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Monday 11 May 2015
Redspencer
Jangly indie goodness from Melbourne operative Redspencer from the forthcoming EP on Deaf Ambitions.
Sterling Flow
It seems like an age since we last featured Garrett Ellison aka Sterling Flow, happily his dreamy alchemy remains fully functional.
Thursday 7 May 2015
Gold Celeste
A remarkable week for Riot Factory with this their second magic release in a matter of days. The first was from Okay Easy in case you are wondering.
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Tomorrows
Dublin 5 piece Tomorrows count former Thrills frontman Conor Deasy amongst their number. Like his former band, Tomorrows mine a rich seam of sixties dulcetry, and this is a genuinely lovely introduction to them.
Astral Pattern
Peopled by ex-members of S.C.U.M, Astral Pattern make throbbing, retro futurist electronica on 'Shapes In The Sky'.
Tuesday 5 May 2015
Small Feet
Stockholm's Small Feet have just signed to Barsuk for the release of their LP in August. This track doesn't come from the album but whets the appetite nonetheless.
Monday 4 May 2015
Poor Things
A new Poor Things release can only mean a reaffirmation of their expertise in the field of fuzzy guitar pop. This comes on a split release for Gerry Loves Records.
LENPARROT
Nantes lad LENPARROT is on a fine run of form at the moment, this is no exception a beauty from his new EP released by Atelier Ciseaux.
Thursday 30 April 2015
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Jacana
Previously featured electronic virtuoso Calum Howard is now working under the moniker Jacana. This is his first release for a good while. Still has the characteristic poise though.
Psymon Spine
Following up on a recent favourite in 'Eric's Basement & Secret Tunnels' with another one from their new EP due on May 19th on Axis Mundi Records.
Tuesday 28 April 2015
Landmarks
Veering away from the newest of the new, but I just heard this and was entranced. An exceptional piece of work from last years EP by Chicago band Landmarks.
Monday 27 April 2015
Colornoise
Fairly sure this is the first time we have featured anyone from Costa Rica. This comes from Colornoise a trio making the kind of resolutely cavernous records that The Besnard Lakes have specialised in for a good while.
Babe
A strange and splendid thing from Glasgow based shape shifters Babe, this from their EP for Moshi Moshi/Cracki Records.
Andrew Jansen // Loud Sun
A sun dappled slice of lo-fi from Oakland's Andrew Jansen a man who makes music under multiple guises.
Friday 24 April 2015
James Canty
The latest single from James Canty who wowed us last year with his debut 'Strangers'. This one makes a full on appeal for our hearts and comes through with flying colours.
Thursday 23 April 2015
Tessera Skies
From the purveyors of 'Droplet' our record of the year in 2014, here is 'Out of Sight' the new single by Newcastle's Tessera Skies.
Salfuman
Salfuman is the alter ego of Sandra Rapulp from Valencia. Her gossamer synth work is a joy on this new single released via Love Our Records.
Wednesday 22 April 2015
Paddy Hanna
Dublin's Paddy Hanna has a kind of slow burning, languorous quality to his work which is extremely intoxicating.
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Psymon Spine
A huge slice of electronic obfuscation from Psymon Spine a New York band with a big future if this anything to go by.
Monday 20 April 2015
Leaf Erikson
With a previous incarnation as the excellent Flashguns under their belt we would expect nothing other than quality from Leaf Erikson and that's exactly what we get.
Throwing Shade
Breathy wonderment from London artist Throwing Shade from a new EP due on 25th May through No Pain In Pop.
Friday 17 April 2015
O. Chapman
Brighton wooze merchant O.Chapman produces the goods for Art Is Hard as part of their Hand Cut Record Club.
Superstar
The second single from Superstar's new LP for the Bedroom Suck label. She's in an ultra languorous mood on this one.
Thursday 16 April 2015
Jacco Gardner
Kaleidoscopic, soft focus psychedelia from Jacco Gardner, taken from his new LP 'Hypnophobia' due out on Full Time Hobby/Polyvinyl in May.
Wednesday 15 April 2015
Vaadat Charigim
Israel's Vaadat Charigim have that classic shoegaze sound nailed with the added bonus that they sing in Hebrew giving their sound a pleasing otherness for those of us unfamiliar with the language. This comes from their second LP which is upcoming via the venerable Burger Records.
Tuesday 14 April 2015
Kuro BC
Another South London producer following on from yesterday's post about Ben Hayes. This is a track of many facets and splendid with it.
J Fernandez
We featured a couple of tracks from J Fernandez's 'Memorize' EP last Autumn and are delighted to hear he has an LP coming out in June.
Monday 13 April 2015
Tasting Colors
Logan Thomas of Indianapolis is Tasting Colors and this is a superb example of his electronic psych oeuvre.
