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Updated every New Music Friday with a chunky slice of new Independent Music goodness.  Curated by Tobi (@producedbytobi). Join in w/ #musichouruk Thurs 8 pm (Uk) via Twitter for a chance to be added.

New Independent Music Monster

Ana's Flavourites vol. 43

Playlist of artists covered recently on http://buzzbands.la
Cover image by Yan Ots via http://unsplash.com

Playlist + more info:

<a href="http://bit.ly/2H52CL5" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sego, "Neon Me Out"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2GL0Y16" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Palm Springsteen, "Hey There Cowgirl"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2H3vJ1b" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Illuminati Hotties, "I Wanna Keep Your Dog"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2ETe2zg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Wires on Fire, "Learn to Drown"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2NSZbYj" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Wild Belle, "Rocksteady"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2HjFBDi" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Skin Mag, "An Exercise in Hindsight"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2XzFARz" rel="noopener" target="_blank">J.S. Ondara, "Saying Goodbye"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2TIRJVi" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Paige Stark, "Depression Songs"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2J2bFhz" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Undercover Dream Lovers, "All You Need"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2EDV0LT" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Harley Cortez, "The Dreamers"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2TrzLqG" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cory Wells, "Patience"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2BZ8dyc" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Esbie Fonte, "Veins"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2HfxO9N" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kevin Morby, "No Halo"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2XEUmGM" rel="noopener" target="_blank">WORLDS, "Joyrider"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2SNpTTj" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Oyster Kids, "Losing My Mind"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2Unn7pk" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Smoke Season, "Up On Me"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2EDqkM9" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ward, "Sober"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2U2iLDV" rel="noopener" target="_blank">CLUB ORO, "Thank You Come Again"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2IKIIqj" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sebadoh, "Celebrate the Void"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2UcF2yN" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Criminal Hygiene, "Dangers of Convenience"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2C0PqT9" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hawk Percival and Friends, "Low"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2EKUSu3" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Shere Disraeli, "Stranger's Room"</a>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2EfZNCW" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jack Symes, "Maggie Cassidy"</a>

Greatest Hits ... This Week (Vol. 117)

Songs We Like - March 2019

poemas

tbd16

March 2019

Se Me Esqueceres - poema de Pablo Neruda

Ao ver-te ali, deitada... (de Ricardo Fernandes)

The empathy test in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is based on the premise that machines, no matter how advanced, lack compassion. But for childhood friends, Isaac Howlett (vocals) and Adam Relf (production), Empathy Test is all about wearing their hearts on their digital sleeves. With driving synth chords, punchy 4/4 beats and euphoric ‘80s melodies, the London-based duo take inspiration as much from modern acts like Chvrches and Purity Ring as they do from Vangelis and Depeche Mode. But far from sounding like just another ‘80s-electro reboot, Empathy Test have cultivated a mesmerizing and immersive identity which sets them apart from pretty much anyone else on the scene.

With an insistence on glorious hooks and instantly memorable vocal lines, Empathy Test are refreshingly unafraid to be pop music. Since self-releasing their debut EP “Losing Touch” in February, Empathy Test have picked up thousands of fans via sheer word-of-mouth and late-night tweets, and collaborated with Richard Swarbrick on numerous viral animation videos for ESPN and Liverpool FC. Empathy Test signed to Brooklyn’s Stars & Letters Records in the spring of 2014, with their follow-up EP “Throwing Stones” releasing December 9th, 2014.

Website → http://empathytest.com
Facebook → http://facebook.com/empathytest
Twitter → http://twitter.com/empathytest
SoundCloud → @empathytest

©℗ 2014 Empathy Test

Losing Touch

Throwing Stones EP

Empathy Test - Holding On

Empathy Test - Throwing Stones (Minuit Machine Remix)

Há fados que realmente não se explicam... apenas se sentem.  No Fado Cravo, "Maldição".

Ricardo Fernandes - Maldicao (Fado Cravo)

Amo-te (de Pablo Neruda) por Ricardo Fernandes

Stranger's Room

Empathy Test are back with double A-Side ‘Demons / Seeing Stars’, the first taste of the forthcoming debut album. Since releasing their stunning debut EP, ‘Losing Touch’, the enigmatic duo have impressed with their brooding cinematic electro pop sound; winning both critical acclaim and a legion of dedicated fans worldwide. Their music has seen radio support with KCRW, BBC Introducing and XFM and features with MTV, Clash Music, Earmilk and PopMatters amongst others. Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf formed Empathy Test after discovering a mutual love of eighties sci-fi soundtracks, nineties guitar bands and underground dance music. With echoes of CHVRCHES and Purity Ring, their sound has been described as Future Pop, Dark Wave and numerous other variations along similar themes.

