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Flight of the Squawkatiel brings you The Squawkatiel's Dozen: 6 great songs you can download for free, and 6 songs that aren't available for free but are still worth a listen.

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The Squawkatiel's Dozen #3

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Listen to the hottest tracks that have been featured on Flight of the Squawkatiel recently. Like what you hear? Tune in to 90.1 WRUV every Wednesday from 8-10 pm for more. Stream WRUV live at http://wruv.org/wruv128.m3u or listen to the most recent show at http://wruv.org/schedule/wednesday

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Halfway through the year 2014 it is, and thus high time to assemble several remarkable pieces, whether albums, EPs, mixtapes, sets, or single tracks into a summa æstatis in order to explore the varieties of shade and sunlight there are in summertime – including its stillnesses and sadnesses – in search of some musical semi-shelter.

A Mixtape for Midsummer (July 2014)

Produced by THUMPERS
Additional production and mix by David Kosten

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Galore

Sound of Screams

'Erosion' is taken from CYMBALS' new album, The Age of Fracture, out on 27th Jan (EU)/4th Feb (N.A.)

Pre-order The Age of Fracture on iTunes - http://smarturl.it/ageoffractureitunes
Pre-order the limited edition double vinyl gatefold LP - http://toughloverecords.bigcartel.com/product/tlv070-cymbals-the-age-of-fracture-limited-edition-double-colour-vinyl-lp-pre-order

Buy 'Erosion' on iTunes - http://smarturl.it/erosionitunes

CYMBALS will launch their album with a headline show in London in February.
2nd Feb 2014 - Electrowerkz, London - www.wegottickets.com/event/246573

<b>Press release</b>
The long-awaited new album from CYMBALS is named after a book by Princeton academic, Daniel T. Rodgers, which addresses the fragmentation of ideas towards the end of the last century and how collective meanings have become uncertain.  Singer and guitarist Jack Cleverly writes: "It hit me that I often feel paralysed by the feeling that everything is 'too complicated', and that many people I know feel that paralysis. I realised that this way of thinking can be traced through these songs." 

Produced by Dreamtrak (Swim Deep, Chad Valley, Hot Chip) in his Hackney studio and written collectively over the last 12-months, the group have taken their time to carefully piece the album together, song-by-song, in sequence. The album was completed following a final mix from Daniel Rejmer (Foals, Everything Everything) and the result is testament to the band’s attention to detail: a cleaner, brighter sound than their brattier early recordings, edging towards the European sophistication of the end-of-the-century French house Jack grew up around. Singles 'Like An Animal', 'The End' and 'The Natural World' are characterized by an upbeat disco cool and all push the 7-minute mark, whereas ‘Winter 98’, ‘This City’, and ‘Call Me’ are brooding, stark synth-led numbers reminiscent of early-New Order, with some lyrics sung in Jack’s native French.

The literary inspiration runs further through the album. The track ‘The 5%’, more obviously making reference to the themes of the album's namesake, declares “Time can be erased, you’re stupid if you try and stay in place,” over a pulsing bassline and swirling electronics.  ‘Like an Animal’ is inspired by the intellectual and moral confusion of the main character in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. The album has even garnered literary responses of its own by British poet and novelist Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine.

“I told Joe about the book and the way the album was kind of a reaction to it, and he threw my rationalisation of it back at me through a short story inspired by the album.” says Cleverly. “It helped reveal the emotional territory of the songs. He showed me how I had been dividing things up artificially - desires and priorities, getting older and not being able to stop writing music…”
 
Through the writing of this album, CYMBALS have inevitably matured. “We've never been in it just for a laugh," says Cleverly; “but things got confused when we said we wanted to keep it fun – we just didn't want to end up bitter, having chased a hollow dream.  But this album is less about us; it's more outward looking, more aware of the world at large."  

Despite the weighty literary influences, the band are keen to separate themselves from the over-earnestness that can sometimes accompany such associations.  “I hate the whole 'serious earnest-singer-songwriter-thing,’” says Jack. “With this album I really wanted to get away from that and make music that makes people want to dance and feel joy. Neil's kick drum is the most important thing we have to say as a band. Is this all "fun"?  Yes, of course, but at the same time, not just that."

UK press: leah@inhousepress.com
UK online: matthew@enganche.co.uk
US press/online: gloria@forcefieldpr.com


iTunes

CYMBALS - Erosion

Release Date: February 18
Contact: Bill at teamclermont dot com

Bathing Suit Music
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Manhattan-based PT Walkley is a musical renaissance man walking the fine, seldom traveled line between mass entertainment and deeply personal songcraft. An accomplished composer for film and television, Walkley has also displayed a rich, melodic indie rock-cum-singer-songwriter repertoire through a string of critically acclaimed full-lengths and EPs.

