Sleeper Hits

Morning Phase Capitol (Universal) Read More Beck So you like Beck and was thinking about picking up Odelay (1996). Well don't! Wait until January 29, 2008, because there's a Deluxe 2-disc version coming out. More details on our press page …

BECK
beck.com

We all know Beck, the dude needs no introduction. I first saw him on MTV's 120 Minutes and he looked like some kid with his guitar back then.... When MTV started playing "Loser", we knew that song would be a massive hit for him.

Anyway, I have actually seen Beck live at Coachella in 1999. Unfortunately, by the nature of these large music festival, he looked like a tiny figure on stage and it was just not a good experience for me. I would love to see him in a more intimate venue, but alas those days are long gone.

Beck's new album Morning Phase came out this week (Tuesday, February 25th), and already critics like NPR is calling it basically Sea Change part two.

You can currently hear the "Waking Light" on npr.org.

Beck is returning to Coachella this year.

04/13/14 Coachella
04/20/14 Coachella
04/26/14 KDGE 102.1 EdgeFest
07/18/14 Pitchfork Music Festival
09/04/14 Bestival

in today already walks tomorrow Monotreme Records Read More Karnivool When asked where the name "Karnivool" came from, guitarist Drew said: That's one question I can never answer very well, as the name Karnivool was around …

SLEEPMAKESWAVES
sleepmakeswaves.com

sleepmakeswaves (all lowercase) will be heading out on tour in Europe this April and May.

Maybe I'm just a very judgmental person, but whenever I see weird punctuations / capitalizations / poorly misspelled words, I just think the band is very young. Of course, this is coming from someone who uses ♥ as a verb....

Anyway, this Australian quartet debut in 2008 and by 2011 was nominated an ARIA Award for their debut album And So We Destroyed Everything.

sleepmakeswaves new album in today already walks tomorrow will be out this April 8, 2014, on Monotreme Records. Please note this album was originally released in 2012 by another record label.

Tour dates:

04/17 Belgium Hasselt - Muziek O Droom
04/18 Switzerland Bulle - Ebulition
04/19 Belgium Zottegem - Dunk! Festival
04/20 Switzerland Geneva - Graviere
04/22 Spain Barcelona - Razzmatazz
04/23 Spain Madrid - Moby Dick
04/24 France La Coopérative de mai
04/26 France Dunkerque - 4 Ecluses
04/27 Germany Karlsruhe - Jubez
04/30 Sweden Gothenburg - Fangelsets
05/01 Sweden Orebro - Slöjdgatan
05/05 Poland Wroclaw - Klub Hydrozagadka
05/06 Hungary Budapest - Durer Kert
05/07 Czech Republic Praha - NoD Theater
05/08 Germany Stuttgart - Juha West
05/09 Germany Hannover - Cafe Glocksee
05/10 UK London - Beyond the Redshift Festival

Forever Home Decades Records Read More Surfer Blood "This is our seventh time in Minneapolis," stated singer John Pitts from Surfer Blood, making their stop at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis last night, Sunday, October 13th. …

WAKE UP
whywakeup.bandcamp.com

Speaking of lowercase, wake up is a four piece rock band from Lake Worth, Florida.

Their debut 7", 'Forever Home', is said to be a three song collection (a fourth song, "Again", is available but only as a digital bonus track) with homage and styling of 90s rock, but without the whole 'grunge revival' thing. The songs are said to be more in tuned with Stephen Malkumus (Pavement) or Doug Martsch (Built to Spill). So... slacker rock it is...

The 7" is coming out March 11, 2014.

Tour Dates with Surfer Blood:

02.25 - The Space - Hamden, CT
02.26 - Iron Horse - Northampton, MA
02.27 - The Saint - Asbury Park, NJ
02.28 - Baby's All Right - Brooklyn, NY
03.01 - Glasslands - Brooklyn, NY
03.02 - The Southern - Charlottesville, VA
03.03 - Camel - Richmond, VA
03.04 - Blind Tiger - Greensboro, NC
03.05 - Jack Rabbits - Jacksonville, FL