The name Empathy Test is taken from the science fiction film Blade Runner. The duo’s artwork is also sci-fi inspired and follows similar themes to the movie, focusing on the basis of consciousness and the relationship between humans and technology. New track ‘Demons’ deals with the human nature of jealousy and how it can destroy a relationship. It explores how some people unconsciously cultivate jealousy in a partner in order to control them. In this all-consuming infatuation, nothing else matters - “and now she wakes up, every day and she invites, all of my demons to play.” It’s a subject that captures the duo’s strength and goes straight for the jugular.

Empathy Test are renowned for captivating their audiences with their branded mix of analogue synth sounds, uplifting melodies and catchy choruses. Live shows take audiences through driving creative rhythms and eighties pop beats, and new single ‘Demons’ is a live favourite amongst fans. While on tour last year, Empathy Test performed at Wave-Gotik- Treffen Festival in Germany, Urban Forest Festival in the UK and headlined Riba Rocks Festival in Spain. They have shared stages with artists such as Bombay Bicycle Club and The Japanese House. Empathy Test are embarking on another European tour that culminates with a show at London’s The Garage in October 2016. If you haven’t already checked out the electro pop prism of Empathy Test’s world then it’s time to acquaint yourself with this amazing new talent.

Twitter: twitter.com/empathytest
Facebook: fb.com/empathytest
Website: www.empathytest.com

EMPATHY TEST DEMONS LYRICS:

All of my dreams have flown away
All of my ambition with the wind 
Now you’re here.

I never thought I would be satisfied
With anything I had
Now I’m not so sure.

I waited so long for you
Now you’re here I don’t know what to do
With you.

I went hunting for love
When I thought I’d lose.
I meant to shoot down a dove
Shot an angel instead.
And now she wakes up every day and she invites
All of my demons to play.

Fade in fade out like a musical
Rhythm and rhyme in time
Our heart beats sing
Just to remind you we’re still alive in here.

I waited so long for you
Now you’re here I don’t know what to do
With you.

I went hunting for love
When I thought I’d lose.
I meant to shoot down a dove
Shot an angel instead.
And now she wakes up every day and she invites
All of my demons to play.

Well I love her, I hate her
I abhor her, I adore her 
Just the same, just the same
Just the same, just the same.
Well I love her, I hate her
I abhor her, I adore her 
Just the same, just the same
Just the same, just the same.

Demons | Seeing Stars

Demons

Empathy Test are back with double A-Side ‘Demons / Seeing Stars’, the first taste of the forthcoming debut album. Since releasing their stunning debut EP, ‘Losing Touch’, the enigmatic duo have impressed with their brooding cinematic electro pop sound; winning both critical acclaim and a legion of dedicated fans worldwide. Their music has seen radio support with KCRW, BBC Introducing and XFM and features with MTV, Clash Music, Earmilk and PopMatters amongst others. Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf formed Empathy Test after discovering a mutual love of eighties sci-fi soundtracks, nineties guitar bands and underground dance music. With echoes of CHVRCHES and Purity Ring, their sound has been described as Future Pop, Dark Wave and numerous other variations along similar themes.

The name Empathy Test is taken from the science fiction film Blade Runner. The duo’s artwork is also sci-fi inspired and follows similar themes to the movie, focusing on the basis of consciousness and the relationship between humans and technology. New track ‘Demons’ deals with the human nature of jealousy and how it can destroy a relationship. It explores how some people unconsciously cultivate jealousy in a partner in order to control them. In this all-consuming infatuation, nothing else matters - “and now she wakes up, every day and she invites, all of my demons to play.” It’s a subject that captures the duo’s strength and goes straight for the jugular.

Empathy Test are renowned for captivating their audiences with their branded mix of analogue synth sounds, uplifting melodies and catchy choruses. Live shows take audiences through driving creative rhythms and eighties pop beats, and new single ‘Demons’ is a live favourite amongst fans. While on tour last year, Empathy Test performed at Wave-Gotik- Treffen Festival in Germany, Urban Forest Festival in the UK and headlined Riba Rocks Festival in Spain. They have shared stages with artists such as Bombay Bicycle Club and The Japanese House. Empathy Test are embarking on another European tour that culminates with a show at London’s The Garage in October 2016. If you haven’t already checked out the electro pop prism of Empathy Test’s world then it’s time to acquaint yourself with this amazing new talent.

