April 2012
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Bos Angeles - 'Pretend For You'
‘Pretend For You’ is the latest track from Bournemouth’s favourite surf-poppers Bos Angeles. The band have released the track to celebrate their upcoming tour of East London.
Tour dates are:
2nd The Garage w/ Best Friends & Splashh (Free before 8pm) 4th Shacklewell Arms @ Land of Kings 6th Old Blue Last w// ? idk lol
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Boneyards - 'Passed Out'
‘Passed Out’ is the latest video from Brighton based DIYers Boneyards. The video is an amazing mix-up of some lovely classic Batman clips and the song is a blaster from start to finish. Also, don’t forget these guys are supporting Bleached at the Shackwell Arms later this month, the details are on our shows page.
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Silver Shields - 'Voodoo Summer'
‘Voodoo Summer’ is one of 4 tracks released by London Shoegazers Silver Shields on their self-titled debut EP. When shoegaze is done right it can be very good indeed, and we think Voodoo Summer hits the nail on the head. Recommended to all lovers of the Creation era. The tracks have been self-released on Soundcloud and Bandcamp. 2 bonus tracks are to be released in the near future...
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September Girls - 'Wanting More'
We talked about Ireland’s September Girls not long ago but some more excamaciting news has cropped up, and we wouldn’t be the blog we are if we didn’t share it with you. Soft Power Records are releasing a new limited edition cassette single of ‘Wanting More’; which by the way is a fuzzy delight. You can get it from the following places -
Monorail Glasgow (12 Kings...
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Gum - 'Cherryade'
‘Cherryade’ from London Shoegazers Gum is taken from the latest split release ‘Family Portrait’ from Art is Hard Records. The 7” also features fellow DIYers KEEL HER, Joanna Grusome and Playlounge all providing a song, with another set of songs also available for the digi-download. Art is Hard always seem to come up trumps, but Gum are probably our favourites to...
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Scribbler - 'No Curtains'
‘No Curtains’ by Scribbler appears on the Khyber Compilation Vol.II which is a compilation made by The Khyber Art Space in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The tape features various songs from local bands. The tape was released in March. Scribbler’s track is our favourite but you can listen to the whole lot on bandcamp. <a...
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Splashh - 'Headspins'
Not much needs to be said about London’s Splashh as their new found reputation precedes them. That being said we love their new one ‘Headspins’ which we think is definately their best yet. Surely not long till they hit the big time.
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The Eversons - 'Marriage'
‘Marriage’ is taken from the new album ‘Summer Feeling’ by our new favourite kiwi garage-pop band The Eversons. The album was released today by our new favourite kiwi label Little Cheif Records and is available on CD / Vinyl or digital. You can also stream the album now from Bandcamp. Which isn’t new to us or Kiwi but it is our favourite. <a...
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Millions - 'Slow Burner'
‘Slow Burner’ is the latest single from Brisbane Garage-Pop 4-piece Millions. The track is taken from their upcoming EP ‘Nine Lives Six Degrees’ which is to be released later this year. 2 other tracks from the EP are available on their bandcamp and anyone near Liverpool be sure to catch them when they play the Sound City Festival in May. <a...
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Twin Cabins - 'Laika'
San Diego Dream-pop outfit Twin Cabins is the brainchild of Mexico City born Nacho Cano. ‘Laika’ is taken from the upcoming album ‘I’m Sure’. 6 of the 9 tracks from the to be self-released album are available now from bandcamp as an album sampler. Laika is our fav but they are all just as good so we’d suggest checking the whole lot out asap. <a...
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Tacocat - Volcano
Live at the Look Sessions in Echo Park. This song is on their 7” Take Me to Your Dealer.
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Rocketswan - 'Montecristo'
Not many countries like a bit of fuzz-pop more than Singapore, and Rocketswan are another Singaporean band with a pocket full of potential. ‘Montecristo’ is the band’s first single from the upcoming debut EP ‘My Name is Abel, How Do You Do’. Download the track for free now from bandcamp. No date yet for the rest of the EP but they assure us it is coming soon. <a...
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Sea Pinks - Staycation
Taken from the forthcoming tape “The Flip Side: Demos & Outtakes Vol.1” out next monday 23rd of April via CF/Recs. Featuring 11 previously unreleased Sea Pinks songs recorded during and in between sessions for the first two albums. Limited to 100 tapes (the first 25 of which are fluorescent green!) including download. Pre-order here!
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Teen Mom - 'You and Me'
Washington’s Teen Mom have today released their debut EP ‘Mean Tom’. ‘You and Me’ is the opener / lead single from the album and we bum it. Its a fantastic piece of chilled fuzz-pop that we don’t see ourselves tiring of any time soon. ‘Mean Tom’ is released today and you can buy the EP from bandcamp for 5 dollars, which is about the same price as a...
