The Jedson Project is the solo project of Norwegian steel guitar player Øyvind Berekvam . The project is named after Øyvind's first lap steel guitar. A Jedson . A cheap but efficient piece of wood favored by David Gilmour . He has played and recorded with Thomas Dybdahl , Monika Nordli , Stavanger Energi , Preacherman's Daughter , Vaiping , Olav Larsen , Hanne Sørvaag , Fenomenon , The List and Butti 49 . 15 songs of The Jedson [...]
I was excited when I heard Slow Down Chicago , Find the Time's opening track. I was hooked from the opening organ chords all the way through to the swelling climax of horns and violin. Matt Priest's vocals, slightly reminiscent of Rufus Wainwright , were convincingly emotive without being melodramatic, and the instrumentation was pure chamber pop bliss. I had high hopes for this one, which is why I was so disappointed when Find the Time 's four remaining tracks couldn't really hold [...]
On Windsor's 4th full length , the group seem to have left their dark shadows in the past, instead pursuing a similar path to the elegant D. Matz/M. Gira ( The Swans / Young God Records ) collaborative effort. The outcome is a dramatically different approach in songwriting, setting aside their rythmic instrumental tendencies for a more vocal oriented approach to traditional folk and pop songs. Emotional Rescue begins as a love song like a movie sunrise, warm but haunting. Now I Know The Sea encourages connections with [...]
Middle Distance Runner's first full length album may be entitled Plane in Flames , but their fusion of upbeat drum patterns, catchy guitar riffs, and haunting vocals from front man Stephen Kilroy do anything but crash and burn. "Naturally" has a solid hook that leads the listener in with its addicting, cleverly written pessimistic lyrics and rhythmic hand clapping. Surprisingly, the rest of the album veers away from the direction of this pop sound, with more experimental tracks like "Out of Here" and "The Madness" that demonstrate their (frequently mentioned) Radiohead influence, [...]
Billie The Vision may at the first impression look like one more pop band without worrying, that appeal more than one generation. But if you go just a little bit deeper you find that it's not always joy, happiness and dancing they want to express. Billie is not a person, more like a quality that the band want to encourage other people to find inside of themselves. It's about not being afraid of being naive, pretentious or corny, to be proud of what [...]
Compilation of new, current, released and previously unreleased music from Static Discos for your evaluation. The comp includes an exclusive from Murcof , new tracks from forthcoming albums by Fax , Microesfera , Antiguo Automata Mexicano , Childs and Duopandamix . A couple of tracks from new artists like One Second Bridge (Barcelona/D.F.) Ditch (Tokyo) and Cubenx (Pto. Vallarta) plus some previously released tracks from current releases by Pepito , Carrie , Terrestre and Kobol . [...]
The Autocollants are no longer playing shows, but their music still lingers. They create fun, catchy, pop songs and Laura Watling's voice is reminescent of The Innocence Mission 's Karen Peris. You can download Why Couldn't Things Just Stay The Same ? from Shelflife's site . Shelflife will be making available free downloads of out-of-print, rare releases from their catalog. (Sounds Like: Indie , The Sundays , Sweden ) [...]
The Autocollants are no longer playing shows, but their music still lingers. They create fun, catchy, pop songs and Laura Watling's voice is reminescent of The Innocence Mission 's Karen Peris. You can download Why Couldn't Things Just Stay The Same ? from Shelflife's site . Shelflife will be making available free downloads of out-of-print, rare releases from their catalog. (Sounds Like: Indie , The Sundays , Sweden ) [...]
The Harvey Girls are Melissa Rodenbeek and Hiram Lucke of Lawrence, Kansas. Named after the waitresses who served travelers in the American West from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries along the AT&SF railways, The Harvey Girls combine the melodies of bubblegum pop with experimentation in sound. Their music stands as a cross between Prince Paul's production work and the songs of The Shangri-Las . (Sounds Like: Indie , Folk , Experimental ) [...]
If you like tribute albums and indie pop then you’ll surely like A Century Of Covers. No big names on this album. But most of the bands are very famous in the indie scene, like the Swedish bands Hells On Wheels , Mixtapes And Cellmates , Dutch favorites: John Wayne Shot Me or Kawaii from Norway. They are from all over the world, lot's of Italian bands, but also from France, Sweden, England, Norway, Australia, Holland, Belgium and USA). (Sounds Like: [...]
These are early demos and home recordings made by Sounds Like Fall before the release of 2005's The Wolf Is At The Door , many available for the first time here. Also included are 2 tracks with Joe Young's previous band, Iowa's Moonshine Radio . [...]
Various Artists - A Century Of Covers (Belle & Sebastian Tribute) (Kirsten's Postcards, 2006) Fantastic album, with al your favorite Belle and Sebastian tunes, played by some great idiepop bands from al over the world.
The Prayers and Tears - Psalterie (Bu_Hanan Records, 2005) This is what Alex Lazara, from 'The Prayers and Tears' said on their home page about this album: I've had several requests from folks who want to get a copy of the first prayers and tears album, psalterie. We've been sold out of it so long and don't feel the need to sell any more copies of [...]
Various Artists - Can Take You Anywhere You Want ( Bor-Land Records, 2005) This is a very nice, compilation from Portugal, released by a (net) label called Bor-Land. There is a fine mix of accoustic indie pop, slowcore and electronic tunes on this record.
Hermigervill - Lausnin (Website exclusive, 2003) Hermigervill is Sveinbjorn Thorarensen making new music out of old music. This is his first album and has been getting rave reviews in Iceland. The music on this album [...]
Mount Eerie - Seven New Songs of Mount Eerie ( P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd., 2004) Seven songs recorded for the July 2004 tour of Australia by Mount Eerie. They were recorded "Nowhere" in Anacortes, Washington in the months of May and June 2004. The release was in an edition of 196 CDRs and sold out on tour. Somehow people in North America found out about it and thought they really wanted it because of the low quantity. Now it is [...]
Brave Captain - Distractions (Self released, 2006) Brave Captain is the pseudonym of Martin Carr, one-time guitarist/songwriter behind The Boo Radleys . After they split in 1999, Carr began releasing albums on his own under the moniker Brave Captain . Distractions [...]
Half Asleep - (We are now) seated in profile ( Unique [...]
The Prayers and Tears - Psalterie (Bu_Hanan Records, 2005) This is what Alex Lazara, from 'The Prayers and Tears' said on their home page about this album: I've had several requests from folks who want to get a copy of the first prayers and tears album, psalterie. We've been sold out of it so long and don't [...]
Various Artists - Can Take You Anywhere You Want ( Bor-Land Records, 2005) This is a very nice, compilation from Portugal, released by a (net) label called Bor-Land. There is a fine mix of accoustic indie pop, slowcore and electronic tunes on this record.
audiosport records
Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Mr Fogg - Eleven
Crocodiles - Endless Flowers
