[Listen] VOWWS - "Heartbreaker"

VOWWS @ AVIV days before it closed for good :( 

WELL WELL WELL LOOK WHAT THE GRIM REAPER DRAGGED IN! 

I don't want to hear about how your Tuesday feels like a Monday WE HAVE NEW MUSIC FROM VOWWS SO THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. 

I feel like the last time I saw my little darklings at the second to last show at AVIV (RIP RIP RIP) that they previewed this new song, "Heartbreaker". Either way, uh... shit yes this is so good. 

It's been more than a minute since the darkest duo released their debut album, The Great Sun, but you can tell from, "Heartbreaker" that while they've really dug their heels into this sound that they've carved out for themselves that from a lyrical standpoint they're continuing to trek out into deeper waters. 

As Rizz explained to Blackbook (or unveiled in a press release that my ass has yet to receive),

"[Heartbreaker is] about cults of personality and the manipulation and control that goes along with them. Devoting yourself completely to someone else’s vision of the world can give a feeling of safety and protection; but it’s false, poisonous and ruins you from the inside. The world is now dominated by extremes that are pulling us further apart, unmooring us from anything real – we’ve created our own disease and are killing off the cure. We wanted to capture that in a song.”

Couldn't agree with you more, girl. KEEP THOSE TRUTHS COMING. We need y'all. 

MORE WONDERFUL NEWS: these kids are heading out on tour in February in support of White Lies! I am especially excited that they will be playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on February 2nd because MHoW is stones throw away from the last venue they played at in NYC (Cameo Gallery) before they packed up and shipped off to LA and actually started getting the attention they so rightfully deserve! 

We've come a long way, babykids <3 

Which VOWWS show will YOU be at? It's okay if you say all of them. I'll just be jealous forever. 

#skoaradio 10/31/2015 liner notes

When a new song comes out of nowhere and suddenly becomes your favorite.

Happy Halloween broadband buds!
Gotta say, the jams in this week's #skoaradio are so good it's SCARY! hahahaha oh boy am I bad at #relevantcontent sometimes but WE'RE HERE TO TALK MUSIC ANYWAYS SO WHATEVER. I dug up some spooktacular new tunes this week from Sinden, The 1975, Jamie Woon, MALAA, and more so it's a pretty damn good mixtape if I do say so myself. Lots of new music out this week so I hope you weren't planning on buying your family any expensive Christmas gifts because you're about to exceed your budget on music for the zillionth time.

Don't forget you can grab the Spotify playlist at the bottom of this post so you can treasure the order I painstakingly put these songs in. Or you can hit shuffle. Whatever.

Until next week!

<3

kibbe!

