These tracks are among my most favorite here on this wonderful website. 

Mixtape For The Outcasts Vol. 1

various 2014

GT Reposted Mix 2014

January

2014 5

NAS APRIL 2

MAY NAS

5/14/14

The all-female outfit TEEN remains true to their progressive indie-pop roots in their newest single "Big Talk." Written and recorded during the "Carolina" EP sessions, with support from producer Daniel Schlett (DIIV), the track is a catchy and polished successional release. "Big Talk" glows as it incorporates Teeny Lieberson's glassy vocals set atop the song's tight yet buoyant arrangement. The finish is a reverb drenched instrumentation that channels a classic psych rock vibe. 

http://teentheband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/teentheband

Buy "Big Talk" Here

TEEN - Big Talk

Hypnotoxic

Worriers - Precarity Rules

Toro Y Moi/Dog Bite split seven inch single to commemorate their North American winter 2013 tour together.


Dog Bite - Would Be

out now, on lolipop records...
THE VIVIDS- "Drugged Out & Bloodless" (CASS)
KILLER WEIRDO THRASHY POST-PUNK NEW WAVE CRAZINESS FROM LONG BEACH, CA!!! 
100 clear/black cassettes pressed

THE VIVIDS- "Just An Illusion"

VIDEO HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6w_ZR1HXwg
Soundscape (rhythm guitars, keyboards, bass & drums)  by Jack Morefield @SoundCloud.com/jackwm 
Featuring the voice of Marty Lucas @SoundCloud.com/mlucas
 Words by the poet,  Tanisha Jackland @soundcloud.com/ladyofire 
Voice mix, clapping, creaking, scraping, scratching, uprooted Snaithilicious guitars by Barry Snaith 
 Production by The Inconsistent Jukebox @SoundCloud.com/barry_snaith
Sample taken from 'Yennathavam' (Carnatic classical composition in Tamil) https://soundcloud.com/stringofasymptotes/yennathavam featuring Karthika.
Image used on avatar by Adrian James Hill.
adrianjames.aminus3.com/portfolio/

Here are Tanisha's brilliant words:
THE TREES WERE HERE FIRST
She always felt 
Her wounds around the trees
They kept her 
imperceptibly alive.

Still her legs were like anvils
rooted into the earth
Big black roots, 
veins hugging the world.

I could see she was
A woman who understood.
She could move the sky to open
to come crashing down on the land
The envy of perpetrators.
 
There is this knowing
most all trees have
and it is a united front
a quiet front
that keeps our heads from imploding
 
They are the antidote 
the woman and the tree
bearing the colossal fruit
in the midst of these dying days.

Tanisha Jackland 2013

The Trees Were Here First (Morefield, Snaith & Lucas) - click pic for VIDEO link

Brooklyn indie-rock trio Hospitality earned buzz-band status with their peppy 2012 debut, but they navigate darker, more turbulent waters on their follow-up album, Trouble out on Fire 27th January 2014

iTunes

Hospitality - I Miss Your Bones

Buy @ Cascine: http://bit.ly/yz-ep-vinyl

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Yumi Zouma & Cascine unveil a deluxe 12" that bundles both of the band's celebrated EPs together on one record, along with a previously unreleased outtake and their popular cover of Air France's "It Feels Good To Be Around You". Side A of the record features EP I, the outtake and AF cover. Side B features EP II. Original pressings of both EPs are sold out.

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Yumi Zouma @ FB: on.fb.me/1kVlRpg 
Cascine @ FB: on.fb.me/1eR1MsE

Buy the EP

Yumi Zouma - Sålka Gets Her Hopes Up

Buy the Remix EP

Yumi Zouma - A Long Walk Home For Parted Lovers

Taken from Keel Her's forthcoming debut album due out on 10 February (Europe) 25 February (USA) on Critical Heights.  Rose Keeler-Schäffeler’s songs are intimate vignettes drawn from her own experiences delivered in a chatty, honest and delightfully conversational manner. Guitars and synths vie for melodic prominence over vast swathes of fuzz and feedback, where Rose’s indecipherable vocals swim amongst buzzing melodies, swampy reverb and broken beats.

