Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
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Nowheres Nigh Parts & Labor
http://www.myspace.com/partsandlabor
Here’s a 4 piece from Brooklyn ably demonstrating that the UK doesn’t have the stranglehold on well put together, sweeping indie pop with a bite. Some would argue that our US cousins do a better job, and based on this, who are we to argue?
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Neighbourhood Sugar & Gold
http://www.myspace.com/sugarandgold
San Franciscan 5 piece putting the midi back into soul inflected, woozy summer, funk growers like this. They also deserve full props for their incredibly hirsute appeal. Never have tats and beards looked so hot! I want to go to one of their pool parties!
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Lovers July The Title Sequence
http://www.myspace.com/thetitlesequence
Formerly trading as The Sound of Bailey, this is essentially a reboot with the same chaps making the music. Still smooth and melodic as hell, mind. They’re getting better with every song.
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If it’s good for me Stars and Sons
http://www.myspace.com/starsandsonsuk
It’s time for some great, intelligent indie pop with just the right about of DIY ethos about it. Ooh, and there’s handclaps. Lovely. In a ben folds kinda way.
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This Is Not The Fire My Tiger My Timing
http://www.myspace.com/mytigermytiming
Bit of afrobeat as beloved by Vampire Weekend, a bit of Tom Tom Club all coming together to make a quirky, youthful, fresh sounding funkcrunk belter.
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Histories The Winchell Riots
http://www.myspace.com/thewinchellriots
Angsty, tormented, anthemic urgent guitar driven pop. And you try hitting some of those top notes he gets!
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Take One For The Team Dinky Loop
http://www.myspace.com/dinkyloop
There’s something Bran Van about this track from these fine exemplars of melodic, arresting dance pop.
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Children Panama Kings
http://www.myspace.com/panamakings
Currently on tour with Dodgy, this Belfast bunch mix up great synth lines with some non derivative Killer’sy delivery. All goes to make exciting, sub Modest Mouse musings.
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The Rise Disconnect 4
http://www.myspace.com/disconnect4
More Irish goodness now, from this Galway 4 piece. They wear their eyeliner well, and their influences even better, managing to sound at once like they were jamming with early New Order whilst also raiding the radiophonic workshop.
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Being a Safe Place The FM Flash
http://www.myspace.com/thefmflash
OK, so if this were on a commercial station, this track would never get an airing. But it’s not, and so we’re putting this at the end so that those of you who want 11 minutes of post rock can have it. Clearly owing a debt to Mogwai, but if you’re gonna be in anyone’s musical debt, let it be theirs!
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
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Umbrella The Upsidedown featuring Peter Holstrom
http://www.myspace.com/theupsidedown
Oh Portland, Oregon, you just keep coming up with more great bands! This 6 piece have felled me with their dreamy pop, and they’ve hooked up with the Dandy Warhol’s label, so hopefully we’ll be hearing more soon.
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Fit Girls Public
http://www.myspace.com/publicworld
A producer based over in LA feeding the need for squelchy basslines, Daft Punkesque melodies and a healthy dose of humour. Always a winning combination. Oh, and a shout out to nana, who’s originally from Blackpool, UK.
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The Method Book Openroom
http://www.myspace.com/openroom
A 6 piece from Southampton doing all kinds of naughty things to synths and guitars, which will result in you doing what we’ve termed the indie shuffle. Part beat driven freakout, party shoegaze. A whole lo of fun. Try it to this.
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Lazy Fat Stupid American feat Rush Limbaugh Goldishack Guerrillas
http://www.myspace.com/goldishack
An East side of NYC collective, it may be a little late, now we have Berocca Obama in place, but its still some quality beats, great production and funny, dammit.
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If you were a pub Parish vs. the Ministers
http://www.myspace.com/juniorministers
The Junior Ministers get the Jon Parish treatment here, resulting in a kind of squelchy Dans Le Sac v Scroobius Pip. They describe their sound as drunken robot music for sexy cynics. Now that’s a large potential audience!
