Best Indie Rock 2014

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March / 14

LiStening Now // March 24th

Mixtape For The Outcasts Vol. 3

DNNM Tracks of the Week: 3/28/14

DNNM | Top 25 Tracks of Q1

Slowmotion

This week Brighton’s Home School hit the club - a fusion of members that also occupy The Magic Gang and previous-postcarders Bayy. Not to be dismissed as side-project guff, Home School is very much a primary project from young’n’handsome Jack Kaye.

Driven by a true smut groove that could champion a sped up Andrew Cedermark number, ‘Mellow Neighbour’ is the antithesis of how chilled out Zachary Cole Smith’s mother is right now.

To purchase the postcard, head to http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/

Home School - Mellow Neighbour

This song is going on the compilation Sick Of Hits Vol. 1 with Playlounge and Yrrs! YOU SHOULD GET ONE HERE: 

http://reeksofeffort.bandcamp.com/album/sick-of-hits-vol-1-2

Mind The Demon

Weird Little Birthday

Montreal Rock Band Somewhere (Bonus Track)

The debut single 'Room With a View' by JUBILEE COURTS

OUT MONDAY 16th DECEMBER 2013
on Itunes, Amazon, Spotify & Limited CDs

Room With A View

The former Wu Lyf member launches his bright, bold first official single on Dazed Digital. 

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/18292/1/francis-lung-a-selfish-man

A Selfish Man 7" is out on Jan 16 on Atelier Ciseaux b/w “Tsunami Blues (Cause of Me)”

Francis Lung – A Selfish Man

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/01/regolith

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Rain Dog - Regolith

The Magic Gang ~ Shallow

"It's damn near impossible not to like "Rock n Roll Dreams". Don't Need No Melody

"Seriously terrific track from Sweden's Great Hare". Viva Indie Rock

"...the Scandi-rock perfection that Great Hare this time trend in. And without doubt, it’s such stuff as dreams are made on". Dots And Dashes

"...the lyrics here spell out their goal: "I was just another teen, with a head full of rock n roll dreams". Well they've followed their dreams and are now in a modern rock n roll band, and despite sticking to convention, one that knows how to knock out a tune too." The Sound of Confusion

"The Swedish have once again surpassed themselves and brought us some great indie rock!" believe in the music baron

"Les suédois de Great Hare propose le très bon single 'Rock n Roll Dreams'" Dans le mur ... du Son!

"This track is loud and guitar driven, reminiscent of Delta Spirit’s upbeat moments and jangly lead guitar that would feel right at home alongside Captured Tracks bands like Wild Nothing and Diiv. The vocals have the snarl of The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas and put a bit of attitude back into a genre that is overflowing with nice-guy soft tenor vocalists that would more easily lull you to sleep than cause you to trash a dressing room." Creator Collective

Download:
greathare.bandcamp.com/album/rock-n-roll-dreams
http://smarturl.it/rocknrolldreams
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-n-Roll-Dreams/dp/B00HXA6P90

http://open.spotify.com/album/3FOtlLHiaCoQvxIQS690NV
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/great-hare/album/rock-n-roll-dreams

facebook.com/greathare
twitter.com/great_hare

Bandcamp

Rock n Roll Dreams

Released on April 1, 2014. 

Digital: http://apple.co/1faFMrn
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/salad-days


Mac DeMarco // Brother

Limited 12" Vinyl - adultjazz.bandcamp.com
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A1. Am Gone
A2. Springful

B1. A collection of recordings which serve as a nod to the period and places in which the forthcoming album was recorded, hung around the song 'Scraggy Apostle'.

+ Screen printed lyric insert
+ Download code 
(Am Gone, Springful, untitled B Side, artwork, lyrics, videos)

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Released 13 January 2014

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Music by Adult Jazz // Adult Jazz are Harry Burgess, Tom Howe, Tim Slater and Steven Wells // Lyrics by Harry Burgess // Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered by Tom Howe // Recorded at The Black Byre, Arncliffe & 161 Otley Road // Artwork by Samuel Travis

Released by Spare Thought.

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Gist Is

Am Gone

From the new album "Lighght", released 5/13/14 on Joyful Noise Recordings. Pre-Order here: http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/kishi-bashi-lighght.html

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Violinist, singer, and composer Kishi Bashi is slated to release his new album on May 13, 2014. The album entitled "Lighght" (pronounced "Light") continues and expands the sound of his critically acclaimed debut, "151a" - which earned Kishi Bashi the title of "Best New Artist" by NPR. Since the profoundly successful release of "151a" two years ago, Kishi Bashi has toured relentlessly, captivating audiences across the globe with his loop-based live show, and fostering a groundswell of devotees. 

"151a" was crafted over a four-year period while Kishi Bashi was touring and recording with Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and of Montreal (where he was a full-time member and co-producer). In late 2012, after the success of "151a", Kishi Bashi decided to focus solely on his own music and began composing the new material which has become "Lighght".

"Lighght" takes its title from the one-word poem by minimalist poet Aram Saroyan. As Kishi Bashi explains, "The poem's blatant assault on literary convention and classical form was attractive to me." It is apparent that such an approach informed the new album, which has both broadened and redefined his classical foundations. "Though I have studied classical composition, I prefer to take an unconventional path when it comes to creating and thinking about music," says Kishi Bashi. 

Though violin remains his primary instrument and songwriting muse, Kishi Bashi has expanded his palette to include more diverse and nuanced instrumentation. Bright and soaring avant-pop songs are prevalent, as are Eastern-tinged arrangements, gentle ballads, Philip Glass inspired improvisations, and more than a few moments that flirt with 70s prog (in the tradition of ELO or Yes). 

