Friday 28 June 2013

Mont

Snow in the New Year from mont on Vimeo.


Mont's second wonderful release in recent weeks.
Inventive genre splicing seems to be second nature for this new Bath band.

Thursday 27 June 2013

Foxes in Fiction



A bit slow on the uptake with this stunning bit of work, a collaborative effort between Foxes in Fiction and Benoit Pioulard, another classy release from Wool Recordings.



Wednesday 26 June 2013

Honeyslide



Continuing the classic shoegaze theme come London's Honeyslide.

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Skinny Dream



Another Southend band of note. Skinny Dream plough a furrow of shoegazing classicism with style.



Ellery James Roberts



The welcome return of that familiar rasp,on the debut solo outing of ex Wu Lyf frontman Ellery Roberts.

Monday 24 June 2013

Mado Smith



Dystopian funk of supreme quality from Charleston based Mado Smith.



All We Are



Self described as a 'groove like the Bee Gees on Diazepam', no reason to quibble with that.

Friday 21 June 2013

Champions League



Rolling euphoria from Parisian duo Champions League.

Thursday 20 June 2013

Motorama



Shimmering, classic indie from Russia no less, via French label Talitres.



Oliver Wilde



The crackly sound of heartbreak from Bristolian Oliver Wilde.

Sans Chateaux



Hushed pastoral beauty reigns across Sans Chateaux's recent EP.


Wednesday 19 June 2013

DZ Tapes



Compilation work of high quality from the people over at DZ Tapes who have put together a new mixtape which can be downloaded here

A couple of picks from said compilation, produced by Psittacines and Seabright are featured below.



Sameblod



Excellent Norwegian label Riot Factory have unearthed another gem in the shape of Swedish duo Sameblod.



Tuesday 18 June 2013

Loved Ones



New material from Merseyside's sonic explorers Loved Ones, a long awaited album is imminent.

Monday 17 June 2013

Lockhart



Another slice of top notch electronic pop from across the water. This comes from Paris based Lockhart.

Pendentif

Pendentif - "Embrasse Moi" [official video] from discograph on Vimeo.


Some expert tropipop from across La Tranche courtesy of Bordeaux's Pendentif.

Thursday 13 June 2013

The Proper Ornaments



Classic lo-fi jangle from The Proper Ornaments.

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Lovelier Other



Lovelier Other is back with another silky dream pop cut.

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Sonjagon



Stunning space fuzz from Swedish band Sonjagon.

Cambio Sun



Sydney's Charlie Tait cooks up some sweetly warped beats under the Cambio Sun moniker.

Intuition by Cambio Sun

Monday 10 June 2013

Trails and Ways



More pop gold from Trails and Ways.



Sunday 9 June 2013

Guest Mix #6 - Beige Throes

Guest Mix No6 - Beige Throes by Electricsoundofjoy on Mixcloud


We recently featured Baltimore producer Beige Throes whose high quality, prodigious output is showcased on his Commonplace Things LP which can be found here.

He very kindly agreed to put together a Guest Mix for us and it doesn't disappoint. Tracklisting below;

1. Flash Palace — Sasa
2. Mala — Changes (harmonimix)
3. Evenings — Friend [lover]
4. Chanes — Selective hearing
5. Balam Acab — Now Time
6. Robot Reconnaissance — take two at 7-eleven (virginia beach)
7. Slow Six — Cloud Cover (part 2)
8. Fyfe — Introduction
9. The Album Leaf & The xx — twentytwofourteen/shelter (marika's cover) mix
10. Jienat — 5.1 surround field recording on the train (DPA)
11. This Will Destroy You — they move on tracks of never-ending light
12. Goldmund — Saranac

Wednesday 5 June 2013

Novelty Daughter



A while back we featured something from Novelty Daughter which was brought to our attention by the ever esteemable Sterecure Label. Now she has a new release on the second Stereocure Sampler and it is a belter.



Swimming Lessons



Dreamy haze from Leeds denizen Ben Lewis.

Braids



New from ultra inventive Montreal trio Braids.

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Swing Delux



Majestic new production work from London's Swing Delux, taken from his Light Sleeper LP. The full record can be found here http://swingdelux.bandcamp.com/

Catching Flies



Fresh dulcetry from Londoner Catching Flies.

Monday 3 June 2013

Carroll



Not named after a lumbering centre forward to the best of my knowledge. Rather snappy leftfield pop music from Minneapolis.



The Zolas



A tip top remix to start the week.