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Smoking on the Boulevard Paris Parade
http://www.myspace.com/theparisparade
This lady is stunning and has a voice to match. A great, sexy, cafe society drenched song of longing and beauty. Go check the rest of her stuff.
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A free ride to another Side MasK
http://www.myspace.com/maskmusique2
Gallic space house played over an early 80’s car chase. A bit midnight express, a bit John Carpenter a whole lot of good.
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I Am The President Of Your Fanclub (and last night I followed you home) Cancel The Astronauts
http://www.myspace.com/canceltheastronauts
Based up in Scotland, they’re the proud purveyors of twisted love pop and for my money, win best song title of the last 10 best of myspace’s. Top work.
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SOMETHING Decimals
http://www.myspace.com/decimalsmusic
The latest incarnation of the singularly talented Gethin Pearson. As Decimals he brings his usual knack for melody to a sweet pop riff. Promising stuff.
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Fear Demovore
http://www.myspace.com/demovore
Flicking great death metal from this New York based 5 piece. I know they’re proper death metal, as I’ve seen how wide apart the bassist’s legs are splayed when he plays. Serious stuff.
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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Miami The Hampdens
www.myspace.com/thehampdens
3 piece by way of melbourne and perth, proof that winsome, well crafted pop isn’t solely reserved for fusty old england. they’ve got an album coming out, so plenty of tracks to get your ears around on their page.
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Helicopter Parents Out From Animals
www.myspace.com/outfromanimals
‘Psychadelic disco rock’ from this Manchester based 3 piece. What? they did a better job of describing their sound than I did…..
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Don’t Be On With Her Miami Horror
www.myspace.com/miamihorror
More greatness from Australia in the form of this chap, first discovered when we traipsed over the world to do a best of myspace australia. This is his latest, calling to mind Prince When Doves Cry and well worth a play out…
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Dancing With The Trees Felt Tip Thieves
www.myspace.com/felttipthieves
A 4 piece from the burgeoning Kettering scene (yes I did just write that) who are taking a Libertines sound and melding it with some angular guitars and the indie wandering of the Kooks. Trust us, it works.
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Red Rock Rubicks
www.myspace.com/rubicks
Wicked electro pop with a fierce front lady and an even fiercer sound. More please. NOW.
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Hear Me Drop The Lime
www.myspace.com/dropthelime
As we’ve had this track for a few weeks whilst we’ve been moving, it’s since blown up all over terrestrial, but it’s so good we thought we’d play it anyway. And incidentally, I’ve dropped many a lime, but always dusted it off and popped i back in the neck of my beer. Do you think he’s alluding to this practice?
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Guns for Hire Jenny’s Birthday
www.myspace.com/jennysbirthday
5 piece from South London who sound like Kings of Leon jamming with Billy Fury. part of the emerging old time rock and roll scene and by all accounts, shit hot live.
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Locarno Flashguns
www.myspace.com/flashguns
Loving this 3 piece, all jangly guitars, soaring vocals and a whiff of The Smiths about them, which makes us, and hopefully you, happy.
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Dont Put Your Money On My Horse Herr Nilsson
www.myspace.com/herrnilsson
From Norway, these guys describe their music as being for children and skiing, which is kind of appropriate hailing from the frozen north as they do…Great, jaunty pop music for cold nights and frosty mornings.
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That Girl Cheapskate
www.myspace.com/jamandbungle
1 piece from Liverpool bringing some funky, Sunday afternoon grooving kind of sounds to us all.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
so we’ve been nominated for the best podcast award in the ROTD awards. All a bit last minute, as they neglected to let us know, but why not show your appreciation of us by voting for us EVERY DAY here:
http://www.recordoftheday.com/www/awards/
thanking you in advance…..
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
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best of myspace 43
Lost Art Stricken City
www.myspace.com/strickencity
Every few years you get a great new slant on the perennial classic mix up of art school cool, quirky super sexy front ladies and some solid groovemongering lending an air of professionalism to the proceedings. Stricken City are here to enchant and confuse you. And you’ll want to thank them for it by the end of this track.
