Weekend Showcase 2.18 playlist features 55 songs from artists and bands representing 12 countries. Read more about the playlist and the past week's features here: http://therevue.ca/2016/05/15/weekend-showcase-2-18/

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Weekend Showcase 2.18

From the Absence EP
Love vs Fear (16 Sep 2016)
iTunes: hyperurl.co/absenceitunes
CD & vinyl: http://marsicans.bandcamp.com
Official video:  http://hyperurl.co/youtubeswimming

Stop talking all the time
Please rest your weary mind
This nervousness is hurting us
And I am not inclined
To draw out these grand designs

So won't you come swimming?
Swimming on back to me
Won't you come swimming?
Swimming on back to me

You've set sail for far away
I know this won't be night and day
I'm telling you that you'll be fine
To have a backbone, show some spine
If only I could do the same.

So won't you come swimming?
Swimming on back to me
Won't you come swimming?
Swimming on back to me

It's far too cold to be out there alone
There's this place I know we could build a home
This works all right for some
Can we give it a run?
I know we're only young

But won't you come swimming?
Swimming on back to me
Won't you come swimming?
Swimming on back to me

Written and performed by Marsicans 
Produced, engineered and mixed by Mickey Dale at the Cellar of Dreams 
Artwork by Liv Hodder


iTunes

Swimming

From Memoryhouse's forthcoming full-length album, Soft Hate. Purchase at www.mmry.house

Sarah

Founded by Icelandic frontman, Hakon Aðalsteinsson - an ex-member of Singapore Sling who are often hailed as founding members of the new psych sound - The Third Sound came into being in Rome in 2010 and have since relocated to Berlin.

Since forming, The Third Sound have enjoyed the support of Anton Newcombe, who released their self-titled first album, on his label A Recordings, and chose the group to support his band The Brian Jonestown Massacre on tour in Europe. He also provided the studio for recording their second album The Third Sound of Destruction and Creation which was released on Fuzz Club in 2013. Most recently they’ve shared members with Anton Newcombe and Tess Parks’ band, which led to Parks’ appearance on the single “You Are Not Here” from the group's third album, Gospels of Degeneration, to be released April 2016 on Fuzz Club.

The have also taken part in the Fuzz Club Split Single series, partnering with The Underground Youth on Split Single No. 2.

What began as somewhat of a solo project by Aðalsteinsson, the new album sees The Third Sound stretching its definition with deeper levels of collaboration between band members and the influence of a new character in its story, the city of Berlin.

The Third Sound is Hakon Aðalsteinsson, who creates the concept for each song and writes the lyrics, guitarist Robin Hughes who develops the guitar parts, Leo Kaage on drums. The trio co-produced Gospels of Degeneration, which was recorded in Berlin in Kaage’s homebuilt studio with gear that was begged, borrowed and stolen from friends and collaborators.

The group’s sound has been described as “ebbing between light and dark, dream and reality, pop and experimentalism” and “ranging from hypnotic soundscapes to tweaked out and fuzzed up numbers.” In a recent premiere on Clash Music they were described as "lynchpins of the psychedelic underground."

The Third Sound - Shake Them All Down

'Get Gone' - debut album in stores May 6

iTunes pre-order -      http://smarturl.it/seratones.iTunes     
Physical pre-order -   http://smarturl.it/Seratones.CDLP     

Seratones - Chandelier

A bit of old worldy new timey shizzle with a dollop of rage against the monetary system 

Frank Account

Postcard From Glasgow is a song from our new album Navigator (coming soon) and we are delighted to share it with you in advance.

Raquel Mouro developed the concept and directed the video.

this single is available for download at http://planeticket.bandcamp.com

Postcard From Glasgow

Probable Depths was recorded (mostly) in Williamstown, Massachusetts in December 2014.
Written and performed by Nandi Rose Plunkett
with Zubin Hensler (trumpet, synth bass, percussion); Zack Levine (live drums); and Elena Moon Park (strings)
Produced by Zubin Hensler
Mixed by Raphael Peterson
Mastered by Joe Lambert at JLM Sound

Overthrown

MASTER & COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP : Sky Cathedrals / Florence Glen

WRITERS & PUBLISHERS :
Stefan Nathan Gandhi (Copyright Control/BMI) James Booth (Copyright Control/PRS) Florence Elizabeth Edith Glen (Copyright Control/PRS)

PRODUCED & MIXED BY : Sky Cathedrals (Mighty Kid and James Booth)
LYRICS BY : Florence Glen and James Booth
MASTERED BY : Tom Woodhead (http://www.hippocraticmastering.com)
ARTWORK BY : Thomas Stoop (www.thomasstoop.com)

Elysium (feat. Florence Glen)

Golden Age - Tinted Windows

words and music by Darryl Rahn
engineered by Seth Nathan and Zeno Pittarelli
mixed by Seth Nathan
mastered by Trevor Fedele
album art by Joe Leib

White Lies

Apple/iTunes:
smarturl.it/TalkTooMuch

Spotify:
smarturl.it/TalkTooMuchSp

VEVO:
smarturl.it/TalkTooMuchAudio

Talk Too Much

Spotify

St. Nick

Taken from the album 'Fall Forever', out now on Kanine Records.

