No the band. From LA.

A few months back, I was interested in seeing The Darcys at Lee's Palace. Well, it was not to be, but I decided to check out the bands that were opening for The Darcys that night. One of the bands is called No, which has to be one of the worst names for a band as far as finding them on the web goes. They're really doing themselves a disservice.

They're from Los Angeles and they're signed to Arts & Crafts. Their début album El Prado came out in February of this year.

Here's the video for "Leave the Door Wide Open".

And if you like the sound of that tune, you can listen to the whole album here:

They're back in Toronto June 4 at The Opera House.

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New Pup video for Guilt Trip

Pup have released a video for the track "Guilt Trip" from last year's self-titled début. It starts off as a simple band origin story and then it takes a dark turn. Cool track.

And just cuz I never posted it, here's their clip for "Lionheart". Another cool track.

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New Jack White tunes from forthcoming album Lazaretto

Jack White no longer needs to contest James Brown for the "Hardest Working Man in Show Business" title. He's freaking everywhere, all the time. He's got a new album called Lazaretto coming out June 10. Let's listen to some tracks:

Album track "High Ball Stepper"

Title track "Lazaretto" and

Recently unveiled stomper "Just One Drink".

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Ablebody at The Horseshoe

I caught Ablebody opening for bandmates The Pains of Pure at Heart and tourmates Fear of Men at The Horseshoe Tavern back on April 26. You can check out my pics and thoughts on The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Fear of Men, too.

Ablebody are from Los Angeles. They comprise 3/5 of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. They mix up their power trio format with backing tracks, clean and sometimes flanging guitar sounds and cool songs to warm up the crowd.

Check out their latest single "After Hours" and their All My Everybody EP below.

Check out new Frightened Rabbit project Owl John

Owl John is both the name of the new project and new album coming from the fine folks in Frightened Rabbit. Check out the tune "Hate Music". Pretty damn cool!



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