Future FAULT(S): BANKS, Rolla Olak & Pyyramids
Rolla Olak is a singer-songwriter from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Rolla has released two solo albums and is credited as both songwriter and musician on over a dozen Canadian and UK releases. After touring throughout North America and Japan as a hired-gun guitar player, Olak released his self-tilted debut in 2009. Recorded by Colin Stewart (Yukon Blonde, Black Mountain), the album…
TEETH
This past weekend, on the very fitting holiday 4/20, Dalston-based TEETH performed at Glasslands in Brooklyn, NY. Known for their many Internet stunts, the band has become a notorious group of Internet misfits who did the unthinkable of hacking into Lady Gaga’s twitter. This would be their first show in the states since their Pope Benedict XVI prank, and many dedicated fans came out on Saturday…
James Blake Album Review
James Blake's second album Overgrown was released on the 8th April having reached #1 in the iTunes Electronic Album chart with the pre-order.
Described as "eponymous, virtuosic and genre-bending" this latest offering branches out from his previous album drawing on a wide range of influences and styles. Blake's music has been classed as "post-dubstep" and on tracks like Life Round Here we can…
Little Boots Announces New Album ‘Nocturnes’
British pop singer Little Boots, also known as Victoria Hesketh, revealed the track list and artwork for her new album Nocturnes this week on Twitter. The album is set to be released on the May 6th on her newly launched On Repeat Records imprint via Kobalt Music. Nocturnes, named because it is "an album indebted to the night," features her hot new single 'Motorway'.
Little Boots wrote and…
Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields
Upon reading an article conducted by MTV, entitled ‘Stephin Merritt Would Rather Not Talk About His Abstinence’, a hint of trepidation came over me. Trepidation and a fierce disdain for music journalists with a sensationalist agenda.
The article begins:
“Walk up to a stranger on a city subway, stand uncomfortably close and ask if he’s been circumcised, and you’ll get roughly the same reaction…
FAULT Exclusive: HELIUM ROBOTS
Hailing from the deepest, darkest reaches of space, and now marooned on Earth, Helium Robots (or, as they’re known on this planet, Lydia Jones and Ewan Willmott) are whiling away time till they’re picked up by the Mother Ship by making atmospheric, galaxy-infused electronic indiepop. Having just beamed in their debut EP Voltopia, we get under the wires of robotkind’s most promising musical act.…
LAID BACK RELEASE MINI ALBUM
Just in time for summer BBQs and beach parties, Danish duo Laid Back — after far too long — have released some select new material. (In case you don’t know, they’re renowned for their classic underground dance hit “White Horse.”) Complete with never before heard gems, mini album Cosyland was recorded in 1981 with equipment that, at the time, was considered along the likes of “Science Fiction.”…
Q&A—The Hundred In The Hands
We sat down with Brooklyn-based duo The Hundred In The Hands — Eleanore Everdell (vocals, keyboards) and Jason Friedman (guitar, programming) — to talk about their latest album, experimenting with new grounds and what it’s like to work together musically and emotionally.
FAULT: Hello! You’ve recently just starting touring your new album, Red Night. Congratulations. First off, you’ve both…