East Village are one of the great lost bands, a group whose music has only grown in stature since their premature demise in the spring of 1991. Along with other legendary bands like Big Star and The Action, who also failed to fully stamp their mark whilst active, East Village made pop music that was timeless, but out of step with the musical environment around them.

Originally named Episode Four, the band was formed in the mid-1980s by brothers Martin and Paul Kelly in the sleepy Buckinghamshire market town of Princes Risborough just forty miles to the west of London. They were soon joined by Johnny Wood (guitar/vocals) and Spencer Smith (drums) and by 1986 they had forged their brilliant, classic pop sound and recorded their first release, the "Strike Up Matches" EP, which has gone on to become one of the most sought after releases of the C86 era. 

By 1987 they had renamed themselves East Village and relocated to London where they recorded two EPs for Jeff Barrett's Sub Aqua label. The band gigged extensively through 1988 and 1989, including tours with The House Of Love and McCarthy. The 1989 collapse of Sub Aqua left the band without a label, but they recorded their debut album using money loaned by Bob Stanley, and were soon re-united with Jeff Barrett on his new Heavenly label, releasing their classic single "Circles." Just as interest in the band was building East Village played a sold out show at the New Cross Venue in South London only to end the set by splitting up on stage.

The album that followed, "Drop Out" (1993), was mixed and released posthumously on Heavenly and has gone on to be hailed as a classic of its genre. The years that followed saw East Village gain a cult status amongst fans of indie music and prices of original pressings rose rapidly as demand outweighed supply. A singles compilation, "Hotrod Hotel," was released to great acclaim by Summershine in 1994, and now we're very happy to facilitate its first, long overdue, vinyl release.

Hotrod Hotel

East Village - Violin

released August 1, 2019 
Music by Nicholas Evans, William Evans, Zachary Blount 
Lyrics by Nicholas Evans
© 2019 Stray Fossa under exclusive license to Broken Palace Records

Produced by William Evans and Stray Fossa 
Recorded and mixed by William Evans in Charlottesville, VA.

Nick Evans - vocals, guitars 
Zach Blount - vocals, bass
Will Evans - vocals, drums, percussion
Arielle Korman - violin

Cover design by Kris Williams

Lyrics:
Never thought that I could be so cold?
Try me
After all the rest have all gone home
And I’m
Living on a caldera how dare I
Temper myself
Fortunate that I’m not 
Sinking
These days
These days

Thinking of the past that other world
Spying
Whose enamored authors wore their 
Better selves?
Honestly the truth seems
Oh, so very empty,
Mislaid 
These days
These days
These days
These days

Laridae

These Days

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TOPS' new album 'I Feel Alive' is out April 3rd, 2020.

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when I saw you wanted to spend the night
with someone else at home I knew it wasn’t right

I feel alive looking in your eyes

conversation that I did not like
faces in the street I wish I didn’t recognize

I feel alive looking in your eyes

lost nights, trying to remember 
when I’m in your arms I can finally surrender

I feel alive looking in your eyes

I Feel Alive

TOPS - I Feel Alive

The Archer

But You

All songs written and arranged by Rein Fuks

Recorded by Rein Fuks at Seksound Studio, Tallinn, Estonia.
Synths and electronic percussions recorded at the country house, Loe village, Estonia
Drums, acoustic guitars and some electric guitars recorded by Erko Niit at Neat Beat Studio, Pärnu, Estonia

Mixed by John McEntire at Soma Electronic Music Studios, Nevada City, CA, USA

Produced by John McEntire, Lauri Liivak, Rein Fuks
Mastered by Lauri Liivak at Peeter Salmela Studio, Tallinn, Estonia, and Lauri Liivak Mastering Studio, Pärnu, Estonia

Eve Komp - vocals, synth
Kärt Ojavee - synth
Rein Fuks - guitar, vocals, bass six, synth, tambourine, shaker
Reijo Tagapere - bass
Joosep Volk - drums, electronic percussions
Kristel Eplik - back vocals

Empty Parks

Pia Fraus "Empty Parks"

Pia Fraus "Love Sports" (2020 Seksound)

Samantha

“City Vocabulary” is Hause Plants’ first single. 

With fast-paced drums, fuzzy guitars and a reverb-drenched atmosphere, the vocals deliver a delicate performance that snapshots a long distance relationship through the lens of a reckless youth.

Written, composed and performed by Guilherme Machado Correia
Produced and recorded by Guilherme Machado Correia
Mixed and mastered by André Isidro

Additional vocals by Vera Vaz from the band Bluish

Released by pontiaq


Lyrics:
open up your windows, 
tell me what you see
I won’t try to bring me down this time you’re not around

we could take some pictures
draw them on our skin
I can see me falling into the nothing of these streets

feels like we’re heading backwards
simply out of time
I don’t know if you’re coming with me to see the clouds

shaped like figures falling
dancing in the sky
is it time to change the pace of people passing by?

