A playlist of my Indie Shuffle favorites, as discovered on www.indieshuffle.com

My Indie Shuffle Favorites

INDIE/Jan2019

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Weekly New Wonders Playlist # 2 of 2019 !

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2019-01

(PUT YOUR) WEIGHT ON ME

Written and performed by Kidsmoke. Recorded with Russ Hayes at Orange Studios, Penmaenmawr and mastered by Gethin John at Hafod Mastering, South Wales.

Artwork by Mike Payne and Andy Garside

Patterns

Music and lyrics by Beatrix Sky
Drums by Travis Lent
Bass by Alex Fulton
Produced by James Collette
Engineered & Mixed by Alex Fulton
Mastered by Julian Silva at On Air Mastering (Portland, OR)
Album art by Matias Morel
Special thanks to Thomas Lucy Audio

Love Drug

Corey Cunningham's Business of Dreams is all about emotional catharsis. When his father passed away a few years ago, Cunningham took leave from his long-running Bay Area/LA musical partnerships Magic Bullets and Terry Malts to return to his home state of Tennessee to grieve and confront his past.

Making music to cope with this loss resulted in Business of Dreams' lovely eponymous debut album, an unexpected pop pleasure that wound up on Bandcamp's and Raven Sings The Blues' year-end lists for 2017. Soon the live version of Business Of Dreams took shape as Cunningham opened for Rogue Wave on a national tour and played scores of local shows with Frankie Rose, Real Estate and many others.

With his new album "Ripe For Anarchy," Cunningham has honed the songwriting with an eye towards regret, existence, and perseverance. "When I’m gone you won’t cry for me, focus on the moment, be free," he sings on "Chasing That Feeling." And that’s the mantra here: it’s time to let go. "The album is about living in the moment, shedding neurosis, and the desire to discard the general societal malaise we’ve been roped into."

"Ripe For Anarchy" is a through-and-through ode to indie pop, in the historic definition of the genre. "My Old Town" and "N.R.E.A.M." could be album cuts on a Grant McLennan solo album, "Don’t Let Our Time Expire" and "Naive Scenes" could be The Smiths, the Sparklehorse cover "The Hatchet Song" bears an uncanny resemblance to Australian pop pioneers Even As We Speak, and "I Feel Dread" has the unmistakable earmarks of The Field Mice.

And while he may be more noted for playing guitar in Terry Malts, Smokescreens, and Merge Records' Mike Krol's backing band, Cunningham is most at home making soft sounds extolling the wounded and mournful. "I think music is the most personal of mediums. You can work and listen, you can run and listen, you can drive and listen. And I think I’m a misfit. If I can make the most personal music for misfits, then I’m satisfied."

Ripe For Anarchy

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Business of Dreams - Keep The Blues Away

Written by AINSLIE
Produced by Adam Korbesmeyer 

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Trace Of Us

Something's Over by Delsbo Beach Club, released Nov 20 2018. From Debut EP 'Four tracks & a burger', released Jan 25 2019.

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Delsbo Beach Club - Something's Over

Single by Moon Loves Honey

Music & lyrics: Jeppe Dengsø
Recorded and mixed at home
Mastered by Emil Thomsen at ET Mastering

Not Only In My Dreams

Recorded at Dream House studios in Toronto, Ontario. Produced by Alex Stavropoulos-Laurie. Mixed and Engineered by Milan Sarkadi. Mastered by Joao Carvalho.

Stress

Step 1 Explode

Naive

Use the erase tool and delete that winter chill, put your favourite summer shorts on and defrost your ears because summer is cool again according to my freshest beat source  "blossom at my feet flower".

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blossom at my feet, flower

Talk Talk

Bang Average is a story of a boy, who’s falls madly in love with someone off limits and as a result doesn’t know what to do with himself. The song touches on how we begin to question ourselves because of the opinions of another. Bang Average is for the hopeless romantic and the inexperienced youth.

Bang Average

Warm Animal

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Cloud

Drama – of the interpersonal kind – that’s what Hajk are about on their upcoming album. The band burst onto the Norwegian scene with their self-titled debut album, garnering broad appreciation way outside of their home country. Now, the highly anticipated follow-up is near – a record that both pulls at the heartstrings and urges you to dance.

Hajk’s 2017 debut received praise from the likes of Astrid S, Sigrid and Kimbra, as well as a united Norwegian music press. Internationally, outlets such as Noisey, Stereogum, Line of Best Fit, Drowned In Sound, The Independent and Clash Music gave the group standing ovations for their idiosyncratic, yet supremely catchy pop tunes, while likening them to everything from Dire Straits and Aztec Camera to Haim. On “Drama” Hajk embrace their urban influences, naming artists such as Solange, Frank Ocean and Thundercat.

With the sophomore album, “Drama”, a more confident band is on display. Sharpened by more studio experience, they have once again produced the record themselves. Blending analogue and digital sounds, switching between programmed arrangements and live takes from the studio, drawing on three lead vocalists and several guest musicians, Hajk has done whatever necessary to fullfill their creative vision. 

The title “Drama” relates to the drama of humanity and a somewhat naïve yearning for love in a world in which love sometimes seems scarce.

It’s been a while since the band recorded the songs for their debut album, and you can hear that they’re eager to get going. This time they are taking the sound of their debut a few notches further. We get the simple but grand ballads and we get the catchy up-tempo pop songs. In short, drama.

Hajk - Breathe

Downtempo indie soul/pop/folk ballad. 6/8 Tim signature. Nostalgic sound reminiscent of old motown ballads. Harmonic vocal hooks  and dreamy tenor Saxophone solo. Sorrowful lyrically content delves into personal struggles associated wth coming of age. The principle emotion at the heart of the song is one of longing. The song voices a pining to return to a time of girlish carelessness and imprudence.

