Christopher Paul Stelling "Mourning Train to Memphis" (new track)

On February 21st Mecca Lecca Recording Co. is to release Christopher Paul Stelling's debut album Songs of Praise & Scorn. I'm sure you, our dedicated readers, are already familiar with CPS (as we've posted about him before) but I don't mind telling you again that we are big fans. The New York performer has relentlessly toured the Northeast with his immaculate finger-picking and vocal wail. Imagine something like Shannon Hoon's best vocal delivery meets The Tallest Man On Earth's guitar work all while managing to tell a tale. Blah, blah, check it out for yourself below. Go!

Chemical Brothers Don't Think (movie trailer)

Don't Think is a new film by Adam Smith starring The Chemical Brothers. Filmed at Japan's Fujirock Festival with 20 cameras the movie is a unique document of a Chemical Brothers live experience. To see an Exclusive Advanced Screening (on January 26th) of Don't Think follow the link. The band mixed the audio themselves using Dolby 7.1. Here's the official description:
"You blink awake and find yourself halfway up the side of a Japanese mountain. It’s night time, right at the sticky middle point of summer. You’re in an opening in a darkened wood surrounded by – say – 50,000 other revelers, each of them frenzied; delirious from an all-encompassing psychedelia that seems to be emanating from a stage somewhere in the near distance. Above you, lights swoop and strafe across armies of marching toy robots and galloping deconstructed horses; paint balls explode in front of borderline psychotic clowns. You’re in the thick of it, consumed by the spectacle, absorbed into the crowd, surrendering to the noise and the visuals. Stunned by the jaw-dropping intensity of what you’re witnessing, just one thought flashes through your febrile mind."

Boy Friend "Egyptian Wrinkle" (new track)

After best buddies Christa Palazzollo and Sarah Brown's old band Sleep ∞ Over broke up the Texas girls started Boy Friend. The duo's album Egyptian Wrinkle is to be released February 6th 2012 via Hell, Yes!. Check out the title track now (below).
BOY FRIEND - Egyptian Wrinkle by HellYes

The Pack A.D. "Haunt You" (video)

On January 28th The Pack A.D. make a triumphant return to Vancouver for a hometown album release show at the Rickshaw Theatre (tickets are on sale now). Unpersons came out in September via Mint Records and the band has been incredibly busy touring since. While you impatiently wait for The Pack A.D. to come back home check out the very cool video for "Haunt You" directed by Mike Roberts and grab your tickets for what is sure to be a sold out show of pure rock n' roll.

Woods "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi cover)

Woods heads out on tour (dates below) in less than a week's time to support their latest album Sun & Shade (released earlier this year via their own Woodsist label). As an early holiday gift the band has released their own rendition of Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time is Here" for free download (below). No matter how you feel about holiday cheer you should really get out to a show. Go ho ho!
WOODS- Christmas Time is Here by WOODSIST

WOODS 12/07 Burlington, VT Monkey House *  12/08 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern @ 12/09 Gambier, OH Kenyon College / Horn Gallery @ 12/10 Chicago, IL Subterranean @ 12/11 Lexington, KY Cosmic Charlie's #$ 12/12 Nashville, TN The End # 12/13 Birmingham, AL Bottletree # 12/14 Athens, GA 40 Watt # 12/15 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade ^ 12/16 Richmond, VA Strange Matter ^ 12/17 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel ^ ! 12/18 Baltimore, MD Ottobar ^ 12/19 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands Gallery % * = w/ MV & EE  @ = w/ Wet Hair # = w/ Jovontaes $ = w/ Wooden Wand ^ = w/ MMOSS ! = w/ Purling Hiss %= w/ Steve Gunn, Alex Bleeker & The Freaks

Yacht "I Walked Alone" (video)

YouTube celebrity Mitchell Davis has 666,345 followers on his channel from which he makes his living vlogging. Davis has vlogged about his experience at Yacht concerts and used their music in some of his posts which caught the attention of the band. Yacht contacted Davis and invited him to direct his first music video for their track "I Walked Alone" (above). Check out Yacht's I Walked Alone EP available now via iTunes.

Devon Williams "Revelations" (new track)

Slumberland Records recently released Devon Williams' sophomore album Euphoria. This is pop music that wouldn't be out of place in the sixties and yet it is so clearly current. Check out the second single "Revelations" (below) and then catch Devon Williams live at Vancouver's Biltmore on December 13th. See you there my moustache-less friends. Bring back the beards.
Devon Williams - Revelations by Slumberland Records

Bright Moments "Travelers" (new track)

You've probably heard Kelly Pratt's trumpet and harmonies on some of Beirut's tracks, his flute or flugelhorn on Arcade Fire's Neon Bible or in LCD Soundsystem's horn section and now you can hear the multi-instrumentalist's own songwriting as Bright Moments. On February 21st Pratt's debut album Natives will be released via Luaka Bop. The nine song LP includes the single "Travelers" (below). Pratt takes all the experience of working with some of indie music's greats and rolls them into a unique new blend of awesome. Get into it.
Bright Moments 'Travelers' from Natives Luaka Bop by Luaka Bop