Australian trio COG have shared a free stream of their track ‘Drawn Together’.
This follows the release of their tracks ‘The Middle’ and ‘Altered States’. Stream ‘Altered States’ for free as well;
The track garnered the band significant airplay on national broadcaster Triple J. Since forming in 1998, COG has been a mainstay on the Sydney music scene and the surrounding state of New South Wales.
They signed with indie label Little Samurai following the release of their 2000 demo Pseudo. They released their debut Sylvia Massy-produced debut New Normal in 2005 following a series of EPs.
The video for Ho99o9‘s (Horror) ‘City Rejects’ is the second in a trilogy of videos that was started with the title track from their David Andrew Sitek (TV on the Radio) produced debut The United States of Horror.
The album is due out on May 5 via their Toys Have Powers label via Caroline.
Catch Ho99o9 on the following dates;
17/05 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
18/05 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
19/05 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
22/05 – Portland, OR – Holocene
23/05 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
24/05 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt
26/05 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
27/05 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
28/05 – Pontiac, MI – The Pike Room
30/05 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
31/05 – Montreal, QC – Turbo Haus
02/06 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Night Bazaar
03/06 – Cambridge, MA – Sonia’s
04/06 – Baltimore, MD – Windup Space
05/06 – Washington, DC – The Rock and Roll Hotel
06/06 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry at The Fillmore Philadelphia
08/06 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade – Hell Stage
09/06 – Orlando, FL – Secret Show
10/06 – St. Petersburg, FL – The Local 622
11/06 – Miami, FL – Gramps
EUROPEAN DATES
15/06 – Bergen Fest, Norway
19/06 – Dublin – Workmans, Ireland – NEW DATE (headline)
20/06 – Manchester – Rebellion, UK – NEW DATE (headline)
21/06 – London – Underworld, UK – NEW DATE (headline)
23/06 – Hurricane Festival, Germany
24/06 – Southside Festival, Germany
25/06 – Down The Rabbit Hole Festival, Netherlands
01/07 – Garorock Festival, France
03/07- Barcelona – La [2] De Apolo, Spain – NEW DATE (headline)
04/07 – Valencia – 16 Toneladas, Spain – NEW DATE (headline)
05/07 – Madrid – Caracol , Spain – NEW DATE (headline)
Brooklyn five-piece Clouder have shared a free stream of the track ‘Phantom Girl’ from their forthcoming sophomore album Sister Raygun, out on March 4 on Fleeting Youth Records.
The song features licks from Clouder’s two guitarists along with a pulsing bass and crisp drumming with frontman Eric Gilstrap singing about a drunken night in Brooklyn searching for the phantom girl of the song takes its name from.
VICE Records and Action Bronson have unveiled a new series that will show VICE recording artist and renowned foodie Bronson traveling the world in search of finest dining spots around the world from food stands to Michelin-starred restaurants.
The vid captures the raucous energy of the band’s live shows.
“Since it’s our first official video, we wanted to keep it simple and give people a feel for our live show. For us, being able to play a great live show is just as important as having good songs,” vocalist and guitarist Graham Bockmiller remarked in a statement. “Electro bands that have a lot of backtracks are really popular right now, and we’re trying to stay away from all of that. If there’s a Terminator 2 robot apocalypse in the near future and the machines take over, we’re gonna be fucked. But that’s a risk we’re willing to take.”
Italy-via-The UK producer Phonat, aka Michele Balduzzi, has shared the track ‘Ride The Prejudice’ from his forthcoming Identity Theft EP, out June 4 on OWSLA. Pitchfork is hosting the song.
The six song effort takes the listener on a aural journey, fusing French house and funk with trip hop and downtempo.
Jones branched out on his own after spending eight years as Cash’s cue card man, stage manager, and lighting designer. He hunkered down and shut out all outside influence, writing the songs that would eventually become In Search on a D35 acoustic guitar that The Man In Black himself had given him as a gift.
The reissue will be available on vinyl, CD and digital. The physical copies of the album will come with photos and a chapbook recounting Jones’ colourful history.
Cover art and tracklisting is below;
Side A
1 – High Test
2 – Love By Chance
3 – Sunn Of Gunn
4 – Just Your Way Of Tellin’ Me
5 – Blue Monday
6 – Don’t Cry Wolf
Side B
1 – Mr. Freedom Man
2 – Angel
3 – Dead Medley
4 – Loser Till You Win
5 – Dusty Roads Of Yesterday
6 – Too High To Land
7 – Drema
The release was originally issued on private press, Jones and his bandmates, a collection of character’s from from Nashville’s Dead End, spent five years recording the “countrydelic” album in a room above his parent’s garage.
Electro-alt-rockers The Rabid Whole have unveiled the Shawn Haynes-directed video for the first single from their new album Refuge.
“We are stoked to be releasing a new music video after almost three years! This is a gift to our loyal fans and hope that this gets everyone primed for what’s coming next this year!” vocalist Andreas Weiss said in a statement.
