[CDG] Girls Names / The new life

Psychedelic Belfast natives GIRLS NAMES have released their new single through Tough Love Records, ahead of their almost- finished follow-up to 2011’s Dead To Me L.P. The hazy optimism of The New Life’s chord progression – which reveals itself amidst the endlessly recurrent cycle of three-note guitar phrases - oddly recalls Blur, whilst the incessant, almost monotonous repetition shows their more krautrock-y side, embedding the riffs firmly in the mind of the listener.

Da THE NEW LIFE 12" (12/11/2012 Slumberland Records)

[CDG] Popstrangers / Heaven

Popstrangers are Joel Flyger, Adam Page and David Larson, three native New Zealanders who make “pop” music that’s hard-driving, punk-influenced and sonically inimitable. After releasing several singles on fabled New Zealand label Flying Nun, the band arrives with their debut album Antipodes. Recorded in the basement of a 1930's dancehall, Popstrangers’ first full-length features dissonant, claustrophobic melodies, anchored by the languid affectations of Flyger’s vocals, that bring a vintage feel to their decidedly contemporary garage rock. Channeling early Radiohead and kiwi indie bands of yore like the Gordons, 3Ds and the Chills, Antipodes further develops the band’s nuanced, distorted “pop” created and cultivated from years spent honing their craft live.

Da ANTIPODES (23/2/2013 Carpark Records)

[CDG] Cold Pumas / Sherry Island

The Brighton band will release Persistent Malaise on November 5th via Faux Discx/Gringo Records/Italian Beach Babes. 

Da PERSISTENT MALAISE (5/11/2012 Faux Discx)

[CDG] Cheatahs / The Swan

Da SANS EP (26/11/2012 Wichita Recordings)

[CDG] Nosaj Thing feat. Kazu Makino // Eclipse/Blue

Da HOME (22/1/2013 Innovative Leisure)

[CDG] Horrid Red / I'm terribly hurt

  

Da NIGHTLY WREATHS (9/10/2012 Terrible Records)

[Cover] 2:54 / Killer (Adamski/Seal cover)

It's the loneliness that's the killer
So you want to be freeTo live your life the way you wanna beWill you give if we cryWill we live or will we die?
Tainted hearts heal with timeShoot that love, so we can stop the end
Solitary brotherIs there still a part of you that wants to live?Solitary sisterIs there still a part of you that wants to give?
If we try and live your livesThe way you wanna be, yeah
Solitary brotherIs there still a part of you that wants to live?Solitary sisterIs there still a part of you that wants to give?Is there still a part of you that wants to give?Is there still a part of you that wants to give?
Racism in among future kings can only lead to no goodBesides all our sons and daughters already knowHow that feels, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[CDG] The Soft Moon / Insides

Da ZEROS (5/11/12 Captured Tracks)

[CDG] Boyfrndz / Surfs up

 

Boyfrndz è un trio indie-rock di Austin.

Da ALL DAY PASS (11/9/12 Spora)

[Live] The XX / Angels live @ KEXP

 

 The XX - Angels live @ KEXP 

 Da COEXIST (2012 Young Turks)

[CDG] Cymbals Eat Guitars / Hawk Highway

Prodotto da John Agnello
Da MASTERS FROM THEIR DAY (2012)

[Video] The Joy Formidable / Wolf's law

 

 The Joy Formidable - Wolf's law

Da WOLF'S LAW (1/2013 Warner Music)

[Video] DIIV / Doused

DIIV - Doused 

Diretto da Z.Cole Smith & Ian Perlman
Da OSHIN (2012 Captured Tracks)

[Video] The Death Rays of Ardilla / Diamonds

 

 The Death Rays of Ardilla - Diamonds

[Live] Paul Banks / Summertime is coming @ FYF festival

 

 Paul Banks - Summertime is coming (@FYF festival 2012)

Da JULIAN PLENTI LIVES... EP (26/6/12 Matador Records)

[CDG] Melody's Echo Chamber / I follow you

 

 Melody's Echo Chamber - I follow you 

Melody’s Echo Chamber are a Parisian neo-psych group who, after releasing a couple of songs over the summer, are set to drop their debut Lp this month [...] A liltingly melodic masterpiece created around a time-warped guitar line ripped straight from the ghost of 60′s psych-pop I Follow You is at once fragile and satisfyingly visceral. What’s most impressive though, in a song of many varied highlights, are Melody Prochett’s vocals which with their sun-dappled innocence and effortless melody, seem an ode to some nostalgic vision of endless, rose-tinted summers. [S//S//N] 

Diretto da Laurie Lassalle
Da MELODY ECHO CHAMBER (25/9/2012 Weird World)

[Indie for Dummies] Fun Adults / Sap solid

Fun Adults - Sap solid 

Just as a descriptive phrase of its own, “Sap Solid” makes for a nice explanation of UK four-piece Fun Adults’ style of pop, where sentimental acoustic guitar noodling meets woodsy electronic percussion as sturdy as the 200-year-old Leeds barn it was recorded in (literally! they restored the space themselves!). And as a debut single—out Oct 15th via Tough Love—the song makes for an encouraging and intriguing introduction. Smooth as a wet bar of soap. [The FADER]

ESSENTIALS: Tumblr / Facebook / Souncloud / Twitter.

Da SAP SOLID/ACACIA 7"15/10/12 Tough Love Records)

[Video] Beat Connection / Further out

 

 Beat Connection - Further out 

Qua il video del primo singolo tratto dall'album di debutto del quartetto di Seattle.

Da THE PALACE GARDEN (6/8/2012 Moshi Moshi)

[CDG] Shinies / Ennui

Shinies - Ennui 

Da ENNUI/EIGHTEEN 7" (22/10/12 Dirty Bing Records)

[Live] Tropic of Cancer / The one left @ Room 205

 

 Tropic of Cancer - The one left @ Room 205 

For this stark, spellbinding episode of Room 205, director Luis Farfan worked closely with director of photography Conor Simpson, set designer Tamarra Younis, editor Forrest Borie and sound engineer Jon Gilbert to capture the band's mesmerizing live performance while crafting a world of abstract symbols, ambient sounds and cinematic contrasts, entirely elegant and arresting in their own right. 

Da PERMISSION OF LOVE EP (28/5/2012 Mannequin Records)