Blog: Soundhype

Indie, Electronica, Scandipop Nadia Nair weaves together her diverse influences - rock, soul, western pop, classical music and a wide range of ethnic and folk sources. Nada Nair on Facebook Amazon.com Widgets Follow @soundhype

Indie Rock, Female Vocalists Female fronted British guitar act. “Stay Still” has been released as part of the “IN THIS TOGETHER” campaign with Mark Thomas Taylor Menswear . The campaign is affiliated with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which fights against HIV and AIDS. Vuvuvultures on Facebook Follow @soundhype

Indie Pop, Post Pop, Alternative, Electronic Otherwise known as the guy singing with Rihanna at the Grammys, Nashville singer-songwriter producer Mikky Ekko co-wrote Rihanna's newest single "Stay," and was featured heavily in the song because she apparently fell in love with his voice. He also caught the attention of Clams Casino who produced this track. Mikky [...]

Electronica, Electro Pop, Swedish, Synth Pop - Swedish electro duo, Icona Pop have benefited from their track "I Love It" being featured on Lena Dunham's HBO series "Girls." Since being showcased during a cocaine-fueled club scene on episode 27, the track has entered Billboard's Dance/Electronic Top 10. Here is the music video. Icona Pop [...]

Indie Rock/Pop L.A.'s The Neighbourhood recently landed at #5 on the Blog Sound of 2013 , a poll conducted by UK-based music bloggers. They've just released this steamy clip for the track 'A Little Death', which is a B-side to their single 'Let It Go'. Look for their debut album this spring. The Neighbourhood on [...]

Indie Pop The Brooklyn-based, L.A. rooted, former Morning Benders have released a catchy guitar-pop single titled "Keep It For Your Own." Here is the Travis Schneider-directed music video. POP ETC on Facebook POP ETC on Twitter Follow @soundhype

Indie, Alternative, Female Vocalist, Folk, Singer-Songwriter Here's the latest Bat for Lashes music video for the track "A Wall" from their great 2012 album The Haunted Man. The video depicts a modern, Labrynith-like, fairy-tale set in a house party setting. Bat For Lashes on Facebook Follow @soundhype

London indie-dance band comprised of five teenagers who met in school detention. Heavily influenced by The Smiths and other eighties new wave. Coastal Cities are the UK’s next bright young things” (Neon Gold, US) “Better make room for a new band crush” (Nylon Magazine, US) “What we actually have here is a set of young creative artists that have [...]

Danish Electro Pop Reptile Youth, a Danish electro-punk duo, have premiered a new music video for the song "Be My Yoko Ono" from their self-titled debut. The is the fourth single from the Dave M. Allen (The Cure, Sisters of Mercy) and Marc Ralph (Hot Chip) produced record. Video director Lucy McRae makes use of [...]

Synth Pop, Electro Pop, Indie Pop Often described as an updated version of the Pet Shop Boys, OMD, Erasure and early Depeche Mode, the duo of John Russell and Greg Delson, otherwise known as Father Tiger, produce straight-ahead analog synth-pop. Here is the music video for "Everyone Knows" from their forthcoming "Winter Solstice" EP. Father Tiger [...]

Electronica, Indie Pop, Indie, Psychedelic - White Arrows have had their music featured in HBO's How to Make it in America and MTV's The City. The song "Get Gone" comes off of their EP "Fireworks of The Sea." See the band at Pittsburgh's Brillobox on Tuesday 07-10-12 with Beat Connection. http://whitearrows.bandcamp.co m Sample & Buy Music [...]

Electronic, Chillwave, Indie Pop - Seattle's Beat Connection sound like a mix of Daft Punk and The Drums with some Vampire Weekend thrown in for good measure. See them at Pittsburgh's Brillobox with White Arrows and Teen Daze on Tuesday 07-10-12. http://beatconnection.bandcamp .com Sample & Buy Music From Amazon!Help Support SoundHype! Follow @soundhype

Blues, Rock, Psychedelic, Indie Rock - The Dirty Streets hail from the Memphis, TN area and openly celebrate their punk, classic rock, blues and soul roots. See them at Pittsburgh's 31st Street Pub with Radio Moscow on Tuesday 07-10-12. http://www.facebook.com/DirtyS treets Sample & Buy Music From Amazon!Help Support SoundHype! Follow @soundhype

Psychedelic, Blues, Rock - Radio Moscow is psychedelic blues band from Story City, Iowa featuring vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Parker Griggs. The band is signed to Naturalsounds Records. See them live in Pittsburgh on Tuesday 07-10-12 at the 31st Street Pub with The Dirty Streets and The Carny Stomp. Here is a live video for the [...]

My round up of the tracks that I haven't had the space to post is a little late this week. Don't worry normal service will resume next week ... Protocol Afro From: Jakarta, Indonesia If Edwyn Collins had been born in the shadow of the National Monument Orange Juice would have sounded like Protocol Afro. [...]

Here are the videos that caught my eye this week... Birds v Planes We Get To Drop Ane Brun Do You Remember Johnny 5th Wheel & The Cowards Nancy Mr MeebleStar Power Findlay Napier & The Bar Room MountaineersCut Me Off Consequence of Sound Follow @soundhype

Indie, Alternative - LA's Henry Clay People are noted for their unpretentious no frills brand of indie rock, often compared to Pavement and The Replacements. See them at Pittsburgh's Brillobox with Futurebirds on Sunday 07-08-12. Here is the music video for the track "Your Famous Friends." Count the U.S. Presidents in the video. http://henryclaypeople.com Follow [...]

Folk, Psychedelic, Indie - Athens, Georgia's Futurebirds bring their blue collar lo-fi psychedelic folk to Pittsburgh's Brillobox on Sunday 7-8-12 with The Henry Clay People. http://www.futurebirdsmusic.co m Sample & Buy Music From Amazon!Help Support SoundHype! Follow @soundhype

My Tiger My TimingFrom: London, United Kingdom London synth pop combo My Tiger My Timing are a riddle wrapped up in a mystery covered in a conundrum. How do you define their musical stew of quirky organic rhythms and danceable experimental hypnotic-pop? It transcends boundaries of genre and geography, defying categorisation and comparison.On their self [...]

Bestial Mouths From: Los Angeles Bestial Mouths live on an isolated planet as far from the mainstream as it's possible to get while still being listenable. With their unique combination of haunting, disturbing atonal vocals, stabbing synths and erratic drumming they sound like a clinically insane PIL let loose in an electronics factory. It's discordant, [...]