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Too Fake Hockey
www.myspace.com/hockey
Darkly brooding, Wire - esque licks with a disenfranchised Strokes’y delivery and general air of sexy oppressiveness from this Portland 4 piece.
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Breathe Letters In Numbers
www.myspace.com/lettersnumbers
Dirty, greasy whoozy,glitchey house with some surprisingly poppy melodies running through it. Not bad for Hollywood, hardly a musical hotbed….Unless they actually mean the Hollywood in Northern Ireland, which has some surprising musical sons and daughters.
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Five Girl Night Gentle Friendly
www.myspace.com/gentlefriendly
Two chaps who are like a civilised Animal Collective only with more squeaks and yelps and a hint of some deeper menace that may yet come out.
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PREEN Ghost Fleet
www.myspace.com/ghostfleeting
Is it me or is this like Camera Obscura jamming whilst Stuart Murdoch lends lyrical tips? Great walls of chiming guitars and love lost lyrics.
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Jamie Machine Boy
www.myspace.com/machineboyuk
We love Machine Boy here, and he’s got an album full of stuff like this squelchy gem here. Go check the page.
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Day Like Any Other The Last Army
www.myspace.com/thelastarmy
Hahaha, I initially loved this band for doing a great version Je t’Aime Moi Non Plus with the excellent Eddie Argos, then I got this track through and fell in love with Rebekah’s Mazzy Star like voice and the swooning post rock guitars. You will too.
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Jasier Monster Killed By Laser
www.myspace.com/monsterkilledbylaser
Their heavy, angular prog rock gem, Larks Tongues In Aspic is what was nominated, but they sent this over instead, which serves as just as good an introduction to their sharp angular noise rock.
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Teenage Symphonies Microfilm
www.myspace.com/microfilmmusic
Dave Allen of Gang of Four loves these Portland based guys, as do we. They got a spin waaaay back at the start of best of myspace, and this is a track from their latest dream house opus.
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Casablanca The Cess Allan Band
www.myspace.com/thecessallanband
Again, this may just be me, but the singer in Cess Allan has a voice not unlike Laura Marlings’….I’m gonna get skinned for that aren’t i? Thoughtful melodic acoustic pop.
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
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Nothing Flamboyant Bella
www.myspace.com/flamboyantbella
Some of the most articulate elecpoppers around. Whilst happy to twist and bend words and beats to their own ends (and our delight) they remain impressively non wanky. Take their band description - 3 guys, 1 girl bit of synth, enough said. Whilst you’re on the page, have a good old laugh at their track Absolutely Wankered, it should ring some bells.
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All In Good Time Westcott and Rodway
www.myspace.com/westcottandrodway
Like Jose Feliciano jamming with Michael Nyman in Jeff Buckley’s backyard. There. I said it. And I’m not sorry. Great stuff and as far as I’m concerned, a great description. Comments welcome.
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Doublevision Sleepmode
www.myspace.com/soundseedsleepmode
There goes Glasgow again, throwing up yet more fiery brimstone Midlake shaped rocks. Touring their asses off and generally paying their dues, these guys should be preparing themselves for what we hope will be a big 2009.
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Princes (feat. Tinchy Stryder) Gang Gang Dance
www.myspace.com/ganggangdance
OK, so the addition of Grime’r Tinchy’s vocals may fox you, as Gang Gang’s sound is much more akin to The Knife or any number of US based art rockers. But that’s what makes it so flicking great. Do check out their other stuff though, it’s worth it.
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Records Velofax
www.myspace.com/velofax
Funky kraut rock? can it be done? Well, Velofax answer a resounding yes to that one. They’re also giving away some great new tracks on their site, including this one. yay!
