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“Sugarcrush” is the first single from noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome’s debut album Weird Sister. The album, due out in September on Fortuna POP! (UK) and Slumberland (US), sees their first foray away from recording in a living room to a proper studio under the guidance of producer MJ of the much lauded Hookworms.
Kicking it against sexism and homophobia, Joanna Gruesome draw inspiration from DIY scenes such as Riot Grrrl/noisepop/C86 /K-Records as well as post hardcore like Drive Like Jehu/Converge and the art rock of The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine.
“Sugarcrush” (which is about spending the summer burning knitwear) is spiked with dissonant fuzzy jangle layered over a delicious pop melody, all punctuated by clattering hardcore drumbeats, feedback and summery ba-ba-bas.
The b-side is a gorgeous and ethereal cover of the classic Galaxie 500 track “Tugboat”. Retaining the dreamy pace of the original, the sparse verses are contrasted by the noise fuzz of the chorus. Joanna Gruesome’s version was heard by Galaxie 500’s own Damon and Naomi who watched them perform the song live via Youtube and tweeted their approval.
Based in Cardiff, Joanna Gruesome comprise Alanna on vocals, Owen on guitar, Max on bass, George on guitar and Dave on drums. They have built-up a phenomenal live reputation, blending obnoxiously loud guitars and the occasional band uniform, with a high energy performance dispersed with quieter reflection, boy/girl vocals and teenage angst.
 
“Abrasion, anger, attitude. One guitarist is in the audience, but this isn’t too much of a stretch. There are slower parts where the musicians take a second to breath. There are noisier bits where the musicians take a second to reflect. There are thumpy bits where the musicians take a second to dance and enjoy themselves. Everyone’s smiling. Everyone’s hugging themselves. What a glorious mess of a noise to be a part of. What a glorious sense of community.” Everett True, Collapse Board

"A brilliant band from Cardiff who love their fuzzy melodies and songs dripped in scuzzy reverb." Huw Stephens, Radio One.

Joanna Gruesome - Sugarcrush

"How to Build a Maze" is the title track from the second album from Cocoanut Groove, due for release on 4 November. Fronted by Olov Antonsson, it's their first as a full band, the debut album Madeleine Street (2008) having essentially been a solo project. Hailing from the North of Sweden, Antonsson wears his1960s baroque pop influences on his sleeve, along with traces of latter day guitar pop like The Smiths and The Clientele, and folk acts like Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake. 

The songs for How to Build a Maze were written and recorded over quite a long period of time. Bleaker and less naive than their debut it's still no great departure, with Olov continuing to strive for 60s pop perfection, attempting to write something as beautiful as "Beechwood Park" by The Zombies or "World Of You" by The Aerovons. As well, there are quite a few traditional Swedish folk melodies hidden on the album, like the ones you find on the album "Jazz på svenska" by Swedish pianist Jan Johansson. 

Recorded in various places around Olov’s hometown Umeå, with no professional recording studios involved whatsoever, the album is about getting lost in different ways – losing your way in city streets, losing friends and watching summers pass. The theme can be summed up by this simple definition from Wikipedia: "A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route."

Having taken their name from a Lovin' Spoonful/Roger Nichols song, Cocoanut Groove formed in 2007 with Olov writing and recording the song "The End Of The Summer On Bookbinder Road", which became their debut single. Olov writes all the songs and plays guitar, as well as bass, piano and whatever else is needed. Over the years (and on this record) he has been joined by Calle Thoor, Anton Runesson and William Andersson (drums), Josef Ringqvist (bass), Mattias Malm (guitar, keys, vocals, arrangements, percussion and whatnot), Ivar and Gunnar Lantz (strings) and Frida Danielsson (trumpet).

Cocoanut Groove follow in a grand tradition of Swedish indiepop, with a focus on melody and beauty, tinged with melancholy. From the long, dark winters to the respite of the dreamy summers, the songs talk of escaping the city and pining for the countryside, about unemployment and having nothing to do but drink coffee and watch the birds fly.

