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New Indie Songs Week 25 - Best of 2014

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WalesOnline - A Sound Reaction Playlist - Monday June 23

Every Day Jams

Stereofund Sunday Sessions - Vol. 14

Drowners' debut album out January 28, 2014

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Drowners - A Button On Your Blouse

A Free taster for the long awaited E.P: The Journey Is To Last - coming soon!

It Changes

Fire Records - Record Store Day 2014

Featuring Cardinal, The Moles, Half Japanese, Spacemen 3, Bardo Pond, Wreckless Eric, Danielson, ESG and the Lemonheads.

http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php

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The Moles - Bury Me Happy

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A New Beginning

iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/do-you-want-me-single/id828647665



Do You Want Me?

Pool - Lipstick

"The Echo" is the first track of the brand new "INDEFENSIBLE EP" by London based alt/modern rock act THE ACTIONS due for release on the 5th of April 2015

The track has been air-played in Tom Robinson's Introducing Mixtape radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music. Show track list here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0421h3j



"This is one lab experiment where everything's gone according to plan"
The Sound Of Confusion, London UK

“What’s really impressive is that The Actions are able to thread all these twists and turns together with ease, and it makes for one hell of a trip!”
James Robins, Fresh On The Net, London, UK

"The biggest compliment we can give it, is to compare the song, in bringing such a fusion of incredible sounds together, to Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android'."
Alternative Tracks, UK

"Tremendous songs, swish feel, good ideas, man there's stuff going on here…"
Bug Bear Promotions, London UK

"The Actions create a huge, sweeping sound of epic atmospherics that astounds for a three-piece set-up…"
Nick Crispin - Bookings Islington, London UK

"Alt/Modern Rock Superstars…I really love Marta's vocals and also the memorable instrumental beats…"
OceanicBlue, London UK

"Did the sound at Underbelly forThe Actions last night. Completely the type of band I am training in live engineering for. CHECK 'EM OUT!!"
Adam Ritchie - Point Blank, London UK

"The Actions played a very stylish set…very good to hear Mo Stellato and co. do their thing." Roger Mairlot, The Gig Slut, London UK

“Dark atmosphere, haunting vocals & energetic beats, "The Echo", The Actions Amazing!”
 Inie Pop-Ups, Utrecht, Netherlands


More info on http://www.theactions.co.uk

contacts: 
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THE ACTIONS - The Echo

The new album <a href="https://realworldrecords.com/release/632/tincian/">Tincian</a> is out 12th May 2014.

Pre order: <a href="http://smarturl.it/TincianiTunes">iTunes</a> / <a href="http://smarturl.it/TincianAMZ">Amazon</a> / <a href="http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/82575">Rough Trade</a>

Lliwia means Colours. It's a song written about childbirth. All the colours you can see when you close your eyes and the instant love that you feel for this soul that comes out. 

Tincian is 9Bach's second album. It's an atmospheric, emotional record that reflects their home environment of Gerlan, North Wales. As Lisa Jen explains, 'tincian can mean a lot of things, to move with a tinkling sound, to ring and make a clear sound. Depending on what area of Wales you are from, the meaning varies. It comes to life in dialogue when you use sentences like "I gave him such a talking to, he didn't know what had hit him...he was 'tincian'." It's almost like a cartoon image of someone's head being hit by a hammer'.

