VIDEODROME – 04/10/2009

We start this weeks roundup with the ever impressive Flood Of Red and their latest single ‘Home, Run(1997)’. These lads from Airdrie have a brand of intense, mesmeric rock that really excites us here at call Upon The Author! Exlovers are another band that have us pricking up our ears when they crop up on our stereos (stay tuned for a review of their EP later this week), and this is the video for ‘You Forget So Easily’, a cracking tune that is seeing repeated plays on our morning commutes into the office. The Humour are all pent up emotion and angst, served up on a bed of slightly funky alt.rock. It’s catchy stuff as you can see on ‘One More Drink’. ‘Time For Heroes’ might have a tongue in cheek video, but Juliet The Sun produce some lovely, Britpop style music that brings to mind classic Verve and early Oasis. Coming on with a sound like The Cure getting intimate with Arcade Fire while Ennio Morricone watches, Tigers That Talked are one of those special bands that appear from nowhere, fully-formed and with pocketfuls of ideas. Check out the gorgeous video to the lovely ‘Artificial Clouds’ and let us know what you think.