THE INDIE MACHINE

An inversion of the femmebots made popular by such wonderous cinematic adventures as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and….Austin Powers….Calgary’s The Shagbots will unleash a fury of musical mojo so powerful it’ll make YOUR head explode! Check out “Consequences”, a very special cover of Joy Division’s “Transmission” and an as yet “untitled” track! The Shagbots on Myspace.

The Shagbots – Wired: Episode 23 from The Indie Machine on Vimeo.

The iM spends alot of time promoting up and coming artists in the Canadian music scene. If you haven’t caught some of our ‘Sessions’ or ‘Wired’ series video’s, now is your chance to check some of these artists out. Our videos from the month of August are below. You can head over to the iM Vimeo Channel to see all the work we’ve done in the past as well. Enjoy the show!

The folks over at Pitchfork debuted a video yesterday for Royksopp’s new single, ‘The Drug’. The song comes off the duo’s latest effort, ‘Senior’ which is due out September 13th via Wall Of Sound. The LP will be a complete instrumental album and a follow up to last year’s ‘Junior’. Check out the video for ‘The Drug’ below. Royksopp on Myspace.

Matador Records released a video today in support of Belle & Sebastian’s up coming album, ‘Write About Love’. At a half hour in length, the video features two new songs, “I Want The World to Stop” and “I Didn’t See It Coming” plus a whole bunch of extras. The band plays Massey Hall on October 12th. Get your tickets now before they’re gone! Check out B&S on Myspace for tour dates and more.

Bad Tits are Sebastien Grainger and Josh Reichmann. These two are no strangers to the Canadian music scene. Sebastien was once half of “Death From Above 1979′ and Josh played in the band ‘Tangiers’. They also have successful solo careers. The guys recently released a video for their song ‘No Skin’. Check it out below. Their ‘Garbage Night’ 7″ is available now which includes a free 6 song EP download. Get it through the Hand Drawn Dracula store. Bad Tits plays the Phoenix on September 29th with Holy Fuck and Indian Jewelry. Check them out on Myspace.

Montreal’s Land Of Talk have a new video out for their absolutely incredible song, ‘Quarry Hymns’. The track comes from the album, Cloak and Cipher, which was recently released on Saddle Creek Records. Check out the video below. The band plays Lee’s Palace September 16th. Land Of Talk on Myspace.

Pitchfork posted a new video today for ‘Hindsight’ off of Built To Spill’s 2009 effort, ‘There Is No Enemy’. Check out the video below. The band is set to hit the road today on a US jaunt that will see them tour through November. No date for Toronto but Buffalo isn’t all that far away right? Doug Martsch singing ‘What about Canada” seems appropriate right now. Built To Spill on Myspace.

If you were a fan of Telekenisis’ debut album last year as I was, you’ll be happy to know the band is releasing a brand new EP via Merge Records. You can grab the Itunes digital release as of today but will have to wait for the physical copy until October 26th. The EP contains two original songs including the one featured below in the video, ‘Dirty Thing’. Telekinesis play the Elmocambo here in Toronto on September 4th with ‘Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’. Check them out on Myspace.

Brooklyn’s The Drums have a new video out for ‘Down By The Water’ off their incredible self-titled debut album. Stereogum premiered the video this morning, you can check it out below. The Drums play Toronto October 16th @ The Mod Club. Check them out on Myspace.

Interpol’s second video off of their up-coming album was just released today by Matador Records. Check it out below. The new self-titled album is due in stores September 7th. Interpol on Myspace.