Only God Forgives, which comes out in August, is Ryan Gosling’s reunion with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn. Considering that Gosling supposedly utters just 17 lines of dialogue during the movie’s 90-minute running time, it appears he is once again playing the role of an autistic guy (just like he did in Drive). Watch the trailer…

“Only God Forgives” Trailer

Coco’s Video Response To Taylor Swift’s Video “22″

San Francisco garage rock king-pin, Ty Segall, doesn’t know how to stop! His new album called “Sleeper” will be coming out on August 20 and now he’s announced a late-summer U.S. tour to support the record, via the uncomfortable video below.

07-19 Paris, France – City Sounds Festival (solo set)
08-01 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst Atrium *!
08-03 Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
08-04 Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon
08-24 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
08-27 Austin, TX – Mohawk
08-29 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
08-30 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
08-31 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
09-02 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall *
09-04 Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre *
09-05 Oakland, CA – The New Parish *
09-07 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s *
09-08 Boise, ID – Neurolux *
09-09 Reno, NV – Holland Project *
12-01 Camber Sands, England – ATP

* with Mike Donovan
! with Daughn Gibson, William Tyler

Remember the days when every little bit of news from The Icarus Line was broadcasted from Buddyhead? Ahh… the good old days. Well today they announced their new record “Slave Vows” (which by the way is the best album they’ve made in a while – I’m very excited) via The Quietus. Well, at least those limeys called em Post-hardcore… ha. Read below and watch the video filmed in Annie’s room. Pretty awesome. Try making a set like that folks.

“Post-hardcore Los Angeles four-piece The Icarus Line have announced that they’ll be releasing their new album Slave Vows (artwork above) on July 1 via Agitated.

Have a look at the first of four teaser trailers below, with the tracklisting following:”

THE ICARUS LINE SLAVE VOWS Part 1

1. ‘Dark Circles’
2. ‘Dont Let Me Save Your Soul’
3. ‘Marathon Man’
4. ‘Dead Body’
5. ‘No Money Music’
6. ‘City Job’
7. ‘Laying Down For The Man’
8. ‘Rat’s Ass’

This baby comes out June 4th… I may buy a record this year after all!

Here’s what Greg Cartwright had to say about recording the new album, via the band’s press release:
“Over the years as we would occasionally reunite for a festival or special occasion, the idea began to grow in the back of my mind. The idea of making a new record. Because as much as we enjoyed playing together, the thing I missed the most was creating together. So that’s what we did. I had just made a Reigning Sound record with Dan at his Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, TN. And it really knocked me out. Dan had a 1-inch Scully 8 track. I remember asking him how it sounded when he sent the equipment list. Dan’s answer. ‘It’s the greatest @#$%^&* tape machine in the world.’ He wasn’t kidding. Literally the perfect device for catching a live band. And that’s the way the Oblivians had always made records. Most of our previous recordings had been done live on home recordings or at Doug Easley’s Easley-McCain Studios back in the day. Sadly, about seven years ago that studio burned down. So finding Dan’s studio was a big piece of the puzzle.”

The Oblivians “Call the Police” – “Desperation” LP – 2013

Desperation Tracklisting:
01 I’ll Be Gone
02 Loving Cup
03 Em
04 Woke Up in a Police Car
05 Call the Police
06 Pinball King
07 Run for Cover
08 Come a Little Closer
09 Little War Child
10 Fire Detector
11 Oblivion
12 Back Street Hangout
13 Desperation
14 Mama Guitar

La Danza de la Realidad (“The Dance Of Reality”) is the first film in 23 years from Chilean cinematic master Alejandro Jodorowsky. He’s the dude who brought you El Tope and The Holy Moutain (see every music video from the 90′s – for starters – for those influenced by him). La Danza de la Realidad was shot in Jodorowsky’s hometown of Tocopilla, deep in the Chilean desert. The film, which premiered at Cannes tells the story, sort of, of the his Communist father, Jaime Jodorowsky, with whom the director obviously had a very complex relationship. Can’t fuckin’ wait! Looks epic!

Here’s the new Beady Eye video for “Second Bite of The Apple”… it’s just about as boring as the song. Next.

Beady Eye – “Second Bite of The Apple” Music Video

Beady Eye – Second Bite of The Apple from Alex Medina on Vimeo.

Guy Blakeslee of The Entrance Band has some new tunes for ya…. buy em direct from him packaged with original artwork. Here’s what you get:

“Original one of a kind collage piece by the artist along with handmade CD and a personalized typewritten letter… also comes with an immediate download of the 6-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire!! This is my second volume of home-recorded soundscapes… Most of these were recorded in late 2012 or in 2013 on a computer, while track 5 was recorded on a 4 track cassette recorder in 2010.”

I’m in… stream below.

Kanye West closed out this season of Saturday Night Live by performing two new songs off his upcoming record entitled “Yeezus” (which was rumored to be called “I Am God” and will be out June 18th via Def Jam Records). As we all know Hip-Hop is pretty awful live so it’s hard to judge these new songs from only this performance. One things for sure, Kanye can still make people feel uncomfortable. And from the looks of his long haired drummer and his brand-new poser-punk leather-jacket, he’s going for a rock look. Or is it punk? Either way, you can bet he saw Death Grips and ran with it. Sounds like a heavy and angry “808s And Heartbreak” (my favorite Kanye record), totally excited to hear this new record…

Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”

Kanye West – “New Slaves”

No matter what you think of Kanye’s public persona or his music, you’d be hard pressed to convince me you didn’t think he knocks it out of the park in the marketing department. Check out these projections of his new video on buildings around the world last friday… here’s Hollywood (4 blocks from my apartment) and Williamsburg (check this map for all the cities and times)…

We are coming to the end of our US tour and have had a great time with you all.
We hope you will join us for the final dates…

We are excited to announce that we are coming back to Europe and the UK this July and August. (More dates to be announced soon!)