Sometimes, with the amount of music we receive at TrendRobot, everything mashes into one ball of messy musical yarn.  Everything seems to follow the same cadence, the same hooks and bridges, the same song over and over and over again.  I loaded up Rogue Wave’s Permalight with an unfortunate, negative supposition before I even hit [...]

Seattle’s favorite sons (presumably) Band Of Horses, just announced a new album due out May 18.  Details are still a little sketchy other than the fact that the album will be called Infinite Arms.  There hasn’t been any other announcements on what label the album will be released on or whether or not the beards [...]

Debuting in 2005 as a three piece band, later to become a four-piece ensemble, The Answering Machine has conquered its way into my heart and my playlist. Martin Colclough, Pat Fogarty, Gemma Evans started the band sans drummer, but would later make up for this using a drum machine dubbed Mustafa Beat. Ben Perry later [...]

MP3:  “Red River” – Rocky Votolato
Alright, alright, alright . . . so I didn’t make it through all of Votolato’s records on my recent Discography segment . . . so sue me. I made it through two of the most important records in Votolato’s catalog as well as two of the most important records [...]

MP3: “I Can Talk” – Two Door Cinema Club
MP3: “Something Good Can Work”-Two Door Cinema Club
In my opinion, one of the most promising up and coming bands out of the United Kingdom is dropping their first album in March of 2010 under the label of Kitsune records.  The three lads (Alex Trimble, Kev Baird, [...]

In anticipation of the Feb. 23 release of True Devotion, I’ll be looking back at the extensive catalog of one of indie music’s most celebrated strummers, Rocky Votolato. I realize that I’m taking a roundabout way through his archives of inspired-folk, but this arrangement is how the singer/songwriter was introduced to me. There are [...]

I would hazard to guess that 99% of you have never heard of The Suicide Commandos, and I feel bad for you 99/100 assholes. The Suicide Commandos were a punk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota formed way back when in 1975. Credited for being the major influence on innovative Minneapolis band The Replacements, The Suicide Commandos had [...]

In anticipation of the Feb. 23 release of True Devotion, I’ll be looking back at the extensive catalog of one of indie music’s most celebrated strummers, Rocky Votolato. I realize that I’m taking a roundabout way through his archives of inspired-folk, but this arrangement is how the singer/songwriter was introduced to me.  There are [...]

In March, the White Stripes’ incredible boxset will be released in support of Under Great White Northern Lights, the band’s documentary of a whirlwind tour through Canada.
Amidst all of the boxset’s contents is a DVD of the White Stripes’ 10th anniversary show.  Under Nova Scotian Lights, like other Jack White productions, is about as raw [...]

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Listen to “1999″ from Work, to be released Feb. 23, 2010
The Shout Out Louds have always had an air of panic about them.  On 2005’s outstanding debut, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff, the band found a popster niche with bright melodies and a subdued new wave sound that [...]