San Diego's Crocodiles release their new album, Endless Flowers , on Souterrain Transmissions on June 4th . The first single from the album, " Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9) ", with b-side featuring the band's version of The Kids' "Fascist Cops", is available digitally immediately, and will be released on limited 7" on March 26th . mp3 | Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)
Sweden's Simian Ghost might easily be one of the most promising up and coming acts from the northern hemisphere. Make sure to get their debut record Youth which will be released on March 5th via Heist Or Hit . Download the first single called "Wolf Girl" below. mp3 | Wolf Girl
Watch Jana Hunter sing «Brains» , the first track off Lower Dens ' sophomore album Nootropics , in this brand-new music video. Directed by Tristan Patterson. The record will be out on April 30 via Ribbon Music . mp3 | Brains
«Indianer» is a weekly show on Lucerne's Radio 3fach , the radio station we both work for. It's a show bringing you new tunes from all different types of indie music. It airs every Thursday night from 8–10 pm (Central European Time). This time we're talking about Melt , the debut record of Young Magic , Burial 's new masterpiece Kindred and new music by Silver Firs , The-Drum , Teen Daze [...]
We're extremly proud to present you the debut record of Lucerne-based New-Wavers Les Yeux Sans Visage in its entirety. Listen to the 10 amazing songs below and download the single "Oblivion" also. Tomorrow Is A Million Years will be released on February 24th via Little Jig. Pre-order your LP here !
Good news, everyone! Our Berne-based favorites Silver Firs (formerly known as Must Have Been Tokyo) are finally back with new material. After putting online their lovely summer jam «Away We Go» last year and playing a few concerts in different cities in Switzerland during the last months, they now present us another track off their upcoming debut album! «Golden Age» premiered today, together with the following video. Check it out! You can name your own price to download the song on Silver Firs' Bandcamp page [...]
South Philly based Lushlife , the only hip-hop influenced act on the great Western Vinyl imprint, is ready to release his new album Plateau Vision on the 17th of April. Download the string-filled first single "Big Sur" below! mp3 | Big Sur
Haha, what a lovely Valentine's Day music video by Blood Orange . It's the official one for «Forget It» , one of the best tracks from his album Coastal Grooves (released 2011 on Domino Records). Directed by Alan Del Rio Ortiz. stream | Forget It __
Check out Bonobo 's 50 min mix from last week's Ninja Tune takeover (w/ Blue Daisy, Michachu, DELS and Lapalux) at Boiler Room London. You can download the entire mix here .
Kishi Bashi , that's the moniker of K Ishibashi, collaborator and tour-member of acts like of Montreal , Regina Spektor , and Sondre Lerche . His own songs feel like an delightful excursion into epic orchestral spheres. I have to admit that I haven't heard such refreshing pop tunes in a long, long time. Marvelous! After a first EP last year, K is releasing his debut solo album, 151a , on April 10th via Joyful Noise . mp3 | It All Began With a Burst [...]
Richard Morrissey directed and recorded this lovely music video for Flo Morrissey alias 9mary (his sister?) and Fitzroy on Super 8 mm film. Listen to more of her songs over at Bandcamp .
Summerly, hazy indie rock à la Wild Nothing by Exlovers from London. «Starlight Starlight» is the first single off their upcoming debut album Moth , which arrives sometime this spring via Lost & Young Club . Me gusta! The video was directed by Frederick Lloyd . You can enter your email address on Exlovers' website to get a free download of the song.
Jethro Fox – you might remember our post about him from last year – currently played his song «Before» at the Scandinavian Seaman's Church in Liverpool with two (band?)mates. The outstanding performance was recorded by London's visual media collective Lost In The Specific . mp3 | Before
Contemporary/experimental R&B from Evelyn Mason and Jeremiah Klein alias Evy Jane outta «Vancoobo», Canada. Video directed by Jason C. Meyers.
You already had the chance to listen to a couple of tracks from Tennis ' sophomore album Young & Old during the last weeks. The new record by our beloved trio (consisting of Patrick Riley, Alaina Moore and James Barone) is officially out on Valentine's Day (February 14, in case you don't know) on Fat Possum. Since a couple of hours, you can finally stream the entire thing via the band's Soundcloud page. Brilliant. These new tracks are exactly what I needed against these minus 15°C outside here in [...]
Directed by Hiro Murai . «Cheerleader» comes off St. Vincent 's latest album Strange Mercy from last year.
In case you missed it: Our Brooklyn-based favorites Beach Fossils put online the a-side of their upcoming 73 single Shallow/Lessons this week. It's a lovely jam. Looks like we get to hear more of these incredible, jangly guitars soon. Because according to SPIN , Beach Fossils' new full-length is currently in process and should be released on CT later this year. mp3 | Shallow
Maybe you're not a fan of hip-hop at all. Still you might dig the new Spoek Mathambo song "Let Them Talk" that shows a new side of the South African artist: Janky-guitar riffs and tendencies to post punk! Great tune! mp3 | Let Them Talk
Oh yes, what a brilliant new Shabazz Palaces video, directed by Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes. Extremely looking forward to see these guys live (together with Real Estate) at Palace Club St. Gallen on February 24.
Finally! Virginia's Wild Nothing are back with a new single on February 21! You can listen to its title track «Nowhere» below. Makes me look forward to the follow-up to their Gemini LP from 2010, which will hopefully arrive later this year. mp3 | Nowhere
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