Escaping Animals
A delicious electronic curio from Melbourne producer Escaping Animals taken from 'Sleep Spindles' EP out on Love Our Records.
Thunderhank
Wilmington, Delaware quartet Thunderhank were introduced to us by Janet, whose warped work we've been enjoying for a while. They do a pleasingly leftfield take on electronic pop music themselves.
Thursday 9 April 2015
Silicon
Auckland's Kody Neilson creates otherworldly electronic pop music under the moniker Silicon.
Tuesday 7 April 2015
Crepes
The title track from Crepes 'Cold Summers' EP. We featured 'Stages of Fear' from said EP a month or two back.
Gathered Ghosts
A slew of new tunes from Washington State based band Gathered Ghosts have surfaced in recent days. Here are a couple.
Wednesday 1 April 2015
Tuesday 31 March 2015
Flout
On the venerable Art Is Hard label, this is another example of majestic songwriting this time from New York's Flout.
The album is pay what you want on Bandcamp at the moment, we suggest you pay handsomely.
Monday 30 March 2015
CANKUN
Like this a lot, a joint release between oft featured label Not Not Fun and Hands In The Dark from France, this is a slow building piece of electronic psych/post rock.
Satanic Ritual Abuse
The lowest of lo-fi and all the better for it. This is ramshackle perfection released via the Memorials of Distinction label.
Dizzyride
Amongst the members of this outfit is Nicola Dona aka Horrible Present whom we featured here a while back. This is a great little curio, a vaguely operatic piece of shuffling goodness.
Thursday 26 March 2015
Communions
A new one from Denmark's Communions whose new EP will be out via the esteemed Tough Love label on 1st June.
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Sea Moya
I love Sea Moya's description of themselves as a 'psychedelic beat outfit' so I'm sticking with it.
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Pale Blue
Mike Simonetti of Italians Do It Better fame has a new label and will be releasing his LP under the Pale Blue moniker on it. The label is 2MR and this track is taken from the LP 'The Past We Leave Behind'.
Monday 23 March 2015
Kazy Lambist
Montpellier's Kazy Lambist gets remixing treatment from our old friends Employee of the Year.
Garden City Movement
Consistent excellence continues on this latest track from Garden City Movement's new 'Modern West' EP due out in early April.
Friday 20 March 2015
Tick Tock
Copenhagen and London straddling artist Sebastian Zieler comes up trumps on this track taken from his recent EP.
Thursday 19 March 2015
Here Is Your Temple
We featured Sweden's Here Is Your Temple back in March 2013. Not heard a peep from them since until this.
Wednesday 18 March 2015
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Heart Beach
We featured 'Away' by Heart Beach a short while back and this is the next fruit of their labours to be released.
Monday 16 March 2015
Jaako Eino Kalevi
A stately beauty reigns on Jaako Eino Kalevi's 'Double Talk'. His LP for Weird World will be released in June.
Tellef Raabe
Out on the peerless Riot Factory label, a thoughtful piece of pop music from Tellef Raabe
Shunkan
A short sharp first track from the follow up to Shunkan's superlative 'Honey, Milk and Blood' EP from last year.
Indoor Voices
It has been an age since we first posted about Toronto shoegazers Indoor Voices, but these two new demos have recently surfaced.
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Mangocats
We've featured Nadine Carina's leftfield compositions on numerous occasions, and now she has teamed up with Mathieu Bedwani to form Mangocats.
James Canty
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Portable Sunsets
Californian producer Portable Sunsets has an EP out in May via the recently featured Applescal's Atomnation label.
Monday 9 March 2015
October Glow
The debut track from London producer October Glow who is apparently named Joe but doesn't divulge a lot else.
Friday 6 March 2015
Applescal
Dutch producer Pascal Terstappen aka Applescal doing a lovely line in ambient techno. This comes from his 'For' LP out in May on Atomnation.
Living Hour
Taken from Living Hour's debut LP of the same name due out on Art Is Hard and Tree Machine Records in the Spring.
American Wrestlers
We featured the wonderful 'I Can Do No Wrong' last year which was taken from a then self released album. Now the LP is getting release via Fat Possum, and this is taken from it.
Thursday 5 March 2015
Somerville Jack
Hamilton, Ontario gent Chris McComas is the man behind Somerville Jack and this absolute beauty.
Wednesday 4 March 2015
Hairy Hands
Maverick production work from Hairy Hands, taken from the 'Battlekat' EP on London's Tape Club label.
LENPARROT
Possessing the kind of moniker that puts one in mind of an uncompromising pub landlord, LENPARROT's music is a pleasant suprise.
