Wild Nothing

Gemini

 1. Live In Dreams
2. Summer Holiday
3. Drifter
4. Pessimist
5. O, Lilac
6. Bored Games
7. Confirmation
8. My Angel Lonely
9. The Witching Hour
10. Chinatown
11. Our Composition Book
12. Gemini

 

Wild Nothing is the solo project of Virginia born Jack Tatum, who’s music is the product of an unhealthy obsession with nostalgia. Equal parts teenage wasteland and inexplicable regret, his songs are the kind that could only be made by the young at heart. Unlike the current herd of one-man bedroom bands, Tatum creates complex textural environments that aim for something higher. Melodies that yearn to stay with you. Warped interpretations of Johnny Marr’s guitar work and The Cure’s careful synth arrangements. Dreamy, catchy, and intriguing. Here’s to missing your youth.

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In Tall Buildings ~ In Tall Buildings 

 1. Walking Man
2. The Way to a Monster's Lair
3. Twenty One
4. Suitor
5. Good Fences
6. Elvis Presley Blues
7. Alarm Will Sound
8. Flemishing

In Tall Buildings is Erik Hall, a multi-instrumentalist who has played in several groups including His Name Is Alive and Saturday Looks Good To Me. But here we find him in his own element, layering track upon track of shining vocal harmonies, minimalist textures, crunchy finger-picked guitars..all from this veritable one-man band. A record that nods to Erik's heroes Neil Young, Gillian Welch and Radiohead.

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Woven Hand

The Threshing Floor

 1. Sinking Hands
2. The Threshing Floor
3. A Holy Measure
4. Raise Her Hands
5. His Rest
6. Singing Grass
7. Behind Your Breath
8. Truth
9. Terre Haute
10. Orchard Gate
11. Wheatstraw
12. Denver City

Woven Hand continues to be one of the most unique and exquisitely intense bands, both in live performance as well as recorded material. Free of any boundaries and crossing into new territories, David Eugene Edwards delivers “The Threshingfloor” Wovenhands’ 6th album and masterpiece, in which he unleashes a maelstrom of fierce conviction that is as captivating as it is deeply spiritual. First off, there is David Eugene Edwards? unmistakably enigmatic voice; pervasive and persuasive, tortured yet tender. The music, diverse in style, instrumentation and delivery, is never easy to corner, and though many have tried, no simple tag can be applied to this artist and his music. Each person must experience it for themselves and come to their own conclusion… For this album, Wovenhand has returned to work with producer/engineer Robert Ferbrache, a one-time lap-steel player in Sixteen Horsepower who runs Absinthe Studios in Colorado, USA. 

Release date: 01.06.2010.

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Teenage Fanclub

Shadows

01. Sometimes I Don't Need To Believe In Anything 

02. Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
03. Teenage Fanclub - The Fall
04. Teenage Fanclub - Into The City
05. Dark Clouds
06. The Past
07. Shock And Awe
08. When I Still Have Thee
09. Live With The Seasons
10. Sweet Days Waiting
11. The Back Of My Mind

12. Today Never Ends

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Club 8

The People’s Record

01 - Western Hospitality
02 - Isn't That Great
03 - Shape Up!
04 - Dancing With The Mentally Ill
05 - My Pessimistic Heart
06 - Back To A
07 - Like Me
08 - Be Mad, Get Ill, Be Still
09 - We're All Going To Die
10 - The People Speak

2010 release from the Swedish band who blend a unique World Music twist into their own brand of Indie and Twee Pop. For People’s Record, the band travelled to Brazil for inspiration, bought records made in the ‘70’s in Western Africa, used a percussion player from Cuba and hooked up with producer Jari Haapalainen (The Concretes, Camera Obscura, Ed Harcourt). The result is unique mix of Swedish pop melodies and African rythmes - undoubtably one of the most unique, captivating and catchiest Pop records of the year!