Buy on iTunes

9Bach - Lliwiau

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12" - http://toughloverecords.bigcartel.com/product/tlv073-autobahn-autobahn-2-ep-pre-order&#13;
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Leeds-based five-piece AUTOBAHN follow last year’s sold out debut EP, 1., with a second 3-track 12”, out 7th July. 2. channels the same aggressive post-punk of their debut, but feels sharper, more focused in its intent. And it’s hardly surprising – the first EP was a document of the band’s first three songs. Time has afforded the chance to hone the creative process with an almost military precision: cut the excess; find the point; hammer it home.&#13;
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If that approach recalls the crack-the-whip intensity of early Greg Ginn-led Black Flag rehearsals (legend states that Ginn would have the band practice 8 hours a day, 6 days a week), then it’s fitting of the conditions in which the music was conceived. AUTOBAHN’s practice room also plays host to Leeds’ DIY hardcore/punk venue, and elements of that lifestyle have filtered into these new songs, in spirit if not aesthetic. Indeed, AUTOBAHN should not be mistaken for a hardcore band and its associated dogma. There’s too great a range of influences at play – current listening includes Chron Gen, Tubeway Army and Rowland S. Howard. This breadth of influence has informed the band from conception, but it’s never been as manifest as on 2. You can hear it on the krautrock-inspired EP closer, ‘Ulcer’, with its metronomic intensity and subtle-but-persistent synth line, and in the myriad of guitar lines that close ‘Pale Skin’. A nod must also be made here to producer Matt Peel, who the band credits for pushing their songwriting in new directions.&#13;
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A more tangible influence stems from AUTOBAHN’s frequent touring, particularly the gigs shared with label mates Girls Names and fellow Loiners, Eagulls. In fact, ‘Unhinged’ was written on the guitar of Eagulls’ member, Mark Goldworthy. You can take that shared resource as illustrative of a general psychic bond between the bands that speaks of an imagined community. Despite the generally dark thematic concerns of the music, there’s an implicit sense of hope, as AUTOBAHN’s singer, Craig, attests:&#13;
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“Ulcer is an appropriate gateway to the album we’re writing - the chorus is quite twisted ('Full breath as life just decays, cut deep, no worth, not this way') - but every time I hear that outro, it always fills me with real optimism and lifts me. The song is about death anxiety, which I don't have anymore at all.“&#13;
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Thu 22nd May @ The 100 Club, London w/White Lung&#13;
Fri 23rd May @ The Duchess, York w/Chameleons Vox&#13;
Sun 25th May @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds w/Chameleons Vox&#13;
Mon 26th May @ Fruit, Hull w/Chameleons Vox&#13;
Fri 20th Jun @ The Camden Crawl 2014 (Proud), London&#13;
Sat 21st Jun @ The Camden Crawl 2014 (Lock Tavern), London&#13;
<b>Thu 10th Jul @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds - EP launch show&#13;
Fri 11th Jul @ The Victoria, London - EP launch show</b>&#13;
Sat 12th Jul @ The Hope, Brighton&#13;
Sat 26th Jul @ Tramlines (The Harley), Sheffield&#13;
Sat 9th Aug @ Beacons Festival, Skipton&#13;
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http://www.autobahnmusik.co.uk

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AUTOBAHN - Ulcer

Pool - What It Is

Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANnZ3EuPQng

Pool - What It Is

From the Cayetana "Nervous Like Me" LP out 9/9/14 on Tiny Engines

Pre-Order now: tinyengines.net/bands/cayetana/store

Cayetana - Serious Things Are Stupid

Taken from the forthcoming Flexizine (7" flexidisc record and 20 page zine) Fifths, to be released 28th July 2014. Pre order now: http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/529271-the-death-of-pop-fifths-flexizine-ep

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Following on from how much we enjoyed putting out the recent Fear of Men release, we have decided to make the flexizine (a 7” flexidisc record accompanied by a 20 page zine) a quarterly fixture. With no further ado, it gives us great pleasure to introduce issue 2. The new EP from Bournemouth based 5 piece The Death of Pop. 

Made up of three brothers and two cousins, The Death of Pop produce the sort of well-polished sound you’d expect from a tight knit family unit. We have long admired their jangley shoegaze from afar, but it was only when they sent us a lovely cassette demo did we finally make acquaintance. Opening track ‘Whenever’ picks up where excellent previous single ‘Sun in my Eyes’ left off. Dueling guitars, blissful summery melodies and a magic carpet ride of fuzz and distortion.

The EP’s further four tracks are testament to The Death of Pop’s ability to consistently craft jangle pop masterpieces that engulf you in a glowing warmth, which is basically the mark of any good shoegaze band. If it doesn’t feel like turning them up really loud would defrost a bag of peas from 50 yards, they’re probably not doing it right.