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Mr No Banjo or Freakout
www.myspace.com/banjoorfreakout
Yet another singularly talented single guy doing ethereal, highly strung, eery yet tuneful music. The kind that seeps through your eyelids and haunts your half waking thoughts for days after hearing. Good t shirts too. haha.
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Breathe The Suicide Denial
www.myspace.com/thesuicidedenial
Remember Korben? Well, this is the new outfit from these LA based Chads. And they’re giving the lot away, so get over there and stuff your player to the gunnels. Ew.
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Empty Eyes Isolated Atoms
www.myspace.com/isolatedatoms
A 4 piece from Birmingham (UK, not Alabama) who clearly have some time for Interpol, but I won’t sully them with the name of the Editors, as they’re better than those turgid self believers. Could still do with creating some space between them and the ‘Pol (hahahha) but they’re well on the way.
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Away Gilbert
www.myspace.com/gilbertlinley
Led by the eponymous Gilbert, an intriguing mix of musicians and vocalists bring us a complex, layered, semi rural soundtrack to our late night reveries. Think Satie with Sartre with Caribou beats.
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Dial M Gifinajif
www.myspace.com/gifinajif
He’s all about the animation, as this music may suggest. In this guise anyway, but there’s other incarnations on the page. Lends itself well to quirky oddball dancing of the kind i accidentally specialise in…
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
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You Never Learn Fox Cubs
www.myspace.com/foxcubs
Alumni of BOM, these guys are going from strength to strength (can one go from weak to weak? or just week to week…) having blipped the terrestrial radio radar and going down a bundle at the recent Reading and Leeds festivals.
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Mona Captive State
www.myspace.com/captivestatemusic
This is getting a release, so any fans of Beta Band, SFA sunshine driven beats and guitar licks had better get their click to purchase finger ready.
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I Fell to You Under Winter Sun Fran Rodgers
www.myspace.com/francesrodgers
Wistful, old school folk, putting one’s mind to days in long barley and nights in the back of a flatbed with a flashing eyed man.
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High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive Pulled Apart by Horses
www.myspace.com/pulledapartbyhorses
James Brown isn’t dead! He’s playing guitar in Pulled Apart By Horses! Sadly merely a dream, a fantasy - but what a fantasy - the Godfather of Soul, one of the best live performers of any time, reincarnates as a guitarist in one of the best live bands in Leeds and rips the arse out of any lingering notions of groove laden melody in one violent thrash of his guitar and a guttural primal roar. I’d pay to see that…Oh, people do already….
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Veronica’s Veil Fan Death
www.myspace.com/fandeath
It’s about time somebody pout together some decent disco strings without then feeling the compulsion to feign orgasmic sex or borderline alley attacker voices all over it. And not a sniff of Mika operatics either. Just solid, uplifting strings leaving you with a bounce in your step and in your D cup (if you’re a lady. or a really fat guy)
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Famous For Being Famous Colin MacIntyre
www.myspace.com/colinmacintyre
One of Scotland’s finer singer songwriters, formerly he was Mull Historical Society, now he’s back and angry. And all the better for it!
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SCARS Dream of Sleeping
www.myspace.com/dreamofsleepingneil
A dreamy, ethereal, woozy, doozy of a track. Delicate guitar plucks mirror delicate delivery and phrasing. With all this delicacy, you’d think the melody would blow over at the puff of a mouse’s burp, but thankfully, they’re anchored firm and sustain you throughout this rare beauty.
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D.I.L.E.M.M.A. Grammatics
www.myspace.com/grammatics
They describe what they do as complicated pop music and I couldn’t have pout it better myself. So I’m not going to. But keep your eye on these guys, they fight clean and fair and have enough ideas in them for the long haul.
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The Modern Leper Frightened Rabbit
www.myspace.com/frightenedrabbit
They got a great guitar sound, a top vocalist and their songs manage to make you feel simultaneously dirty and cleansed. Redemptive yet accusatory. A cats cradle of contradictions. Much like this description.