“It may sound strange, but I fell in love with the blues the moment I saw ‘Better Off Dead’ as a kid.” says Walkley. “Thanks to that movie, I heard Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy” for the first time, and there was no turning back – I had to pick up a guitar.”

Like many modern composers, his early days were spent in bands traversing the congested NYC rock club circuit. A chance encounter with actor/director Ed Burns at a Lower East Side guitar shop led to the two becoming fast friends and Walkley becoming Burns’ go-to composer for a decade and counting, including work for Burns’ upcoming ‘60s cop drama Public Morals (TNT). An adventurous composer, Walkley also writes all the music and voices several characters for hit Nickelodeon series Team Umizoomi and has crafted original music for Sesame Street.

2008 marked Walkley’s first foray into the commercial world, with Dewar’s licensing his song “Up The Walls” for a promotional campaign. The jittery, propulsive track off Walkley’s first solo release, PT Walkley and the Adventures of Track Rabbit, captured the ears of advertising execs around the world, and Walkley has since composed original music for and lent his songs to national TV spots including MasterCard, McDonald’s, GE, Mercedes, Coca-Cola, New York Life and Starbucks.

"Mr. Macy Wakes Alone", a dense, orchestral concept album released in 2009, featured collaborations with guitarist Larry Campbell, string arranger David Campbell and Sean Lennon. Walkley received high praise for the record, with NPR calling it “shining and triumphant” and Atlanta Music Guide describing it as “the art of storytelling brought back to life.”

In 2012, Walkley composed original music for two prominent Super Bowl commercials – the cinematic grandiosity of “Journey” for Bud Light and rollicking New Orleans jazz of “Parade” for Ritz. The two pieces were written and recorded within the same week, epitomizing the sonic versatility Walkley has come to be known for. The two EPs that followed (What’s What and The Ghost of Chivalry), marked a return to his ‘60s rock roots and led Wall Street Journal to call Walkley “a power-pop singer-songwriter in the tradition of David Bowie, Alex Chilton, Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney.”

Though Walkley’s full-time composer gig makes touring virtually impossible, his live bona fides include opening for Coldplay at Madison Square Garden and Weezer at Hammerstein Ballroom as well as playing at the last All Points West Music & Arts Festival.

Walkley’s forthcoming LP, Shoulders, marks his most personal work to date. Teaming up with Grammy, Emmy and Tony award-winning producer Bill Sherman, Walkley channels the divergent emotions of a bittersweet year – from the birth of his son to the death of his best friend – and delivers an inspired song cycle rooted in indie rock with a heavy dose of classic R&B. The dichotomy of hope and mourning is explored through the warm texture of “Rose-Colored Glasses” and retro blues of “No Time to Sweat”. “Eat You Up” and “Lost My Way” find the mild-mannered Walkley flashing fangs at the subject of a major falling out while “Hello, Eyelids” occupies a gorgeously sparse folk realm like a distant cousin to Nick Drake. He muses on death, rebirth and the importance of family through the 13 tracks of Shoulders, a witty and meticulously structured power pop gem.

PT Walkley’s voluminous and diverse catalogue showcases an ability to span and blend different genres and a brilliant mind equally capable of mining the human condition and scoring a children’s program in the same afternoon.

PT Walkley - "Leeches"

Liubit' Ukrajinu

what does this night hide
from those who're searching
from those who cry
where can you go now
no one here for you
where can you ride
it's a magic you're leaving for tomorrow
it's a secret you've been keeping deep inside
and it wakes you up every morning
and it takes you high

it's simple thing
you don't wanna stop 
it's a simple thing - 
you can't get enough
it's a simple thing
you'll never give up
simple thing

right in the darkness
everything happens
then comes to light
no matter how deep
no matter how far
it's in your life
it doesn't really mean a thing if you've been running
it doesn't really mean a thing if you've been hurt
cause it wakes you up every morning
and it lifts you up

ALLOISE - Simple Thing

Taken from BRAND NEW ALBUM
You Can Do Better
Out on 10th March on Alcopop! Records

Buy The Full Album!

johnny foreigner - Le Sigh

EP release: February 28 2014

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iTunes tiny.cc/kv5zbx

Remixes available on Bandcamp (http://goo.gl/pvq8dg) and iTunes (http://goo.gl/WMNd2o)

www.fourphonica.com

Sabotage

First single from the Departure EP.

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Lion Cub

Second single from the Departure EP.

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Tired Step

Recorded via Converse Rubber Tracks sponsorship at Q Dvision Studios. Mixed, mastered, and produced by Taylor Barefoot Productions.

