In 2009 Sarah Morrison posted here the song Good Boys, calling The Minor Leagues infectiously cheery. They are back in this 2012 with a new album. This band from Cincinnati on North College Hill will show you an orchestral dimension of pop music, only possible between the best music creators. It should be illegal to create such ilusions. Download Ghost Maps Free Music, [...]
Indie pop outfit San Cisco from Fremantle in sunny Western Australia deliver the follow up to "Golden Revolver." Today's featured track "Awkward" will be the title track on their second EP, to be releasing this month worldwide via their own label Island City. "Awkward" is a kooky call and response, featuring the debut vocals of drummer, Scarlett Stevens. It is a song that captures the stalker in all of us as vocalist. Jordi James calls to Scarlett: "Why do you hold on so tight? What do you feel?" San [...]
From Southampton in the UK, Band of Skulls are releasing their second album, and this is the title track from it. Be sure to listen to Insomnia Radio: UK #101 (coming soon, I promise) to hear more! Download Sweet Sour Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the Daily Dose. [...]
Korda Marshall are an exciting new pop/rock act based in North London, with an eclectic mix of unforgettably catchy melodies and infectious beats. The five-piece, formed last year Korat the University of Hertfordshire, are named after the respected music industry executive who has been associated with the likes of The Darkness, Funeral for a Friend and Muse. They are generating an ever increasing fan base and have already performed with the likes of Ellie Goulding, Feeder, and Chase and Status. Download Let It Go [...]
Originating as a trio based in Madison, Wis., Sleeping in the Aviary has evolved into a Minneapolis, Minn., quintet. All the members have roots in southeastern Wisconsin, and have been playing music for a decade and more in a near-countless number of bands and one-off projects. For You and Me, Ghost the band's sound takes on the influence of an earlier era but still sounds undeniably like Sleeping in the Aviary. "The 'golden oldies' from the '50s and '60s had a major conceptual influence on this particular album," says Kozel (vocals, guitar). "The simple romantic themes [...]
The promising Swedish Goth Rockers MONUMENT release their debut EP "Teeth & Tails", which offers traditional gothic rock at its best. Female vocals, dominant guitars, coated into the dark atmosphere of an early 80s Goth Rock release. The vision of Monument took form in the summer of 2009, initially being a more modest experimental recording endeavor by Henrik and Linda (the songwriters of the band), whose mutual interests in the rather odd spectrum of music brought them together. Download Jennifer [...]
The Wedding Present will be releasing their much-anticipated eighth studio album, 'Valentina', in March. It was recorded in France, California and England during 2011 and mixed by Andrew Scheps [whose past credits include Metallica, Iggy Pop and Johnny Cash]. Valentina comes four years after 2008's 'El Rey' and is performed by David Gedge [singing, guitars & percussion], Graeme Ramsay [guitars, piano, harmonium & co-writer with Gedge of all but one of the songs], Pepe le Moko [bass & backing vocals] and Charles Layton [drums & percussion]. Following an album launch event at the 'South By Southwest' [...]
Midwestern singer-songwriter and noted producer, Will Phalen , continues to blaze haunting Americana trails with his 3 rd full-length release, Holy Ghost / Gold Coast , a collection of solo recordings that finds Phalen in a folksy trance, momentarily stepping outside the framework of his band, The Stereo Addicts [...]
Erin Passmore has a voice that will drop kick your heart. She is perhaps best known for her work in the Regina indie-rock band Rah Rah, where she's a multi-instrumentalist, contributing drums, keys, bass and her crowd-rousing vocals. Erin's voice is not brash, booming, or overdone. It's honest, warm and real. It's one of those gifts you're born with. And you can't help but take notice when she takes the mic. The collection of Erin's demos, beautiful in their own right for their sparseness and jolts of Erin's personality between takes, took her to Montreal in the summer [...]
Brooklyn-based Australian transplants WAZU have released their first self-titled EP on Anti-Language Recordings. Described as "Neon Murder Music for the Dance Floor", and "synth-heavy, post-apocalyptic pop that tips its hat to dark wave gothic gloom while shimmering with a healthy dose of neon (Ziggy) stardust." Download Murder 1 Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the Daily Dose. [...]
