"Tale of a Dead Dog" from Diane Coffee's debut My Friend Fish

DIANE COFFEE "Tale of a Dead Dog"

After years of writing and performing, Ava Luna has refined their doo-wop soul meets punk-as-fuck aesthetic into something bold and glaringly defiant in today's indie music landscape. Following the release of their critically lauded first proper full-length Ice Level, the band spent an intense 2-week period writing and recording in upstate New York. Unlike previous efforts that were meticulously mapped out, the songs that would become Electric Balloon were "…a family effort." according to frontman Carlos Hernandez. For the new album, former Columbia composition student Hernandez relinquished the reins a bit, opting for a more organic approach to writing the material for what would become Electric Balloon. As Hernandez explains, it was a "…birth of confidence. I grew closer to my bandmates, began to see the roles of a family playing out. Ethan cooks dinner for all of us, we make lewd jokes, and then 'after-dinner storytelling' takes the form of playing music."

In the wake of Ice Level, Ava Luna's sharp edges have melted away just enough, making it easier to connect with their no-wave grooves and soaring harmonies. Distilling everything from James Chance and ESG to contemporaries like Dirty Projectors and Of Montreal, Ava Luna have landed on an aggressively unique sound that still manages to be accessible. Hernandez goes on to explain "…the stories and moments here are clearer, as in a conversation. The moment appears, you grab it with your hands, screw the lid on the mason jar. There was no tweaking, no second-guessing. Julian's mantra for the process: 'First thought best thought.'….And for my part, I sing my best about encounters, friendships, some moments beautiful and others painful. A bike shop manager in New Orleans, a derelict porch on Brighton Beach, a yellow sweater in a kitchen in the Catskills, a water duct in the New Mexico desert…"

Ava Luna – "Sears Roebuck M&Ms"

Linn drums, synthetic percussion / restless architecture / upbeat and haunted / part-hallucination, part-party for one in a bunker / put a record on, conjure presences. 

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Bunkerpop

A gay love letter to San Francisco from the Dore/ Up Your Alley video soundtrack. 

San Francisco, You Turn Me On

A-side to their new single on Trouble In Mind Records - out December 4th, 2015. (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Klaus Johann Grobe "Baby Lass Uns Sein"

From the upcoming album "Private Energy" Out October 7th 2016.

Lyrics: 

Leopard garden
walk backwards 
like you with me before.

Hot dog let’s play games,
you catch me
I catch you
no love can cut our knife in two.

Somewhere in space,
someone else plays our game.
Inflatable face,
chameleon ways to reach you.
Alien days,
its the longest day till i seen you.
Psychic way,
wait till i heal you.

(healing humming melody)

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,

And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,
And it’s a runaround runaround,

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

No love,
no love,
no love,
can cut our knife in two.

Credits:
All music by Roberto Carlos Lange

"Hot dog let’s play games,
you catch me
I catch you
no love can cut our knife in two." are from the short story Runaround by Isaac Asimov.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaround_(story)

Additional Musicians:
Violin - Jeffrey Young
Vocals - Felicia Douglass
Synthesizer - Lori Scacco
Pedal Steel - Trey Pollard
Additional engineering - Adam Heathcott
Mastered by - Keith Reynaud
Design by - Carlos Lange
Photo by - Ben Sellon

Runaround

<3 by Broen is available now on iTunes via Bella Union: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/3-single/id1205599836

I Love Art

Broen - <3

Substitutes

Michelle Blades - Ring

Taken from their third album "Du bist so symmetrisch", out October 26th, 2018 via Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Klaus Johann Grobe "Siehst Du Mich Noch?" (Trouble In Mind Records)

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'Cyanide Thornton' is a record wreathed in tenderness, honesty and intimacy, and will guide you from the dark corners of your mind to somewhere unearthly and supernatural.

Cyanide Thornton acknowledge that this recording was made on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded. 

Available November 9, 2018 via Bedroom Suck / Remote Control Records (AU/NZ), Omnian Music Group (USA/CAN) and Cargo Records (UK.EU).

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Cyanide Thornton - Weight

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Klaus Johann Grobe "Siehst Du Mich Noch?" (Trouble In Mind Records)

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