As previously mentioned, the EP is set to be released on a lovely blue transparent 7” flexidisc accompanied by a 20 page magazine. The flexidisc will feature the sub-6-minute drones of track 2 Mirage and a download code for the full EP will be included with the magazine. We have elected to release music in this format as we were getting a bit frustrated with the standard 7” release and realised we could be giving you a bit more for your money. 

The release is ltd to 250 copies and set to be released on the 28th July. You can pre-order your copy from our shop right now.

The Death of Pop - Whenever

Taken from the debut self titled EP by Tenterhook out August 25th on Cartoon Records.

Pre-order:
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Catch Tenterhook live Sept 11th St Pancras Old Church.

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Chemicals

Welsh language single release date 9th June 2014

Gadael y Gorffennol (Leaving the past)

'They Want My Soul' available now

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CD: http://smarturl.it/Spoon_AmzCD
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Rent I Pay

Island

Shout out to the great @Moullinex !

"TIME TO SHINE " Original and remixes: 
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The Penelopes-Time To Shine (Moullinex Remix)

Sound it Out # 71: Buddy - "Weak Currents"

http://boingboing.net/2014/06/16/buddy-weak-currents-f.html

Buddy - Weak Currents

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Half Light

Bicep

New single coming out soon on Kingfisher Bluez and Cloudberry. Parcel Post is a collaboration between Lisle (Fireflies) and Scott (Summer Cats), and on this song, with Kristine (Tiny Microphone) on backing vocals. More info soon. 

Parcel Post - Centimetres

Taken from the album Paperback Ghosts, Comet Gain’s new single “'Sad Love' and Other Short Stories” is a classic upbeat indiepop tune, brimming with melody and slathered in chiming Byrdsian guitars. Over yearning harmonies and keening strings songwriter David Feck muses on a love left behind and what might have been, on a life haunted by memories of unrequited romance.

Comet Gain - "Sad Love" And Other Short Stories

If You Wanna

Norgaard

Velveteen is the first single of the NYC based Psych-Noise, Garage,  Shoe-gaze duo Lazy Queen, consisting of Henrik Søberg and Reyson Morales. With a weakness for noise and psychedelic shoe-gaze the two started making and recording music in January 2014. The two draw inspiration from the great noise luminaries such as Pixies, Nirvana, Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Blur and Jesus & The Mary Chain amongst many other.

VELVETEEN

Check out these excellent new sounds from the <a href="http://www.pub.gaga.com.au">Gaga Pub</a> catalogue. If you want to know more, check out our <a href="http://www.gaga.com.au">site</a>, follow us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/gaga_music">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/GagaMusic">Facebook</a>, and <a href="http://eepurl.com/Vtm-">join our mailing list</a>. For all licensing enquiries, <a href="mailto:katie@gaga.com.au">get in touch with Katie</a>. 

The Black Keys: Little Black Submarines

05 High Priced Liars

06 Born To Die

08 Let It Go On'N'On

Vampire Weekend Vs Biggie - Notorious Vampire

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Out Of The Blue

This song is set apart by the intricacies of the drum fills throughout. The bass keeps up admirably, and the vocals are from the depths of the writers’ heart. The steady groove eventually gives way three-quarters of the way through, only to be replaced by a stratosperichally-placed guitar riff that lifts the piece above and beyond. Instantly recognisable and connective, what’s not to love?

X marks the spot

From the Melody Calling EP out now. Download it on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/MelodyCalling?IQid=sc

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Melody Calling

Five disparate individuals forged a collective mind after meeting as part of the artistic community that grew around The Parrot music venue in Carmarthen West Wales.  Escaping in the winter of 2013 to John Lawrence (Gorky's Zygotic Mynci) studio in the heart of Snowdonia Tree Of Wolves forged a sound that is romantic and shimmering yet robust with post punk energy. 

Taking in classic English literature, Laurel Canyon sunshine melody, and European androgynous pop the Tree of Wolves sound is akin to 'Tusk' era Fleetwood Mac and early indecipherable R.E.M. The band are an infectious live presence and over the course of six singles and a critically acclaimed debut EP (that boasted a collaboration with David R Edwards  from iconic welsh band Datblygu) the band have built a loyal fan-base.