Calls of Prudence

Whethan - Top Shelf (Heroless Remix)

I Can Be A Friend To You

BITTER END

Clean Eyes (Acoustic) - Single

Clean Eyes (Acoustic)

Swedish dream-pop trio ViVii release their glorious new single ‘And Tragic’ on January 11th through Dumont Dumont (Ry X, Charlie Cunningham, Josin). Taken from their debut album, which is set for release on March 15th 2019, it’s a stunning return from the Swedish trio.

Speaking about the single ViVii explain, “We had an idea about what this song was going to be about, but under the process it all changed and the song took its own turn.I guess thats how we like to write music, to let the song happen and to let the music have its own way. But the essence of the song is that life is fun and Tragic all at the same time.”

Having made their New York live debut at the Sweden Makes Music showcase on December 4th, ViVii are confirmed for this year's SXSW festival in Texas, as well as Eurosonic and By:larm and will play London's Hoxton Bar and Kitchen on Feb 15th. Full run down of live dates below.

Tour dates:
18/1 - Groningen, Eurosonic - Der Aa-Kerk & Coffee Company Groningen (NL)
19/1 - Hamburg, Mucke bei die Fische 2019 (DE)
15/2 - London, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen (UK)
28/2 – 2/3 By:larm (NO)
8-17/3 – SXSW (US)
11/4 - Stockholm, Pygméteatern (SE)
12/4 - Göteborg, Oceanen (SE)
18/4 - Lund, Mejeriet (SE)

‘And Tragic’ follows on from ViVii’s most recent single 'Suckerpunch' which hit the #1 spot on Hype Machine. It picked up radio plays from Guy Garvey (Elbow) on his 6Music show, 3FM Holland and Radio Eins in Germany. Online support came from the likes of Earmlik, Indie Shuffle, CLASH, Record of the Day to name a few. 

ViVii’s critically acclaimed debut EP ‘Savant’ which was released at the end of May 2018 and features lead single ‘Savant’ and debut single ‘Siv (You & I). Both singles reached the #2 spot on the Hype Machine chart and saw praise from online tastemakers including Hilly Dilly, All Things Go (Best Songs of the Week), The Line of Best Fit, DIY Mag, Indie Shuffle (Best of April), Earmilk, Crack in The Road amongst many others. The EP has clocked up 4 millions streams online and includes two other spine tingling tracks‘ Ali’ and ‘Some Other Time’. They also recorded and released a COVER of Harry Styles ‘Sign Of The Times’ for the Mahogany Sessions. 

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/vivii.music/
Twitter https://twitter.com/Vivii_official
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vivii.official
Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/viviiofficial

And Tragic

"Face of the Sun" is the first single from Night of the Worm Moon, the new solo full-length from La Luz singer/guitarist Shana Cleveland, out 4/5/19 on LP, CD, digital, and cassette. 

Pre-order your copy today from smarturl.it/shanacleveland

Night of the Worm Moon

Shana Cleveland - "Face of the Sun"

Blue

"Button Up" by Cape Francis
Written by Cape Francis
Produced and Mixed by Ariel Loh
Mastered by Sarah Register

'Deep Water' out March 1st, 2019

www.capefrancis.com

(c) 2019 Cape Francis under exclusive license to Sleep Well Records
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Button up
Suit and tie
Go work everyday
In disguise
Wonder how
All my dead dreams died
Fall asleep at the wheel
While you drive

If I’m not with you 
I’m on borrowed time
I get so tired of myself
Say I’m not anyone
Than who the hell am I?

You said
It doesn’t get much easier
Don’t look down 
Trapped in red hypnosis
Blurred out dotted lines

If I fade away
Promise you will wake me up
And keep my hand
Steady as a mountain rock 

If I’m not with you
I’m on borrowed time
I get so tired of myself
Say I’m not anyone
Than who the hell am I?

Button Up

Debut 7" from Melbourne's BANANAGUN !! 

Dim the lights monsieur! Set the table, light the candle! Because its dinner time and Bananagun are cooking up! 

The band has been jamming in the ether for semi-millennia and now the stars have aligned, the current climate calls, the people want to laugh. 

Their debut single>>> “DO-YEAH” 
In a big iron pot about yay big, throw in some spiced djembe, a dash of timbale, x 1 drum beat, plenty of chanting (for the flavour). Throw it in the river bass for 5-10 minutes until golden, sprinkle with some love flakes and your looking good! 

Now flip it over and you have “TOPCAT”. 
Same beat, slightly more bop. Walk beside an alpha male for 25 years, milk (for cat) x 3 horn section, blanch some garlic and ego puree’ serve it hot! 

Bananagun's "Do Yeah" 7" is out February 15th on Anti Fade Records.
credits

BANANAGUN - Do Yeah

"What's Next?" is taken from the debut album "Brickbat" by Piroshka, available to order here: http://smarturl.it/Piroshka_Brickbat

Piroshka - What's Next?

This is a new experience.

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New Experience

Here's our next single, SOBER,  let's get grooving!

Out now via Mammal Sounds Records:  https://fanlink.to/daste_SOBER 

Socials:
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Publicity:
http://www.mammalsounds.com

Production: @daste. 
Mastering: @Tabrill
Artwork: Tayla Brunt

SOBER

Enough to Believe

Enough to Believe (Jamie Jones Remix)

OUT NOW on Potion : https://bit.ly/2RYdY8t


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Cheers,