Indie Pop Rock - November 2014

Noisebleed 1412

Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 31

you're on my mind

Best of 2014

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DEER BRAINS AT THE OLD BLUE LAST JANUARY 8TH 2015

Podcast 114

Free entry gig at The Finsbury 24th April 2015.

Free tickets: https://24aprilfinsbury.eventbrite.co.uk

Thee MVPs
Witching Waves
The Art Club
The Bleaders



24th April 2015 // The Finsbury

Bonus Track taken from Outfit "Performance" Deluxe Edition.

Deluxe Edition available now from iTunes: http://bit.ly/1c3gWy9

and as a limited bonus disc from Rough Trade while stocks last: http://bit.ly/17Titox

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@outfitofficial

I Told Them Where You Are


The Chad Velley Remix of "If You Didn't See Me (Then You Weren't On The Dancefloor)". 

"The Speed of Things" is now available for download at http://smarturl.it/speedofthings.

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"If You Didn't See Me (Then You Weren't On The Dancefloor)" Chad Valley Remix

Alvvays

Adult Diversion

Song from album 'Sens. Kinderscenen' coming soon! 

Bubblewrap

Taken from the debut album 'Dromes' released in September 2013 on Sonic Cathedral

Running Water

HOMESHAKE (all caps, all the time) will release the new album In the Shower on October 7, 2014.


HOMESHAKE // "Making A Fool Of You" (single)

Taken from Art is Hard released 'Fifths' Flexizine (7" flexidisc record and 20 page zine) released on 4th August 2014. Buy here:

artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/…xizine-ep

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xaWYpnSv-I

Key Of Three

lace curtains song off album A Signed Piece of Paper
lacecurtainsband.tumblr.com

Wilshire And Fairfax

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

Order LP/CD: http://slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/273
Order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/chorus-itunes

Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Literature - New Jacket

Teeth

White Fever are an Anglo-Scandinavian dreamwave band based in London, experimenting in ethereal and atmospheric landscapes. 

Shadows

Debut release from Brighton Garage label Dead Fun. Better known under the moniker Teen Creeps for the stacks of rad shows they put on.

This is two cuts of a session last year, two strong hits which have become crowd favourites.

Side A is about the band's good friend from LA, a Mr. Brian Lee Hughes, one of the three cats of Castle Face Records and a respected film maker in his own right. 

Side B is about the time Charlie and his old housemate/uni cohort Chris Hicks from Talons drank some rum after a delusional period of sobriety when the boys were trying to rush  job some essays together.

Recorded by Henry Withers at Soundsavers
Mastered by Luke Reilly at Telegram Studios
Artwork by Tom H. Wing
Music by Thee MVPs
Lyrics by Charlie Wyatt

Wandwaver

Berlin, Boston, Belfast: Alternative trio The Deltahorse is comprised of members who have never been altogether in the same place at the same time. Although the three members are scattered over the globe the bandʼs rather uncommon sound very much “feels like three guys were in the studio writing and performing alongside one another – music with the appropriate amount of grit, sheen, and sleaze.” (ALEX DANIEL, Earbuddy), and with “mammoth slabs of thunderous bass, sax riffs, and thudding melodies.” (JOSHUA PICKARD, Beats Per Minute / New York). 

The band is spearheaded by Berlin resident and founder Sash, alongside Bostonʼs Dana Colley, former saxophonist of Morphine. The Deltahorseʻs new single Easy Life pushes a brighter tone, directed by the sultry falsetto of singer-songwriter Vadim Zeberg from Belfast, Ireland - a sound probably cool enough to stop global warming. Anchored by Sashʼs fuzzy bass lines, electro-coated beats and Colleyʼs thick, electric baritone saxophone riffs The Deltahorse’s transatlantic sound borders on electronica - sticky as resin and “nothing but intriguing, unlike anything else youʼre bound to come across this year.” (CHRIS KUBAK, Striker Bill / Philadelphia). 

'Easy Life' | credits

Music: Sash/Zeberg/Colley
Lyric: Zeberg

Mixed and produced by Sash 
Mastered by Yoad Nevo at Nevo Mastering, London

Art Direction by A Graphic Practice, Berlin

Thanks for dropping by and giving it a listen!

Transatlantic

Easy Life

Buy on iTunes

From the forthcoming self-titled EP by Rolls Bayce, out via Create/Control on November 7th, 2014

Pre-order/purchase: http://www.create-control.com/rollsbayce

Recorded & mixed by Sean Cook @ The Plutonium
Mastered by Steve Smart @ Studios 301

Rolls Bayce are: Dean McGrath, James Wright, Neal Apel

Contact: rollsbaycemusic@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rollsbayce
Twitter: twitter.com/rollsbayce
Instagram: @rollsbayce

On My Own

As we enter the home run of our Pizza Club series (5 more to go) we are delighted to welcome Broadbay to the fold. Landing on our radar back in March, the band had just played a gig with Home School, Bloody Knees and Birdskulls. Hopefully that should give you a pretty solid indication of what to expect from 'Plasticine Dream' - grungy emo-tinged punk rock with hooks a-plenty!