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September Girls - 'Hells Bells'
Ireland’s September Girls are a fuzzpop quintet oozing potential. ‘Hells Bells’ is taken from the band’s self released Demos album on Bandcamp and we are a little addicted to it already, and we only discovered it today. Name your price for the 3 -track album on thier bandcamp now <a href=”http://septembergirls.bandcamp.com/track/hells-bells-demo”...
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Kishi Bashi - 'Bright Whites'
‘Bright Whites’ is our favourite track from Kishi Bashi’s debut LP ‘151a’. It is a beautiful slice of lush dream-pop that we absolutely love, mind you the whole album is pretty much as good, we would highly recommend it.
‘151a’ was released on the 10th April by Joyful Noise Records. There are a selection of available mediums on bandcamp including vinyl,...
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Mrs. Magician - 'Nightlife'
‘Nightlife’ is taken from San Diego Garage-Poppers Mrs. Magician’s new album ‘Strange Heaven’. The album is out now in digital land but in physical land it is released by Swami Records on the 17th.
You can buy the album in either medium from the band’s website. <a href=”http://mrsmagician1.bandcamp.com/track/nightlife”...
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Gross Ghost - 'Devious'
‘Devious’ is our favourite track from ‘Brer Rabbit’ - the new album from fuzz duo Gross Ghost.
The album which was released in March by Grip Tapes is a collection of previously released tracks from the band’s first 2 EP’s which have been remastered, with a handful of newbs in there too. You can buy the album as a download or as a limited clear 12” vinyl...
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The Pharmacy - 'Josephine'
‘Josephine’ is the first sneak peak from Seattle fuzzers The Pharmacy’s new EP also named ‘Josephine’. It’s one of the smallest sneak peaks ever, but from the 1 min 30 secs of it we’d say we enjoyed at least 1 min 29 secs of it, but probably more like 1 min 30 secs. The EP will be released in May via Seeyou Records. <a...
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Hehfu - Two and a Half Years
Hehfu is a noise-pop project by Caephilly’s Bradley Clarke. The prolific Clarke released his debut album on Bleeding Gold records back in November and has since release another (but short) EP in January via Bandcamp. Since then Hehfu have posted Two and a half years with a number of other tracks onto his Soundcloud page. Two and a Half Years is a flantastic bit of noise-pop and we hope a...
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Jaill - 'Waste a lot of things'
‘Waste a lot of things’ is the new single from Sub Pop’s Jaill. The garage pop trio from Milwaulkee will release their new album ‘Traps’ on the 12th June. Nothing gets our attention like a jangly guitar, and Jaill know how to jangle a guitar like no other! Visit our friends (they are our friends anyway, they probably don’t know we exist) at Subpop to buy it.
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This is ‘Pink Sky’ by San Antonio...
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Deep Sea Arcade - 'Steam'
‘Steam’ is taken from Deep Sea Arcade’s debut album ‘Outlands’. The Sydney popsters have been lingering around building a reputation for a few years and have just released the album last month via Ivy League Records. Buy the album here
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Slowcoaches - '54'
‘54’ is the new video for Leeds based garage-pop threesome Slowcoaches. The track is taken from their recent EP ‘We’re so Heavy’ which was released by Sheffield’s tape label Tye Die Tapes. The first run sold out pretty much instantly (obvs) but don’t worry as there might be a second run coming in the near future. You can also download a digi-copy of the...
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Strawberry Whiplash - 'You Make Me Shine'
‘You Make Me Shine’ is taken from Scottish favourite fuzz-pop duo Strawberry Whiplash.
The track is taken from the bands upcoming ‘Hits in the Car’ album which winged its way to use courtesy of Matinee Records in March. If this track is anything to go by, it’ll be 13 tracks of summery bliss. Why not buy it from Rough Trade
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Summerays - 'Toyohashi'
‘Toyohashi’ is the debut single from Cleveland surf-pop threesome Summerays.
Its a fantastic bit of salt in the air pop for a Tuesday evening. Lovely stuff.
It is taken from the band’s self released debut ‘Daydream EP’. Listen here
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One Happy Island - 'Kiss Me, Peach'
‘Kiss Me, Peach’ is taken from London’s One Happy Island’s latest album ‘A Purpose of the Surface’ The album from the lo-fi poppers was released late March through DIY label Odd Box. The album contains 17 tracks and every single one is a gem, its top dog! Give it a listen on bandcamp or buy one of the limited edition CDs from Oddbox <a...
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Captain Oats - 'Together on the Discoglobe'
A bit of a more chilled one than our usual output, but we heard this and were instantly intrigued. Captain Oats come from Gent, Belgium. This and a few other dream-folky songs have been released on Bandcamp, but theres not alot else that we can see.
Weird though aint it? (in a good way) <a href=”http://captainoats.bandcamp.com/track/together-on-the-discoglobe”...
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Exlovers - 'This Love Will Lead You On'
Yes! Good news! our favourite band around at the mo Exlovers have released their first official single from the upcoming album ‘Moth’ via Young and Lost Club.
You can preorder ‘This Love Will Lead You On’ from itunes now, and don’t forget the album comes out in May! we so excited about it we could shit
