Talkabout 3/27/2013

Buy limited 7" vinyl: http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/263
Buy from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/vfbt-itunes

With their second album "Waiting For Something to Happen," London quartet Veronica Falls progressed remarkably from the ramshackle charm of their critically lauded eponymous debut to create something sleeker, more polished but no less poignant and affecting, packing an emotional punch even as the choruses and hooks were more infectious and addictive.

The band has been nothing but busy since the album’s release in February, touring the US and Europe several times, releasing two singles and wrapping up the summer with a series of festival appearances. Also on the horizon is a UK with Bleached and another set of US dates, to be announced.

In keeping with our penchant for perfect pop, we’re now releasing one of the album’s highlights, “Broken Toy,” as a limited edition 7” vinyl single. It’s the kind of song that singles were invented for -- driving and catchy, an ideal distillation of what makes Veronica Falls such an exciting young band. It’s timeless and, dare we say, classic. On the b-side we’ve included an exclusive demo version of the moody “If You Still Want Me.”

"Yet in the hands of Veronica Falls the familiar approach sounds both innocent and strategic; there’s eagerness in the way the whole band attacks every note, while the tiniest acceleration in tempo feels like a headlong rush, especially as the voices converge. In songs about getting swept up by infatuation the music sounds like a suddenly shared, irresistible impulse." - New York Times

"Veronica Falls matches every dark emotion with a patch of sunlight; sinister guitar riffs, ghostly reverb, and morose lyrics are offset by feel-good hooks, sweet harmonies, and surf-pop pep." - The New Yorker

"While both Veronica Falls albums make pleasant listening, and the details are well-crafted, what came across Wednesday was robust and bristling, underpinned with an urgency that is hard to find on the albums. For a band that is obviously record-collection obsessed, that was a major achievement." - Washington Post

"There's a clarity of texture-- a specificity even-- to every element of the band's sound. Which makes it something of an anomaly: shoegaze that looks you square in the eye." - Pitchfork


Buy 7"

Veronica Falls - Broken Toy

2nd Single off of Vaadat Charigim's debut LP "The World is Well Lost",
to be released November 12 on  ANOVA/Burger Records/Warm Ratio.

Odisea

From the new Dum Dum Girls record, 'Too True', out January 29th on Sub Pop Records

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Too True

Rimbaud Eyes

Dum Dum Girls - Rimbaud Eyes

This is a song I made about the songwriting process of one of my musical heroes Trent Reznor. Follow me on twitter twitter.com/freddyscott

OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xg-Wk2DEXs

Now available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/this-is-trent-reznor-song/id847715542

Some have asked for lyrics. A friend made a lyric video, here it is: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSXE5np_Tk


This Is A Trent Reznor Song (@freddyscott)

Smart Girl Club April 18th, 2016

Anna Friz and Konrad Korabiewski live radio performance at KZSC. Santa Cruz, California, April 2016.


Anna Friz | Konrad Korabiewski | live radio performance | KZSC | California

A micro "podcast" with alumna Julie Snyder for the Founders Celebration 2016 email invitation. UC Santa Cruz alumna Julie Snyder(Kresge '95, politics), former senior producer of popular radio show This American Life and co-creator of the runaway podcast hit Serial, talks about how her time at UC Santa Cruz helped inspire her career in broadcasting. Snyder is returning to UC Santa Cruz to be awarded the Alumni Achievement Award at the campus's Founders Celebration 2016. (Music by Lee Rosevere)

Julie Snyder podcast for Founders e-invitation

UC Santa Cruz alumna Julie Snyder(Kresge '95, politics), former senior producer of popular radio show This American Life and co-creator of the runaway podcast hit Serial, talks about how her time at UC Santa Cruz helped inspire her career in broadcasting. Snyder is returning to UC Santa Cruz to be awarded the Alumni Achievement Award at the campus's Founders Celebration 2016. (Music by Lee Rosevere)

Julie Snyder profile companion podcast

City of Stars - Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone (Cover by Rebecca Mu)

Download the entire NO SHAME Spring Compilation here: http://www.noshame.com/springcomp2012/

Seasick Mama and Cayce - Moonkiller

saving the world from commercial radio, one song at a time.

Talkabout 3/27/2013

KZSC Santa Cruz

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