In conjunction with the release of East Hundred's brand new EP The Spells, which the group itself describes (and very touchingly, we might add) as having "a mercurial heart....kindled by Philadelphia; our relationship with the people around us, our community, the city itself." the band also releases a brand new video for their track "This Year" which was made with footage captured by our friend and local videographer and photographer, Justin Clowes. Over the years, Justin has amassed footage of several local groups, and very recently we have also seen him successfully [...]
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[ download ] [tweetmeme] "Explain it to Me" begins with a screech of guitar feedback. This brief overture sets the stage for the entire song, which is guided by its looping guitar riff throughout the hazy, shoe-gazy tune delivered courtesy of Delaware-based duo The Sky Drops . Guitarist Rob Montejo (ex- Smashing Orange ) teamed up with drummer Monika Bullette; her backing vocals mesh with Montejo on lead, creating a twist on the duo's otherwise obvious debt to Kevin Shields and his ilk. "Explain [...]
82 mins : 22 secs | 47.1 mb Ume "Run Wild" ( modern outsider records ) Phantoms [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook Dum Dum Girls "Bedroom Eyes" ( sub pop ) Only In Dreams [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook The Sky Drops "Cut That Corner" ( fridabear records ) Making Mountains EP [ amazon [...]

Grungegazers Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette a/k/a The Sky Drops sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? r: White Wedding by Billy Idol m. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (youtube) by AC/DC q: What is your favorite beverage? r: Cold [...]

The Sky Drops - Explain It To Me I could attempt to write this blurb without mentioning My Bloody Valentine but it's pretty much impossible, such are the comparisons of reverb flooded and drench sound that appears on The Sky Drops latest EP Making Mountains. You can rest assured it's not just the ethereal female vocals and noise that accounts for their sound. Beneath the British sound of shoegaze is the warmth of a desert drive, an alt-American pop aesthetic; a touch of sub-pop, a bit of [...]

Today marks the release of the new EP from shoegaze-grunge twosome The Sky Drops . The Delaware-based duo's latest, Making Mountains , provides five gaze-y, psych-inspired tracks. Their swelling, fuzz-filled sound comes from their dynamic guitar, drums, and vocals, and people have taken notice as they've opened for the likes of Cold War Kids and Dirty Projectors. In celebration of the new EP, The Sky Drops are giving away their 2009 full-length Bourgeois Beat for free download on their BandCamp . Making Mountains is available for purchase via Custom Made [...]

Images of The Sky Drops at Deep Heaven Now 3 by Tom Gilmore… Black Fortress Of Opium , Thundersun , Asyna Asayn , Quilty , The Sky Drops , Autochrome , Roh Delikat , This Car Up , Asteroid No. 4 , and 28 Degrees Taurus Saturday, April 16 at Precinct (Deep Heaven Now 3) [...]

This weeks round up of the tracks that I haven't had the space to post... I'm Not A Band From: Berlin, Germany Gloomy electronic pop from Berlin the ancestral home of gloomy electronic pop. Black Horses sounds like the future. Go Try [...]
Gear stuff we've found. Many ta's to the hosts.Teen Idols - 20 Below - CYSTSFTSThe Mantles - Raspberry Thighs - Raven Sings the BluesWoodpigeon - Chorus of Wolves - For The Sake Of The SongThe Sky Drops - Explain It To Me - Rollo & GradySidewinders - Witch Doctor - PopdoseSqueeze - In Quintessence - Popdose - plus 5 moreScruffy the Cat - Moons of Jupiter - PopdoseThe Screaming Tribesmen - I've

The Sky Drops Album: Making Mountains EP (iTunes) Label: Fridabear Records The Sky Drops - Explain It To Me The Sky Drops - Sentimental Tweet
Some of you asked what happened to the S-25 Mix for this past Sunday. Sorry, folks, we've been so busy with the holidays that we had to skip the S-25 for this past week. Hopefully, this collection of new Christmas songs, most of which are original or covers of traditional Christmas songs, will make up [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Fergus & Geronimo : "Powerful Lovin'" [mp3] from Unlearn (out January 18th) search for more Fergus & Geronimo posts at Largehearted Boy Maserati : "We Got the System to [...]

Originally released last December as a limited (and secret) download, "Christmas Feels Like Halloween" is the b-side to The Sky Drops ' new single, "Explain It To Me" (which we posted last week ). And, unlike "Explain It To Me"—which we described as "sounding a lot like pretty much every other The Sky Drops song we've heard"—this acoustic-guitar driven track is relatively different territory for the Wilmington, DE-based shoegaze duo. Thanks to the band for passing this our way. Christmas feels like Halloween by theskydrops
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Battle Ave. & The Wiggle Room : free and legal split single [mp3] search for more Battle Ave. posts at Largehearted Boy Birds of Avalon : "Invasion" [mp3] [...]

Earlier this week, the members of the Wilmington, DE-based shoegaze duo The Sky Drops posted the first single off their upcoming EP to their website. The band describes "Explain It To Me," as "[S]omething of an air of BRMC meets 60s Stones...a caustic romp in slithering fuzz pop." We'd describe it is "Sounding a lot like pretty much every other The Sky Drops song we've heard." Which is a good thing. Unfortunately, The Sky Drops don't have any shows in the area listed on their website; hopefully that will change sometime before the EP officially drops [...]

Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette perform under the moniker The Sky Drops . The duo has been hard at work on a new EP of DIY fuzzpop. Here is the first single. The drums were reportedly tracked in Monika's living room and all the rest was recorded/mixed an old garden shed that Rob calls the studio . Listen. Downloadable: Explain it to Me (mp3) Hopefully, the band will come to the NYC area in the near future. The Sky Drops are on the internet The Sky [...]
Shoegaze duo the Sky Drops have released a new single titled 'Explain It To Me'. The Delaware based band is made up of Rob Montejo and Monika Bullett. 'Explain It To Me' is influenced by shoegaze but as more of an 90s alternative rock sound with vocal harmonies and fuzzed...
Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs" Directed by Spike Jonze. Video was pieced together from selected scenes out of the short film Spike and Arcade Fire shot in Austin, Texas back in April. Keep your peepers open for the blink or you'll miss it cameo of Win and Regine as shotgun wielding cops. "The Suburbs" is out now on Merge Records. Freelance Whales [...]

The Vaselines (Sunday at First Unitarian Church) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 Tonight's Fun show at World Cafe Live is sold out, but there are plenty of other options for anyone who slept on getting tickets. Local indie-pop ensemble Oh! Pears —which we highlighted earlier this week—performs with Missing Palmer West and Jac at Johnny Brenda's (9 p.m./21+/$10); we're pretty sure there should be some room left for the audience once the band packs all 13 members of its ever-growing lineup into the venue. Meanwhile, anyone [...]