Miles Away

FALAFEL

Remixed EP "Stars" will be out March 3rd

1.Frau Mai ft. Lovinsky - Stars (Quasars Remix)
2.Frau Mai ft. Lovinsky - Stars (Armulik Remix)
3.Frau Mai ft. Lovinsky - Stars (Yaaman Remix)
4.Frau Mai ft. Lovinsky - Stars (Kid Goodman Remix)
5.Frau Mai ft. Lovinsky - Stars (Anton Romezz Remix)

Frau Mai ft Lovinsky - Stars EP | Will be out March 3rd!

Produced by Daniel Armbruster & Sean Donnelly.

How Do You Feel Now?
debut album due 4.21.15
pre-order here: http://smarturl.it/jwa1
music video (dir. Keith Schofield): http://bit.ly/JWSomebodyNewVideo

Management: ben@fenwayrecordings.com (Fenway Recordings)
Publicity: nick@lifeordeath.co (Life or Death PR)

How Do You Feel?

Somebody New

Download + pre-order.

Now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/qvqlrl
First single from our new album "Days of Abandon" out 5/13.  On tour 3/07!

Simple And Sure

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
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Hour of the Dawn

Losing to the Dark

La Sera - "Losing to the Dark"

Mikael Seifu - Yarada Lij

1432 R 001

Debut release from Mikael Seifu, an electronic artist from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Mikael Seifu - Wedagn

1432 R 001

Debut release from Mikael Seifu.

>> G R I P << 

Mikael Seifu - Drkness Iz

Mikael Seifu - Dropleton

Featured single off the upcoming EP release 'Night' by Pompeya. Available June 17th, 2014 through No Shame. 

Purchase on iTunes here: 
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/night-single/id867096828

Buy on iTunes

Pompeya - Night

Wait

Night EP out June 17th, 2014 through No Shame.

Order on iTunes now:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/night-ep/id868762943

Pompeya - Does

'Fanfare of Rage' was written by Michael David Krueger in 2013. This short fanfare is for brass choir. The use of bitonality, unusual rhythms, orchestration is unusual compared to traditional fanfares. Enjoy!

Fanfare Of Rage

IN STORE: https://moskva-kassiopeya.bandcamp.com/album/runaway

Runaway (feat. Julia Marks)

Onuka - Misto (Morphom Remix)

The album Nevertheless — is the result of months of searching, testing the durability of friendship, experiments with sound and a dynamic creative team. 

All of the complexity, magic and creativity were absorbed by the nine tracks on this record. Some of them were performed during Jazz Koktebel festival last fall. Some of them were played some time ago acoustically and some of the songs are seeing daylight for the first time. 

Nevertheless — is the second full-fledged album of Pur:Pur. The first one named Pure was created two years ago. The pause between the two albums was filled with a search for the new sound which in time the band found themselves recording several mini-albums. The acoustic soul of Pur:Pur was changing and eventually morphed towards a new rock 'experience'. Insinuating tones transformed into mysterious post-rock and electronic paraphrasing. As a result of these transformations, the chamber trio became a full-blown developed electronic band. 

Nevertheless created by 

Nata Smirina — vocals 
Eugene Zhebko — guitar 
Stanislav Kononov — guitar 
Ekaterina Shenfeld — keyboards 
Ivan Kondratov — bass 
Dmitry Zinchenko — drums 

Efim Chupakhin — piano 
Tatyana Khitushko — violin 
Ekaterina Levandovskaya — viola 
Oksana Podmareva — cello 
Viktor Ashmarin — contrabass 

Recording, sound direction and mastering — Artem Altunin 

Lyrics — Nata Smirina 

Music and arrangements — Pur:Pur 

Design — Tanya Borzunova, 3Z Studio 

Thanks to Emmanuel Aronie, John Boynton, Dmitry Ostapenko for Fender Rhodes, Anastasia Avdoshina, Dmitry Chernishev, Studio "O!" and Miroslav Sarbaev

01 Fall Apart

[verse 1:]
we just keep to pretend
but we don't understand
it's the betrayal of yourself
why have a disguise?
we don't need this lies
we can stay ourselves tonight

[chorus:]
oh-oh-oh-oh
oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
we are lonely people
so lonely people

[verse 2:]
caring just for yourself
living in your own cell
getting through your own hell
willing to be approved
living by common rules
why we care what says a fool?

[bridge:]
lonely people
what are you waiting for?
smashing heads
against the built-up walls
crying tears
that no one cares about
you, lonely people
so lonely people

Lonely People

Secret Avenue - Satellite (album version)

Скрябін - Нікому то не треба

Скрябін - Плани

Four Phonica is the emotional energy of rock music filtered through cold electronic sound. Members of two accomplished Ukrainian acts – SEXINSPACE and MARAKESH (called by Billboard Russia as “solid and manifestly eclectic sound”), joined forces for a new line up that brought them to Berlin. Four Phonica will release their debut self-titled EP on February 28 2014.

Sabotage

FourPhonica