I’ll take my time here
off to nowhere, lost in thoughts

tell me how are you spending your days?
when the words so real, you’re gonna break them

City Vocabulary

Taken from the album, Keeping Up Appearances. Out 24th January 2020.

Bad Mood

The New Mourning is a new band project by the austrian musician & producer Thomas Pronai. This cool Indie-/Psych Pop 7" was recorded in London with James Hoare (Ultimate Painting/The Proper Ornaments/Veronica Falls) and Pete Astor (The Loft/The Weather Prophets) on slide guitar! For orders please send a message to: kus-mail@gmx.de or visit our record shop at Discogs: www.discogs.com/de/seller/KUS-2015/profile
The New Mourning "Who'd Stop The Sun" 7" (KUS 022)

The New Mourning - Who'd Stop The Sun

Wide Awake And Waiting

The Flatmates - Shut Up And Kiss Me

Nectar - "Blister"

This track is about Darts and Love Games!

released January 1, 2020
Song written by Sebastian Voss
All instruments & vocals by Sebastian Voss
Backing vocals by Estella Rosa

Cover Design by Estella Rosa

Perfect Game

Peel Dream Magazine is the musical vehicle for NYC's Joe Stevens, who launched the band in 2018 with the critically acclaimed album "Modern Meta Physic." With it Stevens created a mysterious, liminal tribute to the hazy end of ‘90s dream-pop – a masterful mix of first-class songwriting precision and train-window sonic impressionism that duly found its place on numerous "Best of 2018" lists.

After 18 months of writing and live shows with a shifting cast of band members, Peel Dream are back with "Agitprop Alterna," an album that pushes the group's dreamy, motorik-heavy sound to a deeply melodic and beautifully discordant place. The album pays homage to a strain of mod-ish U.K. pop that spans early My Bloody Valentine and Talulah Gosh, up through early Stereolab, Belle & Sebastian, and even Broadcast. It's also indebted to stateside pop bands that were cut from a similar cloth -- Rocketship, Lilys, Yo La Tengo, and even "Nevermind"-era Nirvana.

Where the creation of "Modern Meta Physic" was a solitary pursuit, "Agitprop Alterna" found Stevens channeling the collaborative spirit of the band's ever-rotating live incarnation in the studio. The album is ultimately defined by the tension of difference: between itself and its predecessor; intertwined male-female vocals; the music's languid dreaminess and concrete sonic immediacy.

Deeply rooted in the Brechtian ideas of art as a tool to spur action, "Agitprop Alterna" deepens the connection between the existential and the interpretive first explored on "Modern Meta Physic," giving the listener space to find their own meaning in shimmering guitars, fuzzed-out synths, and buzzing organ drones. It is a rejection of manipulation in all its forms and a buzzsaw against complacency – soft-focus pop whose clear-cut message is that you get to decide the message. It's a rare trick to agitate without being obvious: perhaps that makes "Agitprop Alterna" the most Peel Dream Magazine-like statement yet.

Agitprop Alterna

Agitprop Altern

Peel Dream Magazine - Pill

"The Process" is from "The Process / Lonely," a digital split single with Loose Tooth. You can hear their song "Lonely" here: https://soundcloud.com/hardlyartrecords/loose-tooth-lonely

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The Process / Lonely

Chastity Belt - "The Process"

Paper Cup

Paper Cup (feat. Sylvan Esso)

2nd single from the forthcoming album Cave Vaults On The Moon In New Mexico by Tan Cologne.

Tan Cologne - Alien

'Moving Day' is the first single from the EP "Ok Now What" by Melbourne band Go Get Mum due out 20th March on Meritorio Records.

The songs of Aussie four-piece Go Get Mum revolve around the complexities of love, the power of friendship, connection with place, and the pitfalls of partying. The band are fascinated with simple but powerful storytelling where beauty is found amidst the mundane, drawing from the songwriting and sounds of Dick Diver, Boomgates, The Lucksmiths, Scott and Charlene's Wedding, and Darren Hanlon.

Go Get Mum - Moving Day

Welsh noise-pop experts Seazoo launch newest quirky indie bop ‘The Pleasure’.

Following acclaimed lead single ‘Throw It Up’, with its swaggering, anthemic qualities, and sparkling follow-up ‘Heading Out’, the indie five-piece continue to edge further into the spotlight with each offering from their forthcoming record, mixing unbridled positivity with their trademark charisma to sublime effect.

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Juan Gago Prado