A little rock is really healthy now and then. Synth been on the brain too long. Love this.

This band is sounds for the soul.  Just perfect!

This is the sound of the walkmen, Glad to see you perfected it!

from here to 5:38 REALLY pulls at my heartstrings. Great song!! Stay strong and continue to make more records!

Reviewed: "It's apparent as the melodies on these numbers aren't fully realized and the lyrics never got the additional rewrite they needed (though I do appreciate the Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire bit)." http://fakewalls.com/blog/2012/10/3/review-the-walkmen-dance-with-your-partner-vermeer-65.html

I like the walkmen because ye sound like you mean every word

Ends of perfectionism, Begining of greatness -this is sound of the walkmen- thanks'

spiders spin sick webs

We Barbarians - Chambray

Burnt Black Cars

Resurrection Blues

my most famous song lol
feat jonathan bree

The Cigarette Duet

Recorded & Mastered by John Hannon, 2014

Taken from a forthcoming Split LP with SECONDS released by Soft Power Records on 1st August 2015

Artwork by Chaos vs Cosmos

AVENUE

I Love You Lord

Australia's Bloodhounds On My Trail sign to UK label Raphalite Records, Release 'Jolly' Single

"This EP is an out of body experience that I will continue to tap into again & again & again" - Primal Music Blog

"I will be shocked if I come across an EP in 2015 that is better than Escape EP by Bloodhounds On My Trail" – Love Sound Magazine

"A sparkling debut record" - This Is That Song 

"Something so sweet about this thing, it’s optimism... just kind of unassumingly soars" - Don't Need No Melody 

FOR LOVERS OF: Lowtide, Flyying Colours, Ride, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, The Church
LEAD TRACKS: Jolly, Jolly (Ummagma Remix), She's In My Plans, Dreamless


It's no secret that Australia has a burgeoning shoegaze scene. From within the burgeoning Melbourne shoegaze community, Bloodhounds On My Trail are set to release ‘Escape II’ internationally through UK-based label Raphalite Records. This deluxe edition of their debut EP ‘Escape’ will also feature additional tracks ‘She’s In My Plans’ and a remix of ‘Jolly’ by celebrated dreampop duo Ummagma.

'Jolly' is the first single off this EP. "Jolly is about having a good moment when you've been having a bit of a difficult time and wanting to not let it go to waste. Happy for people to enjoy our music and take what they want out of it. How it makes them feel. The message is in the ears of the listener," explains Bloodhounds guitarist Chris Donaldson. 

With a love of shoegaze bands of the late 1980s to early 90s, Bloodhounds On My Trail seek to fuse the rhythmic underpinnings of bands like the Velvet Underground and the Stooges with the infectious stylings of shoegaze luminaries such as Cocteau Twins and Slowdive. 

Since playing their first show in February 2014, the band has been blossoming through a whirlwind combination of live shows, festivals and recording sessions. Their music was met with positive reactions, encouraging press, and invitations to play with notable Australian artists such as Lowtide, Contrast, and White Walls.

Thanks to Tonedeaf and Gabe Lewis from Lowtide, one of the foremost shoegaze acts in Australia, Bloodhounds on My Trail began to be known as one of the best Aussie shoegaze acts around. "They sound like how I want my guitars to sound," Gabe explains. "Needless to say, I was immediately hooked. Really languid, cascading washes, and wearing their pastoral shoegaze influences on their sleeves.”

All of this prompted the band to formally commit their hazy tones to tape at Birdland Studios with renowned engineer Matt Hosking, who was the perfect match for the band - also being deeply immersed in shoegaze music and having a record of outstanding work with fellow shoegazers Lowtide, Contrast, Parading and Hideous Towns. This year has also seen the band gain momentum with appearances at local gaze festivals alongside Flyying Colours, Immigrant Union, Black Cab and Day Ravies.

"I hope for people to enjoy it and get a buzz off our tunes. We ain't preaching anything, just making music we find exciting and want to record and play live," says Johnny Green. 

Bloodhounds are Johnny Green (guitar, vocals), Chris Donaldson (guitar), Nik Donaldson (drums) and Ché Walden (bass). In 2014, Shoegazemania named 'Escape' the year's number 2 EP, which also ranked high in DKFM's top EPs of 2014. Both Custom Made Music and Terapija.net included ‘She’s In My Plans’ at #6 in their top songs of 2014.

Bloodhounds On My Trail - Jolly

The Golden Lion 12” out November 13, 2015 on Jagjaguwar
A Complex Coliseum Museum out January 22, 2016 on Jagjaguwar

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The Golden Lion 12” out November 13, 2015 on Jagjaguwar
A Complex Coliseum Museum out January 22, 2016 on Jagjaguwar

The Motorway

The Besnard Lakes - "The Motorway"

From the forthcoming EP 'The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur" (2015, Leonard Skully Records)

FOR FANS OF: A.R. Kane, Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Jesus & Mary Chain, Dif Juz

Daniel and Danny Chavis are natives of Raleigh/ Chapel Hill, North Carolina, East Village residents for the past 28 years, and co-founders of the groundbreakers The Veldt, whose named derived from a Ray Bradbury sci-fi story. Musically reared in the church and juke-joints, the twins have been performing since they were children, listening to music that included gospel, Motown and Pink Floyd. In March, they return to their roots with The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur: The Drake Equation Mixtape EP.  
 