Buy a physical pizza version from our shop at 1pm: http://artishardrecords.limitedrun.com/products/523909-the-pizza-club

Broadbay - Plasticine Dream

this tracks belongs to DEERS-BARN single.
BARN was recorded in one day by Nicolas Mühe at a Rubber-Tracks studio in Berlin.
BARN was mixed by Diego García (The Parrots).
this single is the first one recorded by the four of us.

hope you like it :)

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BUY THE LIMITED 7”: smarturl.it/barnvinyl
Available now on iTunes: smarturl.it/barn-pt1
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Barn

Between Cans

Better Run

PZL063: The Lavender Faction - In My Mind

Three tracks taken from the Brother EP, out 19 January 2015.

Pre-order here
Rough Trade: http://smarturl.it/MW-Bro-RoughTrade, 
Banquet: http://smarturl.it/MW-Bro-Banquet, 
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/MW-Bro-EP-Amazon 
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MW-Bro-iTunes


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Delusion Moon

Sham King

FROM Architeq - "Birds Of Prey" Versions (incl Débruit, Kelpe, James Pants Remixes)

Boomkat:
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If we cast our minds back to last year and the release of Architeq's original 'Birds Of Prey' release, you may remember we were quite smitten with his mentallist fusion of discoid bass with post-junglist electronica and equally baffled by its release on Tirk records. So we're even more surprised and delighted to receive this remix EP including revisions from Kelpe, Fulgeance, Debruit and James Pants taking Architeq's 'Birds Of Prey' cut and bashing it into ever fresher angles. Kelpe's mix is one of our favourites here, taking the sub 100bpm cosmic disco route with a muscular flow riding arpeggiated basslines and unspooling synthlines, and we're equally impressed with Fulgeance's super crafty beatworked version packed with cutting-edge time-stretching effects and post-Dilla snare slaps or Debruit's mix managing to maintain the rhythmic tension of the original with slight double timed rhythms underpinned by a heavy head-nod beat. Flip the wax and you'll find a proper sleazy version of 'Sleeping Bear Lament' from James Pants featuring some nifty synthwork from the Stones Throw fella, but the 12"s highlight comes from Architeq himself with a superb dub mix of 'Birds...' reworking the drums and percussion before adding truly authentic tape delay effects for a comforting level of warmth and organic texture. With the stellar roll call of remixers and dancefloor begging revisions this is a must have item for any of the nu-skool instro hiphop to disco heads or even dub house fiends. "Large"

Architeq - Birds of Prey (Fulgeance Remix)

"High Standards" is the lead track from Geelong delinquents The Living Eyes new, 10-track slab of stompers, ‘Living Large’. The Album is released in the UK on 19th January 2015, via Agitated Records. 

Living Eyes "High Standards"

Heaven's Got An Electric Fence

Tracklisting:
#. artist. track. label. publisher. 
1. faust. side 1. virgin records. ?.
2. mohd rafi. lahoo ko pukarega (part ii). philips. ?.
3. eddie gale. the rain. blue note. ?.
3. areski & brigitte fontaine. final. saravah. sacem.
4. jeannie persol. the nest. cadet concept. copperpenny music.
5. la messa dei giovani. introito. roman record company. siae.
6. kode9 & daddi gee. sign of the dub. hyperdub. ?.
7. dorothy ashby. essence of sapphire. atlantic. bmi.
8. the zombies. this will be our year. big beat. veralum music co.
9. tortoise. gamera. duophonic. wrapped in rubber music.
10. john cale & terry riley. church of anthrax. cbs. bmi.
11. rd burman & chorus. dil lena khel hai dildar ka. polydor. music india.
12. gary davis & his professor. the professor here. chocolate star records. bmi.
13. the keith tippett group. black horse. akarma. popgun music.
14. albert ayler. heart love. impulse!. birthday music.
15. travis biggs. tibetan serenity. mca. aroma music.
16. sonny sharrock. blind willy. 4 men with beards. night song.
17. travis biggs. tibetan serenity. mca. aroma music.
18. david t walker. lay lady lay. zea music. three and three music.
19. le orme. ad gloriam. ad gloriam. akarma. ?.


