PSYCHO MOTELIVISION

Liverpool’s most depraved promoters Psycho Motel have just launched ‘Psycho Motelivivion’. A horrifying piece of promotional footage for a cross dressing valentines ball featuring.. yep you guessed it ‘The Rent Boys‘. Mwwwwwahahaha!

VIRALS – COMES THE NIGHT

Today the first SEXBEAT 7″ of 2012 is released.  We are happy to give you the double A-side of Magic Happens and Comes the Night.  To celebrate, we’re giving you the chance to download the AA side from our soundcloud.  You can listen and download this below, and pick up the 7″ itself from all good record stores, online retailers or from our big cartel.

KOLKHOZ 001: SNOWTOWN


Kolkhoz is a new weekly independent film blog premiering exclusively on SEXBEAT every Wednesday. The name derives from the Russian communist theorem ‘collective knowledge for individual thought’. Stay tuned.

Fucking brutal. SNOWTOWN intimately illustrates a much darker side to Australian living, with an all too familiar route to evil. Justin Kurzel’s compassionate depiction of sexual abuse, mental turmoil and inevitably serial murder, offers a heartbreaking rendition of events that devastated the south of Australia across the 90’s.

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WEIRD DREAMS – 666.66

WEIRD DREAMS have shared a new single from their soon to be released debut LP Choreography.

The album is out April 2nd via Tough Love Records.  666.66 is drum led pop full of soothing synths. Listen below.

 

THE MEN – OPEN YOUR HEART

THE MEN have released the title track from their forthcoming third LP Open Your Heart.

It’s a fast paced rush of excitable, adrenaline charged rock and roll.

Don’t forget to catch the band live at CAMP next month along with support from  London grunge slacker band FANZINE. £8 adv tickets - wegottickets.com/sexbeat

Listen to Open Your Heart below.

VAURA – VANTH

VAURA are a New York four-piece that flit between the realms of black metal and prog-rock, with some spaced out psychedelic touches in there for good measure.

Their debut LP, Selenelion, is out February 28 via Wierd Records. Vanth is is full of dark, driving bass and distorted minimalist vocals. Listen below.

VIRALS | MAGIC HAPPENS | VIDEO

Here is the heart warming video for Virals ‘Magic Happens’. Created by and starring (a 7 year old) SEXBEAT art director Zac Ella with original footage of a 1992 family magic show. Enjoy. Pre-order.

 

ANDREW WK | I GET WET 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

ANDREW WK has announced three live UK dates to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his seminal debut album I Get Wet.

He will be playing the 2001 cult pop punk record in its entirety – the last time that happened was a raucous affair. In 2009 SEXBEAT convinced him to play the 150 capacity venue at the Old Blue Last  for his 30th birthday party and you can see some of the pictures from that night below. Photos by Gabriel Green.

ANDREW WK live dates are as follows:

12.04.12 – London, UK – HMV Forum
13.04.12 – Manchester, UK – Academy 1
14.04.12 - Glasgow, SCO - Garage

Click below to see more photos.

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FAIR OHS – SALT FLATS

FAIR OHS have released new single Salt Flats using the unusual method of a flexi-postcard that can be played digitally or on a record player.

The single is out via X-Ray Recordings and also comes with the B-side Gold Hill. Listen to Salt Flats below.

MINKS – PAINTED INDIAN

New York duo MINKS have released a brand new track via their tumblr page.

Painted Indian is in-keeping with the band’s usual floating, lo-fi dream pop and it has us pining for a light breezy summer day in June.  Listen below.