Cocoanut Groove - How To Build A Maze

“Heartbeats” is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming Fortuna POP! album by September Girls. A tale of unrequited love and betrayal, “Heatbeats” is awash with fuzzy guitars, ethereal female vocals and entrancing melodies – underpinned by a hurt that catches the back of your throat.

September Girls - Heartbeats

Phantogram "When I'm Small" (from Eyelid Movies)

February 17th sees the release of "Green Eyed", the new single from
September Girls. The stand out track from their stunning debut album
Cursing the Sea (out January), the song epitomizes their
reverb-drenched sound.

Inspired by the call and response vocal style of “Look in My Diary” by
Sixties girl group Reparata and the Delrons, “Green Eyed” deals with
being trapped in a relationship with someone untrustworthy. Too scared
to question suspicions, the lyrics are the internal conversations in
your head that you are too afraid to have with the person themselves.

Named after a Big Star song via The Bangles, September Girls are
comprised of Paula (Bass/Vocals), Caoimhe (Guitar/Vocals), Lauren
(Keys/Vocals), Jessie (Guitar/Vocals) and Sarah (Drums). Their cool
blend of garage rock and post-punk has already seen them pick up
interest from the likes of NME Radar as well as Guardian New Band of
the Day. The new LP is also set to be Rough Trade's album of the week.

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Phil Spector, The Velvet
Underground, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus And Mary
Chain, the five-piece play reverb-soaked noise-pop of the finest
order, with distant layered harmonies, swirling organ and distorted
guitars once described as "sounds from a transistor radio abandoned in
a rural cinema."

“Nonchalantly cooing harmonies, driving basslines and swirling organs,
all with a hefty slice of Mary Chain-influenced reverb.” - NME Radar

“A compulsion to make 60s girl group pop sound echoey and strange:
beauty caught through a blur, a blizzard, as thought it’s about to
disappear at any moment through a fog of feedback and fuzz.” - The
Guardian, New Band of the Day

September Girls - Green eyed

"Tugboat" is the b-side of Joanna Gruesome's new single "Sugarcrush" and is a cover of the song by Galaxie 500.

The debut album "Weird Sister" is out now on Fortuna Pop! (UK) & Slumberland Records (US).

LP: http://www.fortunapop.com/release_details.php?cat_no=FPOP147LP
CD: http://www.fortunapop.com/release_details.php?cat_no=FPOP147CD

Thrilling Cardiff-based noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome terrific debut album was released via Fortuna POP! (Europe) and Slumberland (USA) in September 2013. Brimming with irresistible pop melodies and spiked with dissonant fuzzy jangle, their songs are shot through with loud discordant feedback and super-fast, hardcore punk drumbeats. This album sees their first foray away from recording in a living room to a proper studio under the guidance of producer MJ of the much lauded Hookworms.

Kicking it against sexism and homophobia, nothing is off-limits, drawing inspiration from DIY scenes such as Riot Grrrl/noisepop/C86 /K Records as well as post hardcore like Drive Like Jehu/Converge and the art rock of The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine, Joanna Gruesome offer a staggeringly diverse album, unexpectedly quiet and surprisingly loud.

Joanna Gruesome comprise Alanna on vocals, Owen on guitar, Max on bass, George on guitar and Dave on drums. They all met in an anger management counseling group. During the course they were told that writing, making music, dancing or painting could relieve tension and help reduce feelings of anger. One initiative involved a project where they were assigned a group to compose and perform a song in front of other members. Initially they found each other infuriating but gradually acknowledged their musical chemistry and decided to continue with the band outside the therapy group.

Most of the album was written during a month long stay in a seedy west Brighton hotel (now closed down) called The Hell House. The residents were pretty strange, kept attempting occult rituals/using Ouija boards etc and many of the songs were written to distract from the weirdness. Heart-wrenching and exhilarating in equal measure, these are not cheerful songs.

Awash with nods to mental illness and the dark recesses of the mind, the record is littered with references to the devil or zombies and allusions to comic books. “Secret Surprise”, in which mental illness takes a physical form and is fought using razor blades. Or "Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers," which is about stealing a scooter and driving it into the ocean when you should be in school LEARNING. Or "Sugarcrush," about spending a summer burning knitwear.