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Monday 2 March 2015
City Water
The opening track of EP1 from Indiana composer City Water. The EP will be released by the Young Tobacco label on 17th March.
Sunday 1 March 2015
Saturday 28 February 2015
Friday 27 February 2015
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Allegories
Having previously posted their debut track 'Funny Way Of Loving You' with almost no info on the band, here is another tricky to define piece from Allegories.
Golden Team
We've been following Golden Team (formerly Gold Is For The Golden Team) for some time now. Each one of their releases so far has been of the expertly crafted, shimmering variety and this is no exception.
Monday 23 February 2015
Ulrika Spacek
Ulrika Spacek are from London, that's all I have got on the makers of this lovely bit of warm psychedelia.
Crepes
Struggling to find words that differ from our last post about Crepes, this is 'languid, wonky pop' and I am stinking to that summation.
Jason Nolan
A bravura performance from young Surrey producer Jason Nolan. Following up on 'Stem' from late last year with this delectable, string laden slow burner.
Friday 20 February 2015
Thursday 19 February 2015
CONTRAST.
We belatedly featured 'Drum Machine' by Melbourne band Contrast last November. This comes from the follow up 7" due in March.
Living Hour
Part of a split 12" on Art Is Hard Records featuring 4 bands in total. Living Hour's contribution is all wistful haze.
Wednesday 18 February 2015
Fall Electric
Another Perth band following on from yesterdays post of SpaceManAntics. Fall Electric have the sound of slightly sinister open country down to a tee.
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Totally Mild
Our ongoing Aussie love in continues with Totally Mild. A debut LP is due on Bedroom Suck on 6th April.
SpaceManAntics
Part of the unstoppable wave of high class Australian psych, SpaceManAntics have a woozy new 7" on the way.
Monday 16 February 2015
Heart Beach
From Horsebeach to Heart Beach, there are certainly a glut of plage fixated bands around at the moment. A big chunk of them are pretty decent too, not least this three piece from Tasmania.
Horsebeach
The second half of the new Horsebeach 7". The other side 'Disappear' was featured here earlier in the month.
Thursday 12 February 2015
Ekoda Map
Like this very much, from an unspecified location in the UK, via the excellent Abandon Building label.
Joey Fourr
Chronic case of taking our eyes off the ball here. Joey Fourr's 'Gold Boy' was in our favourite 25 tracks of last year but this was missed entirely. Thanks to Don't Need No Melody for showing us the error of our ways.
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Verdensrommet & Sondre Lerche
We featured Verdensrommet back in 2013. Not heard much from them since, but this remix of Sondre Lerche is stupendous.
Dah Rhyl Gah Moor
Uber accomplished work from fresh London act Dah Rhyl Gah Moor. They have a mini album due on 25th February. This is a heady first taster.
Monday 9 February 2015
Jake Rollins
At turns a producer of tip top slacker pop and something altogether more meandering. Jake Rollins hails from Boston.
Solomon Grey
With the release of their EP 'The Selected Works' due next week, Solomon Grey have aired this treat.
Thursday 5 February 2015
Meltybrains
Glorious innovation is in the blood of this Dublin band. 'Donegal' is the lead track taken from their debut single
Tuesday 3 February 2015
Monday 2 February 2015
Friday 30 January 2015
Menage a Trois
Manchester's Menage a Trois have taken a significantly different path to compadres Wu Lyf and Los Porcos, ploughing as they do a dreamy tropical furrow.
Thursday 29 January 2015
Turtle & Machines In Heaven
Hot on the heels of covering Glasgow producer Turtle's newest release 'Colours' this fantastic remix turned up from fellow Glaswegians Machines In Heaven.
High Tide 15.47
Certainly noticing an upsurge in quality output from the North East in recent months, and it wasn't barren territory to start with by any means. This comes from Newcastle based High Tide 15.47 from their new EP.
Wednesday 28 January 2015
SIGHT
Drawing inspiration from a recent jaunt to Thailand, Falmouth producer SIGHT takes us to the tropics.
Here's the Guest Mix he did for us a while back
Guest Mix No 16 - SIGHT
Tuesday 27 January 2015
Gleemer
Releasing a new EP via Gold Flake Tapes and 80N7 in March, here are a couple of tracks from said cassette.
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Cotillon
The full LP stream of previously featured LA Songwriter Cotillon, whose album will be released by Burger Records.
Monday 19 January 2015
Thursday 15 January 2015
Wednesday 14 January 2015
Leapling
Consistently appearing on our pages due to a run of brilliant releases. Leapling's latest is N.E.R.V.E taken from their LP 'Vacant Page' due in early Februaury.
Grandbrothers
Dusseldorf duo Grandbrothers have an album coming out in March from which this perennially building track is taken.