Amy Winehouse: September 14, 1983- July 23, 2011.

UPDATE: September 14, 2011: According to her family, no illegal substances were found in Winehouse’s body after the toxicology report. At just 27 years of age, Amy Winehouse, the soulful singer/songwriter who brought you such hits as “Rehab” and “You Know I’m No Good”, was found dead this morning of a (not yet confirmed) drug overdose at her home in London. For a long while, Winehouse had noticeably been fighting an intense battle with hard…

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Summer Camp – ‘Better Off Without You’

Summer Camp band

London duo Summer Camp blends infections pop with anthem beats in a melange of feel good vibes. They’re currently prepping their debut full length, where one of their stand-out tracks “Better Off Without You” is also featured and can be listened in its full below. Produced by Steve Mackey of Pulp, the album is still a few dimes short, so if you enjoy the music please consider pledging a moderate sum and support the band’s…

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Two new cut tracks from Flying Lotus

Flying Lotus

I’m a FlyLo fanatic ever since I dropped upon his instant underground classic debut “1983”. One of the perks you, my friends, get out of this is an instant update whenever Flying Lotus has something out. A bit late I admit, yesterday, the talented producer uploaded two new tracks provisionally, or not, titled “Lullaby” and “Heave (n) mix2” on his SoundCloud account. As always, stumping 2-4 beats, well layered percussion and mind racketing keys top…

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Band of Skulls to Embark on European Tour

Left to right: Russell Marsden (guitar, vocals), Emma Richardson (bass, vocals), and Matt Hayward (drums.).

         Angsty English garage rock trio Band of Skulls has just announced their up-and-coming European tour, to be held in October of this year.       With their tricky, hang-on-the-wire rhythms and delicate harmonies, Band of Skulls made their name in the tough world of indie rock; on the other hand, they are not afraid to pull out the muddy guitar of eras long ago. …

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New Arctic Monkeys video: ‘The Hellcat Spangled Shalala”

Hellcat Spangled Shalala

The new Arctic Monkeys album, “Suck It and See”, has been out for well over a month now, time in which myself and other fine individuals have been almost religiously preaching to friends, relatives and blog readers how incredibly tight this LP is. The record’s first single, “The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala”, is incredibly infectious and sticky like most of you, I’m sure, have already been given to find out. The video for the single can…

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Mastodon new LP cover art for “The Hunter”

Mastodon

Besides Brent Hinds doing burrito commercials, you should know Mastodon is prepping a new album, titled “The Hunter”, which is already up and ready and allegedly up for an October release attempt for this year. Above is the insanely awesome cover art for the new LP, which sits well on par with their other equally mad covers. I have a sense they changed their designer, though it all might be due to a whole shift…

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