Song of the day: The Uniques - "Dungeon"

The Uniques is a band from Slovakia, which is just amazing. They sing in English so they can more easily get recognised in other countries. Their music is mixture of rock, electric music and many other genres. Their sound is also influenced by 80's music and simply just music experimentation is what they do. But they do it really well.

So far, they've only released one LP called From The Dust. It features 7 great tracks including song called "Dungeon". You can now check out this track along with music video.

Stream new albums from Bat for Lashes and Gary Clark Jr.

Last month, I wrote about new album from Gary Clark Jr. This awesome guitar player is set to release his new album next week (October 22). It is called Blak and Blu and it features 13 tracks. Gary's musical style can be best described by the lead single of new record, track called "Ain't Messin 'Round". Check out the song below.

If you like Gary Clark Jr.'s Hendrix-alike sound and don't want to wait until the album is officially out, you can now stream it in its entirety via iTunes. You may have some troubles with the stream though because it is apparently not available in all countries. However, I'm pretty sure if you try to find the album, you'll be able to download it...

Bat for Lashes' new album entitled The Haunted Man is also available to be streamed. Although, it is already out (it was released on October 12), you can still stream it via NPR here. It may help you decide whether you should buy the album or not.

Picture of the day: October 18, 2012

Austin City Limits festival took place last weekend (October 12-14) in Austin, Texas. Awesome bands like  Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, The Black Keys, Florence and the Machine, Jack White and many more played at this festival. Good thing was that many of these performances were actually broadcasted live so even if you weren't there, you could watch some great artists perform.

Canadian indie rock band called Metric also played this festival. Band that recently released their fifth studio record entitled Synthetica is quite good life and their performance at ACL was no exception (it was broadcasted live as well) . This is shot of Emily Haines, singer of the band, from this festival:

Picture of the day: October 17, 2012

Yesterday (October 16), Muse started their arena tour in support of their latest record The 2nd Law. First stop of the tour was Park&Suits Arena, Montpellier, France. At the bottom of the post is a photo of playlist from this show. What do you think of it? Did they play all the songs you would wanna hear on their concert? Anyway, what do you think of their new album?

To see all their tour dates of this tour, visit their website.

Check out new music video from Placebo

As I previously informed you, my favorite band Placebo released new EP entitled B3 this past Monday (September 15). It is their first new album in more than three years (if I'm counting right...).

All Placebo fans were pretty hyped about this after the band announced it and I think Placebo fulfilled their expectations with this EP. It sounds good, although they used little too much electronic music for me. But like I said, I like it. The only problem I have with this EP is that it is not a LP. However, I hope we'll get full-length album in near future, too.

Today, the band revealed also a new music video for title track "B3". I'd say that it is typical Placebo music video - little weird and little pessimistic but kind of encouraging as well. Check it out below.

Song of the day: Grizzly Bear - "Yet Again"

Grizzly Bear is an American band, which mixes mostly folk and rock music with elements of psychedelic music. This four-piece band from Brooklyn, New York has been on the scene since 2002. Since then, they've released 4 studio album.

The last one entitled Shields was released just recently - on September 18. The album got actually really positive reviews. I also like the album quite a lot.

The band is currently on the tour in support of their latest effort. They just recently finished tour throughout the North America and now they are in the UK. Rest of the Europe and Australia are next. To see all their tour dates, visit their website.

Yesterday, they found some time off and stopped by at BBC studios where they performed for Later... with Jools Holland. They performed "Yet Again", which is obviously track (and also second single) from Shields. Check the performance below.

Picture of the day: October 16, 2012

You probably know that The Third Man Records is an independent record label founded by Jack White in 2001. Its major building is located in Nashville, Tennessee where you can find record store, performance venue (otherwise called The Blue Room) and, of course, headquarters of the label.

This label releases music on all kind of formats, but their main format is vinyl.

All Jack White's projects (The White Stripes, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, solo) obviously release their records under this label. However, artists like Black Lips, Karen Elson, The Black Belles, Alabama Shakes, Beck and others have also released their records via The Third Man Records. To see full catalog, visit their website.

This label also organizes various kind of events. Most importantly, they invite artists to perform at their performance venue. This month, they scheduled these artists to perform at their headquarters:

The Shins - October 6
The Kills - October 10
Olivia Wyatt - October 23
Seasick Steve - October 26

Here is a photo from last week's show when The Kills performed at The Blue Room.

Song of the day: Adele - "Skyfall"

Adele has been taking a little rest during this year. In October of last year, she had to undergo vocal cord surgery and although, she appeared in February at Grammy Awards, she has been otherwise quiet the whole year (at least regarding music - in June, she announced that she is expecting her first baby).

However, things quite change when she announced she's been writing theme song for new James Bond movie called Skyfall. The song is also called "Skyfall" and it was released earlier this month (October).

The track was written by Adele and british producer and songwriter Paul Epworth (who has previously worked with artists like Bloc Party, Babyshambles, Kate Nash, Primal Scream, Florence and the Machine or Foster the People).

You can now listen to the song and watch music video for this track, which was made by Nick Chappell below.

The Rolling Stones finally confirmed 50th anniversary concerts

You all probably know that legendary band The Rolling Stones is celebrating their 50th anniversary as a band this year. For this occasion, they released book, documentary, changed their logo and will also release two new songs (one of them called "Doom and Gloom" is already out), which will be featured on new compilation entitled Grrr! (it is out on November 12).

However, many people were waiting for some live shows. They have been previously rumoured, but no official announcements were made. Until yesterday.

They have finally confirmed four 50th anniversary celebration shows. The band will perform on November 25 and 29 at London's O2 Arena and on December 13 and 15 at Newark's Prudential Center.

Mick Jagger said about the chosen places of shows:

"Everybody loves a celebration, and London and New York are two good places to do it in!"

Guitarist Keith Richards added:

"Sorry to keep you all hanging around but the waiting is over. I’ve always said the best place for rock and roll is on the stage and the same is true for the Stones. I’m here with Mick, Charlie and Ronnie and everything is rocking. See you very soon!"

For ticket information, visit band's website.

Also, check out the video of the band officially announcing the tour dates:

Check out new music videos from The xx, Two Door Cinema Club and Billy Talent

There was quite a lot of new music videos released lately. The xx, Two Door Cinema Club and Billy Talent all have new (and also great) videos out.

First video I'm gonna write about is from british minimalistic indie pop band The xx. London trio released their sophomore record entitled Coexist in September of this year. They continue with their typical sound on this record because why change anything what already is good and people love it, right?

Anyway, first single of the album was track called "Angles", which was actually released almost two months ahead of the album release - July 17. Second single of the album called "Chained" was also released before the album came out - on August 7. However, there was no music video for it, until now.

Yesterday (October 15), the band finally released music video for "Chained". It was directed by Young Replicant and it was made with conjunction with The Creators Project. Check out this beautiful video below.

Second video is from Irish indie rock band Two Door Cinema club, which also released their second album this year. Record entitled Beacon was released in late August. First single of it was track called "Sleep Alone". The second one is entitled "Sun"and it will be out on November 19. The music video is already made though. Check this interesting video below.

Last video I'm gonna write about is from Canadian rock band Billy Talent. Their fourth record entitled Dead Silence was released on September 11. After "Viking Death March", we now have a new single called "Surprise Surprise". Check out the music video for it below.