Big plans

 

Moving through 2022... SoulGlo's Diaspora Problems remains one of the year's critically acclaimed new records. 

The video here is for the first single — "Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!)((by the future)). 

Read more about the band from Philadelphia here.

A look back at 'No Way Out'

 

Howie Pyro, a DJ and longtime veteran of the New York punk and underground scenes, died this week at age 61. 

Here's Pyro with bandmates Jessie Malin, Danny Sage, Michael Wildwood and Richard Bacchus from D Generation. This is "No Way Out" from the band's debut record in 1994.

'Anti-glory' days

 

The debut album from the Chicago-based trio Horsegirl is due out on June 3 via Matador Records. The video here is for a single from the LP, "Anti-glory."

'Eye' contact

 

Surfbort released a new video today for "Open Your Eyes," from the band's Keep on Truckin' release ... and recruited skate legend Tony Hawk to take part... see what goes down. Or up.

Massive 'A.T.T.A.C.K'

 

Arre! Arre! just released a new record titled We Ride the Universe (PNKSLM). 

While we're waiting for new videos from the Swedish band (described as "Punks from Malmö, Sweden"), here's a clip for "A.T.T.A.C.K" from their 2018 debut.

Headed for a breakdown

 

Francis of Delirium (an up-and-coming duo now living in Luxembourg!) recently released a new full-length release ... the video here is for "The Funhouse." 

And you can catch the band on their first North American tour... out at Warsaw on April 14 and Baby's All Right on April 27.

Our 'Town'

 

Jon Spencer & the HITmakers have just released a new LP (Spencer Gets It Lit) ... the video here is for the track "Worm Town." Dig it!

Bang your 'Head'

 

Something new from the Brooklyn-based A Place to Bury Strangers. The video is for "My Head Is Bleeding," off the band's latest LP ... released on March 11.

Sweetness and light

 

Blushing was a standout band from last week's New Colossus Festival — playing five showcases, including a shoegaze extravaganza at Arlene's Grocery... the Austin, Texas-based quartet recruited shoegaze legend Miki Berenyi from Lush for this single, "Blame."

Broadcast 'News'

 

Local band Beechwood headlines Arlene's Grocery tomorrow night (March 12) ... as part of the New Colossus Festival taking place at several nearby venues through Sunday. 

The video here is for "Front Page News," from Beechwood's January release Sleep Without Dreaming.

Have the 'Blues'

 

NYC's Wah Together is one of the 100-plus bands playing the New Colossus Festival at neighborhood music venues next week. The band features bassist Phil Mossman (ex-LCD Soundsystem), drummer Vito Roccoforte (the Rapture), producer/guitarist Steve Schiltz (Longwave) and vocalist Jaiko Suzuki. 

The video here is for "You Got the Blues," the second single from the band's debut LP "Let's Wah Together," out today. 

Also, today is a Bandcamp Friday, where all the sales go directly to the artists.

By the Way...

 

Clovis, a local band we like, released this video for "Other Way Out" on Feb. 18. 

And you can catch Clovis live with Computerwife and PlayShoes on Tuesday night at Nublu, 151 Avenue C. Find details here.

You give love a bad...

 

Dehd's new single, "Bad Love," debuted this week (appropriately enough on Feb. 14 and featuring another rather campy-goofy video — this one is still a fave) ... this is the Chicago-based band's first single from the upcoming album Blue Skies, out on Fat Possum May 27.

And Dehd will be at the Bowery Ballroom on May 24.

Killing me 'Softly'

 

Arlo Parks released a single titled "Softly" at the beginning of the month... a season-appropriate song "about how fragile you feel in the dying days of a relationship when you're still desperately in love." 

The British singer-songwriter is on a bill with Clairo at Radio City on Feb. 24.

Teenage fanclub

 

Catching up to this Pom Pom Squad release from late December 2021... in which the NYC band shared this cover and frame-by-frame video reproduction of Nada Surf's "Popular" from 1996. 

Also, Bandcamp Fridays are back ... in which the music platform waives its revenue share for the day.

Angels and demons

 

The latest video from Surfbort came out this week... the video, which marks the directorial debut of pro skater Lizzie Armanto, is for "Lot Lizard 93" via the Keep On Truckin' record.

Hope to see you again

 

Cat Power's excellent new record of covers, titled Covers, was released on Jan. 14. In this video, Powers (aka Chan Marshall, a one-time East Village resident) provides a mournful reinterpretation of "I'll Be Seeing You."

A fine mess!

 

Local band Clovis, who we've happily seen a few times, has a new video out for their single "Clutter." The trio is on a bill at the Mercury Lounge on Feb. 11. Meanwhile, you can check them out on Bandcamp.

Alone together again

This week, local faves Hello Mary released a video for the pandemic-related single "Evicted" ... you can check it out ☝️ ... find their music on Bandcamp here... a new interview with them at this link ... and check out this EVG feature on the band here.

'Love' crazy

 

• I've been listening to "We Love You" by the Rolling Stones because the song reminds me of a friend who died this year.
• Somehow, I'd never seen the promo video for the song from 1967 that (thank you, IMDB, cutting and pasting) included footage from recording sessions along with segments that re-enacted the 1895 trial of Oscar Wilde, with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Marianne Faithfull respectively portraying Wilde, a judge and Lord Alfred Douglas.
• The IMDB description helpfully notes the following: "Footage also appears of Brian Jones, apparently high on drugs with his eyes drooping and unfocused." (So 2021!) More facts about the song here.