Keel Her - Roswell

I'M DIGGING MY GRAVE
ON A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT
ALL MY SECRETS ARE SAFE
BENEATH MY FIRE PLACE
I'M DIGGING MY GRAVE
NO REASON TO BREATH 
ANYMORE


my grave

'The Psych Apocalypse' is a weekly live radio show, broadcasted live every Wednesday 7 till 9pm (uk time) around the globe at http://www.fabradiointernational.com

This Xmas / Saturnalia special see's Mike and co-host Craig zoom through space in a Tardis backwards and forth between the radio station and Mike's home studio [2 beer limit] It also features an exclusive announcement and interview with 'James Elvin' organiser of the upcoming Manchester Psychedelic Festival. 

Featuring the latest and greatest tracks from the Psychedelic Umbrella, including Rock, Electro, Shoegaze, Downtempo, Uptempo, Sidetempo, etc

The Psych Apocalypse Radio Show - XMAS / SATURNALIA Special 25th December

Grass Is Green - Big Dog Tee Shirt Birthday Weekend

Palehound will release the Kitchen 7" on February 25th via Exploding In Sound Records. Recorded by Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at Gravesend Recordings (at The Silent Barn).  Mastered by Josh Bonati. Artwork by Andrew Marathas.

Kitchen 7" marks the first recordings of Palehound as a full band...
Ellen Kempner (vox/guitar)
Ben Scherer (guitar)
Thom Lombardi (bass)
Max Kupperberg (drums)

Palehound are going on tour this Spring including a stop at SXSW. Get in touch with the band at ellen.kempner@gmail.com with any show requests.

EIS016

Palehound - Holiest

'House Of Spirits' will be available in LP / CD / Digital formats on June 10, 2014.

www.mexicansummer.com

The Fresh & Onlys - "Who Let the Devil"

Purchase "Spectre" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spectre-single/id825607441

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

Design and layout by Scott Hansen
Photography by Reuben Wu

For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

WEB - http://www.tychomusic.com 
TWITTER - http://www.twitter.com/iso50 
FB - http://www.facebook.com/tychomusic 
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/iso50 
INSTAGRAM - @iso50 


Spectre

Taken from the new album 'Minimum Rock N Roll' by Chain and the Gang - due out on Fortuna POP! on 14 April.

Chain and the Gang are led by the hugely charasmatic Ian Svenonius, the prime mover of two of the most essential bands of our time Nation Of Ulysses and The Make-Up. They deal in deal in a new genre called CRIME ROCK that updates rock n roll, blues, and gospel music or vocal quartets from the late 50s /early 60s for the discerning few. Minimum Rock N Roll is minimal and ferocious, lean and mean. This record is a kind of aural austerity with barely any words, hardly any beats, fewer notes - its just EXACTLY ENOUGH.

Chain & the Gang bring their dynamic live show to Europe in May and June...

21.05_Prague, Pilot Klub
22.05_Trier, Exhaus
23.05_METZ, TRINITAIRES
24.05_TOURS, TEMPS MACHINE
27.05_Liverpool, The Kazimier
28.05_Glagow, Broadcast
29.05_Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
30.05_London, Tufnell Park Dome
31.05_Antwerp, New Scheld'apen 
03.06_Bordeaux, Festival Relâche
04.06_San Sebastian, Ayo Silver!
05.06_Madrid, Charada
06.06_Puerto de Santa María - Escena Rock
07.06_Granada, Planta Baja
10.06_Ravenna, Hana Bi
13.06_Brescia, Lio Bar
15.06_Munich, Kafe Kult
16.06_Wurzburg, Cairo
18.06_Berlin, Privatclub
19.06_Hambourg, Uebel & Gefährlich
20.06_Aalborg_1000fryd
25.06_Helsinki, Kuudes Linja


Chain and the Gang - Devitalize

Taken from Cloud Nothings' brand new album "Here and Nowhere Else", coming April 1 on Carpark/Mom+Pop (US), and March 31 on Wichita (UK/EU).

Pre-order now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/nowhereelse
Pre-order now on deluxe LP, standard LP, and CD: http://cloudnothings.com

04/01 on Carpark/Mom+Pop (US) 
03/31 on Wichita Recordings (UK/EU)
03/26 on Hostess (JP)
03/28 on Stop Start (Aus/NZ)
04/01 on Hi-Note (Taiwan/China/Hong Kong)

http://cloudnothings.com
http://facebook.com/cloudnothings
http://twitter.com/cloud_nothings

Psychic Trauma

Available on 10" clear frosted vinyl and digital - 
http://dirtybingorecords.greedbag.com/buy/night-flowers-1/

www.facebook.com/wearenightflowers
www.twitter.com/Night_Flowers_
vimeo.com/nightflowers
www.instagram.com/wearenightflowers

Written and performed by Night Flowers
Recorded by Adam Jaffrey
All songs Copyright Control 
℗ + © 2014 Night Flowers under licence to Dirty Bingo Records Ltd.

