LISTEN UP! is where Stereoboard staff members give you a heads-up on the music we love, both old and new. A chance for you to discover great new music and classics you may have missed!
Radical Face - Welcome Home, Son (Video of the Day)
Our video of the day is 'Welcome Home, Son' by Radical Face. The beatiful track, which is the music featured in the new Nikon I AM advert, is taken from the critically acclaimed 2007 album 'Ghosts'.
Written by: Nigel Sachdev | Date: Friday, 23 July 2010
INTRODUCING: Redtrack Announce Debut Album & New Single Details
Indie-Punk outfit Redtrack will release their debut album 'Whole Town's Heart' on September 7th, preceded by their new single 'The Trier' on August 30th. The four well-dressed roustabouts from Southend-On-Sea will also be touring the UK this September with The Buzzcocks & Pete and the Pirates, as well as a few headline shows.
Written by: Nigel Sachdev | Date: Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Choices by The Hoosiers (Video of the Day)
Our Video of the Day is 'Choices' by The Hoosiers - the debut single from their forthcoming second album 'The Illusion of Safety', follow-up to 2007's No.1 debut album 'Trick To Life'. A fine slice of indie pop supremacy, The Hoosiers announce their long anticipated comeback in style! The video is pretty impressive too. 'Choices' will be available to download from 1st August 2010.
STEREOBOARD LIKES...The Coral - 1,000 Years
Who doesn't love The Coral?! The Merseyside lads have been mixing country, 60s psychedelica and folk for quite sometime now, and thei latest single is no different.
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Tuesday, 06 July 2010
INTRODUCING: Never Mind The Stars - France (Video)
'France' is the second single from the Dutch electro multi-instrumentalist / producer / Never Mind the Stars. The dutch based outfit is fronted by Simon Little. Alongside his duties as frontman, Simon Little turns entrepreneur to run his own label Strfckr Records, with several signings and collaborations to announce later this year.
Written by: Stereoboard.com | Date: Thursday, 01 July 2010
LISTEN UP! Elbow - Mercy Street
The next instalment in music legend Peter Gabriel's Scatch My Back series see Mercury Prize Winners Elbow take on the chillingly beautiful 'Mercy Street'.
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Tuesday, 01 June 2010
LISTEN UP - Michael Franti & The Spearhead - Nobody Right, Nobody Wrong
Michael Franti & the Spearhead get it absolutely right with ‘Nobody Right, Nobody Wrong’. OK so I’ll admit, this song probably isn’t quite as good as I’m giving it credit for. But I’ll defy anyone to listen to it when the sun’s shining and not feel like the world’s just got an insy winsy bit better. If you’re a sucker for anything remotely gospel-tinged, this song is a must for summer down-town cruises in your BMW soft top (ahem Renault Clio.)
Written by: Ginny Bullmore | Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2010
LISTEN UP! Kissaway Trail - New Year
Denmark's The Kissaway Trail are really quite brilliant. Imagine Beach House, The Ravonettes and Arcade Fire in a lovely cascading group hug of sound and you have this five-piece in a nutshell.
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2010
LISTEN UP! Doves - Andalucia
Released hand in hand with the Doves new best of ‘The Places Between: The Best of Doves’ comes previously unreleased track Andalucia.
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Wednesday, 31 March 2010
LISTEN UP: Foreign Office - Leaving The House / Voices & Video
London quartet the Foreign Office aren't here to dazzle you with optimism of the future or legislative change, but they could very well be the next big thing. A hard working, guitar-ploughing touring machine, the band are finally ready to release their debut double a-side 'Leaving The House'/'Voices' - out this week.
Written by: Nigel Sachdev | Date: Wednesday, 31 March 2010
LISTEN UP: Sensorites - Spaceman
Sensorites will release their debut single ‘Spacemen’ on April 26th 2010. You can listen to the track below. Sensorites are brothers Natham & Gareth Kirkham originally from Stoke-on-Trent but now living on the Mersey. They work and write from their own studio aptly named ‘The Batcave’, which promises to turn into something more like ‘The Hit Factory’ once this gets out.
Written by: Nigel Sachdev | Date: Tuesday, 30 March 2010
LISTEN UP! Beach House - Zebra
Dream pop indie-rock has reared it's beautiful head this year, with US band Beach House in that class of 2010. Now on their third album, Teen Dream, the duo are breaking into the UK indie scene with stylish and wonderful tunes.
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Thursday, 25 March 2010
LISTEN UP! Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
US four-piece Vampire Weekend are back and bashing out their preppy-indie rock tunes for our listening pleasure. 'Giving Up The Gun' the third release from latest album Contra, is a twinkling delight of song building in a crescendo of cascading sound and warmly delighting in only a way New Yorkers Vampire Weekend can.
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Wednesday, 24 March 2010
LISTEN UP! Goldheart Assembly - King Of Rome
London based six-piece Goldheart Assembly are filling up our airwaves with their folk-rock tunes and we at Stereoboard rather like them!
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Thursday, 18 March 2010
LISTEN UP - MGMT - Flash Delirium
MGMT are back with a cheeky free single from their second album - "Congratulations".
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2010
LISTEN UP! Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
Patrik Okogwu, or Tinie Tempah on stage, releases this brilliantly grimy club tune, sure to rock your socks off. Think the US has exciting Hip Hop?! Then think again...Tinie's hear and he's hard to ignore!
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Tuesday, 09 March 2010
LISTEN UP! Foals - Spanish Sahara
Oxford quintet Foals' much anticipated second album Total Life Forever will be released on May 10th, preceded on May 3rd by debut single ‘This Orient’. Spanish Sahara’ aired on radio for the first time on Monday evening, (March 1st). It's six minutes of strained beauty, with understated guitar melody. Yannis' voice haunts, in a haze of Radiohead and Massive Attack. The days of Cassius are very much over...
Written by: Matt Hamm | Date: Thursday, 04 March 2010
LISTEN UP! The Courteeners - You Overdid It Doll
'You Overdid It Doll' is the first single to be taken from The Courteeners second album. The Manchester quartet released 'Falcon', the follow-up to 2008's polished debut offering Jude', on February 22nd.
Written by: Nigel Sachdev | Date: Wednesday, 03 March 2010