Tour CD 2005 DJ Mix

About a month ago I decided to try a little project. I contacted some of my favorite blogs and artists and asked them if they would submit a song for a mixtape. There were two rules:

1. It had to be their favorite song of the past few months.
2. I had to be able to make it available for download. 

The response from everyone was both immediate, and enthusiastic, and as the submissions came in, I can honestly say even the high expectations I had were blown away. I’ve been listening to it on repeat for about a week and am still stunned by the quality and cohesiveness of it. It’s become the soundtrack to my summer.

A little aside on the artists and bloggers who contributed to this:

Each one of these people spends time and effort to make sure that everything they put out is of the highest quality. Never compromising in their goal to be the best at what they do.

For the bloggers this means they don’t just throw mp3 after mp3 at you in the hopes that one hits, but treat each post with the dignity the artists they are representing deserve. They sacrifice their time to ensure that they bring the very best that they can find everyday, with little to no reward other than knowing they are bringing attention to artists that they love. I would recommend you check everyone of them out, as I do everyday.

For the artists it means they’re out there everyday, Never resting, constantly driven, hustling to be the best at what they do, and succeeding admirably in that goal.  Please visit their website/bandcamp and take full advantage of the music they have to offer!

So there’s that.

This was so much fun, and the result is just so good, I plan to make this a seasonal event. Which probably excites me even more than you, as getting my favorite bloggers to make me a mixtape I can put on blast for each upcoming season excites me whether anyone else in the world downloads it or not.

I’d also like to add a very special thanks to Mack Slevin of Flashing Red Lights who created the artwork, Adam of Incubator(US)/Rraaiillss for allowing me to premiere the first song off his upcoming record on this mixtape, Teen Daze for allowing me to include “Driving Home From The Beach (The Feeling Of)”, and my beautiful, intelligent, ever patient editor Lori (because in the end, all mixtapes should be made with a member of the opposite sex in mind).

So please, enjoy, and spread around these tracks however you’d like. If you repost them, I’d appreciate it if you take they time to point out the blog, or artist that submitted them. 

Now, I am proud to present:

                                         We Get By… With A Little Help

                                                      Volume 1

                                                                Summer 2010

1. Houses “Endless Spring” Selected By Teen Daze 

I first heard this track on a mix that my friend Dave, over at Stadiums and Shrines, made called “Random Rainbow Vol. 2”.  I was honored to have one of my tracks featured, considering how much amazing music I was surrounded by.  This mix exposed me to Baths, Blue Hawaii, Neon Canyon, Foxes in Fiction and one of my new favourites, Houses.  “Endless Spring” had me completely hooked; the production quality had the exact vibe that I’ve been trying to get with my Teen Daze stuff.  A hazy, sun-drenched feel, with nothing but good vibes.

~ Teen Daze 
2. Pao Pao (Feat. Prizes) “Liberia” Selected By The Road Goes Ever On 

From the newly established Double Denim Records comes a brilliant split between Blackbird Blackbird and Paopao. Among the tracks on the record is Paopao’s “Liberia,” a lush gem with the voice of Hari Ashurst of Prizes gently layered on top of the pulsating, airy synths below. Pre-order the 7” from Double Denim here.

~ The Road Goes Ever On
3. Coma Cinema “Only” Selected By Dylan Of Kumon Plaza

Mat Cothran is a genius. He’s a great friend, a great musician, a great label owner, and he really deserves the best.

It was difficult for me to choose a song for this mixtape, but I knew right from the start it had to be a track off the recently released Coma Cinema album, “Stoned Alone”. I’ve had this album on repeat lately, and I highly recommend everyone out there give it a chance. It leaves me deep in thought and I feel as though I can really connect with Mat through his minimalistic style, and emotional lyrics.

“Only” is one of the tracks off the album that has really stuck with me. After a long day, I always find myself coming back to this perfect track, and it seems to fit my mood perfectly every time.

~ Dylan Of Kumon Plaza
4. Pandit “Artichoke” Selected By Life Aquatic

Pandit gifts the world with this smooth tropical wonder. Consisting of oft incomprehensible vocals that seem to reverberate everywhere accompanied by a multitude delayed guitar samples and a drum beat that sounds slightly out of place but gives the track a driving momentum. 

~ Life Aquatic
5. Indian Jewelry “Excessive Moonlight” Selected By Adam Of Incubator(US)/Rraaiillss

If you’re currently shopping for a band to soundtrack your next vision quest - let me turn you onto Indian Jewelry. My pick for this mix is “Excessive Moonlight” from their latest release entitled “Totaled”. This is the song I’d want to play on repeat if ever I found myself wandering through the Mojave at night.