2 Hearts and Chemicals is a band comprised of musicians Eli Lhymn (based in Los Angeles) and Stephen Biebel (based in New York City). The band compose, record, and rehearse all music remotely from these two very different cities. Originally hailing from Pennsylvania, the duo met when they were just 13 years old. That's what this EP is. 2 Hearts and Chemicals have created something that is bigger than the cacophony of sounds. It's sweeping and cinematic, a soundtrack for some grandiose scene, if only in the bedroom dreamer's eyes. (1146 Miles) [...]
Throughout this year Sydney, AUS musician Fronz Arp will be releasing his new songs as they're written and ready, instead of the traditional album release route. The project name is entitled 'FRONZ ARP IS A TINY CROOKED ORCHESTRA', and he aims to release a song every 2 weeks; so basically an ongoing project through the course of this year. His latest song for 2012, 'Just Because You Want it All' has arrived, on the heels of a national tour with Australia cabaret singer Emma Dean - another excellent artist which we first heard about through ERK FM, [...]
"The Dø [are] a Finnish/French duo seemingly intent on rewriting the songbook on pop and folk music with their sophomore album, Both Ways Open Jaws (U.S. release 15 Nov 2011 on Six Degrees). Regardless of national origin, it is an absolute rarity to come across a band as freakishly talented and weirdly innovative as The Dø." [The Musebox] Download Slippery Slope Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the [...]
Those of us lamenting the breakup of Julie Ocean after only one zippy, breathless LP can take heart… Dot Dash positively radiates in rushing hooks… matched to a kinetic, elastic post-punk drive… [the] singing is more manic, subtly stretching notes around pitch, a device akin to Lawrence from Felt. (The Big Takeover). Download The Color and the Sound Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to [...]
The very young The Plan say they are perfect for your next party. We say they are perfect. Download Body High Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the Daily Dose. The Plan Facebook | Revernation
Lilies on Mars are Lisa Masia and Marina Cristofalo, two musical collaborators who met over ten years ago in Sardinia, where other music projects lead to the formation of Lilies on Mars in August 2008. The three-piece band made their debut album splash in 2009, recorded in their newer home of east London. In May 2011 they self released their second album "Wish You Were a Pony", on which today's featured single can be found. It was recorded by Lilies on Mars and mixed by Dan Brantigan (Kaki King co-writer and musician). [...]
This is from the fourth album of Montreal's Maljube , entitled La Caverne , released towards the end of 2011. "Listening to La Caverne conjures images of stepping into the cavern with them; it is primal and vast, retro pop magnificence that sounds like edgy comfort from beyond." They have been nominated for a Bucky Award (CBC Radio 3) in the Best Reason to Learn French category. Download Synesthesie [...]
OH MARGOT is an independent band based in Santiago de Chile, formed in 2009 by Ariadna Quappe on the synthesizer, Fab Ciraolo on the drums, Sebastián Vásquez on the Bass and José Ignacio Rojas on the Guitar and Vox. Their music is an explosive mixture of 50`s and 60`s Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly`s rock and roll, combined with the energy of 70`s Ramones and Television, swimming in noisy Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine`s influenced guitar waves. The band is currently working on their first single`s videoclip "Beautiful Embracement" to be released in March 2012. [...]
A little while back a band out of the San Francisco Bay area caught my attention, describing themselves as a jazzy, bluesy, folky indie-rock group. The eclectic mix fits and each song definitely has a unique styling that will enrapt even your most focus lacking friends. Dogcatcher started out down in San Diego but found themselves up in Mountain View, CA in the not so distant past. The band released their full-length album "KILR" back in April of this year, and have been playing a bunch of shows in the area as well as a [...]
Diego Clare, is a 20-year-old singer/songwriter originally from LA, now in New York. He just released his second album, "Even Now (Part Two)." It's the sequel to his debut record (Part One), which was released in December 2010. Both are partially inspired by the John Steinbeck novel "Cannery Row." Head over to Topspin to stream or download the album for free. Download Claim Your Prize [...]
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