Up the down 'Staircase'

 

Let Siouxsie and the Banshees conjure up some Halloween spirits with this video from 1979 for "The Staircase (Mystery)."

Like a 'Dream'

 

New Order is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of their first album, Movement. 

On this occasion today, the band released this video of "Dreams Never End" — Movement's lead track — from their concert (Nov. 18, 1981) at the Ukrainian National Home on Second Avenue between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street.

(We've posted the full show before, like here.)

'Star' power

 

Surfbort released a video this week for their latest single, "Big Star" ... from the new release Keep on Truckin'.

The 'Power' and the passion

 

Johnny Marr's latest EP, Fever Dreams Pt 1, is out on Oct. 15. The video here is for a single off that release titled "Spirit Power and Soul."

Adult swim

 

Local singer-songwriter Vlad Holiday has a new EP out on Nov. 5 titled Write Me Off the Show. The video here is for the single titled "Skinny Dipping."

Also, today is another Bandcamp Friday, in which the platform foregoes its revenue and gives the bands all the $$$ from the day's sales.

Days of your youth

 

Going back to 1981 for this live clip of Delta 5 performing "Anticipation." 

Julz Sale, the lead singer of the UK-based post-punk band, died this week. Details about her death were not disclosed. 

Some background, cutting-and-pasting from Pitchfork: "Although the Delta 5 only released one full-length album —1981's See the Whirl — they released several other singles, which Kill Rock Stars collected in the 2006 set Singles & Sessions: 1979-1981."

Like a 'Rollin Stone'

 

Little Simz, the UK-based rapper, released her fourth record, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, at the beginning of the month. 

The video (flash warning!) is for "Rollin Stone."

'Hertz' so good

 

The video for "Hertz," the latest single by Amyl and the Sniffers, dropped a few days back... the Australian band just released their latest record, Comfort to Me.

'State' of grace

 

East Village-based singer-songwriter (and bar owner!) Jesse Malin releases his next record, Sad and Beautiful World, on Sept. 24. 

The video here is for the single "State of the Art." (Relix has more on the song and video here.)

'Rocks Off' on the Bowery

 

Revisiting a few videos by the Rolling Stones after the passing of drummer Charlie Watts this week at age 80. 

Robert Frank shot this footage of the band for a "Rocks Off" video circa 1972... filmed in NYC and Los Angeles... There are some moments on the Bowery here — you may catch a glimpse of the intersection at East Houston...

Pace yourself

 

Parquet Courts this week announced details about their new album, Sympathy For Life, due out in October. Read more about that here. 

The first single from the Brooklyn-based band's forthcoming record is "Walking at a Downtown Pace" ... as seen in the above video.

One's own worst enema

Surfbort released a new single and video yesterday. Please enjoy "White Claw Enema Bong Hit."

A 'Night' like this

 

"End Of The Night" is the first single off the recently released EP by Brooklyn veterans A Place to Bury Strangers... which is also the first release on their own newly formed label, Dedstrange. 

And, FYI, today is Bandcamp Friday — where the music platform waives its revenue share for the day.

Die another day

 

The Parrots, a duo from Madrid, are releasing their second full-length record on Oct. 29. Ahead of that, here's the first single, a take on modern life called "You Work All Day and Then You Die."

Oh yeah

L.A.-based teens The Linda Lindas released a new single this week... the above video is for "Oh!" 

And why you might have read about them.

It's your 'Fault'

 

The UK-based post-punk trio Desperate Journalist released a new record earlier this month... the video here (flash warning!) is for the first single — "Fault."

'Psychic' hotline

 

The new record from the Brisbane, Australia-based indie-pop trio The Goon Sax is out today on Matador Records. (This is the band's third record overall, first for Matador.)

The video here is for "Psychic." 

Fatherly facts: Goon Sax frontman Louis Forster is the son of Robert Forster, co-founder of The Go-Betweens.

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.

The fast and the curious

Bachelor is a collaboration between Melina Duterte of Jay Som and Ellen Kempner of Palehound ... the summer blockbuster-y video here is for "Stay in the Car" from the duo's recently released debut record, Doomin' Sun.