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methodactingscurse Fake Union
www.myspace.com/thisisfakeunion
Formed from the ashes of BOM alumni Newspaper Lovers, the band has expanded and can now offer a fuller sound and broader outlook.
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
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Arrows of Eros Golden Silvers
www.myspace.com/thegoldensilvers
I defy you not to do that chin jutty bass groove thing people do when you hear this. Having seen them live and witnessed a room full of people doing it, I can tell you it WILL happen. A Sunny Delight of a song. And a bit Haircut 100. In a good ‘Love Plus One’ way.
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Beg Waves Ponytail
www.myspace.com/jreamteam
Inspirational pop punk from this 4 piece crashing out of Baltimore. If this track is anything to go by, their forthcoming live dates ought to be a sweaty affair. Bring it on.
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Jealous Enemies Dark Captain Light Captain
www.myspace.com/darkcaptain
Eh? They just keep getting better over there at DCLC heights. Dreamy Mac / Byrds and a whole heap more lush comparisons abound. Including a passing nod to Blue Oyster Cult. Or is that just me? Either way, I’d like to see ‘em play with Yeasayer. That’d be great.
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Only You Tallulah Rendall
www.myspace.com/tallulahrendall
Available as a download via her myspace page, this was recorded at Bush Hall London, where she did what sounded like an amazing gig. Details on her page.
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Julius Caeser Pavilion
www.myspace.com/pavilionmusic
Wakefield 4 piece making west coast indie pop as produced by Ryan from the Cribs. They’re working on new stuff all the time, so go check.
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A First Paradox Young Hearts Society
www.myspace.com/youngheartssociety
A 4 piece from Bristol, offering funk strung ska beats and an overall intelligent sound.
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I Think She’s The One I Love The Research
www.myspace.com/theresearch
Here’s some great indie pop, all swooning harmonies and glock, sounding like The Smiths with a string section and Stuart Murdoch on speed dial.
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The Signifier The Rice Twins
www.myspace.com/ricetwins
More swedish goodness, not pop this time, but quality electronics in a Kompakt records vein.
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The Holloway To Beeston Express Loyal Trooper
www.myspace.com/loyaltrooper
Upbeat singer songwriter with a bent for Death Cab and a cheery disposition. An everyday tale of a comedown at a train station. Well, that’s what I’m going for anyway. You can download this on his page.
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Unravel (demo) Catherine A.D.
www.myspace.com/catherineannedavies
There’s a bit of Patrick Wolf, Bat for Lashes sort of appeal to this lady, but with a more cinematic feel to the production. Well worth a listen.
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
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Suzanne Love ends disaster
www.myspace.com/loveendsdisaster
Epic chords, great pop hooks, and driving, enervating energy that fills you up, turns you around and sends you out the door determined to sleep around and never regret it.
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Modernism Begins At Home Jörg Burger
www.j-berger.com
Does modernism begin at home? Certainly not in our stodgy post war domeciles, that’s for sure. Then again, this fella’s from Germany, were every home probably is a bit more modern. This is getting a release on a Kompakt comp. Hurrah for Kompakt.
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riverside Crescent heights
www.myspace.com/crescentheights
Ah, street folk, don’t you just love it? especially when it’s this unaffected from a charming Vancouver threesome. This is one of their more dance about the room tracks, but check their other stuff. They cite the Amelie soundtrack composer as an influence. Love that.
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Semen mix The Coolness
www.myspace.com/tenderlovingcoolness
ANTI-FASHION FASHIONABLE DANCE SEX ROCK is what they say. And who the hell are we to argue? if they’re worried about being too fash though, I’d advise against the fantasy art on their page - everyone’s doing it at the moment, as regular listeners will be aware. On the plus side, Chaz cites the Leather and Lace comp as one of his best of last 5 years. I second that.
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The Temptress The Flies
www.myspace.com/thefliesmusic
Coming on all 60’s beachside lounge lizard, this has some lush orchestration, laissez faire vocals and an overall feeling that any moment now Diana Dors will be slipping one shoulder off….
