Video: Drum Eyes Live at Offset Festival 2008

The truly original Offset faves Drum Eyes finally reward us all with a full length album.

After playing amazing sets at both previous Offset Festivals and with majestic reviews in Clash, The Fly, Loud & Quiet, I think you should take the last chance to preorder it and have it sent out to you early! Out on Upset The Rhythm on CD, 12″, mp3 or FLAC, preorder from Boomkat right now.

Industrial post-punkers Killing Joke feature on the excellent ‘Bustin’ Out, The Post Punk Era 1979-1981‘ compilation and we’re pleased to have their contribution available for download. The comp is perfectly done, with almighty tracks from Bush Tetras, Josef K and 23 Skidoo alongside this great track and the excellent Lizzy Mercier Descloux, among others. From 1979 to today Killing Joke remain an incredibly influential group. Indeed, if you think you haven’t heard them, you almost certainly have – James Murphy used their ‘Change’ as the bass and drum hook for LCD Soundsystem’s killer ‘Losing My Edge’ and Nirvana’s ‘Come As You Are’ was just as much an “homage” to Killing Joke’s ‘Eighties’ as ‘…Teen Spirit’ was to Boston’s ‘More Than A Feeling’. Anyway, the track is pretty much mindblowing as is, without all the history etc, so download below and check out videos for ‘Change’ and ‘Eighties’ after the jump.

MP3: Killing Joke – Almost Red

A charming little short film I stumbled upon earlier today, about a heavy metal band comprised of Scottish 12 Year-Olds. For anyone who was in a shit band when they were younger, this may be a little too close to the bone but it’s very touching and funny nonetheless. Also worth watching for the dad/manager’s Bruce Dickinson impression, and the best bass audition since Metallica’s Some Kind Of Monster.

BBC4 produced the following documentary on the story of Rough Trade, which has some great footage and anecdotes from their long and varied history. Don’t be put off by it opening with Duffy, it’s well worth a watch.

ACR formed in 1978 and over the last 30 years their pioneering brand of punk-funk briefly had NYC looking to Manchester for pointers and turned out to have a huge influence on the likes of LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand – a whole generation of artists who like to move your feet as well as your mind. One of Factory Record’s many inspired signings, they went on to continually record albums that were ahead of their time and took years to be rediscovered and appreciated. The Soul Jazz label’s reissues in 2004 brought their work to a new audience and since then the band have been carefully selecting shows such as LA’s recent ‘Part Time Punks’ festival alongside The Slits, Love Is All, Pylon, and the sadly cancelled reunion of ACR and ESG which was planned for the Barbican in March. Read on for a full history of A Certain Ratio with comprehensive video and sound…

UK band The Horrors performed some of the songs from their forthcoming album, ‘Primary Colours’, live for a Dutch radio station on the 2nd of April 2009. The video can be found here.

Their new album is out in Britain on May 4th and can be preordered from Rough Trade. It can be purchased either on vinyl or a CD that comes with a bonus disc containing a ‘mix’ of songs hand selected by band members Rhys Webb and Tom Furse.

Video: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

A great new session from A>D>D – Brooklyn fuzzpoppers The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart are filmed in a tiny room on VHS cameras running through a four song set. Check the rest out after the jump.

The Horrors premiered the first track from their new album last night, with a performance you can catch right now at http://www.thehorrors.co.uk

We’ve heard the album and it’s utterly fantastic, with a huge change of direction that touches on My Bloody Valentine, Neu!, Jesus and Mary Chain, Killing Joke and Echo and the Bunnymen.

Fancy hearing the final track from the album? You can now download the track Sea Within A Sea by visiting this link, clicking on The Horrors’ logo and signing up for the mailing list – once you confirm, the link will arrive in your inbox. It’s worth the effort.

This week’s releases include Hatcham Social, The Thermals, CFCF, Navvy, It Hugs Back, Battant, Ice Sea Dead People + much more.