Afrirampo

Rock Action Records is extremely proud to announce the release of lunatic girl duo Afrirampo’s exceptional , WE ARE UCHU NO...

Akron/Family

Finally, after over a month of unanswered emails and text messages, blown deadlines, and pleas to finish and turn in their new album, a large brown cardboard...

Angels Of Light

"Michael Gira is one of maybe ten people in the whole world who inspired me to pick up a guitar and try to write songs in the first place....

Bad Weather California

Bad Weather California’s new album, Sunkissed is their debut for Akron/Family’s Family Tree Records label and is like a 65 Impala convertible driving...

Bear In Heaven

Most people assume that when a band makes it—that is, reaches a critical mass of listeners, where shows across the country get packed, where the big...

Beirut

Beirut - East Harlem by Revolver USA Beirut leader Zach Condon’s music is often synonymous with the exotic...

Bob Log III

Birdman Records has signed the one-man-alien-band Bob Log III, gearing up to release his fourth full-length solo record MY SHIT IS PERFECT,...

Carlton Melton

  02 Full Moon Revisited by GOLDSTARPR “intense, sweet, headnodding psych” Uncut.co.uk    “this is a beautiful,...

Cheap Time

Some people didn’t know what to make of Cheap Time’s self-titled debut album when it was released in 2008. It was a huge leap from their first 7-inch...

Comets On Fire

After 2004's critically acclaimed Blue Cathedral, one might have expected Comets on Fire to blast off into the cosmos in an infinite flurry of lysergic...

Crystal Antlers

Crystal Antlers release their new LP Two-Way Mirror out 1st August 2011 via Recreation Ltd. In early 2010, following the...

Davila 666

“... one of the best bands at SXSW. Period.” —The FaderHailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Davila 666 plays fierce Spanish...

Delicate Steve

“Delicate Steve is effortlessly joyful pop music that lifts spirits as wholly as it shakes bodies.” Anand Wilder Yeasayer"From (the) inner space to...

Desalvo

HAILING FROM the darkest enclave in Glasgow, DESALVO deal in the kind of feral punk rock that takes no prisoners and blows away preconceptions....

Dum Dum Girls

“contagious shimmer-pop” Guardian Guide     “Their ascension is just beginning” NME        ...

Emily Jane White

Following her two critically acclaimed albums Dark Undercoat (2008) and Victorian America (2009), Ode To Sentience  is the new album...

Envy

 “Impressive in a way more cerebral post-rock has long ceased to be” 4/5 uncut“There really is no way to overstate the quality of this...

Exit_International

"Exit International really do make for a dazzling departure from rock orthodoxy."- The Fly"Dirty, fuzzed up, disgustingly deranged bass fuelled brilliance from...

Fair Ohs

After a year and half of making East London a sunnier, happier, better-looking place, the mighty FAIR OHS (Matt Flag - bass, Joe Ryan –...

Francis Harold & The Holograms

Francis Harold and the Holograms play an unsettling cacophony of obnoxious punk fused with blown out noise rock - think Flipper,...

Fresh & Onlys

The Fresh & Onlys have, in their short history, already released a flurry of 7"s, a limited-edition cassette, and two full-length albums (on...

Gauntlet Hair

"a giddy mix of new wave guitar and clacking dance rhythms" Dazed and Confused"a swirling headf*ck of manic energy mixed with blissed-out melody" NME"a brave and...

Harmful

The seventh album. 2007. A clear statement, no more or less than necessary. HARMFUL (Aren Amirze: guitar, vox, Nico Heimann: drums, Chris Aidonopoulos: bass,...

Haunted George

“Haunted George’s music rings with a doggerel atmosphere, a recording value that rivals an old beaten transistor and a mood where getting your soul...

Heads

 “If that’s not a freakout, then I’m a dutchman" John Peel after airing The Heads’ first Peel sessionFinally,...

Howlin Rain

".. indebted to the past and utterly timeless, wild but controlled, chin-stroking  clever and head-shaking dumb, referential without being reverential. But...

Idaho

IDAHO is Jeff Martin – "One of the most prolific, consistent, and unsung acts of the slowcore movement” (All Music...

James Blackshaw

“Virtuoso English guitar craftsman raises his game to stellar new heights… Breathtaking” Mojo “a soundworld all of his...

Jesus Lizard

In what has to rank as one of the most unlikely developments in rock, the awe-inspiring primal force of the Jesus Lizard will return, briefly, in 2009.  The...

Julianna Barwick

“The Magic Place was a tree on our farm,” says Louisiana-raised Brooklynite Julianna Barwick. “It was in the...

Kelley Stoltz

 “Meet your new favourite lo-fi troubadour…..” Mojo        “Luscious, utterly absorbing stuff. This...

Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds

Gun Club co-founder. Gunslinger for The Cramps. Six-string stylist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. The legendary Kid Congo Powers and his Pink Monkey...

King Khan

A Note from JARED SWILLEY of THE BLACK LIPSThe first time I crossed paths with King Khan and the Shrines was on a cold foggy day in London. The gloomy weather...

King Khan and the BBQ Show

It’s hard to tell if The King Khan & BBQ Show is more infamous than famous. Since the 2004 release of their first self-titled debut, the pair has...

Kinski

“like Sabbath in a washing machine during a power surge” NME“this controlled bedlam is just the thing for fans of the similarly explosive,...

Koolaid (Global Tyranny)

So, we get a tape of this in the post, yes, a TAPE. It was pretty wild.  Then we heard nothing… a while later we get a CDR, well, two of them, some...

La Sera

La Sera’s Sees The Light follows 2011’s masterful self-titled debut with ten new tracks of peppy break-up pop brimming with defiance and bitter...

Larkin Grimm

“Grimm sounds at various times wild-eyed and placid, witchy and innocent.... She is best when she submits to her many eccentricities, manifested through...

Le Loup

At the core of every contented family is a sense of balance, an emotional push-and-pull that helps stabilize the entire unit. A similar equilibrium anchors Le...

Lightning Bolt

Last we left this amplified tribe of two was 2005's Hypermagic Mountain, Lightning Bolt were tossing thousands of years worth of musical history into a wood...

Lisa Germano

“…She can unearth the darkness in the most innocuous scenes, as well as allow light to shine into the bleakest of corners, and does so while...

Loop

“In the second half of the 1980’s Loop were one of a trio of English groups who used a blueprint of ‘69 influenced pyschedelia to create...

Love As Laughter

Sam Jayne is a specific breed of classic songwriter: strong-willed, surefooted and unstoppable, particularly when he has the sovereignty to work within his own...

Lower Dens

Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, insistent drum throbs and Jana Hunter’s redolent, charred voice are the core components of Baltimore’s...

Maison Neuve

Maison Neuve - Guillaume Faure (vocals, guitar), Benoit Pourgaton (guitar), Thierry Leviez (drums), Johan Harnsten (saxophone, keyboard) - are...

Mark Sultan

“Mark Sultan doesn’t simply revive old sounds and old excitements; he ingests them, digests them, and regurgitates them as something new and...

Michael Gira

Mikal Cronin

Conceived and recorded as a sort of therapy to help cope with adjusting to post-college life, an ensuing break-up and geographic isolation Mikal...

Moon Pool & Dead Band

Moon Pool & Dead Band is David Shettler and Nate Young, a Detroit duo who deal in an old school DIY tweaked and bleaked techno ideal that assimilates the...

Mudhoney

It took a wall socket for Mudhoney to happen. They came from the old, weird Seattle looking damp and strange; beer-swilling jackals plugged into...

Mugstar

Influenced by krautrock, 'saucerful...' era Pink Floyd, Neu!, Sonic Youth and Oneida, Mugstar (Peter Smyth - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals; Neil...

Nadja

Nodzzz

 “We moved to California during the gold rush; we pawned our gold for guitars and rented a space on Turk Street in the loins of downtown San...

NUMERO GROUP

Founded in 2003 as an archival record label by Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier, and Ken Shipley, Numero has evolved into a multi-format media company, devoted to dragging...

Part Chimp

Euphoric noise rockers Part Chimp return this year with Thriller, their third studio album - their first release since Cup, a compilation of singles unleashed on...

Parting Gifts

What began as a one-off split 45 by songwriters Greg Cartwright (The Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, Reigning Sound) and Coco Hames (the Ettes, Coco Motion)...

Pissed Jeans

King of Jeans. The title of Pissed Jeans’ third album and second for Sub Pop conjures their essence perfectly—-masters of the mundane, beasts of the...

Ponytail

We first witnessed PONYTAIL live, it was impossible to restrain ourselves. Their music was total spastic bliss. A complete sugar high freak out....

Precious Jules

Kim Salmon (Scientists,/Beasts of Bourbon/’Grunge’ inventor) and Michael Stranges (Morning After Girls/Ripe) team...

Reigning Sound

Reigning Sound was formed in 2001 by Memphis, TN garage-punk legend Greg Cartwright (vocals/guitar), who is also known for his previous bands The Compulsive...

Religious To Damn

Religious To Damn creates a universe that is at times expansive, at times intimate, but always compelling. Hailing from psychedelic,...

Remember Remember

Based in Glasgow, Scotland Remember Remember return with their second album, The Quickening on Rock Action Records. Recorded in...