Bound

Expensive Dog

Taken from the debut album from Ela Stiles, due out Bedroom Suck on 2 June. This solo record is comprised entirely of a-cappella performances. It is her voice alone that fills the listener’s ear, and then her voice again, rising and falling in different vocal patterns both rhythmic and melodic, turning in on itself and creating layers of startling sound. 

Ela Stiles - Kumbh Mela

Pre-order LP/CD: http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/270
Pre-order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/dalliance-itunes

Gold-Bears' second full-length, "Dalliance," is a record about regret. It reminds you of that time you lied to your friend when you said you were too busy to hang out, but instead went to the bar alone. Or when you sent that really shitty email to your brother about something that really has no bearing anymore, because you were too caught up in the moment to think clearly. It also reminds you of the time you got divorced... from whatever or whomever.

In the past two years since Gold-Bears released their debut album "Are You Falling in Love?," main Bear Jeremy Underwood gathered a new crop of friends to carry out his fuzz-filled visions. "Dalliance" is more focused and abrasive than that 2011 debut, combining their noise-pop influences from forebears like Boyracer and The Wedding Present with shades of the post-hardcore, emo and post-punk on which the band all cut their musical teeth. This is not to say that Gold-Bears gave up impossibly catchy song-writing, just that their signature indie punk anthems are now even sharper, the guitars even more slashing, and the songs even more harrowing and heartfelt than ever.

"Dalliance" opens with the anthemic "Yeah, Tonight," a proper pop song featuring a duet between Underwood and Emma Kupa (of the defunct London indiepop band Standard Fare) that sets the agenda right away — sharp melodies and even sharper guitars, all whizzing by in less than three minutes. “Chest” rushes in almost immediately after, barely two and a half minutes of punk energy and fizzing feedback.

The stomping "From Gainesville to Tallahassee" features a gnarly feedback guitar solo and backing vocals from Black Tambourine's Pam Berry. “Punk Song No. 15” is as described, a blazing flash that condenses the history of UK noisy pop into just over one minute. “I Hope They’re Right” and the lovely, jangling “Hey, Sophie” show how much the band have expand their range, slowing the pace, turning up the jangle and taking on the big subjects.

Gold-Bears cover a lot of territory, musical and lyrical, in "Dalliance"’s 32 minutes and by the time that we reach the miniature epic of closer “Fathers And Daughters” we realize that we’re watching a band and a song-writer hit their stride, turning in an album that’s exciting, thoughtful and infectious.


Gold-Bears - For You

from Melted Toys' upcoming self-titled debut

out July 15th, 2014

PRE ORDER HERE: http://underwaterpeoples.com/2014/04/29/melted-toys-%E2%80%9Cst%E2%80%9D-lpuplp025pre-order/

Melted Toys - Blush

Fortuna POP! are delighted to announce the signing of London-based neo-psychedelic pop group The Proper Ornaments. Mining the rich territories of The Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys, their debut album proper "Wooden Head" features fourteen thrillingly taut and melodic pop songs with a deep, dark undercurrent. Comprised of Argentinian Max Claps and James Hoare (also of Veronica Falls) – who both sing and write the songs – and joined by Daniel Nellis (bass) and Robert Syme (drums), the band have already shared stages with the likes of Real Estate, Woods, Crystal Stilts, Toy and Metronomy.

Maximo Claps arrived in London in 2008 on a one-way ticket from Buenos Aires, aided by former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Oldham had produced a record by Claps' Argentinian band of the time but the group had fallen apart in a mess of drugs and acrimony and Claps' family were attempting to intervene by sending him to a mental hospital. The only option seemed to be to flee the country. As Claps recalls, "The day before flying to the UK I got run over by a car and had to escape hospital in order to make it so I arrived with bandages and my head all stitched up."

A few weeks later Max walked into the vintage clothes shop where James Hoare sat behind the counter reading a book on The Velvet Underground, and attempted to cause a diversion while his kleptomaniac girlfriend stole a pair of boots. “She didn't steal them in the end,” says Max. “They weren't her size”. However, the shop assistant and the would-be accomplice bonded over a mutual love of the Velvets, Love, Felt and West Coast pop and began writing together, taking their name from a song by the pioneering soft psych band The Free Design. In 2010 they released their first single, "Recalling", following it up with a five-song EP for London label No Pain in Pop. In 2013 Lo Recordings released all their output to date on a collection titled "Waiting for the Summer", followed by the single “First Step Out” in February 2014.

