle This Thing” (Los Angeles)
*Elbow “Honey Sun” (Bury, England)
*Plastic Flowers “Fog Song” (Greece)
*Battleme “I Want My Kim Deal” (Portland, OR)
*The Great Dictators “Coming Back In Style” (Copenhagen)
*Eagulls “Nerve Endings” (Leeds, England)
*Within Temptation f/Tarja “Paradise…” (Netherlands)
Jointpop “$oul$ Going Cheap” (Trinidad/Topago)
*St. Vincent “Psychopath” (New York City)
*Lõbison “Bala Hedonista” (Sevilla, Spain)
*Clan Of Xymox “Kiss And Tell” (Leipzig/Berlin)
*Afrojack vs Thirty Seconds To Mars “Do Or Die”
*Black Lips “Boys In The Wood” (Atlanta, Georgia)
*The Tricks “On Trial” (London)
*Oh, Harry “Now That We Found Love” (Gothenburg)
*Land Lovers “The Lonely One” (Dublin, Ireland)
*The Horrors “I See You” (London)
*KinZana “Burn Your Mind” (Ukraine)
*Yung Stash f/Yung Boston “Flexin'” (Boston)
Tensnake “Ten Minutes” (Sachen, DE)
*Tensnake f/ Nile Rodgers/Fiora “Good Enough…”
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “Who Can You Trust?”
Sylvan Esso
Sylvan Esso is the duo Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn out of Durham, North Carolina.
“Coffee” is the latest song from this intriguing new band.
Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings make Cleveland proud.
What began as a solo project from Dylan Baldi has become a live trio.
Here and Nowhere Else is their 4th album.
Clocking in at just over a half hour, “I’m Not Part of Me” is the finishing track.
Lopsided World of L
Monday’s belong to Jonathan L from Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Tamara Bubble “A3C (Freestyle)” (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*Lõbison “Un Buen Hombre” (Sevilla, Spain)
*The Clocktower “Skip It Up Fandango”(Wolverhampton)
*St. Vincent “Birth In Reverse” (N.Y.C.)
*Dead Leaf Echo “So Wrong” (N.Y.C.)
*Within Temptation w/Dave Pirner “Whole..”(Netherlands)
*Brandon Boyd (Incubus) “Come Together” (Los Angeles)
*Land Lovers “Matilda” (Dublin, Ireland)
*Elbow “Charge” (Scotland)
*Tensnake “Listen Everybody” (Sachen-Anhalt, Germany)
*The Baron “Replicas” (Winnipeg, Canada)
*The Whereabouts “Don’t Bring Me Down” (Cavan, IE)
*The Vincents “Fever Dreams” (Cork, Ireland)
*Gary Numan “I Am Dust” (London/Los Angeles)
*Morning Parade “Alienation” (Harlow, Essex)
*Freddie & The Filos “Blue Eyes” (Spain)
*Tensnake “Ten Minutes” (Sachen-Anhalt, Germany)
*Sixth Minor “Eser” (Italy)
*Eagulls “Tough Luck” (Leeds, England)
*Davage “Gallent Foxes” (Bristol, England)
Kasabian “Julie & The Mothman” (2011) (Leicester)
*Axel Rudi Pell “Into The Storm” (Western, Germany)
*Windings “Bladerubber” (Limerick City, Ireland)
*Hella Donna “Groove On” (Plauen, Germany)
*Foreign Resort “Dead End Roads” (Copenhagen)
*Motorhead & Biff Byford (Saxon) “Starstruck” (Dio)
JOAN JETT SONG OF WEEK: “Nitetime”
Sulu Babylon “See It In Colour” (replay) (Goole, U.K.)
First Aid Kit
Stay Gold is the title of the next album from the Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit.
Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes will once again produce as he did on 2012’s The Lion’s Roar.
“My Silver Lining” is the gorgeous first track.
