Hot on the heels of the news of a repackaging of her breakthrough debut album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett will also be releasing a special brand new 7″ single produced by Jack White for this Third Man label. The single is part of Third Man’s “Blue Series”, in which artists passing through Nashville are invited to stop … Continue reading New From Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett’s new single is Dead Fox, ostensibly one of the brightest and poppiest tracks on her brilliant recent long player Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, but also one of the most politically weighted. With this track, she uses vivid, nightmarish imagery of trucks criss-crossing the country, taxidermied kangaroos and “a possum Jackson Pollock…painted in the tar” as a powerful argument against … Continue reading New Video: Courtney Barnett – Dead Fox
Another day, another week, another collection of ten excellent tunes from the past seven days collected for your listening pleasure and gratification. 1. Torres – Cowboy Guilt 2. Creepoid – Dried Out 3. Loop – Precession 4. Sweet Spirit & Britt Daniel – Have Mercy 5. Left Lane Cruiser – Tres Borrachos 6. Little Wings – Where 7. Thee Oh Sees – Withered Hand 8. … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Time for our ad-hoc Friday collection of excellent new (and some not quite so new) videos. From the beautiful and poignant (Courtney Barnett, Chris Staples, Wilder Daze) to the pulsing animation of Slaves pummelling punk, via the humour of Weird Womb and Abjects. And plenty more besides… . . . . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUJU9QTc9xw . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up
The much-anticipated release of the debut LP proper from Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, will see a release on the 23rd March. Another song has been shared from the album today, Depreston details the mundane task of house hunting and in traditional Barnett style, it becomes something much, much more. This may be our favourite track we’ve heard from … Continue reading Courtney Barnett – Depreston
Pedestrian At Best is the brilliantly acerbic first taste from Courtney Barnett’s much anticipated ‘proper’ debut album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Think, which is released on March 23rd worldwide. . Continue reading New Video: Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian At Best
1. Courtney Barnett – Pickles From The Jar 2. Mirel Wagner – The Dirt 3. Vashti Bunyan – Across The Water 4. TRAAMS – Cissa 5. The Rosebuds – Blue Eyes . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
A long drive, rain, a Prisoner Cell Block H style hotel room, discovering the camera was still at home… the initial omens for The Great Escape were not great. Thankfully first impressions can be deceptive as Brighton is a sparky town full of quirky shops and streets, trendy young things and youthful counter-culture swagger (“I smoked 35 bongs once” being my favourite bit of eavesdropping of … Continue reading Thursday @ The Great Escape
Today, Chris T Popper and I are heading south to Brighton and our first visit to the Great Escape festival. There are a whole host of bands we’re looking forward to seeing, from the South American punk-pop of Las Kellies, the angst of Gambles, the spectral folk of Mirel Wagner and the junkyard blues of the Amazing Snakeheads, to the stoned slacker indie of Dune Rats and the … Continue reading We’re Heading to the Great Escape…A Playlist
Courtney Barnett has unveiled a new video for Anonymous Club ahead of her UK tour kicking off in May. . . May Dates 1 – Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool 3 – Live at Leeds, Leeds 6 – Cluny 2, Newcastle 7 – The Horn, St Albans 8 – The Great Escape, Brighton 12 – Portland Arms, Cambridge 13 – Waterfront Studio, Norwich 14 – The … Continue reading Video: Courtney Barnett – Anonymous Club
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