'Face' time

 

Because Grace Jones was trending on Twitter today (collaboration with Beyoncé) ... here's the video for her 1981 track, "I've Seen That Face Before"...

Upbeat happening

 

Brooklyn's Ribbon Stage is opening for the sold-out Bikini Kill show tonight at Pier 17. 

The video here is for the 75-second  "Rid Myself." As Pitchfork noted, the song "is over before you know it, but for a brief moment, it offers a much-needed dose of upbeat introspection." 

Broadcast news

 

Broadcast, the English pop-psych band, recently released The Maida Vale Sessions, a rarities collection "charting the band from their first year together to near-international recognition as their sound continued mutating." 

Sadly, lead singer Trish Keenan died from pneumonia in 2011 at age 42. 

The video here is for one of my favorite songs, "Come On Let's Go" from 2000.

Hair and now

 

Sudan Archives has new music out ... here's "Selfish Soul," a song about women and the celebration of hair.

'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."

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.

Relive your 'Feelings'

 

A favorite track/album from 2021... London-based Dry Cleaning with "Strong Feelings" from their debut release New Long Leg.

Horse sense

 

The Chicago-based teen trio Horsegirl recently released this video for "Billy," a forthcoming 7-inch single (with a cover of the Minutemen's "History Lesson Part II" on side B) via their new label, Matador. 

The band has said the song is "a love letter to past music scenes we wish we could have witnessed."

'Tomorrow' never dies

 

In case you were looking for some new dream pop ... the Swedish quintet Makthaverskan just released a new record titled För Allting via Run For Cover. 

The audio track above is for "Tomorrow." 

Hopefully, the band will be back around these parts someday.

How 'Soon' is now

 

Loveless, My Bloody Valentine's sonic masterpiece, turned 30 yesterday. (Happy anniversary!) 

So enjoy the video for the album's last track — "Soon." 

You can read more about the record here ... and here.

Up the down 'Staircase'

 

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

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."

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.

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.