They have built-up a phenomenal live reputation, blending obnoxiously loud guitars and the occasional band uniform, with a high energy performance dispersed with quieter reflection, boy/girl vocals and teenage angst.

“Abrasion, anger, attitude. One guitarist is in the audience, but this isn’t too much of a stretch. There are slower parts where the musicians take a second to breath. There are noisier bits where the musicians take a second to reflect. There are thumpy bits where the musicians take a second to dance and enjoy themselves. Everyone’s smiling. Everyone’s hugging themselves. What a glorious mess of a noise to be a part of. What a glorious sense of community.” Everett True, Collapse Board

"A brilliant band from Cardiff who love their fuzzy melodies and songs dripped in scuzzy reverb." Huw Stephens, Radio One.

Joanna Gruesome - Tugboat

Diablo (prod. Larry Fisherman)

Speedy Ortiz - Taylor Swift

"Silver Spring" is the first single from Speedy Ortiz's upcoming SPORTS EP.  Released on multi colored 10" vinyl and digitally.

Speedy Ortiz - Silver Spring

Sum It Up

Mr Modern Man

Did You Ever Grow Up

Your Hole My Hole

I Know What You Did Last Summer

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Sonsick

San Fermin

Daedalus (What We Have)

Living Legends - After Hours

INF-007 - Speedy Ortiz - "Ka-Prow!" b/w "Hexxy" single.

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Arsenal of tans
A mistress with matches held out from either hand
Arsenal of tans
Tick tick tick tick tick another automatic stick
Blow off, you blew away
You wanna see me every day
You wanna swallow my flames 'til another sucker lights me up
Scorched skyline for days
The neo-sororital sequence burned and frayed
Arsenal of tans
Tick tick tick tick tick a fuckin' automatic
Blow off, you blew away
You wanna see me every day
You wanna swallow my flames 'til you burst from the gut
C'mon light me up
Blow off and into space
Burn your tongue and get a taste
Heat the skin that strokes the flames
All consumed, dynamite
I'll see ya every night.


Speedy Ortiz - Ka-Prow!

INF-007 - Speedy Ortiz - "Ka-Prow!" b/w "Hexxy" single.

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Speedy Ortiz - Hexxy

"Tiger Tank" is the first single off Speedy Ortiz's debut LP "Major Arcana".

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Speedy Ortiz - Tiger Tank

"Purity of Heart" is a song from Krill's second full-length, Lucky Leaves, out on LP+CD+digi June 24th, 2013. [<a href="http://wheretheresakrilltheresaway.bandcamp.com/album/lucky-leaves">PURCHASE</a>]

Lucky Leaves was recorded on February 1st, 2013 by Carlos Hernandez and Julian Fader at The Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY. Mastered by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Watertown, MA. All songs by Krill, a trio of friends from the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.

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Krill "Purity of Heart"

"Zones" is the latest squiggly and angular jam from Two Inch Astronaut's new album "Bad Brother," due out June 18th via Exploding In Sound Records. The album is available for pre-order at www.twoinchastronaut.bandcamp.com

Two Inch Astronaut - Zones

"No Below" is the second single off of Speedy Ortiz's debut LP "Major Arcana".

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Speedy Ortiz - No Below

"Sad History Month" comes from Fat History Month's side of a brand new split 7" with My Dad, available August 6th on Exploding In Sound Records, Ranch Records, and Broken World Media. Pre-orders are available at http://fathistorymonth.bandcamp.com/album/sad-history-month

Fat History Month - Sad History Month

"Plough" is the third single off Speedy Ortiz's debut album "Major Arcana".

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Speedy Ortiz - Plough

"Where's My Dini?" is the fourth track released from Ovlov's full length debut "Am," due out July 2nd via Exploding In Sound Records, and features guest vocals from Speedy Ortiz's Sadie Dupuis. The album is available for pre-order at www.ovlov.bandcamp.com on "piss yellow" and "swamp green" vinyl. sssumer classicsss.

Speedy Ortiz - Silver Spring

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