~ Adam Of Rraaiillss/Incubator(US)
6. Nightlands “Suzerin (A Letter To The Judge)” Selected By Head Underwater

I wish I could say this was my original find but it is not. My blog-bru Mark of yvynyl, was given this album from his friend, a Philly resident and journeyman bassist Dave Hartley. Nightlands is a solo project of Dave’s.

Upon the first 30 seconds of listening I thought of Kurt Vile/Panda Bear, then when the powerful self-harmonizing vocals came in CSNY came to mind. At this point the goosebumps have started covering my body. This is one of the more liberating things I’ve listened to in a long time. I am so stoked on this album. I really can’t recommend listening to this song enough. If you’re hooked I suggest even more that you listen and buy his entire album over on bandcamp, http://nightlands.bandcamp.com/. He’s asking for $5 for it but I gladly paid $10 for this amazing album. It has easily perched its self into my list of top albums of this year.

~ Head Underwater
7. Lord Huron “The Problem With Your Daughter” Selected By Rollo And Grady

Lord Huron = Fleet Foxes with a pulse.

~ Rollo And Grady
8. Keep Shelly In Athens “Cremona Memories” Selected By Boy Attractions

Beaches, warm weather, summer sunsets: these are all things I think of when listening to Keep Shelly in Athens. They’re an up-and-coming band from Athens, Greece, and for fans of jj, Air France, or practically any act on Sincerely Yours, this is right up your alley. Put this on your iPod and blast it full volume while driving: it’s magical.

~ Boy Attractions
9. Incubator(US) “Blanket Fort” Selected By Dead As Digital 

I twist deeper into my sleeping bag, and reach to turn on my flashlight. As it sputters and shines, I catch the light and turn it to shine through some old slides I found in the attic, projecting the images onto the blanket ceiling. As my eyes slowly drift shut, I drag them back open, determined to have the picture projected above as the last thing I see. A picture of a kid on a bicycle, with a smile lighting his face.

In my dreams, I want that kid to be me.

I rest my hand against my couch cushion walls, and feel their safety pulse through my body, and fall asleep with this picture in my mind, and this song in my ears. Reviving flat lining memories by beauty alone.

This is the first track of Incubator’s upcoming record, and after hearing this, I remain convinced it will be one of my top releases of the year.

Stunning.

~ Dead As Digital
10. Everybody Yay “Knowing” Selected By Katie Pierce

The sounds these two young guys from Richmond, VA create seriously blow my mind.  A mixture of Animal Collective and Yeasayer, a little pot, a little acid. I cannot give these guys enough kudos for their efforts.

~ Katie Pierce (Of Jack In The Pocket, And Heavy Percussion)
11. Gobble Gobble “Cat Eggs” Selected By Smoke Don’t Smoke

Cat Eggs is abrupt, glitchy, and honestly and “demonic” as Cecil Frena puts it. Seems a lot of bands are getting better and better with time, and GOBBLE GOBBLE is no exception. Cecil comes from a line of hardcore bands, and this track displays that and the romantic “get to know you” feel that his album Neon Graves has. This song instantly connected with me I think because the artist is accessible, and more importantly has decided to make music within community. The ultimate gift. 

~ Smoke Don’t Smoke
12. Weed “Quilt” Selected By Stadiums And Shrines

“Quilt” hit me faster than anything has in a long time. The song is a classic build-up and blow-up, but the rare kind that goes for it all in one fit, and somehow comes out alive. I can’t stop reliving these fives minutes, feeling a tower of fuzz hopelessly collapse. It’s a missed train flying by your fuck-it moment of acceptance, a montage of family vacations on fast forward, a sprint from the cops – high on fear and smirking adrenaline. Simply evoking, and addicting. 

~ Stadiums And Shrines
13. Teen Daze “Driving Home From The Beach (The Feeling Of) Selected By Mikey of Blackbird Blackbird

Perfect for any time, night or day, teen daze continues to provide us hungry listeners with another relaxing, dreamy, and sunny pop gem.

~ Mikey Of Blackbird Blackbird
From All Of Us, With Love, To You.

Fin.

We Get By With A Little Help Volume 1

Hellz

From the Melody's Echo Chamber Crystallized 7" 

Melody's Echo Chamber - Endless Shore

'Melody's Echo Chamber' out now on Weird World (UK/EU - http://bit.ly/11rYMLW) and Fat Possum (North America - http://bit.ly/14uT2Ep)



Melody's Echo Chamber  - Je Me Perds de Vue

Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives (Flash!Bang! Electro Remix)

10 track playlist from 5 fantastic up and coming indie acts all bound for huge success in 2013.

All titles are offered at awesome introductory prices! Get involved!




Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You

Our new album Streams And Waterways is out on Specialist Subject Records on the 1st December.