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800Beloved

Everything Purple

  
1. Everything Purple
2. 1992
3. Tidal
4. Surf's Up
5. Empire
6. Slasher Flick
8. No More Unicorns
9. Malva

Hailing from Michigan, 800beloved is Sean Lynch (vocals/songwriting), Anastasiya “Stacy” Metesheva (bass) and Scott Masson (drums). And contrary to what some may expect when they hear of Sean’s day job working at the family funeral home, the band’s second release Everything Purple bears no kinship to goth or more macabre sounds. Rather, 800beloved’s sound is a bright and dreamy homage to love, obsession and watery landscapes, borne out of dreams of purple. The title track from Everything Purple is unmixed and features Sean’s measured baritone over jangly and melodious guitars and lo-fi drums. A sound which, along with that of the other tracks on the album, remains organic and retains a characteristic richness.

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Polock ~ Getting Down From The Trees

01. High On Life

02. Fireworks

03. Nice To Meet You

04. Not So Well

05. Sometimes

06. Faster Love

07. Tangerines and Unicorns

08. Tender Lies

09. Defenceless

10. Nighshot

Polock is band from Valenica, Spain, and with only one  single (Fireworks) out now for the world to listen to. Polock will officially make their debut in May, with their album Getting Down from Trees, but until then there’s the instantly likeable “Fireworks.”

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Tiger Riot

Look Up! (EP)

1. Time is On Your Side
2. Damn These Electric Sex Pants!
3. These Awful Words
4. Smash Adams
5. Daewoo on Fire
6. Starship Troopers: The Shower Scene
7. The Trap

Tiger Riot is a unit consisting of 5 ordinary guys from Long Island, New York. In and out of previous bands collectively, the remaining few attempt to portray their various influences as a combination of melody and intricacy, moods and emotion. The result is "Look Up!," an honest undertaking in order to further advance their ambitions.

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Coming Soon New Album

The Year Zero

The Year Zero have been a band for a few years now, but with their newest line-up, I think they have hit their stride. I first came upon them when they had just added a bass player to a strictly drum-machine-and-guitar live act built around songs by vocalist Lili De La Mora and guitar player Rodney Sellars. At the time they seemed shy and timid—very dreamy, but a little dark. Their recordings didn’t quite translate live. Maybe the setting had a bit to do with it, but this show brought it all together. Lili first got up and sang two songs with only an acoustic guitar. She used to seem so shy, but now her beautiful voice commands your attention. After the rest of the band joined her, everyone just slipped into place like they’ve been doing this forever. And most of them have—all members are Long Beach music veterans who will probably be recognized from other bands, but they add a perfect element to the Year Zero that was missing before. The bass player smacks her gum to the beat, the drummer gives just enough effort to show that he cares (but not too much), and the keys are the perfect complement to the vocals. Think if My Bloody Valentine went pop and added the singer from Deerhoof.  (KO - L.A. Records)

Oceania, I Will Return (2006.)

  1. Stranger (Try)
2. Some Great Majestic
3. Moonviewing Parties (Try)
4. The Truth About Stars (Try)
5. Skyway Racer
6. Lost in a World
7. Anthem
8. Phoenix (Try)
9. Holland, Say Hello
10. Dreamers Under The Stars
11. Oceania, I Will Return
12. Anthem (Remix)

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Palpitation

Palpitation

1. I Lost And Died

2. Love Again

3. You Kill Me

4. What If

5. You And I

6. Light Can Fix Me

7. Reo White Golden Stripes

8. Wait,Fall,Leave

9. One Step Behind
10. Palpitation Stand By
11. Palpitation In Five Years

  

Palpitation is 2 piece ( Maria Vejde, Ebba Carlén and sometimes with friends ) swedish indie twee band. They create upbeat music with gloomy undertones fused with husky, grated vocals. The mixture leads to music that is "love at first listen", perfect for those drab Sunday's where you sit and look out the window and watch the world go by slowly. They released I'm Happy Now EP in 2008, and in april 2010 an album is expected on Luxury Records.

