New The Go! Team Video

The new Go! Team album Proof of Youth will be out September 11th on Sub Pop and includes a cover of Sonic Youth’s “Bull in the Heather”. Here’s the lead single vid for “Grip Like A Vice”.

Music News Highlights

NME: Stephen Malkmus tears the V Festival and Kasabian a new one. “You need Viagra to get through that roster of bands.” Except for the Cribs. Steve loves the Cribs.

Pitchfork: New Wolf Parade song live at the Wolfe Island Music Festival in Wolfland.

The Black Dahlia Murder Nocturnal [Metal Blade]

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Rating: 5.0

Hey indie rock nerd, I’m a metal guy. I expect music to thrash, shred, and disembowel while you enjoy bands that sing about discos and crying in front of women. Do you even know the difference between grind and grindcore? That’s what I thought. So, Usounds has asked me to be your guide through the pitchblack caverns of pure metal brutality while you listen to Arcade Fire and drink some sort of ironic beer. The only problem is that today I’m reviewing The Black Dahlia Murder.

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The Good Life – Heartbroke

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The Good Life celebrate being from the same city as Mannheim Steamroller

The Good Life are back! The band’s fourth full-length Help Wanted Nights will be released September 11, 2007. The Good Life is led by Cursive’s Tim Casher but sounds almost nothing like Cursive. Check out the heartbreaking song “You’re Not You” from 2004’s Album of the Year on The Good Life MySpace page while you’re at it. Tour dates are also listed.

Heartbroke [mp3]