Said It Rocks

Independent Music Features, News and Reviews

[jungleindierock]

Cedar Spring Motel - Waiting (For The Rain)

Surprising indie rock band from Hamilton, Canada, now based in Toronto. Between punk rock, grunge, noise, a bit of metalcore and a certain folk punk base, this guys are coming to put our taste upside down. 

Cameron Cerant, Liam Godden and Jake Dunn just released this song on May 9th, and they are preparing a summer tour. A band to watch, certainly.

Watch the sugar session for their song “Yardsale”:

Links: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Tour Dates

[saiditrocks]

This is so good on so many levels!

[rollingstone]

John Berry, an original member of the Beastie Boys, died this morning at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was 52.

[jungleindierock]

FEWS -  100 Goosebumps

Taken from FEWS’ debut album ‘MEANS’ out 20th May. FEWS is a Swedish/American psychedelic post-punk quartet based in London. The band is on tour in the UK now. Tour dates

Video directed and animated by Alden Volney.

Links: Official  |  Tumblr  |  Facebook  | Twitter

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Fort McMurray wildfire grows 8 times larger overnight

Supercharged by winds of up to 70 km/h, the Fort McMurray wildfire ballooned to 85,000 hectares overnight and is now raging across a wide front south of the city.

Lightning strikes could be seen amid the plumes of smoke over north-east Fort McMurray as the wildfire spread on Wednesday night.

[epitaphrecords]

Motion City Soundtrack are heading out on their So Long, Farewell Tour. 😢

Get all the dates and ticket info at: http://on.fb.me/1R4YKpp

[rollingstone]

Prince spent nearly 40 amazing years on the frontlines, as the most maddenly brilliant and unpredictable artist in the game. He built his own pop gospel out of his sexual and spiritual concerns, yet with a voice that was full of intimate affection, pushing farther emotionally than anyone else.

Rob Sheffield on why Nothing Compares 2 Prince.

[fueledbyramen]

Sunday Night Music Club: Punchline

Tonight’s featured track is ‘Don’t Try This At Home’ from Punchline’s album 37 Everywhere that officially turns 10 years old tomorrow! 

you take your time getting ready it’s a one way road to home i cant find any of my old friends so tell me where did they all go

Pick up the album 37 Everywhere today off of iTunes!

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New Jeff Buckley album out March 11! You and I features previously unreleased covers and 2 originals. Pre-order it here and it’ll ship FREE to the U.S.!

[nprmusic]

Why don’t you just shimmy on over to The Internet’s Tiny Desk Concert…

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There is so much greatness in this gif. Do yourself a favor and watch the whole video this weekend. -Emily

[fueledbyramen]

Sunday Night Music Club: Panic! At The Disco

Tonight’s featured track is Panic! At The Disco’s brand new single ‘Victorious’ that was released earlier this week! 

Tonight we are victorious Champagne pouring over us All my friends were glorious Tonight we are victorious

Download ‘Victorious’ on iTunes HERE!

[rollingstone]

Kurt Cobain’s Beatles cover is getting an official seven-inch release.

[pitchfork]

Watch Dawes’ new video for “All Your Favorite Bands”, featuring some of your favorite bands—My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst, Brandon Flowers, M. Ward, Johnathan Rice, Gillian Welch, Blake Mills, Deer Tick’s John McCauley, Delta Spirit’s Matt Vasquez, and many more.

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Father John Misty says Lou Reed commanded he take down Velvet Underground-style covers of “Blank Space,” “Welcome to New York.”

[nprmusic]

When a band includes members of Nickel Creek + Fiona Apple, well, you watch the Tiny Desk Concert and swoooooon. 

[npr]

Weekend listening/watching featuring 90s icon Fiona Apple. -Emily

[npr]

... And Beer For All: Budweiser Makes A Metallica Beer In Canada

The beer, which has the tagline "Coulée dans le rock" (cast in rock), will get a wider release in Canada later this month when fewer than 100,000 cases of special edition black cans hit shelves.

[nprfreshair]

As A Lyricist And Novelist, The Mountain Goats’ Lead Man Writes About Pain

“I really think there’s a lot of music you can use to heal and save yourself. It’s not like I have some magic power and I reached inside somebody and said, ‘Oh, you didn’t know this about yourself until I wrote this song.’ That’s not true. What I did is I made a thing, and somebody who needed to find something found mine and chose to meet me out on that ground.”

– John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats 

Darnielle’s novel, Wolf in White Van, which was nominated for the 2014 National Book Award, is now out in paperback. 

[Originally broadcast September 2014]

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The countdown is over! Watch our new music video for ‘Better Off Dead’ from the album Madness above and get your copy of the album on iTunes or CD/LP.