Archive for June, 2011
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Dominant Legs
Kiss Kiss Twee pop is often described as ‘dreamy’ and ‘whimsical’, but Dominant Legs’ frontman Ryan Lynch is more of a realist. Like Girls’ Christopher Owens, whom Lynch has performed with, Dominant Legs’ music is overflowing with sincerity and the type of true-natured story telling you would expect from a Roald Dahl novel. Lynch started […]
No Comments » - Posted in California,San Francisco,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Nurses
ORANGE is the new RED After the success of their debut album, 2009’s Apple’s Acre, Portland’s Nurses have jumped to a new dimension of psychedelic pop music, adding percussionist James Mitchell to bulk out and accessorise their sound. On the band’s new single, ‘Fever Dreams’, it’s clear what direction they’re heading in, using Mitchell’s percussion […]
No Comments » - Posted in Oregon,Portland,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Ex Cops
Feels like Floating Ex Cops’ glassy pop evokes a calm serenity with its crystalline guitars and simmering synths. The processed beats are like ’90s counterparts of all that spacey pop that was so prominent then. Where nowadays many bands are very much directional, there’s a certain carefree quality to Ex Cops’ abundant styles and easy-flowing […]
No Comments » - Posted in Brooklyn,New York,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Friday, June 24th, 2011
The Wandering Lake
Still Was The Night Brian Kupillas from Fayetteville, Arkansas just linked me to his wonderful debut album titled In Passage. Adopting the name The Wandering Lake, Kupillas recorded the album between January and June 2011 in his home studio. The album is a collection of beautifully crafted archaic sounds and deep sentimental lyrics, baring a […]
No Comments » - Posted in Arkansas,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Ty Segall
Ty-rannosaurus Rex I can’t believe I haven’t gotten hooked on Ty Segall sooner. His woozy, laissez-faire garage rock is perfectly formed sing-along anthem material. Goodbye Bread is his new album, released yesterday, and it’s so lovable – the insanely catchy melodies resonate immediately and have a wonderful classic style. The pop melodies are balanced by […]
No Comments » - Posted in California,San Francisco,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
The Cool Kids: new single feat. Mayer Hawthorne
Ice Cold Soul Now here’s a smooth combination, The Cool Kids and Mayer Hawthorne. The trio have teamed up to release ‘Swimsuits’, the second single (the first was ‘Bundle Up’) off The Cool Kids’ upcoming album When Fish Ride Bicycles. ‘Swimsuits’ rocks The Cool Kids’ usual retro beats and poignantly illustrated lyrics, while Hawthorne provides […]
No Comments » - Posted in Chicago,Illinois,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Bleached
About A Girl Ex-Mika Miko sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin have a new band called Bleached, which was announced this week on a number of popular US music sites, including The Fader and Stereogum. Since disbanding Mika Miko in 2009, the sisters have been touring with other notable bands, Jennifer as a vocalist in Cold […]
No Comments » - Posted in California,Los Angeles,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Music Alliance Pact June 2011
Pastel Paradise NEW ZEALAND: Einstein Music Journal Cool Cult – Skulls New Zealand’s best young exponents of shoegaze styled no-wave. Described by UK music blog Sonic Masala as “beautifully formed nuggets of sound that are brimming with exuberance and ebullience”, Cool Cult’s noisy rhetoric is a mixture of early Deerhunter and discordant Canadian punk wizards […]
No Comments » - Posted in Music Alliance Pact by Nick Fulton
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Chelsea Wolfe
Crystal Method Chelsea Wolfe is another artist from the hub that is Los Angeles, California. Her voice seems to violate you, taking you deep into a world of thaumaturgist witch craft and seance rituals. It’s a genre now commonly labelled witch house, but it’s all part of a psychedelic underworld that literary figures have been […]
No Comments » - Posted in California,Los Angeles,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Friday, June 10th, 2011
Mister Heavenly
Besieged by the vagaries of power So this is what Nick Thorburn has been up to! The elusive Canadian who stole our hearts with The Unicorns and then Islands has been hanging out with Man Man’s Ryan “Honus Honus” Kattner and Modest Mouse and The Shins’ Joe Plummer, and their resulting band Mister Heavenly sounds […]