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L is traveling and repeating last week’s show featuring new music from up and coming bands juxtaposed with a few familiar artists.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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Biffy Clyro “Bubbles” (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Alarm “Superchannel” (Wales)
*The Clocktower “Feel The Highs” (Wolverhampton)
Glasvegas “Shine Like Stars” (Glasgow, Scotland)
We The People “Hollow Thoughts” (replay) (Ireland)
Wire “Magic Bullet” (London)
Peyote “Shoot Me” (replay) (London)
*Silver Arm “He Of The Slow Creep” (London)
British Sea Power “Luna” (Brighton)
Manraze “Running Me Up” (London)
Mutant Vinyl “Lavender” (replay) (Liverpool)
*The Battles Of Winter “Where Did You Get..(London)
*Sir Paul McCartney “Looking At Her” (England)
Wideboy Generation “Typical Blonde” (replay) (Enfield)
Land Lovers “Vittima di Cucina” (replay) (Dublin)
The Black Delta Movement “MacBeth” (replay) (Hull)
*The Fratellis “Rock n Roll Will Break…” (Glasgow)
*John Lennon McCullagh “North South Divide” (Donacaster)
*Honey Bane “Ya Got Me All Wrong (Dressed)” (London)
*Dead Wolf Club “Metropolis” (London)
Travis “Mother” (Scotland)
*Ka tet “Shere Khan” (Galway, Ireland)
*The Whereabouts “In Spite Of All The Danger” (Cavan, IE)
Kooks “Fuck The World Off” (Brighton)
*The Strypes “Heart Of The City” (Nick Lowe) (Cavan, IE)
*Sulu Babylon “See It In Colour” (Goole, near Hull)
Kascarade “Notebook” (replay) (Bradford)
Frightened Rabbit “Wedding Gloves” (Selkirk, Scotland)
Watchtower “Under Your Thumb” (replay) (Liverpool)
*Katalina Kicks “She Goes Where” (London)
*The Crookes “Playdumb” (Sheffield)
Damon Albarn
In the manufactured battle in the 90’s between Blur and Oasis, I was a Blur man.
And I have always been a Damon Albarn fan, from Blur to Gorillaz to his opera Dr Dee.
His debut solo album, Everyday Robots, will come out at the end of this month.
Here is the title track/first single as well as the second single “Lonely Press Play”.
“Everyday Robots”
“Lonely Press Play”
Just Friends
Just Friends is the collaboration between producer Nicholas Jaar and Sasha Spielberg (the daughter of filmmaker Steven Spielberg).
Both attended Brown University.
They have recorded only two songs together.
The seductive “Don’t Tell Me” is being released on Record Store Day, April 19th.
Band of Skulls
Himalayan is the just released 3rd album from Band of Skulls.
This trio from England, Southampton to be exact, rock on “Asleep at the Wheel”.
Jamie xx
Jamie Smith aka Jamie xx is one of the members of the famed band the xx.
He is also a producer, remixer and solo artist.
His latest solo release is the double-sided single “She”/”Sleep Sound”.
Listen here to “Sleep Sound”
Lopsided World of L
As always Jonathan L from abroad begins our Monday.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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Biffy Clyro “Bubbles” (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Alarm “Superchannel” (Wales)
*The Clocktower “Feel The Highs” (Wolverhampton)
Glasvegas “Shine Like Stars” (Glasgow, Scotland)
We The People “Hollow Thoughts” (replay) (Ireland)
Wire “Magic Bullet” (London)
Peyote “Shoot Me” (replay) (London)
*Silver Arm “He Of The Slow Creep” (London)
British Sea Power “Luna” (Brighton)
Manraze “Running Me Up” (London)
Mutant Vinyl “Lavender” (replay) (Liverpool)
*The Battles Of Winter “Where Did You Get..(London)
*Sir Paul McCartney “Looking At Her” (England)
Wideboy Generation “Typical Blonde” (replay) (Enfield)
Land Lovers “Vittima di Cucina” (replay) (Dublin)
The Black Delta Movement “MacBeth” (replay) (Hull)
*The Fratellis “Rock n Roll Will Break…” (Glasgow)
*John Lennon McCullagh “North South Divide” (Donacaster)
*Honey Bane “Ya Got Me All Wrong (Dressed)” (London)
*Dead Wolf Club “Metropolis” (London)
Travis “Mother” (Scotland)
*Ka tet “Shere Khan” (Galway, Ireland)
*The Whereabouts “In Spite Of All The Danger” (Cavan, IE)
Kooks “Fuck The World Off” (Brighton)
*The Strypes “Heart Of The City” (Nick Lowe) (Cavan, IE)
*Sulu Babylon “See It In Colour” (Goole, near Hull)
Kascarade “Notebook” (replay) (Bradford)
Frightened Rabbit “Wedding Gloves” (Selkirk, Scotland)
Watchtower “Under Your Thumb” (replay) (Liverpool)
*Katalina Kicks “She Goes Where” (London)
*The Crookes “Playdumb” (Sheffield)
Hamilton Leithauser
While The Walkmen are on “extreme hiatus”, lead singer Hamilton Leithauser has recorded his debut solo album.
“Alexandra” is the lead single from the forthcoming Black Hours.