"You make me feel like I'm seventeen" If Donkeyboy's Ambitions was the melodic, soft-rock 80's hit of last summer, then The Venus Stare fill that slot for the summer of 2010. While their video is a deliberate retro campfest , the song itself is something really special. Its breezy, Fleetwood Mac-esque melody is underpinned by subtle Van Halen synths (my catch-all description for any synth riff that sounds like it could have come out of Jump ). There's even an overindulgent guitar solo (the best kind) towards the end. It's the kind [...]
We are SUPER FUCKING EXCITED ABOUT THIS post (as is evident from the capital letters). Because first of all its new material from Fear of Tigers and because Venus Stare is by far the most exciting and cool band we've ever come across! Believe when we say they are goin to BLOW UP. Apparently, being totally madly obessed with 80s films, these guys decided to form a band in an attempt to " write a song so huge that people would have to write a film for ." Close To [...]
In an effort to break the 90's flashback theme going in the past few posts, our Fresh from the Post artist swings us back to the present....an 80's themed present that is. The Venus Stare is Anthoni "Toni" Lone, Edward Clipse, Angela Maze and Linda Ipgloss - four friends admittedly obsessed with 1980s powerballads and outrageous 80's fashion. The video above is their freshly released music video for their time-warp generating single Close To You - which the band debuts today on The Indie Music Database. We had a quick chat [...]
I think weeks should always start with a post of a picture of a young Christopher Walken. Just because. Also, my daily lyrics have a universal theme to them....but it's mystery. Just like the mystery that surrounds the weird feeling that you get just by looking at this picture. Go figure. Here's the weekly lyric of the day recap - "No one knows what the future holds. If we just hold on maybe life could be sweet" [...]
This is a guest post by Bright Light Bright Light , otherwise known as Rod Thomas, a Welsh songwriter, producer, remixer and multi-instrumentalist. He is recording his album with Andy Chatterley, Boom Bip and Friendly which is due later this year. Rod has also been running his own record label, Self Raising Records, since 2006. He recently put out a remix of Ellie Goulding's "Under The Sheets" which can be downloaded below. Download: Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets (Bright Light Bright Light Boys Remix) [...]
It feels like Spring. For the past couple of days, whenever I walk outside I'm greeted by sunshine and birds chirping. Also the grass seems to be getting longer now and we might need to mow the lawn. Drats. For the lack of lyric of the day posts the other week, I've bunched the fifth and sixth week's worth of songs in this post. And now for our recap - "My body is your body. I won't tell anybody. If you [...]
Here's Hunks and Friends with The Magic of Christmas - a Christmas song collaboration featuring some of our UK indie favorites: Sound of Arrows, Copy Haho, Sky Larkin, James Yuill, Slow Club, Dananananaykroyd, Los Campesinos!, Sparky Deathcap, The Venus Stare, My First Tooth and The Airborne Toxic Event. The Magic of Christmas was written and recorded by Bright Light Bright Light's Rod Thomas and Radio 1 in Wales' Jen Long over 9 hours one Saturday in October, sat in a Cardiff flat in Christmas jumpers, drinking gin. All proceeds of purchasing this single will benefit [...]
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