May 2015


Sol Cat - Tumbleweed: https://youtu.be/sEstU-5HB80

MoonRockPills#91

Shiesty Songs to Listen to in the Dark

Sailors

Melancholic

Found on SoundCloud

A C O U S T I C

Sounds of 2015

Just hanging out

So... "Songs To Break Up To" is dropping next month.

In the lead up to the EP i thought i'd drop this edit "We Were In Love"
Art by samueljohnsondesign.com

Jhene Aiko Comfort Inn-spiration.

"Songs To Break Up To" will feature 8 new songs. 
Features include Atu & Thandiwe Phoenix.
Out on HW&W & Sunday Records. 
Digital & Vinyl. 

Stay tuned. 

Ta-ku Facebook

We Were In Love

Buy Stop Playing With My Heart on 7" vinyl from <a href="http://store.hitcityusa.com/product/avid-dancer-stop-playing-with-my-heart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hit City U.S.A.</a>

I Want To See You Dance

Stop Playing With My Heart

Gardens & Villa 'Dunes' available now on CD/ LP/ Digital on Secretly Canadian.

Get Dunes at:
SC Distribution: smarturl.it/gardensvilla_scd
iTunes: smarturl.it/gardensvilla_itunes
Amazon: smarturl.it/gardensvilla_amazon
Your local record store: smarturl.it/gardensvilla_indies

Gardens & Villa
www.gardensandvilla.com/
secretlycanadian.com/artist.php?name=gardensvilla
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instagram.com/gardensandvilla

Bullet Train

Gardens & Villa - Bullet Train

Recorded & performed by Chris Dadge, featuring Scott Munro. One the 1st Mama Safari album, originally released as a cassette in 2011.

MAMA SAFARI - s/t - Untitled

here's a remix i did for my friends grizzly bear.. enjoy

Grizzly Bear - Will Calls (Diplo Remix)

http://www.flau.jp/releases/r16.html
http://flau.bandcamp.com/album/anniversary
the album will be released on May 7th, 2014.
limited CDR (incl. poster & download coupon)

SELA. - Heartbeat (ft. allie)

The former Wu Lyf member launches his bright, bold first official single on Dazed Digital. 

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/18292/1/francis-lung-a-selfish-man

A Selfish Man 7" is out on Jan 16 on Atelier Ciseaux b/w “Tsunami Blues (Cause of Me)”

Francis Lung – A Selfish Man

Soft Opening is the second full-length from Seattle's Posse.

Buy / Stream it here:

MP3s: www.posseposse.bandcamp.com/

Vinyl: www.lightintheattic.net/releases/1190-soft-opening


Posse - "Shut Up"

Released on April 1, 2014. 

Digital: http://apple.co/1faFMrn
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/salad-days


Mac DeMarco // Brother

Teebs - View Point

From the forthcoming album "E s t a r a" on Brainfeeder.

Teebs - View Point

From the upcoming album LONGEST WINTER, available on SparkAlaska.bandcamp.com and Shammy Tapes May 10th.

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sparkalaska.bandcamp.com/
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Aloe Vera

Los Angeles Police Department - Waste
Music & Lyrics by Ryan Pollie 
Mastered by Warren Hildebrand @foxesinfiction
Art by Christian Escalante

Waste

Trouble

From the album LONGEST WINTER, available on SparkAlaska.bandcamp.com and Shammy Tapes OUT TODAY

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Flowers Along The Highway

From the album LONGEST WINTER, available on SparkAlaska.bandcamp.com and Shammy Tapes OUT TODAY.

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sparkalaska.bandcamp.com/
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Red Thread

you're an actor for an actor
performing for performers
something you do, i do
you get me there i'll help you out
you call and i'll come back around
something you do, i do
and all this time resting on your laurels
will all be for naught
are you seeing him professionally

i'm an actor for an actor
performing for performers
something you do, i do
count your blessings where they see em
show em how you're living
weaponize your happiness
and all this time poaching on a new front
for trading places on the stages
posing with the famous
act as if you're one of them
and turn into the villain
this is how you become the villain

an actor for an actor
cold shapeshifter
something you do, i do
you get me there i'll help you out
you call and i'll come back around
something you do, i do
use all your time to paint yourself the victim
strengthen up your branding
in bed with your connections
broadcasting your blessings
faking all your smiles
and turn into the villain

i don't mean to make you sad but i do

Mesita - The Villain

From the self-titled LP out October 28th. Pre-order digital and vinyl here:
http://benseretan.bandcamp.com/album/ben-seretan

And cassette tape version here:
http://hopeforthetapedeck.limitedrun.com/products/532415-dude-021-ben-seretan-ben-seretan-pre-order

Maybe I was wrong
We had some good times
You took the thorns from my paws
We had some good times

Hey, it's all right
Light leaks from under the door
Maybe you were right
We had some hard times
You took the thorns from my crown
We had some hard times

Hey, it's all right
Light leaks from under the door

You will be stronger tomorrow
You will be wiser tonight
You will find new love without warning
You will find new joy with every breath

From the album "Ben Seretan," out on digital, cassette, and double LP October 28th.

Guitar by Alex Lewis
Cello by Bryan West
Bass by Nico Hedley
Choir - Maddie Caldwell, Nico Hedley, Alex Lewis, Tom Tierney, Bryan West
All else by Ben Seretan

Recorded and mixed at Spaceman Sound
Mastered by Gus Elg, Sky Onion

Ben Seretan - Light Leaks

Fall In EP

A Way To Say Goodbye

Newly re-configured as a three piece, Portico (Duncan Bellamy, Milo Fitzpatrick and Jack Wyllie) are delighted to unveil a brand new song from their forthcoming album. 