• Skaters - "Mental Case"
  • Going mental for this new track tbh. Dudes are working on a new album rn, so keep your ears/eyes open for updates.
• Pompeya - "Does" 
  • Pick up their full length Real. It's....real good.
• Of Montreal - "She's A Projector" 
• The Neighbourhood - "Sweater Weather"
  • Their new album, Wiped Out! dropped this week! Go grab it!
• Nine Black Alps - "Unsatisfied" 
• The Living End - "Pictures In The Mirror" 
• M.I.A. - "Fire Fire" 
• Peaches (feat. Kim Gordon) - "Close Up" 
  • Go grab Rub if you haven't yet
• MALAA - "H+M" 
  • I don't know much, but I DO know MALAA's Soundcloud is full of treats (NO TRICKS).
• Sinden & Herve - "Hit & Run" 
  • Brand new EP dropped this week! GO PICK UP THICK AS THIEVES PT. 2 ASAP.
• Breakbot - "Back For More" 
  • NEW. ALBUM. COMING. 2016. HURRRRYYY.
• Neon Indian - "Annie" 
  • Vega Intl Night School is out now, so get on that mkay?
• Mellowdrone - "Oh My" 
  • Jonathan still needs your money for album #2 for Big Black Delta, so go pledge your undying love (and dollars) towards that please.
  • Here are our 2 interviews with BBD (one from Adrian, one from me)
• Phases - "I'm In Love With My Life" 
  • For Life out now!
• The 1975 - "Love Me" 
  • The video for this is hilar so go watch it.
  • New album, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it coming...soon? No date yet. We'll let you know when that happens.
  • Oh yeah read the interview Shey did with Matt before they blew up.
• VOWWS - "Councilor" 
  • I MISSED THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THIS WAS COMING OUT THIS WEEK. GO BUY THE GREAT SUN IF IT'S THE ONLY ALBUM YOU BUY THIS YEAR.
• Man Without Country - "Catfish" 
  • Maximum Entropy is a solid and must-have record, so.
  • Ryan has a project called Secular Ghost and it's good! He upped some new songs this week so check those out on Soundcloud.
• Matt Lange - "Inside My Head" 
  • My interview with him WILL be up on the site this week or you can punch me in the face.
  • In the meantime, go grab his album Ephemera
• Jamie Woon - "Skin" 
  • Um, the press release I got sent was wrong, MAKING TIME IS OUT NOW GUYS OMGGGG.
• The Knife - "Heartbeats" 
  • RIP The Knife, may your music live on forever <3.
• Wilco - "Kamera" 
  • The name of their last album is a thing that my roommate is happy to rant to me about. 
• Lily Allen - "Never Gonna Happen" 
  • #Sheezus seems to be straight chillin, but you can still go pick up her latest album.
• SIVIK - "High" 
  • Grab Spring EP even though it's almost winter. It will keep you warm from all the dancing.

[Watch] VOWWS - "The Great Sun" (Official Video)

Fresh from the 'Better Late Than Never' pile is the latest from SKOA's favorite dark angels VOWWS *now with 2 Ws if you're following along!*. Their latest track, "The Great Sun”, which was released back in May, is as dreary and dancey as ever but with a bit more boom and gloom than their previous track, "Losing Myself In You". As we've continue to follow the evolution of the (now) LA-duo since their WAZU days, it's evident that the only direction these guys are heading is onward and upward to bigger and better things. 

"The Great Sun" is the title track of their forthcoming debut full length which will likely drop sometime this fall. For now, enjoy the video above complete with karaoke-style Japanese lyrics (at least I hope they're the lyrics in Japanese anyway). 

The band is currently on a mini-tour of sorts and will be making a stop in NYC at our new favorite venue AVIV. Peep tour dates below.

A photo posted by VOWWS (@vowwsband) on Jul 14, 2015 at 2:57pm PDT

#SKOARADIO 07/18/2015

me going through all the new music this week

Oof. Really stoked for this show and because I submitted it late it was a little borked airing. You didn't even get to hear the last two segments. :( All good though! There's always next week (not to mention the podcast that will be attached to this show shortly). But yeah, trying to get back to digging out those little diamonds in the rough that I enjoy supporting. Plus HELLO NEW KENNA!! *praise hands emoji* A lot to be excited about. Expect more posts in between this show and the next with more info on the bands we're featuring.

As always feel free to let me know what you thought of this week's show either by dropping a comment here or hitting me up on Twitter.

Until next week!

<3

@kibbe!

