The Prefab Messiahs From: The Past, United States The past is a veritable treasure trove of brilliant unheard, unknown and downright unbelievable music. Thanks to the internet it is becoming easier to discover sounds that have been hiding their light under bloody large bushels for decades. Tonight's featured band the unbelievably amazing Prefab Messiahs formed way back in the early 80s and have been have been missing in action for far too long. [...]
Bare Wires From: Oakland, California, United States It's time to dust down your platform boots, dig out your feather boas and cover yourself in glitter because glam rock is back in the shape of California garage rockers Bare Wires . Their nu glam anthem Don't Ever Change sounds like T-Rex giving Slade a platform soled kick in the goolies. If this doesn't brighten your day then you need psychiatric help. Go [...]
Husband From: Bologna, Italy I've been thinking for some time that the world needs a song that blends the Stone Roses effortless cool and pop savvy with the electronic stylings of Giorgio Moroder and lo and behold Italian duo Husband pop up with the awesome Love Song . If it was any cooler it could solve global warming. It's a little early to be identifying cast iron certainties for the Devil's top 10 [...]
Papercutz Disintegration Steaming Heathen Put An End To This PLUGS Black Microdots AV FOR PLUGS - Black Microdots from Alden Volney on Vimeo .
This week's round up of the tracks I haven't had the space to post... Band Of Skulls From: Southampton, United Kingdom When I read that Band of Skulls were blues rockers my heart sank but then I heard Bruises and my heart soared, it's a solid slab of melodic rock which deserve a special place in your ears. [...]
Haiku Salut From: The Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, United Kingdom Haiku Salut are three winsome young lasses from the Derbyshire Dales who claim to be influenced by the Spice Girls which must be a joke because they are about as far from the Spice Girls as it's legally possible to be without having testicles and 5 o'clock shadow. They're the nice girls, sporty nice, posh nice and baby nice if you like. Vowels as Clear as Church Bells [...]
The Pocket Gods From: Londinium, United Kingdom Scratch the surface of the stagnant British music scene and you'll uncover some hidden gems. The Pocket Gods were first championed by the late, great John Peel over 7 years ago and they're still serving up huge helpings of their unique world view with songs like Survival of the Shittest which sounds like the diary of a depressed Tourettes sufferer with a lo-fi musical companion. It's bleak and oddly beautiful. Deapite this, and the self explanatory [...]
Tiny Ruins From : Aukland, New Zealand Those who know me will vouch for the fact that I'm rarely lost for words but New Zealand folkie Hollie Fullbrook, via her Tiny Ruins pseudonym, leaves me speechless. Her pitch perfect Little Note is just such a simple, well written, beautifully sung, perfectly played song. Hollie makes this music lark seem so simple you wonder why everyone can't be this good. I then stumbled across her imaginatively titled Priests With Balloons and was completely blown away. [...]
FOE From: Fleet, Hampshire FOE , the one woman pop vehicle for ex Arthur singer Hannah Shark, works with SASO to make the Breeders' Bang On sound like the Ting Tings on a downer. An intriguing re-working which works, just. You [...]
Nones From: Chicago, United States Nones Defectating Grey is atonal post punk which sounds like Madness being thrown down the stairs and landing on The Pop Group. Wife Meat is the type of wonky, skronky, wilfully uncommercial punk that would have burst from the radio when John Peel was alive. It might not be your cup of char but give thanks that bands like Nones still exist because if they didn't the world would be a dull, [...]
Diagrams From: London, United Kingdom Side projects are usually a means of branching out from the suffocating restrictions of being a small cog in the bigger wheel of the band. They're a means for an artist to express themselves, go their own way, expand themselves musically. With his Tunng offshoot Diagrams , Sam Genders dares to be different, on his debut solo album Black Light he plants his feet firmly inside his comfort zone preferring to photocopy the Tunng template and serve up a blend [...]
This week's round up of the tracks I haven't had the space to post... Obedient Wives Club From: Singapore Pop sieved through a fuzzy filter from a band that'll have the feminists fissing. Go Try Obedient Wives Club - This Is It [...]
First Aid Kit The Lion's Roar Those Lavendar Whales Growth In Question Those Lavender Whales - Growth in Question from Lunch & Recess on Vimeo . Internet Forever Happy New Year Happy New Year from Tape Alarm on Vimeo . The Heavenly [...]
Oh My From: London, United Kingdom I know that I'm going to regret this but I just can't resist this disposable little number from Saturdays worshipping London duo Oh My! It's not the usual fare you'll find on the Devil's blog but it's lively, upbeat, throw-away pop that'll blow away your post festive blues and get you prancing round your bedroom in your pop socks and whatever else it is you young dudes wear [...]
Son Step From: Philadelphia, United States Frequently when a band describes their sound as experimental it's little more than a cover for a lack of expertise in their instruments of choice, a prelude to self-indulgent, structureless meanderings or simply evidence that what is about to follow prefers style over substance. That's not the case with Phillie four piece Son Step . Their 'experimental' folk is innovative without becoming self [...]
Muscles of Joy From: Glasgow, Scotland The brilliant Everett True may have had a little too much pre Xmas egg nog when he called Glasgow all female septet Muscles of Joy " the greatest band of 2011 ". They're not even the greatest band in Glasgow, that is surely the incomparable John Knox Sex Club . They are [...]
Tiny Fireflies From : Chicago, United States Tiny Fireflies are Lisle and Kristine from the Chicago indiepoppers Very Truly Yours. They are also Lisle from Fireflies and Kristine from Tiny Microphone. Together as a duo, they are Tiny Fireflies. See what they did there? That's democracy in action! Together they make beautiful music that's like chicken soup for the ears. Your Love gently caresses your ears with melodies [...]
Happy New Year From The Devil Has The Best Tuna What better way to see in the new year than settling down with a glass of something alcoholic in the company of your nearest and dearest and listening to this weeks new year themed round-up of tracks I've not had space to post. Cepia From: Minneapolis, United States [...]
Yes it's that time of the year again when us bloggers look back over the past year and pick those tracks that have made us glad to be alive. It's been an incredible year and there were so many tracks on the shortlist that it could easily have been a festive fifty. So what started out as the Devil's Top 10 quickly turned into a Top 20 and I still couldn't find room for incredible tracks like The Bird & The Monkey's hymnal Lord Is Gracious , The Wind-Up [...]
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