Samantha Crain

Samantha Crain’s second album, You (Understood) is perfectly summed up with a quote from diarist and author Anais...

Scientists

You could put on a Scientists record from this period and not know it was 23 years old! The Scientists might’ve been overlooked in their...

Screaming Females

Castle Talk is Screaming Females’ (guitarist/vocals Marissa Paternoster, drummer Jarrett Dougherty and bassist Mike...

Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten is delighted to share news of Tramp, her stunning Jagjaguwar debut out 6th February and the follow up to...

Sian Alice Group

Sian Alice Group – a collective of UK musicians Sian Ahern, Rupert Clervaux and Ben Crook, amongst other collaborators have, in the past...

Small Engine Repair

Small Engine Repair - Phil Twigg (Guitar, keys & Vocals), Tom Harrington (Bass & Vocals) and Dan Lewis (Drums & Vocals) -  who,...

Sore Eros

 “Their gorgeous debut blends introspective West Coast strum with heady layers of found sound, topped by gossamer-voiced, rainy day melodies that...

Steve Turner

Mudhoney guitar slinger Steve Turner is back with a new record, “New Wave Punk Asshole”, with his gang - Steve Turner And His Bad Ideas. Recorded...

Sunny Day Real Estate

Seattle, WA - Following a more than 10 year hiatus, all four original members of pioneering Seattle rock band Sunny Day Real Estate will regroup for a 20-date US...

Swans

   Eden Prison by GOLDSTARPR After years of pursuing Angels of Light and recording and producing a diverse roster of artists for his Young...

Teeth Of The Sea

“Teeth of the Sea take us to the eye of the storm, and frankly there’s no better place to be.” NME“Teeth Of The...

The Album Leaf

The new Album Leaf album A Chorus of Storytellers, marks the first decade for the group led by Jimmy LaValle. In those 10 years, LaValle has gone from initial...

The Demon's Claws

“Their music reminds me of when I used to visit an old cabin in Northern Ontario and take mushrooms and drink tons of Lab- att’s and go night...

The Dillinger Escape Plan

A long time ago, someone said, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Chances are that dude is dead (actually, it was Nietzche and he’s been dead...

The Dirtbombs

Nearly ten years after their acclaimed Ultraglide in Black helped kick-start a renewed interest in all things Detroit and rock-and-roll, The...

The Goldberg Sisters

 “Goldberg’s sonically layered art-pop reflects his curiosity as both a songwriter and a knob-twiddler.” Los Angeles Times“Ambitious...

The Greenhornes

Third Man Records is excited to release The Greenhornes’ first full length LP of new material, ****, since 2002. Their strongest...

The Icarus Line

Hola, welcome to being completely fucked. It has always been a hard sell to convince record label suit types to invest in music that celebrates the kind of...

The Spits

Everyone’s favorite space-age mutant skate punks The Spits are back with their long-awaited fifth album (self- titled, as...

The Super Vacations

 “as fresh as any first generation cosmonauts" The Wire"I know there's a ton of bands out there right now taking cues from the Pebbles and Nuggets...

The U.V Race

2007 saw the first recording from Melbourne, Australia’s The UV Race—a self-released tape featuring four songs of primitive thud,...

Thee Cormans

Fiends! Ghouls! Creeps! In the grand tradition of Frankie Stein and His Ghouls and The Deadly Ones, Thee Cormans present Halloween...

Thee Oh Sees

What’s the first thing you think of when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a...

This Frontier Needs Heroes

"grace and beauty... and immense promise." ITUNES    “Their music ranges from simply arranged, heartbreaking ballads to raucous...

Those Darlins

“My favourite band right now is Those Darlins…. They're doing something totally out-of-the-box.” Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast in Rolling...

Tyvek

Tyvek's In The Red debut, Nothing Fits, is a scalding collection of amped-up and thrust-out songs that crank up the energy level far beyond...

Vivian Girls

On their third album (and Polyvinyl debut) Share the Joy, Brooklyn's Vivian Girls continue to sharpen and refine their...

Wolf Eyes

When we last checked in with Wolf Eyes two years ago, the band had just released their Sub Pop debut Burned Mind to a stunned world. Burned Mind, preceded by the...

Wooden Wand

James Jackson Toth, AKA Wooden Wand is your fearless friend, the stumbling guy that goes out and gets himself into some incredibly...

WOODS

“If records can be classified into 'urban' (not in the R & B sense) and 'rural', then At Echo Lake is surely from the countryside” Drowned in...

Wounded Lion

Something is skulking through the toxic runoff of the entertainment capital of the world. With several 45s and last year’s debut LP, Wounded...

Yeasayer

Since the release of their critically acclaimed 2007 debut All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free), Yeasayer has been around the world and back again....