Bordering on the hallucinatory, their hypnotic music moves forwards towards distant places, arriving somewhere between structured pop songs and a disintegrating ambience. “Living Fields” featuring vocals by Jono McCleery is the perfect introduction. 

The band is also thrilled to announce that they’ve signed to Ninja Tune. Currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to the full length, with collaborators Jamie Woon, Jono McCleery and Joe Newman (Alt-J). 

Portico are on tour this autumn, and their new album will be released in March 2015, check http://porticomusic.co.uk for more info.

Living Fields

Living Fields (ft. Jono McCleery)

Owen's take on "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart" by Against Me!. From the 2014 covers album, Other People's Songs.

Available on CD, LP, cassette, digital:
http://polyvinylrecords.com/otherpeoplessongs

Owen - Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart (Against Me!)

By day, Elephant Micah’s Joseph O'Connell works as a folklorist, documenting the local culture of southern Indiana and other Midwest regions. Not surprisingly, his songs seem to emerge from habits of travel and observation. Their account of the phenomenal world is as vivid as it is mysterious, equal parts ethnographic fact and fable.

For the past 14 years, O'Connell has quietly self-released his work on CD-R and limited LP, sometimes collaborating with the psych-folk imprint Time-Lag Records or other very small labels. Despite the project’s almost secretive status, Elephant Micah has repeatedly caught the attention of NPR, and has been championed by an impressive cohort of like-minded artists, including Jason Molina, Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Hiss Golden Messenger, and Dark Dark Dark.

Over time, O’Connell’s songwriting has grown in confidence and intensity, while maintaining its signature restraint. Where in Our Woods, the 12th Elephant Micah album and the first for Western Vinyl, is the fruit of this long-term creative progress. It will see release on January 20th, 2015. 

A painstaking work of minimalism, Where in Our Woods is defined by its limited palette. The arrangements foreground nylon-string guitar and an antique portable pump organ. A stripped down-drum set (played by Matthew O’Connell, Joe’s brother), a baritone ukulele, a toy recorder, and harmony vocals (sung by Will Oldham, a friend of and key influence on O’Connell) round out the sound. This sparse ensemble leaves O’Connell’s voice room to breathe, while elevating and magnifying the poetry of his songs. Throughout the album, O'Connell deftly transforms the stuff of everyday American life into a series of entrancing meditations on culture, nature, religion, and modernity.

ELEPHANT MICAH TOUR DATES

Sat. Dec. 6 – Raleigh, NC @ King’s w/ Centro-Matic
Sun. Dec. 7 – Washington, DC @ DC9 w/ Centro-Matic
Tue. Dec. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot and Saddle w/ Centro-Matic
Thu. Dec. 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade w/ Centro-Matic

"This record might be his best yet. Beautiful and haunting. "
- Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers). 

"...unavoidable and real…these songs have a way of bringing one back down to earth and re-revealing what's always been there, what's old to be discovered, revisited, embraced."
– Angel Olsen

LP/CD PRE-ORDER: http://westernvinyl.com/shop/

Pre-Order on iTunes

Elephant Micah - "By the Canal"

Reykjavik, January 2015

Black Moon Days

Ivan & Alyosha - Something Is Wrong

something close

Taken from "Individ" the new album from The Dodos.
Coming January 30th 2015

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Morr Music
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Website: morrmusic.com



Buy the vinyl

The Dodos: Retriever

Cutting My Fingers Off

Turnover - Cutting My Fingers Off

Wasted Away

"When I Was Your Age" is the first single to be taken from "Hide and Seek", the debut album from Mammoth Penguins, the new band fronted by Emma Kupa (formerly of Standard Fare). The song is gloriously messy and loud, about feeling inadequate about one’s achievements. As Emma explains, "It started off with a birthday card from my granddad saying that he was married with kids at 28 and then I started thinking about what my parents, grandparents and family members had achieved by the time they were my age".

"Hide and Seek" is the debut album from Mammoth Penguins, the new band fronted by Emma Kupa, formerly of BBC 6 Music favourites Standard Fare. Due out on 6 July via Fortuna POP!, the album is an exhilarating collection of indie anthems, with Emma's candid songwriting and heartfelt vocals at the fore. Chugging away like the greatest Weezer record you’ve never heard, the songs are bold, loud and outrageously catchy, with lyrics that hit just the right chord, exploring the burgeoning responsibilities of being in your late 20s/early 30s.

Mammoth Penguins - When I Was Your Age

Where You Stand

Written, performed and produced by Moses Sumney.
Mixed by Chris Taylor.
Post-production by Joshua Willing Halpern.
Art by Mike Teeples.


Seeds

Taken from Brain Disease EP - out 8th June on limited edition red vinyl and digital download.

Pre-order:
https://www.musicglue.com/theo-verney-1/shop/ 

On tour:
May 
14th - Brighton - The Great Escape @ Bleach (unofficial show) 
16th - Brighton - The Great Escape @ Pav Tav (unofficial show) 
25th - Leeds - Gold Sounds festival @ The Brudenell Social Club
June
9th - London - Birthdays (Support from Kagoule and Puppy) 
10th - Brighton - Prince Albert (Support from Kagoule and Gang)






Brain Disease

I Hate School (Wish Me Luck On My Exam)

From LUWUM's forthcoming LP "Places Worn," out this summer.

LUWUM - A Weird Flash

Olympic Dreams Records