Twitter: twitter.com/empathytest
Facebook: fb.com/empathytest
Website: www.empathytest.com

EMPATHY TEST SEEING STARS LYRICS

Everybody knows you’re not perfect
But you still do your best to hide your flaws.

Everything you do is just surface
But we all know what goes on behind closed doors.

You’ll never know how it feels
To be out on a limb, in the wind.

And you’ll never know how much it hurts
To fall so hard you see stars

To fall so hard you see stars
To fall so hard you see stars
To fall so hard you see stars
To fall so hard you see stars

Everything we do is falling snowflakes
It will all have melted by the dawn.
Give up all your fears for your own sakes
And follow me out into the storm.

You’ll never know how it feels
To be out on a limb, in the wind.

And you’ll never know how much it hurts
To fall so hard you see stars

To fall so hard you see stars
To fall so hard you see stars
To fall so hard you see stars
To fall so hard you see stars

Bare My Soul

Run It Again

Dangers Of Convenience

Criminal Hygiene - Dangers Of Convenience

All songs written and produced by Jack Symes
Recorded and Mixed by Joe Costner and Spartan Recording
Mastered by Little Red Book Mastering

Jack Symes - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums
Gregory Ackerman - Bass
Andrew "Jenkins" Jones - Drums
Theo Fedronic - Trumpet
Mark Fedronic - Trombone
Brittany Hanson - Vocals
Brooke Hanson - Vocals
Lily Costner - Vocals
Megan Sexton - Viola

Maggie Cassidy

“Our time has begun...”
Sinking Into A Miracle is the debut album by Glasgow’s AMOR, a quartet of musical travellers exploring
the sonic open-ended-ness of dance music. Following two critically acclaimed 12” Single releases, Sinking
Into A Miracle is a fully developed treatise on ecstasy and transcendence. Here, Richard Youngs, Michael
Francis Duch, Paul Thomson and Luke Fowler are more honed, razor sharp in focus and timing, testing
their instrumental prowess on condensed song structures and new, enlightened feelings of expansive hope
and bliss. From the outset it’s an ambitious yet ultimately inclusive journey they are embarking on.

AMOR - Phantoms Of The Sun (From Sinking Into A Miracle, 2018)

Junk of the Heart

Black & White

Death Star Cadillac

Affection

Bedsheets

Westkust - Adore

Tales Of America

Saying Goodbye

Oyster Kids - "Losing My Mind" // Music Video: https://youtu.be/55cG4doVfM8
www.oysterkidsmusic.com

Written, Recorded, and Produced by: Oyster Kids
Full Credits: https://goo.gl/NVB2NG

facebook.com/oysterkidsmusic
instagram.com/oysterkidsmusic
twitter.com/oysterkidsmusic 
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LYRICS:
Lean Back - Lean back, theres another way out through all of this
Insomniac, all the while to find your bliss
We don't need much, gotta breathe it all out and give it up
Soft to the touch, dreaming never lasts enough

Im losing my mind, wonder just how we wasted all our lives
Colors fade in white, wont let go when that feeling becomes mine

Hanging over me, like a wish right now 
Drift into beyond the cold sea water
Trouble in your sight, waves crash down
Dream into the night, let up, come home, go

We spend all our time looking over me
Feet on solid ground, see if i can lead
Teammate down this time, looking back at me

Summers Gloom, Rush over you
Life in bloom, could we pull through

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Losing My Mind

Taken from the album 'Be On Fire', released 1 January 2019 on Counter Records: https://chromesparks.lnk.to/beonfireSo

Follow Chrome Sparks -
Spotify: http://found.ee/chromesparks-sp
Apple Music: http://found.ee/chromesparks-am
Instagram: http://found.ee/chromesparks-ig
Facebook: http://found.ee/chromesparks-fb
Twitter: http://found.ee/chromesparks-tw
Youtube: http://found.ee/chromesparks-yt
Soundcloud: http://found.ee/chromesparks-sc

Be On Fire

"Answers" by Light Wheel

Music by Evan Dunivan, Tyagaraja Welch, & Ethan Yeager
Lyrics by Tyagaraja Welch
Produced and Mixed by Evan Dunivan
Engineered by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recorders in Austin, Texas
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound

See Through

Answers

Make It Happen

"Coyote" Single release: March 1st  
The first single from forthcoming She Keeps Bees album, entitled Kinship.
 

