Candy O

 

Nothing says the Fourth of July more than a title track from a 1986 EP by The Jesus and Mary Chain... For no particular reason: "Some Candy Talking" from 1986 by the Jesus and Mary Chain. 

Hold the phone

 

The debut full-length record from the Brooklyn-based Pom Pom Squad — a Friday at 5 favorite of late — is out today. 

The audio clip here is for "Drunk Voicemail." 

You can read an interview with lead singer/lyricist Mia Berrin at NPR.

Capitol gains

 

Putting this up in honor of the new exhibit that opened today at the Museum of the City of New York.

"New York, New Music: 1980-1986" features groups-musicians including DNA, Arthur Russell, the Cramps, 3 Teens Kill 4, Bush Tetras and the band seen here — Bad Brains, with a live clip for "Banned in D.C." from CBGB in 1982...

Dazed and confused

 

Getting ready to go out on the town with New Order from 1983... the video for "Confusion" was filmed in part at the Fun House on West 26th Street. 

(Thought of this in part because I saw that tix for New Order and the Pet Shop Boys went on sale today for the Garden in September 2022 — rescheduled from this past September.)

'Crisis' communications

 

For the holiday weekend... Holiday Ghosts have a new record out (the UK-based band's third)... the video here is for "Total Crisis."

'Something' to talk about

 

The new single from local band Hello Mary is out today... check out the video here for "Take Something."  

You can find their Bandcamp page here... or the EVG feature from a few weeks back here. 

Hello Mary is playing a sold-out show this evening at Bowery Electric.

Bring it on

 

We've featured the music of local band Pom Pom Squad several times in the past... they recently released "Head Cheerleader" (video above!) from their first LP, Death of a Cheerleader, out on June 25. 

And Pom Pom Squad will be supporting Bully out on tour later this summer.

Just 'Think'

 

Hannah Jadagu, an 18-year-old singer-songwriter and current NYU student who creates her music all through an iPhone 7, saw the release of her debut EP last week... the video here, with some familiar locales, is for the catchy "Think Too Much." 

The devil's advocate

 

NYC-based Pretty Sick released a new song yesterday, "Devil in Me" ... which is the first track from the band's forthcoming EP titled Comedown, out on June 17. Check out the video above...

It might get 'Lout'

 

The Horrors recently released a new EP — the band's first new music in four years. 

And as you'll hear in this audio clip for "Lout," they've taken a turn into the industrial metal aisle. 

A YouTube commenter tracked the band's progression: Garage Punk --> Art Rock/Shoegaze --> Dream Pop/Synth Pop ---> Cyberpunk/Industrial.

7th Street freeze-out

 

The Acute, the East Village-based duo, released a new video a few weeks back ... check out "NYLA" (and enjoy some winter flashbacks on Seventh Street!) ... you can find the band on Instagram here ... and Bandcamp here... hopefully we'll see them live in Tompkins Square Park one of these days...

Sweetness and light

 

The video for the new tropical-punk single by Pinc Louds is now available ... in the clip for "Tamarindo," Claudi returns to her Puerto Rican homeland where she chases chickens, serenades horses, meets a miniature version of herself and learns the secret to never growing up: tamarind syrup. The song bursts with the unbridled joy that you'd expect from anything related to Pinc Louds. 

The single, from the band's forthcoming release, officially drops on April 9. And you can see Claudi perform tomorrow afternoon at the East Village Flea... and the full band will be in Tompkins Square Park on April 10 at 2 p.m.

The 'Sweet' hereafter

Japanese Breakfast (aka Michelle Zauner) released a single earlier this month... ahead of a new record out on June 4... the video, an homage to "The X-Files," is for "Be Sweet" ...

Back to nature

 

From the recently released On All Fours, the second record by the South London-based Goat Girl... this is "Badibaba" ... one of the catchiest songs you'll ever hear about environmental catastrophe.

Friday I'm in love

Was flipping through magazines at Ink on A (66 Avenue A) the other day... came across the March issue of Mojo, essentially a tribute to the Cure... including the band's 30 greatest songs... No. 1 on the magazine's list? "A Forest" from 1980 ...

 

Good pick, though not my No. 1. This is all really subjective ... I'd put "The Catepillar" atop the list ... (No.  10 at Mojo)...

  

 "Six Different Ways" would be in there (didn't even rate a mention in Mojo)...

   

... and "Primary" (No. 16 in Mojo)...

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.. and "In-Between Days" ... (No. 2 in Mojo)...

 

... and one that didn't make the list..."Cut Here"...

 

'Lux' living

 

Local band Pom Pom Squad released "Lux" this week... which features a "Virgin Suicides" tribute video of singer-songwriter Mia Berrin's dreams.

Also, today is Bandcamp Friday, in which the platform foregoes its revenue and gives the bands all the $$$ from the day's sales. You can download "Lux" here. 

The 'Mouse' that roared

 

The Acute, the East Village-based duo, released a new video earlier this month... check out "La Souris Politique (The Political Mouse)" above... and you can find the band on Instagram here ... and Bandcamp here.

The big 'Hurt'

 

It's just Feb. 19, yet some folks have said that the new record (Collapsed in Sunbeams) by UK-based singer-songwriter Arlo Parks will be one of the year's best. It's that good.

The video here is for a previously released single called "Hurt."

Come out to 'Play'

 

Missed this single when it came out back in the fall — the UK-based duo Nova Twins with "Play Fair."

The band recently announced "Nova Twins Presents Voices For The Unheard," a new compilation album they'vee curated to spotlight underrepresented POC artists from the rock and alternative scene. 

Junior achievement

 

Today, Seattle's KEXP is streaming its 9th annual International Clash Day (until 10 p.m. NYC time!) ... The radio station is celebrating the band and the messages of anti-fascism, anti-racism and pro-inclusion that they champion in their music. 

Aside from playing music by the Clash and other projects by its members, the station has been highlighting the many musicians who were so influential to the band (and many other artists). 

One example... Junior Murvin, the Jamaican musician best known for the single "Police and Thieves" — co-written with Lee "Scratch" Perry — in 1976. The Clash covered the song on their self-titled 1977 debut. 

 As Conseuqence of Sound previously noted, Murvin's Police and Thieves record "is a must-own album for any Clash fan with a taste for reggae." 

And:

Midway through a widely bootlegged 1979 show at the Palladium [now an NYU dorm on 14th Street!] in New York City, Strummer tries to make that very point. "You ought to hear Junior Murvin doing that tune," Joe said after "Police and Thieves." "He can sing in a voice as high as this roof."