Mogwai

Mogwai will soon release a new full album – The Hawk is Howling – but here’s the EP, just for tasting:

*ZIP@Mediafire – Batcat EP

1. Devil Rides
2. Stupid Prick Gets Chased by The Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend
3. Batcat

Hail to the post-rock!

Mr. Gnome

Mr. Gnome’s press release says something like “when Cat Power meets Death From Above 1979″. I was surprised with this statement and clicked in their YouTube video (this one posted here) of Night of the Crickets and… wow! Nicolle Barille voice is sweet, the melody is sometimes post-punk or prog, very peculiar. The video is great. It’s all weird enough to be here and more than enough to be in my playlist.

And I definitely need more time to write here.

Guitarist/vocalist Nicole Barille and drummer Sam Meister in a cute pose.
Isn’t it weirdly great?

*mp3 – Night of the Crickets
*mp3 – Rabbit

And they are on US tour, lucky bastards:

08/31 Chicago, IL @ The Darkroom
09/03 Buffalo, NY @ The Mohawk
09/04 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
09/05 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
09/06 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Brillobox
09/07 Greensburg, PA @ Benefest
09/10 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
09/11 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
09/12 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
09/18 St. Louis, MO @ The Bluebird
09/19 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
09/20 Minneapolis, MN @ Nomad World Pub
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
09/25 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
09/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Silverlake Lounge
10/01 San Diego, CA @ The Pink Elephant
10/02 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
10/03 Phoenix, AZ @ Canvas
10/04 Flagstaff, AZ @ Hotel Monte Vista
10/05 Albuquerque, NM @ Atomic Cantina
10/07 Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
10/08 Norman, OK @ Opolis
10/09 Dallas, TX @ The Cavern
10/10 Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar

The Clientele

I’ve spent the last 2 weeks listening to lots of new (for me) stuff and I found myself… late.

One of the new-for-me stuff is The Clientele. It’s so good and so no-crap rock poetry:

* mp3 – Losing Haringey {from Strange Geometry, 2005}
* mp3 – Haunted Melody {from The Violet Hour, 2003}

And I was wondering how to make a post about them. For my surprise, this morning I read they released a new EP [I know you don't like EP's but this one is worth a listen so far].

* ZIP – That Night, a Forest Grew [EP]

Update [new song and new video] Fujiya & Miyagi

THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN OUT FROM YOUTUBE, BUT YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE!

‘Knickerbocker’ is the lead single of their forthcoming album ‘Lightbulbs’, to be released in September. We can also check a few new tracks on their MySpace page, and this track below (all deeply recommended):

* mp3 – Dishwasher

John, this post is still for you! :D

[new song] Franz Ferdinand

‘Lucid Dreams’ is part of their upcoming album, but will not be release as a single. I think we can stream directly from their official website, but as half the world is trying to do this the page is not loading.

BUT The Popscene has done the dirty job and here it is:

* mp3 – Lucid Dreams