Posts Tagged ‘Indie’

CAYETANA – ” NPR CMJ show Live in New York “

Posted: January 17, 2015 in MUSIC
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The CMJ Music Marathon, which takes place in clubs across New York City each autumn, began as a way for college-radio programmers to discover new acts for their airwaves. It was in that spirit that NPR Music chose the Philly rock band Cayetana to kick off its recent CMJ show.
Augusta Koch, Allegra Anka and Kelly Olsen are already underground stars in the city of brotherly love, but their audience is poised to grow massively on the strength of Cayetana’s stellar debut album, “Nervous Like Me”. And, as you’ll see here, the band’s got the whole “live” thing down pat.
Like fellow Philly musician Waxahatchee, Cayetana writes short songs about longing. The subject matter varies from love to nostalgia to simply making sense of life in your early 20s, but it almost always hits home — and, more specifically, the heart.

SET LIST
Miss Thing – 0:48
Madame B – 4:20
Serious Things Are Stupid – 7:51
Dirty Laundry – 10:12
Black Hills – 13:02
Mountain Kids – 15:31
Favorite Things – 19:15
South Philly – 21:52
Hot Dad Calendar – 25:32
Scott Get The Van, I’m Moving – 29:06

The band Are
Augusta Koch, guitar, lead vocals
Allegra Anka, bass
Kelly Olsen, drums

OLA’s KOOL KITCHEN Radio Show Ep 242

Posted: January 17, 2015 in WE LOVE
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Another episode in the wonderful Ola’s Kool Kitchen Radio show this week we have tracks from,

VIET CONG – ” Bunker Buster “

Posted: January 17, 2015 in MUSIC
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Viet Cong feature two ex-members (bassist Matthew Flegel and drummer Michael Wallace) of Calgary band Women, who were a difficult listen indeed. Viet Cong offer more immediate pleasures, if you’re a fan of dark and dramatic, postpunk, goth-ish rock such as Joy Division, the Cure and even Psychedelic Furs. They’re very early 80s, not in the new romantic sense, but in the sense of bands indulging their miserabilist sides before the Smiths added humour to the mix. Their first EP Cassette came out on Mexican Summer but have since signed to Jagjaguwar, with an album . Expect it to include Silhouettes, which has an Interpol-like urgency to it, Continental Shelf, on which they channel the wild spirit of the Doors, and Bunker Buster, a hypnotic groove with jagged guitars slashing across the rhythm’s surface. And you can dance to it

LUSTS – ” Waves “

Posted: January 17, 2015 in MUSIC
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Leicester brothers Andy and James Stone are also a dark-pop duo called Lusts, an outfit that’s already offering some very exciting sounds at the outset of their career. We’ve already given you the premiere of their debut single, “Temptation”, and it’s a doozy  with a strong Echo and The Bunnymen feel .These brothers aren’t afraid to waggle their overt ’80s influences under our noses. New Order, Joy Division and even Spandau Ballet are nodded to, but while Lusts sound like a band steeped in the sounds of 30 years yonder, they don’t sound like they’re doppelgängering any particular act. They’re like hidden gems, a newfound relic of a generation lost.

AA-side single “Temptation”/”Cross” will not be released until early march on 1965 Records .

 

 

 

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FEAR OF MEN – ” America “

Posted: January 16, 2015 in MUSIC
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New video from Fear of Men, featuring footage they shot on their recent U.S. tour, edited by the band’s own Daniel Falvey. “America” is taken from the album “Loom“, one of our Best Albums of 2014.

Brighton, based Fear of Men is pleased to present their much anticipated debut album Loom for release in April on Kanine Records. The title of the album both alludes to the interweaving textures that run throughout the record and references the darkness that hovers above much of Fear of Mens output. Rather than simply marrying a handful of influences, Fear of Men designs their music from an almost uncomfortably personal place. Weiss broadcasts crippling disconnection, boredom and sexual dread with all the dour verve of a young Morrissey. The band flit between dire philosophical observations and listless melancholia, riding melodies so carefree that anguished sentiments come off more like lazy sighs.  Classical instrumentation appear throughout Loom, warped and distorted alongside musical saws and backwards guitars, giving a sense of the imperfect to the albums pristine pop melodies.

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GRAMOTONES – ” Money Girls and Life ” and ” Victorian Town “

Posted: January 13, 2015 in MUSIC
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Another band already selling out their own shows in Manchester and supporting fellow mighty Mancunians, Inspiral Carpets, on their recent tour. The Gramotones are well on the way to national recognition. Check out their ‘Money, Girls and Life’ video  and have a listen to our favourite song of theirs ‘Victorian Town’ (a b-side would you believe?) here, with its exhibition class use of timeless tone, song dynamics and lyrical dexterity. Wonderful stuff!

 

MENACE BEACH – ” Where I Come From “

Posted: January 12, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Leeds-based fuzz-rockers Menace Beach have been floating around here and there throughout 2014, steadily building up a reputation that that has led to their debut LP “Ratworld “– which has been released today via Memphis Industries the band will be playing instore  20th January – Nottingham, Rough Trade (Instore)

Menace Beach, who we know as Ryan Needham (vocals/guitar) and Liza Violet (vocals/guitar/synths), Nestor Matthews (Drums), Matt Spalding (Bass) and Hookworms’ very MJ (guitar) on guitar who also produced the record:

The FAT WHITE FAMILY – ” Auto Neutron “

Posted: January 9, 2015 in MUSIC
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The Fat White Family’s new single is ‘Auto Neutron’, the scuzzy sleaze-blues opener from “Champagne Holocaust”, came out in September on Trashmouth Records. Ahead of that, they’ve released its video , which is five minutes of cinematic panning shots of the band in their Brixton home (which, unbeknownst to us, includes its own art gallery and a banquetting table) cloaked in darkness. Simply put, hats off to director Thomas James –  and see them soon on the NME Awards Tour.

 

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TINMOUTH – ” The Key Sessions “

Posted: January 9, 2015 in MUSIC
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The band has a very distinct, vintage DIY sound; it draws from influential artists that would have been playing the Golden Tea Houses of the early 80s. In their Key Studio Session, you’ll hear a sharp Mission of Burma and Gang of Four edge (“Same Noise”), a catchy Yo La Tengo-style sense of pop (“Prevent Defense”), and a bit of R.E.M. contemplation (“What More Can I Say?,” which nods lyrically to “Pretty Persuasion” and on which Tebordo’s voice sounds positively Michael Stipe-ian). Anchoring this tasteful blend is Alyssa Shea’s asskickery on the drums, with Tebordo’s evocative guitar screams and Aaron Sternick steady bass and vocal harmonies filling the mix out.

Tinmouth is gearing up to release its debut LP “Says” early next year, the vinyl test pressing was successful – and the band just popped a third preview track up on their Bandcamp called “Physician, Heal Thyself”.

KRILL – Torturer “

Posted: January 2, 2015 in MUSIC
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Krill’s latest single  “Torturer” to be released February 2015 on Exploding in Sound Records rumbles from the gut of lead singer Jonah Furman as the “torturer” rips off his mask and reveals that it is Furman himself who has been ripping apart his insides with rigorous self-contemplation. The torturer is now ready for final judgement, but Furman wonders if “it’s time to go back inside” and why he is even there in the first place. Laid out over a bed of bubbling bass and buzzing guitars, “Torturer” is further proof that Krill transcends their goofy online presence and is a “guitar rock” band with substance. With literary-inspired themes and interesting concepts, Krill continues to grow into a band that will be around a while.

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