San Diego band Champ have just released the video for their song “Real Cool Kids,” and we’ve got the first look. Continue reading…
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Video: No Age – “C’mon Stimmung”
MP3: No Age – Fever Dreaming
MP3: No Age – Glitter
MP3: No Age – You’re A Target
MP3: No Age – Teen Creeps
MP3: No Age – Eraser
L.A.’s No Age just released the video for “C’mon Stimmung,†the first single from their upcoming album An Object (out August 20). Continue reading…
Ruby Room to Close its Doors This Week
In what is beginning to be a theme around San Diego, the Ruby Room has announced that it is closing its doors this week. The closing follows in the footsteps of now-defunct venues like 4th & B and Anthology, further diminishing the number of places to see live music in San Diego.
“This isn’t goodbye,†co-owner Sean Cute stated in a press release. “This is reincarnation. The body is still there, but the soul of the Ruby Room is moving on to take new form.”
The Ruby Room name will stay with Sean Cute and co-owner Brittni Cute, who plan to open a new venue elsewhere. The current Ruby Room location should reopen as the Merrow sometime in mid-July. But unlike Bar Eleven, which reopened as the Void earlier this year but kept the live-music focus, the Ruby Room’s replacement will reportedly have “less of an art and music orientation, and more focus on being a local tavern.” Continue reading…
Video: Father John Misty – “Funtimes in Babylonâ€
Father John Misty just released a video for “Funtimes in Babylon,” the opening track from his most excellent debut album, Fear Fun:
FJM leader Josh Tillman, who co-directed “the clip†with Grant James (“This Is Sally Hatchetâ€), had this to say: “Music videos don’t need blurbs. It’s like putting a brief summary before a Garfield comic strip. Also when did everyone start calling them “clips”? A “clip” is an excerpt of a whole, I thought. Whoever post’s (sic) this, don’t spoil the ending in your blurb, which will probably read like this: “Seattle based folk beardo Father John Murphy mopes around a deserted, apocalyptic landscape (and shows off some of those infamous dance moves) in this Josh Tillman directed clip for “Funtimes In Babylon.” (SubPop)
Turn Off Your Television Drop New Single
MP3: Turn Off Your Television – “Between the Lines”
Album download: Turn Off Your Television – Humble Waves
O&B favorites Turn Off Your Television — whose first album made our Best of 2011 list and whose follow-up was also awesome — are releasing a new song, and they’re giving us the first listen.
The internet-only single “Between the Lines” will formally drop tomorrow, May 31, but the Swedish group has allowed us to share it with you fine people a day early. “Between the Lines” marks a change in Turn Off Your Television’s release strategy, with the band eschewing the traditional album structure in favor of a more sporadic approach. Fans of the group’s intimate songwriting, pristine guitars, and gorgeous production will be glad to know that nothing’s changed there.
You can download “Between the Lines” for free above, and it’s also available on Spotify, iTunes, and Wimp.