• Breakbot (feat. Ruckazoid) - "Fantasy" 
  • DID YOU SEE GUYS!? We're getting SO CLOSE to a new Breakbot record! We've hit the mastering stage of the process per his post on Instagram. Eeeeee! 
• Miami Horror - "Love Like Mine" 
  • North American tour now. August = Australia dates. 
• Big Black Delta - "It's Ok" 
  • Pledge your life and hard earned money away. If you need convincing that BBD is worth the money always and forever we have not one but two interviews with him. 
• Rainer - "Marry" 
  • Grab dat album doe.
• Gothic Tropic - "Puppet Master"
  • Playing a couple of dates with Surfer Blood. Debut album Fast or Feast slated for early 2016 release. 
• Madeon - "Pay No Mind" 
  • Heading out on tour with Zedd and Dillon Francis. Snapchat won't know what hit it tbh. 
• Tame Impala - "'Cause I'm A Man" 
  • Go buy Currents! It's so good! Hopefully you made it out to one of their listening parties like I did!
  • Tour is in full swing and dates are selling out fast so GRAB THEM WHILE YOU CAN. 
• Death In The Afternoon - "'82" 
  • Available to purchase everywhere August 28. Until then, obsessively listen over on Soundcloud. 
• Phases - "I'm In Love With My Life" 
  • Can't believe I have to miss them on Tuesday (7/21) At The Studio at Webster Hall. 
  • On tour now if that wasn't obvious from the above. 
  • Someone we love at SKOA did a fun remix of this song. Any guesses? It was our broadband buddy Big Data! 
• ARRWS (feat. FEM FEL)  - "The Dark" 
  • From his upcoming EP Motionless For Hours. 
• VOWWS - "The Great Sun" 
  • Debut full length The Great Sun expected to drop this fall!! ON TOUR NOW!
• Boots - "I Run Roulette" 
  • Playing the Lollapalooza after show with some other dates. Supporting Run The Jewels this fall. More over on his site. 
• On An On - "It's Not Over" 
  • And The Wave Has Two Sides out on July 24th! Check out the cool game on their website that they used to unlock their next single, "You Can't Escape It". 
• Example - "Whisky Story" 
  • HE DID THE WHOLE BLOODY MUSIC VIDEO IN ONE TAKE ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND! WHAT!!!?!??! 
  • Oh yeah I interviewed him back in 2012 at his first show in NYC. Is he ever going to break in the US? I sure hope so.
• HEALTH - "STONEFIST"
  • DEATH MAGIC is out on August 7th and it is AMAZING (trust me) so pre-order it. 
  • Like every smart band they're hitting the road to support their new album. Dates over on Facebook.
  • PS you can get STONEFIST for free over on their website.
• Ratatat - "Cream on Chrome" 
  • Magnifique is out now, too! GO GET IT! 
  • "Guess who's on tour?" "I guess Ratatat!" "YOU GUESSED RIGHT!" 
• Sivik - "U Got" 
  • There are some fun remixes of this song on Soundcloud. 
• SEØUEL - "Subtle" 
  • Reykavik EP drops on July 24th. I'm into it. 
• Galantis - "Call If You Need Me" 
  • On tour now. 
• Kid Cudi (feat. MGMT & Ratatat) - "Pursuit of Happiness"
  • Playing a couple of festivals this summer. 
  • Man on the Moon III expected to drop sometime this year. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• Monarchy - "Black Widow"
  • ReVision out now. 
  • Earlier this week they released a video for their Blur cover of "Girls And Boys" featuring Dita Von Teese that's a bit trippy.
• Kenna - "Sleep When We Die" 
  • Something must be coming because Kenna has been posting a lot of videos on Facebook lately. (Spoilers: something is, but I can't say because I've been sworn to secrecy).
• Tropics - "Hunger" 
• Big Data (feat. Bear Hands) - "Sick For Me" 
  • On tour basically forever. Dates with RAC coming soon so that's cool! 
• Too Many Ts (feat. Great Scott) - "Same Thing"
  • You know you can get their latest EP with this song on it for free, right? 
  • Fair amount of shows this summer. None near me for Too Many Hugs tho. :/ 

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC BIZ STUFF I TALKED ABOUT:

What Really Happened With Taylor Swift and Apple Music

Soundscan's 2015 Half-Year Report

Concerts and Festivals Create Passion Fans (Who Spend) Says Study

NOW ONTO THE MUSIC!

Some Kind of Awesome Radio - 07/11/2015

Typing up all the show notes this week for once because I love you, fam. 

YES! I'M ACTUALLY DOING SHOW NOTES FOR THIS WEEK! #sorrynotsorry but like I said in this week's episode I've been dealing with a bit of blogger burnout and even though doing the show is very therapeutic for me when you see how thorough I intend to be moving forward you will understand why I put this off for as long as I could. Again, I really appreciate those of you who listen and never get the promised show notes. NO MORE BROKEN PROMISES! Just quality #content in addition to a bunch of other new things in the works right now. 

Hope you enjoyed this weeks show! Feel free to drop a comment here or hit me up on Twitter. I'd love to hear what you thought of this week's picks!