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The Depreciation Guild

  Spirit Youth

01. My Chariot
02. Crucify You
03. Blue Lily
04. Dream About Me
05. November
06. Trace
07. A Key Turns
08. Spirit Youth
09. Through the Snow
10. White Moth

Is dreamwave a saturated musical market yet? Maybe it’s headed that way, but the original sound of The Depreciation Guild managed to blow my mind within 30 seconds of tuning in. Perhaps it’s because they’re not simply following the latest dreamwave trends: they’re creating a throw-back sound that has distinct shoegaze roots in My Bloody Valentine and more recently Autolux. Hell, there’s even a ton of 80s reverb in there. Maybe you’re about to argue that this is simply shoegaze, and I shouldn’t even bring up dreamwave. Chances are more likely, however, that you give a flying hoot about my analysis. If that’s the case, you should probably just click the “play” button and zone out. For the rest of you, bring on the genre bending!

Sure, it’s becoming an increasingly satirized form of analysis: “Check out this shit-pop chillzone scream-folk Irish elephant band out of Portland! They’re totally gonna be the next big thing on Pitchfork!” So why go that route? Because I want to, and because the new album by The Depreciation Guild, “Spirit Youth”, gets me muddled as to where to lump them.

What makes this different to anything else that’s been put out in the past? Well, it’s the clash of classic shoegaze and modern synth-laden, drum-machine dreamwave. Sure, they’re using real drums, but let’s be honest: half of what’s on this recording has been tweaked to living hell. It’s modern electronic production meets the old-school shoegaze we know and love. I guess that makes it simple then, doesn’t it? They’ve avoided the awfully electronic sounds of Neon Indian and settled on modernizing the pure and “classic”. They’re thus dreamwave, chillwave and shoegaze, all wrapped into one. And I’m not saying that because they’re somewhere between the three; rather, they embody all three at once. And they do it well.

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Unsigned young band

The Luminaries ~ EP ‘So Called Glamour’

The Luminaries consist of Jordan Brown, Calum Scrimgeour, Max Kidd, Sam Stevenson and Will Stevenson. Having formed in early 2008, the band have gone from strength to strength. Drawing influence from artists such as The Smiths and Jeff Buckley to Tokyo Police Club and Operahouse, their passion for music is reflected in their songs and presence on stage.They have played at many venues across Yorkshire with bands such as The Kabeedies, Just Handshakes (We’re British), Mark Morriss (ex-Bluetones), Minus Jack, Operator Six, Alt Track and many more. 

They have most recently spread their influence furthur afield, headlining the support slot for a Maccabees and Late of the Pier DJ set Aftershow party for the NME awards tour in Brixton to a packed out venue and alongside some of the scene’s best up and coming bands.
The band returned to the studio in late February to finish compiling their new E.P entitled ‘So Called Glamour’, soon available to buy either via itunes or on CDs available at our gigs or online store.

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Scanners

  Submarine

 1. Jesus Saves
2. We Never Close Our Eyes
3. Salvation
4. Baby Blue
5. Sick Love
6. A Girl Like You
7. Strangelovehate
8. Goodbye
9. Half A Mind (Dreamer Forever)
10. Sleepwalking Life
11. Halfway Home

British indie rockers Scanners aren't exactly new, but we wouldn't blame you for not having heard of them. Formed in 2004, the London-based quartet has toured the world with the likes of The Horrors,Tthe Wedding Present, Charlatans UK, Electric Six and Juliette & the Licks; but they've only managed to put out one album, their quietly-released 2006 debut 'Violence Is Golden'.