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Believe it The Pursuit
www.myspace.com/thepursuit
They’re playing the Beachdown festival in the SW of England in the Devil’s Dyke. I’m sorry, I didn’t know Lyndsay Lohan had become a venue…sorry, couldn’t resist it. There were about 5 more jokes following on from that, but I restrained myself…
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Freefalling The Philbys
www.myspace.com/thephilbys
Managed to bag themselves Massive Attack’s producer, but don’t worry, they sound nothing like those turgid layabouts.
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Oh brother The Rifle Volunteer
www.myspace.com/theriflevolunteer
Intense and brooding melodic pop it most certainly is. With a nod to Gravenhurst and a pint bought for Nick Cave, this is promising stuff.
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Geduld Freiland
www.myspace.com/freilandhotlove
I think I recall this fella. He was Meloboy and had a crossover track out a while ago. Now he’s here with a dark and menacing cracker.
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Thinking in French Mascot Fight
www.myspace.com/mascotfight
4 piece from Derby who obviously had the same teacher as me. Apparently if you think in French, it’s easier to speak it. Well durrrrrrrr……….Belle and Sebastian with a less disciplined Stevie Jackson figure.
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
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Black Magic Magic Wands
www.myspace.com/themagicwands
LOVE this track, almost as much as I love their patent admiration for fantasy art. I wonder if their tour bus has idyllic pictures of nubile ladies riding white surf horses…? Whatever, I still want to be them. Today.
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I Love London Crystal Fighters
www.myspace.com/crystalfighters
Hailing from Navarra, Spain, I’m gonna leave it to the guys to explain themselves, as they do it so ably. ‘We make fast dance music with Basque instruments, synthesizers, and our voices.’ They apparently just played Secret Garden Party in UK. I was there. I didn’t see them. Don’t make the same mistake as me.
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Cause and Resolve Prego
www.myspace.com/pregomusic
apparently they’re ‘new shoe’. Regular listeners to BOM will already be aware of them, as their last track got a good airing right here. Good to hear this Placebo, Editors widescreen rock tune coming through.
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Ready Or Not The Blueskies
www.myspace.com/theblueskies
4 piece hailing from Brighton who make electropop in an indie way. If I were to say they were supporting Ratatat that should serve as a guide for the field we’re in here.
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Anti-Anti Snowden
www.myspace.com/snowden
Another 4 piece, this time from Atlanta, Georgia. Icy, chilly, anguished are all words used to describe this band. I’m hearing some quality post punk with a driving melody and some great finishing touches in there
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Unterseeboot 501 The Patio Set
www.myspace.com/patioset
Here’s one patio set I wouldn’t recommend trying to self assemble, you’ll only get tangled in those intricate chord picks and cut yourself on those scratchy edges.
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Stuck - Fake Blood Remix Little Boots
www.myspace.com/littlebootsmusic
Regular listeners will know I’m currently loving all things lady and electronic, simply because there’s so many great ones out there at the mo. Add this blackpool lady to the list, she’s coming to a radar near you very soon. Plus, she rivals the Magic Wands for quality fantasy art on her site.
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Comfort Me Vertigo Smyth
www.myspace.com/vertigosmyth
Vertigo makes you dizzy, Vertigo Smyth makes you clappy and wish you could pluck along with the uke. Odd isn’t it, how listening to the uke makes you think you can play it too. You can’t, but you can listen to this instead.
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Notions Skyhorse
www.myspace.com/skyhorseonline
Quirky, elaborate pop that we Brits do so well. What is a skyhorse anyway? Some kind of Potteresque means of air travel? And whilst we’re at it, I’d like to continue the train of thought started in the podcast - what doesn’t happen at Potter’s school that should…?
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Contraband sub dub mix Lukas
www.myspace.com/lukascp
This will make your pants throb. Sub atomic whooping bass, glitchy synthlines, and dark. Weird, as some of his other stuff is beautiful electronic piano solos.
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