If this sounds jarringly kaleidoscopic, that's because it is. But it works. Listen and see.

Kishi Bashi - Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!

New single out on Tigermilk Recordings 24th February 2014.
https://www.facebook.com/tigermilkrec

Pre-Order : http://po.st/TMR002



Buy on iTunes

Atlantis

"Mistakes Of My Youth" from THE CAUTIONARY TALES OF MARK OLIVER EVERETT. Now available at http://eelstheband.com/stores.php

Mistakes of My Youth

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/not-going-home/id920991632?i=920991754

Not Going Home

First mp3 single from Hour of the Dawn, the third album by La Sera, out May 13th, 2014 on Hardly Art records. La Sera is the project of Katy Goodman, founding member of the Vivian Girls and All Saint's Day.

Purchase Hour of the Dawn
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hour-of-the-dawn/id853965548
Hardly Art: http://www.hardlyart.com/shop/lasera.html
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00JC4XJ08

Like La Sera on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/La-Sera/101114383282113
Follow La Sera on Tumblr: iamkatygoodman.tumblr.com/
Follow La Sera on Twitter: twitter.com/iamkatygoodman
Follow La Sera on Instagram: instagram.com/iamkatygoodman

Hour of the Dawn

Losing to the Dark

La Sera - "Losing to the Dark"

March 7 Demo Mix.
(c) 2014 I.Akram, R. Sankar

In Each Other's Arms

Released on June 10, 2014.

Digital: https://itunes.apple.com/album/nausea/id845312726 
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/nausea

Craft Spells // "Breaking The Angle Against The Tide"

F A N S debut single 'All This Time' available now on iTunes: 

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/all-this-time-single/id838414422

F A N S - All This Time

New track from Home School taken from Beech Coma Vol. 1

http://beechcoma.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/home-school-band

Home School - She'll Move On

Station Street

Better

New song featured on Yuko Yuko's 2K14 Winter Vibez compilation of songs from January.
Out this month on Purple Noise Record Club<4

Maggie Sleeps

Brand new single from LA's Wunder Wunder

TOURING MAY & JUNE, 2014
May 28	        Los Angeles - Troubadour +
May 29	        San Francisco- The Independent +
Wed June 4	Richmond, VA - The National * 
Thu June 5	Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
Fri June 6	        Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl *
Mon June 9	Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom *
Tue June 10	Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
Wed June 11	Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *

+ with Crystal Fighters
* with Washed Out

'Coastline' Out 25th March 2014 on Dovecote/Shock

https://www.facebook.com/wunderwunderband

Coastline

Ride or Die out 4/15 via OWSLA & Kitsune 

Pre-Order US 

bit.ly/1h1NsRT

Ride Or Die

Giving Up

Call My Name

Recorded and mixed by James Atkinson.
www.facebook.com/swwwerve
www.twitter.com/swwwerve
swwwerve@gmail.com

Static

Slow Club's album “Complete Surrender” is out now.  Order on iTunes now: http://po.st/CSiTunesdeluxe 

Store Exclusives  - http://po.st/CSStore 
iTunes Deluxe - http://po.st/CSitunesdeluxe
iTunes Standard - http://po.st/CSiTunes 
Amazon Deluxe Cd - http://po.st/CSAmznCDDeluxe 
Amazon CD - http://po.st/CSAmznCD 
Amazon Vinyl - http://po.st/CSAmznlp

Tickets available here for the bands Village Underground/London May 13th show: http://po.st/SCVillageU

Website - http://po.st/SlowClubWB 
Twitter - http://po.st/SlowClubHQTw
Twitter Rebecca - http://po.st/slowclubrebeccaTW 
Twitter Charles - http://po.st/charlesslowclubTW 
Facebook - http://po.st/SlowClubFB 
Instagram - http://po.st/SlowClubinst
Soundcloud - http://po.st/SlowClubSC


Complete Surrender

Order on iTunes

Los Angeles based Mayer Hawthorne and Tokyo based artist Shintaro Sakamoto will release a new split 7″ vinyl on Record Store Day 2014 (4/19). The record features Mayer singing Sakamoto's "In A Phantom Mood" in English, while on the other side, Sakamoto sings Mayer's "Wine Glass Woman" in Japanese!

http://recordstoreday.com

Shintaro Sakamoto's Japanese version of Mayer Hawthorne's "Wine Glass Woman":
https://soundcloud.com/zelone-records-official/wine-glass-woman-shintaro


In A Phantom Mood

Bad Habits

VERY LTD EDITION 7" TRANSLUCENT VINYL ORDER HERE:
http://sunshinefrisbeelaserbeam.bigcartel.com/

AUTO

3rnd - "Be Gone Dull Cage &amp; Others" EP
mp3 - 320kbps

3rnd

Buy Now

Just Another Day

Recorded at the sound gallery in Exeter. September. 

Thanks to Art Is Hard records for putting this on a pizza club (theres still some downloads left here....http://soundcloud.com/separatedbymotorways/birdskulls-ghost-world and....many thanks to our good friend Luke Ellis of Muncie Girls for drumming! 

We made a video for it! here////////////// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBRdAZ5yLac

Ghost World

One of the songs off the two track cassette we released on Art Is Hard! 

You can purchase the single right here: http://artishardrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mispresume-rolling-tongue

Recorded in Exeter


Rolling Tongue

Be Cool

Record label working with artists we (I) love a lot