: : : COYOTE : : :
I’d rather be a coyote
Katie Lee says
rivers deserve to be free
open mining 
in waterways, historic parks
lifeblood, the lungs of the Earth
stop short
no other spaceship like her
carved wooden birds adorn her 
swam in potholes and waterfalls
bathed in desert rose soft blush
stands her naked body
carved by sand, by wind, by dust
carved by rain, by rivers, by streams
flood the canyons
drown everything
ignore the rules of balance 
watch destruction of the sanctuaries 
wildflowers to circles to spirals from 50 AD 
gathering pine seeds
canyon glen curving 
flood the canyons
drown everything
ignore the rules of balance on Earth
watch destruction of the sanctuaries

written by Jessica Larrabee
c+p 2019 BB*Island, under exclusive license from She Keeps Bees

Jessica about the song: "I was so inspired when I happen to read the obituary of this lady Katie Lee in New York Times"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/obituaries/katie-lee-folk-singer-who-fought-to-protect-a-canyon-dies-at-98.html
Katie Lee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Lee_(singer)

She Keeps Bees "Kinship" is out May 10 2019 via BB*ISLAND (for Europe) and BA DA BING! (for North-America)

http://bbislandmusic.com
http://www.badabingrecords.com

https://shekeepsbees.com

She Keeps Bees - Coyote

Michael Paradise new single out Feb 28, 2019

Produced by Sylo Nozra
Mastered by Goldchain
Artwork by Jamy Steele

gold

from the new album 'Act Surprised,' out 5/24 on Dangerbird Records.

Pre-order / Pre-save: smarturl.it/Sebadoh

Sebadoh - celebrate the void

Island Night is a track written and performed by Dansson Rana. 

Credits:
Production and Mix - Alex Lindner
Master - Matt Colton
Artwork – Kerry Roper

Island Night

Depression Song

released March 12, 2019 

written, recorded and produced by American Wolf 

artwork by Vanessa Valadez 

www.vanessavaladez.com 
vanessavaladez.squarespace.com
license

Not My Life

Second single by La Dante, released 2019.

Gambling Man (Time to Walk Away)

Feel It Sometimes is the new track from Birmingham duo, Hunger Moon, released Friday 22nd March 2019 via Babywoman Records

Feel It Sometimes

'Debt Begins at 30' (Release date: May 31, 2019)

Spotify: https://u.subpop.com/2Ub6kFR
Apple: https://u.subpop.com/2C65pj9
Sub Pop Mega Mart https://megamart.subpop.com/releases/the_gotobeds/debt_begins_at_30

The Gotobeds: 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_gotobeds
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegotobeds/
On Tour: https://www.subpop.com/artists/the_gotobeds
BandCamp: https://thegotobeds.bandcamp.com/

Sub Pop Records: www.subpop.com
Twitter: twitter.com/subpop
Facebook: www.facebook.com/subpoprecords
SoundCloud: @subpop
MegaMart: megamart.subpop.com/
Podcast: subpop.fm/

The Gotobeds - Calquer the Hound

Let the pale light of your safe haven envelop you, if you can survive the first excruciating hour you can survive the next 730 less painful ones x

www.facebook.com/hobbyclubband
www.instagram.com/hobbyclubband
www.twitter.com/hobbyclubband

Bedroom

From the forthcoming record 'Mirroring' out on Orchid Tapes and Fear or Missing Out Records June 7th.

Pre-order the 12" vinyl: shop.orchidtapes.com/product/yohuna-mirroring-12

Yohuna - Mirroring

Aisles

Straight from the back of the Goner shop, here's a stack of amazing raw gospel singles, most from Memphis and surrounding area.

Save My Soul

The Devil Don't Like It

LIES-132
Cardinal & Nun-I Met the Devil
from the upcoming 4 track ep
to be released March 15th 2019

Buy Direct

Cardinal & Nun- I Met The Devil (LIES-132)

Carla dal Forno's "So Much Better" taken from a forthcoming 7" release out April 16th on Kallista Records.
Written and produced by Carla dal Forno

Direct pre-order: https://carladalforno.bandcamp.com/
Retail pre-order: http://smarturl.it/CarlaSoMuchBetter

So Much Better

The Sound of Settling (Death Cab for Cutie)

Niteppl has been on a bit of hiatus this past year. After releasing 3 albums under the moniker, Alton San Giovanni decided to experiment and expand. Between joining the tour roster for Low Roar, co-writing with Poolside and launching his folk project Elwood Mercy, San Giovanni has been ever busy even with Niteppl dormant. But all behemoths have to wake eventually. The San Francisco multi-instrumentalist and producer is back with "Cruel". Complete with his own vocal work, the track walks a fine edge between nu-disco and indie that feels like a culmination of Niteppl's signature sounds rolled into something new.

https://m.soundcloud.com/niteppl

www.popgangrecords.com