Still Corners, and their dreamy set will be embarking to Sweden and North America. With their track "Endless Summer" taking the reigns as one of the dreamiest of dream pop songs throughout the internets they're going to hit up SXSW to make their dream pop dreams come true. But prior to coming the states they'll [...]
New Captured Tracks band Blouse tags along the wave of dream pop, shoegaze, chill wave - whatever you want to call it. Their track "Into Black" slightly delves into the world of goth. And with a music video created by Ben Razavi and Bernard Pantoja who have also worked on other Captured Tracks artists such [...]
Being a Floridian myself and having been to Tallahassee, I know what Sean Earl Beard aka Plastic Flowers may weathered. Most would picture warm beaches and fun in the sun. But what they don't know about north Florida is that through most of the late fall, winter and then spring can be quite gruesome. It's [...]
So it's been ten years since The Strokes released their classic Is This It. Since then they've slowly began to lose some steam with Room On Fire and then First Impressions Of Earth. Well, their new single "Under Cover of Darkess" from their fourth long player Angles was released today. You can go to their [...]
Hearing Allo Darlin' doing a cover of The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" - you'd almost mistaken it for some sort of Cat Power song. Instead of using their perky indie pop energy they toned and slowed it down. But either way, it's a good song to add to your Allo Darlin' collection. And after [...]
Alright, here we go. The first single The Raveonettes' fifth full-length Raven In The Grave has been released. The single titled "Forget That Your Young" is a subtle solemn song of reverbed-out jangling guitars. Though not as fuzzy as their previous singles, there's still that balance between some minimal fuzz lurking in the background and [...]
According to Mike aka Blackbird Blackbird, this new track "Give You Everything" is going to be a "banger." And well, if you were expecting more layers upon layers of waves of electronic clouds guess again. Now I was almost expecting hard hitting type electronic beats ala Ed Banger, but instead I was quite surprised. A [...]
Well, there's not much to say other than that The Pains of Being Pure At Heart is keeping going strong and deserve all the love. The second single from their forthcoming sophomore album "Belong" is now available for stream. If the fact that the album was produced by Flood and mixed by Alan Moulder (Smashing [...]
Redeeming themselves with Lust Lust Lust and then In and Out of Control, The Raveonettes are going to be releasing their fifth full-length Raven In The Grave via Vice Records on April 4th, 2011. Now there hasn't been any "leaked" or released singles from the album. But if they're continuing the trend from the last [...]
I figure I'd end the night with something Swedish since I was on a little tear there. Hot on the move this year is Lykke Li (if you haven't already heard). I like the original version of "I Follow Rivers" better than the Dave Sitek (from TV On The Radio) remix. But he does add [...]
Here's another strong case as to why Sweden really holds the reigns when it comes to real pop music. Niki And The Dove are Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf. One produces and one sings. Together they create a brooding mixture of percussive pop music with electronic beats adding to the strong choruses that hook you [...]
What? A new band from Labrador Records that I wasn't aware of? Well, Sweden's purveyors of pop music is about to release something that has never made the Swedish language more beautiful. Unaware of who or what the band was all about, I quickly listened to the single "Viljan" by Det Vackra Livet. A few [...]
This new single by Teen Daze hits a little harder than the dreamy waves he's been creating. The beats and drumming really pounds on this one. But nonetheless it's still a gorgeous track that would soothe anyone's sleepless night. The digital 73 is available through Teen Daze's friends new label Cultus Vibes. It comes along [...]
The live guitarist for Teen Daze also has a project and an album coming out tomorrow titled The Kingdom. There are hints of some of Teen Daze's glorious ethereal compositions. But as demonstrated in the track "I Said Please" there's much more live instrumentation going on. The live drums and bass makes the song sound [...]
I used to travel around Florida going to see the punk rock group Discount. Alison Mosshart's emotive vocals were always enchanting in the live setting. Once the band disbanded a few years later there was word of Alison Mosshart's new band The Kills. The band was much more bluesy and soulful in comparison to Discount. [...]
Alright, I was skimming over the wonderful blog Pretty Much Amazing. I saw that there was a second track from Peter Bjorn and John's Gimme Some that has been "released." Now, I wouldn't agree with calling it "surf pop." But there is a definite bigger jangle to the track compared to the rocking "Second Chance." I [...]
From Uppsala, Sweden this "ekotronica art pop" duo has a new music video for their new single "Glowing Hearts." The song itself is the usual electro dance affair. Dark haunting bass synths, beeping keyboards and emotive trashing female vocals. It's got a groove and a beat. But the music video is a little different. It [...]
After releasing beautiful EPs such as Black Sunday and The Soft Skin, dropping "Sings" from their name and joining the army that is Slumerland Records, Philadelphia's sunny pop band Brown Recluse will finally release their debut full-length. Titled Evening Tapestry, the album will contain their brand of sultry beach pop ala Brian Wilson. If you'd [...]
A non-album track recorded during Azure Ray's sessions for Drawing Down the Moon surfaced on the Saddle Creek website. The track "Silverlake" was one of the tracks that they laid down with Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous. I haven't listened to Azure Ray in quite some time. In comparison to their older albums the track does retain [...]
I saw this over on Listen Before You Buy. Oh man, they may not like it as much as "Still Sound" but if this is indeed a new single from Toro Y Moi's album I'm quite excited. The song "New Beat" is drenched in sensual wet funk. It's too groovy for its own good. I'd [...]
TWENTYSEVEN VIEWS
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Shinichi Osawa – Big Beach Mix 2012