Their new album was recorded at a studio in Hackney, as well as at home in their old flat in Whitechapel on a broken 8-track reel-to-reel bought off eBay from an angry guy who threatened to shoot them and chop off their balls when they attempted to return it - a terrifying experience for a pair of skinny indie boys. Taking inspiration from Berlin-era Lou Reed, Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Darklands”, The Television Personalities and West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, the songs are breezy and easy on the ear, with sublime harmonies and chiming Byrdsian guitar, but with a darker twist and a pervasive air of melancholy. Stand-out tracks include the beautiful but sad “Summer’s Gone” (about mental illness), “Magazine” (an upbeat number written from the perspective of a bullet in the barrel of a gun) and “You’ll See” (about how when you die you’ll see everyone you know, all there lined up in a row).

With "Wooden Head", The Proper Ornaments prove that it is still possible to create an album of pure pop perfection. Max's girlfriend may not have stolen the boots, but The Proper Ornaments are about to steal your heart.

“The joint project of James and Max, through romantic drama that borders on that of The Libertines. And when you hear The Proper Ornaments you’ll see why it’s all worth it. It’s like they’re meant for each other, like Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts” - Loud & Quiet

The Proper Ornaments - Summer's Gone

Second 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.

Pre-order 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

Running Wild

La Sera - "Running Wild"

From Cold Beat/ Over Me out July 8th on Crime On The Moon

Pre-order Cold Beat/Over Me now from itunes and receive this mp3 instantly:

 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/over-me/id865532500

Pre-order for LP,cassette or CD available as well:

ttp://www.midheaven.com/item/over-me-by-cold-beat-cd


Mirror

First track from Mount Sharp's 2014 EP, WEIRD FEARS.

12" vinyl with etched b-side available Summer 2014 from yk records.

NYC residency every Tuesday in May at Pianos (www.pianosnyc.com)

www.hellomountsharp.com
www.ykrecords.com

Crazy Eyes

First single from the upcoming Matt Kivel album, "Days of Being Wild" out July 8th on Woodsist Records

http://www.woodsist.com/


PRE-ORDER FROM iTUNES
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/days-of-being-wild/id872673138



MATT KIVEL - Insignificance

A track off of KW-006, the Weed Hounds LP.

To purchase or download the entire release for free, follow this link:

http://katorgaworks.bigcartel.com/product/weed-hounds-s-t-lp

Weed Hounds - Harbor

Near Me

"Red Roulette" is the third single from Dirty Dishes' upcoming full length debut, "Guilty". The album is set for release on Exploding In Sound Records on January 27th on LP/digital and cassettes from Seagreen Records.

Pre-Orders are available at https://dirtydishes.bandcamp.com/album/guilty

Dirty Dishes - Red Roulette

"Animal" appears on the album Shadow of The Sun, Out Now. 

LP/CD: http://bit.ly/1uJA3Sl
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/ShadowOfTheSun

Website: www.moonduo.org
Twitter: twitter.com/moonduo
Facebook: facebook.com/moonduoofficial
Instagram: http://instagram.com/moonduoband
Tour dates: http://bit.ly/1yvf0dU

Moon Duo - Animal

Bonus song off of Perfect Hair

prod. by Driver and Candy Claws

chorus by Del

Perfect Hair

Busdriver - How Your Sprinkler System Works feat. Del The Funky Homosapien prod. by Driver

Fat Stores

Produced by Steve Musters and Mixed by Alan Moulder 

Cecilie

Great Lake Heart Break

Bambus by Plex Auchta feat. Pretzels Malone

Idea that starts everything, Lyrics, Multiple Voices: Pretzels Malone (Andrew Salvner)
http://soundcloud.com/pretzelsmalone
Arrangement, Instruments, Production: Plex Auchta


Lyric (Andrew Salvner aka Pretzels Malone)

he lives at the tip of a mountain top
inside his cave, he's got the power of a tidal wave
he lives at the tip of a mountain top
inside his cave, he's got the power of a tidal wave

and that's them breaking the door, i keep my eyes towards the floor
it's never good enough for you

you make it so hard to try, you set the bar so unbelievably high
it's never good enough for you

Grass Is Green - Big Dog Tee Shirt Birthday Weekend

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