The single for Cinderpop' s newest album has been floating around for quite some time, but I hadn't really given it too much of a listen until I started spinning Manic Sparkles repeatedly on my player. It's an album that's chock-full of wonderful pop tunes that recall all sorts of influences, from the Lucksmiths to Sloan to Nada Surf . These are the sorts of influences that make me swoon, so I'm happy to have re-discovered the band and their classic pop sound. I [...]
by teepoo Here's our top 10 single-song posts for this week! Position Last Song Link 1 - Purity Ring- Obedear post 2 - Postdata- Tobias Grey post 3 [...]
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by teepoo Here's a lovely new track by Vancouver's Cinderpop. This is the first single off their upcoming album Manic Sparkles . Despite that title, their pop sound is much more focused and well developed. I love the synthy string touch in the background of this.
Vancouver's Cinderpop have been called "space pop" for their otherworldly way around luscious melodies, but in the last four years they've more likely been called missing in action. Even their official web page hasn't logged any activity since 2009, but that will all change soon, I'm sure as the band prepare to unveil their new album, Manic Sparkles. Quiet though they may have been on the music landscape, Manic Sparkles provides evidence that they've been far from idle. It boasts 16 songs all under three minutes, and if they're all as fetching [...]
Crap. My resolution this year was to update this blog with a new song every day. Unfortunately, I did not account for the fact that technology is a bitch. On Tuesday evening, my server went down because I exceeded my bandwidth, meaning that I couldn't post anything yesterday. The dream is over! I was totally going to be just like Amy Adams in Julie & Julia ! If they ever make a movie about Chipped Hip , this is the part where I'll break down crying in the kitchen. Blogging is hard, but I'm learning so much about [...]
I love the "parts of the body" series that the contrast podcast is doing this year. So far we've covered the eyes, lips, heart, arms, skin, feet and arse and now we're on to the hair. You can listen to this week's furry episode right here . Next week we're doing "random shuffle," which we did a while back . It's always a little scary, because god only knows what's going to pop up! This week [...]
Cos nothing says "cheerful" more than an otter... Dearest Friends, if you're feeling less-than-perky, then listen up: I've got a bagful of goodies guaranteed to lift the most flaccid of spirits. No, it's true, hold your cynicism at bay!! First up, there's Contrast Podcast ! Always a cause for yay!! This week our intrepid guide, Young Tim , takes us on a dizzying alpine trek through songs about mountains . Lofty heights are scaled, thanks to our brave contributors, and I'd [...]
Another summer weekend, another 4 great tracks to get you by. This week, I am offering up the Telepathic Butterflies and Cinderpop CDs as giveaways, so if you're interested, just drop me a line at contests {at} quickbeforeitmelts {dot} com with "4 for the weekend vol. 41" in the subject line and your mailing address in the body. Enjoy! The Telepathic Butterflies "Telescope" "Pyschedelic, furry, fuzzy pop." myspace : hype machine [...]
The Ruby Suns / Sea Lion ( Sub Pop ) It's a long way from Auckland, New Zealand to Brooklyn, USA - possibly as long a way as is geographically possible - but listening to the second album from Kiwis The Ruby Suns, it's difficult not to draw lines from them to New York's Grizzly Bear. They share a similar aesthetic of landscapes where the reverb hangs like thick veils of fog and drifty, dreamy pop that's in no hurry to get anywhere. [...]
Globe of Robyns It's always good to see Robyn awing. These other'ns got us aloft as well. We wish you a happy weekend! Robyn Hitchcock - Bad Case of History mp3 - from the five-disc box set Luminous Groove, due August 19 Dykeritz - Look at My Hands, Look at My Knees mp3 Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh mp3 - from Receivers, due October 21 Hypatia Lake - The General's Gleaming Edge mp3 - from Angels
Two artists that you must check out today.....The first one is a great little indie/pop band from Vancouver called Cinderpop ... I`ve had the album " A Lession In Science " for the last couple months and it hasn`t left my ears....Sweet catchy harmonies and uptempo melodies is what Cinderpop brings...kinda what you`d expect from a band named Cinderpop .... Regardless, Please check the new album out, its one of my favourite albums I`ve herd this year and [...]
Just saw some of Chris's pictures from Japan and all I can say is wow! Pretty amazing place... Can't believe Chris actually came back. Here's a couple pics I'm stealing from him. Shhhh don't tell... Pretty amazing huh. He has over 1000! Lucky bastard! I told him to post some of the best ones on here so you guys can check them out as well. Let's keep our finger's crossed.. Anyways last week I did a Dance Mixtape so this week I'm doing an Indie Pop Mixtape for you [...]
Oh, Canada. Mythic land of my ancestors and indie rock- it's basically the gift that keeps giving. One of the latest gifts is Cinderpop's A Lesson In Science . The Vancouver band makes pop rock that draws inspiration from both the Beatles and crunchy indie rock, and the album see-saws between guitars and pianos, but stays bright and fun throughout. Elliott Smith comes to mind in the vocals and instrumentation, but it never sounds like his style of song (things are happier here). If you're [...]
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Sometimes a good pop song is like looking through your old yearbook. Within a few chords, the riff reminds you of a great summer day or friendships you've long since forgotten. Vancouver's Cinderpop is able to make you feel nostalgic with only the jangle of an electric and terrific harmonies of Speechless . You want to run across open fields, take whole summers off, make out with girls, and remember that first night when you staggered home drunk and tried to figure out how you'd fool your parents. In fact, most of Cinderpop's new record [...]
If one were to come across an artist who opens up an album with a track that depicts a desire to design one's own fantasy universe in a laboratory like some mad scientist, they would most likely assume the musical style to be largely unclassifiable, experimental in form and delivery. After all, most accessible pop music contains lyrical content that appeals to the mainstream, even if subtle underlying meanings are constantly prevalent. I suppose you could say that Cinderpop contradict such stereotypes, incorporating a form of accessibly infectious power-pop over lyrics that are anything but predictable in interpretation. [...]
So this German kid puts some math together on an asteroid headed for a collision with Earth and essentially disproves NASA's own math about the event in the process, effectively raising the chances of being hit by it from 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 450. And he just whipped it up as a science fair project. You know, just your vinegar-and-soda volcano type stuff. Put a few numbers together, and voilà: the best scientific minds in the U.S. get served. I realise there's more to it than that, but you have to [...]
There is a ton of new music around the world to get exposed to. Check it out. These guys are from Norway and have been together for over 10 years releasing a total of three albums. Their latest is "Who To Salute" and it is a nice sweet honey pop filled joy ride of sound. Beezewax Who To Salute Reveal (2005/2006) mp3 The Cosmonaut Norway Only Released Single mp3 Need To Get Back To Find
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