Buy album and concert tickets: www.fearofmen.co.uk

Tour Dates

16th May - Espace B, Paris, France
3rd June - Resident  Instore, Brighton, UK
10th June - Fall Forever Album Launch Show - St Pancras Church, London
11th June - Long Division Festival, Wakefield, UK
13th June - Oslo, London, UK (Sold Out)*
14th June - Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds, UK*
15th June - CCA. Glasgow, UK*
16th June - Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK*
30th June - DC9,Washington, DC , US
1st July -  Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA, US
2nd July - The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY , US
3rd July - Great Scott, Allston, MA, US
5th July - Bar Le “Ritz” P.D.B., Montreal, QC, Canada 
6th July - The Garrison,Toronto, ON, Canada
8th July -  Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL, US 
9th July - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN, US 
12th July -  Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA, US 
13th July - Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR, US 
14th July - Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA, US
17th July - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA, US 
19th July - The Hideout, San Diego, CA, US 
20th July - Valley Bar, Phoenix, AZ, US
22nd July - Club Dada, Dallas, TX, US 
23rd July - Barracuda, Austin, TX, US 
25th July - The Masquerade (Purgatory), Atlanta, GA, US 
26th July - Cat’s Cradle (Backroom), Carrboro, NC, US 
27th July - Ottobar, Baltimore, MD, US
*W/ Wild Nothing

Fall Forever

Pre-order Album

Sane

Avers – 'Omega / Whatever' – Out July 29th via Egghunt Records
Order: po.st/AversOW

With four songwriters, four singers, and 11 tracks of guitar-saturated rock & roll, Avers' second album, Omega/Whatever, is proof that there's strength in numbers.

The record shines new light on a band that made its first splash with 2014's Empty Light. Avers supported that debut release by leaving their hometown of Richmond, VA, and crisscrossing the country on tour, opening for bands like Foo Fighters and J. Roddy Walston along the way. They made a national splash during the 2015 SXSW Festival, too, with everyone from Esquire Maga-zine to The Daily Beast listing them as one of the week's breakout bands.

Two years after Empty Light's release, Omega/Whatever finds them returning to their unofficial headquarters — Montrose Recording, a modern studio located on a historic Richmond plantation and operated by bandmate Adrian Olsen — and creating another self-produced album of rumbling rock, shot through with pop hooks, layers of percussion, and coed melodies from four different vocalists. It's a mix of old and new, much like the studio that birthed it.

It's an album about balance, too, centered around the struggles of living in the modern world. There are songs about divorce, technology, late nights, corrupt politicians, and societal norms, all delivered by a group of songwriters who share their creative duties equally. Olsen, Alexandra Spalding, James Mason, and JL Hodges trade off vocal duties, too, with multi-instrumentalist Charlie Glenn pitching in on keyboards, harmonies, and swells of electric guitar. There's no consistent frontman, no singular leader, no main guitarist. Those roles are fluid, which makes Omega/Whatever very much the product of a band, not just one bandmate's vanity project.

Like the album that came before it, Avers' second release came together during a series of in-spired sessions at Montrose, with each song beginning as a fledgling idea brought to the table by one of the band's four writers. The entire group would then pitch in, turning that idea into something nuanced and layered. Avers would ultimately finish each song as a collective unit, recording the track the same day it was written. The result is an "infectious" and "ebullient" (The AV Club) sound that not only reintroduces the band, but not also offers an insider's look at their creative process.

Mixed by Peter Kadis (The National, Kurt Vile) and mastered with Greg Calbi, Omega/Whatever is a battle cry from a band that's fighting the good fight.

www.aversmusic.com
www.facebook.com/aversrva

July 29 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry (Album Release Show)
Aug 3 – Washington, DC – DC9 Nightclub
Aug 4 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
Aug 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's

Everything Hz

Kristin Kontrol - (Don't) Wannabe

Mustache and Glasses off of my album Stress Relief:
https://elsalester.bandcamp.com/album/stress-relief
Pay what you want or pay zero €$£¥!

Thanks for listening <3

Stress Relief

Mustache and Glasses

F R E E  or  P W Y W

Second single from Raindear's debut album Embers!

Feathers


Brisbane singer-songwriter BANFF (aka Benjamin Forbes) and Sydney subtronica artist Caitlin Park have teamed up to release their debut collaborative single ‘My Love, My Lover’, available now via Melbourne based independent record label We Are Golden. 

Incredible lyricism is the craft of both singer-songwriters, who together have shaped a heart-achingly beautiful, spacious, soul-drenched indie-pop song that is the stand alone single ‘My Love, My Lover’. 

www.facebook.com/banffmusic
https://www.facebook.com/caitlinparkmusic

www.wearegolden.com.au
www.create-control.com

BANFF x Caitlin Park - My Love, My Lover

Plastic Mermaids - Alaska

Goat, is the first new material from French for Rabbits since their 2012 EP release "Claimed by the Sea". The slow-burning song is a lament on stubbornness and being sorry.  It is featured on a 7" released in May 2014.


Goat

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