>> Letting go is hard to do. Especially when one of your favorite bands makes a groundbreaking recording, and then follows it up with something unexpected and dramatically different. Fans of the mercurial and chameleonic Lilys know what we are talking about. And to a certain extent we felt the same way when Dustin Reske of '90s dream pop heroes Rocketship left the world of sunshiney guitars to explore a more electronic palette. Last week we found something that filled the crater of certain unmet expectations whilst minding our own business listening to WMBR's delightful [...]

This week has just flown by- I can hardley believe it's been a whole seven days since I last put up a mixtape, but here it is. It's another very eclectic, trans-genre mix this week: Norwegian hip-hop/rap, Americana, Rock, Experimental, and Totally Michael. I had to include the Totally cool guy from my hometown (hello, Bloomington). Anyway, I'm in a ruch here, so download, listen, comment, listen again, ENJOY. Tracklisting: Andrew Ripp - Get Your Smile On Claire [...]
Another new release bag through the door...somehow, already I cannot stop playing it! Signed to 4ad, out on tour soon, and with this track already downloadable from iTunes and out on 7" on Monday...what are you waiting for? Like Arcade Fire, Bruce Springsteen and Sonic Youth discovering that they've got common ground...b-side take apart' is also pretty ace and goes further down the Sonic Youth route. It Hugs Back official site / It Hugs Back myspace
Does this clip remind any one else of Beetlejuice , specifically the one corpse that would glide like a coat hanger from one place to the another in the bureaucratic hell? (Jonathan Graef)
Enjoy 'Work Day' below. Learn all about It Hugs Back at their MySpace page. MP3: It Hugs Back - Other Cars Go
It would appear that localish band It Hugs Back are finally on the verge of hitting the big time. Gone are the days of playing to ten people in Tunbridge Wells at tiny gigs organised by this very blog. The band recently signed with the always dependable 4AD Records, they will be releasing [...]
It's hard to fight the hipster urge. Plus, half the bands I've picked have actually been brought up by other members of the Stranger Dance so I figure it's ok to break out the Ray Bans and go for a ride on my fixed gear. Warning: highly addictive mp3s ahead... MP3s: It Hugs Back - Other Cars Go Hot Chip - The Warning Deerhoof - Spirit Ditties of No Tone The Dodos - Fools [...]
So do your bit and offer up your love. KD It Hugs Back - Other Cars Go More Info: Official Buy Songs: It Hugs Back Year: 2008

It Hugs Back MP3: Other Cars Go A powerful, stylishly American, night-time imagination of pop; dreaming the same scene every night. Colours are more vibrant, scenery is more specific, and the pace is faster the more tired you are. It's long, but like in a dream-world there's exhilaration before exhaustion. Even gliding through clouds of feedback and distortion, above predictable seas, is familiar in a dream: not the least bit startling. It Hugs Back are now part of the revamped, [...]
Uma das bandas esquecidas/pouco faladas de 2007, mas no meu entender, promissora para 2008, vem do Reino Unido e atende pelo delicioso nome de It Hugs Back. Os It Hugs Back lançaram no fim de 2006 um simples e agradável single, "Lights in the Trees" [MP3 - cortesia de The Finest Kiss], que andou a chamar a atenção de alguns bloggers e alguns media britânicos. No ano passado, já mais para o fim,
It Hugs Back are a relatively new UK band from Kent. Their single Lights in the Trees was one of my favourites from last year and their new one, Carefully is quite good as well. It appears that others have taken notice of these guys, becuase they've just signed on with Too Pure , home of the incomparable Stereolab and Electrelane . They will be putting out a third single in December on the Too Pure single club label, and an album hopefully will follow in the new year. [...]

Okay, so I'm at panic stations about all this now, particularly the fear that nobody will turn up. If you're within a reasonable distance of Tunbridge Wells (it's in Kent), please come along to this. You'll get a fantastic night of great new music brought to you by this very blog. I'll even guarantee that it will rock. Hard. Full details below our lovely poster. Another Form of Relief presents.. IT HUGS BACK [...]

I know, I know. I still haven't written about the Los Campesinos! show yet. I will, and soon, just not today. Partly because I'm waiting for some kick ass pictures to accompany the piece, and secondly because I want to tell you about It Hugs Back. I'll get the NME details out of the way first. Yes, they have appeared in said publication. Yes, said publication stated that 'Kent could soon produce it's very own Bright Eyes'. Yes, I'd be scared after a review like that too. Truth is, I'd [...]