Scanners previously low profile may about to be seriously elevated, however, thanks to their stunning sophomore album 'Submarine'. Released February 16th on Steve Aoki's Dim Mak label, the record was produced by Stephen Hague (New Order, Peter Gabriel, Siouxsie and the Banshees) and demonstrates that Sarah Daly (vocals, bass, violin), Matt Mole (guitar, vocals, synths), Amina (guitar, keys) and Tom (drums) have significantly upped their game since their debut. 'Submarine' is a pulsing, gorgeous modern rock masterpiece spearheaded by frontwoman Sarah Daly. Daly's plaintive howl will no doubt draw comparisons to PJ Harvey — but that isn’t exactly a bad thing, particularly when she’s got the chops to warrant the comparison. “Salvation” combines ominous lyrics with a dark buildup that explodes with Daly wailing, “I need the love I crave/Your hands they burn like mine/I’ll take you to my grave.” On “Half a Mind (Dream Forever),” she delivers a string of heady lines, such as “Every generation, they must kill themselves in their own way” and “No one wants to buy your body when you give it all away.” Similarly cynical, introspective and analytical barbs fly throughout the album. “Strangelovehate” is a darkwave delight, while “A Girl Like You” is simply gorgeous, regardless of what label you try to assign it.

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A Silent Film

The City That Sleeps

 

 01 - Driven by Their Beating Hearts

02 - Sleeping Pills

03 - You Will Leave a Mark

04 - Thirteen Times the Strength

05 - Julie June

06 - One Wrong Door

07 - Firefly in my Window

08 - Lamplight

09 - Feather White

10 - Aurora 

On paper, an album like A Silent Film's The City That Sleeps shouldn't work. First off, they're a "piano rock" band, as if we really need another one of those. When trying to dream up something to compare it to, the first thing that comes to mind is Snow Patrol's snoozefest A Hundred Million Suns. Oh, yeah, and they have songs like their single "You Will Leave a Mark", whose uplifting "you can be anything you aspire to be" message would typically send the needle on the ol' Schmaltz-o-Meter spinning over to "American Idol Single." And yet, there's something authentic about City that makes it a surefire winner in a genre that churns out records that are just flat-out easy to ignore.

The album, which dropped back in 2008 in the band's native UK, is finally getting a stateside release, and it wouldn't be surprising if some of its pop-friendly tunes find their way onto the airwaves. While that might sound like an insult, or at least a backhanded compliment, it's not intended as such. Radio-readiness in this context simply means that A Silent Film have a Keane-like (we're talking pre-Perfect Symmetry) knack for melody and nuance that allows their music to be readily accessible without venturing into the realm of played-to-death, flaccid balladry.

What's most striking about The City That Sleeps is the band's ability to compose these largely populist tunes with strong pop frameworks while infixing them with elements that feel like nods to disparate styles. The sophistipop-tinged opener "Driven by a Beating Heart" sounds like preparation for a record that delves into the lighter side of the '80s, but its follow-up "Sleeping Pills" diverges sharply with rhythmic vibraphone and a skittering bass-line reminiscent of Aloha (yes, I probably hear that because I'm still spinning Home Acres, but it's undeniably similar musically to "Microviolence"). As varied as these songs are from the get-go, A Silent Film's melodic focus is consistent and keeps it all feeling unified and not at all patched together.

What's also remarkable is how the record never really rushes forward at anything faster than a medium pace, yet it remains mostly engaging, though not entirely-- not even the broad string sweeps can save the languorous "One Wrong Door". Otherwise we're treated to billowing ballads like "Thirteen Times the Strength", an anthemic piano-led composition that's less Coldplay and more Copeland or Raining and OK. "Julie June", one of the album's more subdued cuts, and "Firefly at My Window", its most bombastic anthem, propped up by huge drums, offer vocalist Robert Stevenson the opportunity to air out his impressive falsetto. Undoubtedly, A Silent Film's path is well-tread, and that would be a major complaint if they were some amateurish Fray knockoff. However, they are so much more than that; on The City That Sleeps, they demonstrate the songwriting chops to deserve mention among adult pop's heavyweights.

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