The first single is Sanctified, a ballad that perfectly captures the lush sound of Danny’s screeching decibel-breaking guitar distortion, Daniel’s soulful wail and Hayato Nakao’s deep bass grooves and guitar feedback. This is a perfect re-introduction. The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur was named from an E.E. Cummings poem. Its raging sound is influenced equally by the emotional soul of Marvin Gaye, free jazz warriors Sun Ra and Pharaoh Sanders, various Drake hip-hop tracks, and their own fertile electric imagination. 
 
The Chavis brothers initially made a name for themselves playing throughout the south at a time when fellow southerners REM and Superchunk were securing major label deals. As more black rock bands (Living Colour, 24/7 Spyz) sold more records and gigged worldwide, The Veldt was courted by various labels, including IRS Records and Capitol. 
 
Initially signed to Capitol Records in 1989, they were in the studio with dream-gaze guru Robin Guthrie working on their initial recordings, playing American concert halls with Cocteau Twins and The Jesus and Mary Chain, and recording Marigolds with Lincoln Fong (Moose).

The Veldt were a sensation from the start as they became a part of a movement of innovators who came of musical age at a time when rhythmic rebels were reflective, gritty and wild. Their sound inspired future generations of alternative artists, including TV On the Radio. 
 
They switched labels and Mercury Records released Afrodisiac in 1994, produced by Ray Shulman (The Sundays, Bjork, Sugarcubes). Their single Soul in a Jar was an underground hit.
 
The Veldt expanded their musical language, fusing more electronics into their soundscape. They retired the “Veldt” name and began recording and touring under under the name Apollo Heights. In 1999, the Chavis brothers were joined by bassist Hayato Nakao. Their music was loud, exploring color, space, sensuality and beat driven melodies with rhythmic and dynamic tension. Daniel's falsetto vocals contrasted with Danny's rock dreamscape guitar and Hayato's pounding beats.
 
Although The Veldt had signed to two major labels after leaving Mercury Records in 1995, the brothers decided to self-release their 2008 album White Music for Black People. They eventually changed their name back to The Veldt.
 
Apart from Robin Guthrie and A.R. Kane, they’ve collaborated with TV On The Radio, Mos Def and Lady Miss Kier (Deee-Lite), and have shared the stage with My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, Echo & The Bunnymen, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Manic Street Preachers, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Oasis, Living Colour and TV on the Radio, among others.
 
The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur marks the band's re-emergence, released via UK label Leonard Skully Records on March 18, 2016. The Resurrection Hymns LP releases later this year (via SonaBLAST! Records).

All tracks written, produced and performed by Danny C. Chavis, Daniel Chavis, Hayato Nakao
Tracks 1,4  Add vocals by Marie Cochrane
Tracks 2, 4 Add. guitar by Andrew Prinz
Track 5  Produced by Rudy Tambala / A.R. Kane
Tracks 2, 3, 4 Mastered at Engine Room Audio NYC by Mark Christiansen and Jeet Suresh Paul
Tracks 1, 5 mastered by Alexander Kretov at Ummagma Studio
Cover artwork by Andrew Prinz and Danny Chavis


Sanctified

Phantogram - Make a Fist

Night Moves - Headlights

All songs written and performed by Runaway Nuns


Guitar & lead vocals: Sean Baron
Guitar & vocals: Desmond Kannemeyer
Bass guitar & vocals: Sihle Mkhize
Tambourine & vocals: Noah Kaplan
Drums: PJ Franzsen

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Johnny Tex at Wild Weed Productions, Cape Town, South Africa.

Photo by Josh Rijneke
Type by Ines Soutschka

People I Love

Come To The City

The War On Drugs - "Come to the City"

06 Atlas Sound - Mona Lisa

Kevin Morby, "OMG Rock N Roll" from the album Oh My God out Apr 26, 2019 on Dead Oceans. 

Download / stream: https://kevinmorby.ffm.to/ohmygod

Kevin Morby - OMG Rock n Roll

VINYL FORMAT. Two brand-new unreleased tracks by The Walkmen. Both songs were produced, engineered and mixed with Phil Ek. All material is from the Heaven sessions.

The first 100 people to be at The Walkmen's Terminal 5 show on Thursday 10.18 will snag a 7". Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/NVVMFJ

Dance with Your Partner

From Generational's 2010 debut EP "Trust."

Dance with Your Partner

The Walkmen

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