Until next week!

<3

@kibbe!

• Tuxedo - "Do It"
  • Hitting the road for a mini tour this month! You can check out tour dates over on their site.
• Studio Killers - "Eros & Apollo"
• Ain't No Love - "Cry In The Rain" 
• Dillon Francis - "Bruk Bruk (I Need Yo Lovin)" 
  • Hitting the road this month! Tour dates over on his site. 
  • This Mixtape Is Fire drops on August 14. You can pre-order it if you're into that. 
• Vowws - "The Great Sun" 
  • Shows in July and August.  More info over on Songkick. 
• Ratatat - "Club Amnesia" 
  • Magnifique is out July 14th. You can stream the album in full via NPR.
• The Kickdrums - "Breathe Again" 
• Monarchy (feat. Dita Von Teese) - "Girls & Boys (Blur cover)" 
  • Few shows lined up in the next month or so. 
  • ReVision out now. As is Abnocto. 
• Caribou - "Silver" 
  • On tour now so get on it! Tour dates here. 
• Interpol - "My Desire" 
  • On tour now! Sprout and I will be heading to the show in Broooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Will we see you there? 
• Tame Impala - "Cause I'm A Man" 
  • The video for this song is super fun and full of puppets. 
  • Currents drops on July 17 - CAN YOU EVEN HANDLE IT BECAUSE I CAN'T. #zerochill
  • Tour is in full swing and dates are selling out fast so GRAB THEM WHILE YOU CAN. 
• Hot Chip - "Love Is The Future" 
  • They just upped these really fun Peanuts shirts in their merch store. I think I want the Snoopy one? idk
  • Very much on tour right now. 
• The Streets - "Two Nations" 
  • Fairly quiet in the Mike Skinner camp other than that single he did as The D.O.T. last year. Sigh. 
• VHS or Beta - "Can't Believe A Single Word" 
• Weaves - "Tick" 
• Kenna - "Karma Is Coming" 
  • Things are in the works in Kenna camp! He just posted a series of videos on Facebook explaining his Land 2 Air Chronicles series. I know more because I'm awesome but can't say just yet. KEEP YOU'RE EYES PEELED FOLKS! 
• Maiday - "Wish You'd Met Me First" 
  • More on Maiday in the coming weeks as I get to the bottom of this woman and her bru-tiful jams. Also getting into one of the producers on this track. More on that next week. :) 
• Big Black Delta - "It's Ok" 
  • NEW ALBUM COMING SOON. Open your hearts and wallets and PLEDGE YOUR BRAINS OUT. (hey buddyyy!) Dude deserves this to get the crap funded out if it considering all his gear got stolen and his dad passed away. Rough year for Jonathan Bates but It's Ok. 
  • For now you can grab "It's Ok" over on Soundcloud. 
• Kate Boy - "Midnight Sun" 
  • Do not ask me why you cannot buy this yet in the United States of America. I don't get it either. Take it away, UK! 
  • Few random tour dates if you're in other parts of the world. 
• Don Diablo (feat. Emeni) - "Universe" 
  • I can't keep up with this dude. He's already gearing up to release another single called "On My Mind" which drops on July 27. This teaser for it has got me wanting to dance in space. 
  • Voting is open for Top 100 DJs so get to voting so my chocolate chip cookie recipe can have more street cred since they're Don Diablo (and Mama Diablo) approved. 
• Lily Allen - "Close Your Eyes" 
• Animal Kingdom - "The Art of Tuning Out" 
• ANAMAI - "Lucia" 
  • Few shows coming up. 
• Dangermouse & Sparklehorse / Dark Night Of The Soul (feat. Julian Casablancas) - "Little Girl"
• Until The Ribbon Breaks - "Taste of Silver" 
• Biffy Clyro - "Stingin' Belle" 

BONUS JUST FOR YOU FAM! I'm also making playlists on Spotify for every single show. NO SHUFFLE THO BECAUSE THAT'S CHEATING! Additionally, as the shows become available on iTunes I will update each post with a link to the show for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!