Foster the People

Pretty indie-pop featuring handclaps, whistles and wonderful little electronic splashes. Could you really ask for more in life? Except maybe the occasional jolly jammer for nourishment. Foster the People provide this (pretty indie-pop, not jolly jammers). They just released an EP which is to be followed by a full length towards the end of May. Check this track out if you want the sonic equivalent of finding money in your favourite pair of pants, which you thought you’d lost but then found under the weird orange t-shirt your crazy aunt gave you last Christmas.

Helena Beat

TEENS

TEENS are from Idaho. They make noise. Fuzzy, garage, low-fi noise. Fuzzy, garage, low-fi noise that is really really good. Clearly influenced by surf/garage rock of the 60s, their debut album was recorded in an underground Cold War era bomb shelter, with very limited equipment and mostly in single takes. Yes, it is as good as it sounds.

Die with you

New Boris!

Oom Ri aka Plaat Japie aka Data Takashi aka DJ Danger Ngozi gave me the heads up on this the other day. It’s really great as Boris, over their past 14 releases, tend to be. They also have another two records scheduled for release later this year so there is much more to look forward to. It’s quite varied throughout and it’s almost impossible to pick a single track which represents the vibe of the album but the closing song is probably the best attempt.

Looprider

Miles Away

It's Sunday. It's raining. Perfect for some ambient electronica type stuff (whatever the correct sub-genre name may be). Enter JUS WAN. Unfortunately he called a day on this project about a month ago, but not before releasing a really nice record in 'Miles Away' which is available for free via his bandcamp.Check it out.

There is also this quote on his website which feels appropriate:

“Computer games don’t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.”
- Marcus Brigstocke

Yay for Life!

Your day is about to get a whole lot better...

FIND OUT WHY

Impressions of a City Morning

Brown Recluse are a really great indie-pop band from Philly, as well as a spider that can do really nasty things to you (see google image search...but rather don't). They may not be the most unique sounding band in the world, but if the songs are this good does it really matter? Sunshine pop with subtle psychedelic elements is the order of business on their first LP 'Evening Tapestry'. Sounds great doesn't it? Well, check it out for yourself.

Impressions of a City Morning

New Pains, Nighas!

I'll post a review as soon's I've given it a proper lissen.
In the meantime:

TAKE IT

Friends Are Electric

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Friend
EP by Grizzly Bear
Released	November 5, 2007
Recorded	2005-2007
Genre	Indie Folk Indie Rock Psych Folk Folk Rock Baroque Pop
Length	43:18
Label	Warp Records
Producer	Chris Taylor, Daniel Rossen
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) link Rockfeedback link Rolling Stone link
Grizzly Bear chronology
Yellow House (2006) Friend (EP) (2007) Veckatimest (2009)

Friend is an EP by the Brooklyn-based band Grizzly Bear, their first release following the critically acclaimed Yellow House. It was released on November 5, 2007 on Warp Records. The EP has tracks recorded during sessions for the Yellow House album, as well as covers of their songs by Band of Horses, CSS, and Atlas Sound.

[edit] Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Alligator" (Choir version, feat. Dirty Projectors and Beirut)	5:12
2.	"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" (cover of The Crystals)	4:21
3.	"Little Brother" (Electric version)	6:29
4.	"Shift" (Alternate version)	3:30
5.	"Plans" (Terrible vs. Nonhorse: Sounds edit)	1:36
6.	"Granny Diner"	4:46
7.	"Knife" (covered by CSS)	3:14
8.	"Plans" (covered by Band of Horses)	3:23
9.	"Knife" (covered by Atlas Sound)	4:54
10.	"Deep Blue Sea" (Daniel Rossen home recording)	5:49
11.	"(untitled)"

TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT TAKE IT

Bedroom Recordings

Monorail is a fairly long-running project of Mattias Oskarsson from Pyramido. He's recently released a collection of his songs recorded between 2004 and 2006 and it's pretty great. Just really nice pop music incorporating a broad range of influences without being too erratic, as these collections sometimes tend to be. Oh, duchess is a great example of what Monorail, and life, is all about. You can get hold of more via his bandcamp (Check out his cover of Everybody wants to rule the world!).


Oh, duchess

This will all end in tears.

I simply cannot describe to you how marvellous this album is. I'm at home, on a Friday, drinking whisky and listening to The Good Life. This will definitely all end in tears.

Thanks Tim Kasher, for making me weep like a little bitch.

TAKE IT RIGHT NOW MAFUCKERS.

I have reason to believe this is real.

TAKE IT.
pw: thepirateking4u

I've been waiting for ages to share this:

 

It's The Radio Dept.

I really really really love this band. They are quite amazing. They sound kinda shoe-hazy at times. Their singer has that slight scandinavian drawl that makes everything sound sweeter. They use some drum loops sometimes. They know how to make a really good melody. They are nice. They talk about cool things.

Here is an example of one of their 'heavier' songs:

Here is an example of one of their lyrically delightful songs:

And here is a morose one:

So. If you like any of the above, here is a 2-disc single collection they released the other day:

TAKE IT.

Big Spider Never Got Hold Of Me!

Big Spider's Back was doing this crap way back when on 2k9, but everyone seems to have missed out on his luvverly sound. It's a 5-track EP so undoubtedly you can just grab the bladdy thing and LISTEN TO PERFECT MACHINE.
 

Wow heck, it's late; We've been Pussies --> Toro!

 

Where in fuck's name have we been? Shee-it. I'm sorry kids. Iain's off to varsity and I been trudging in a dreary slumperoo.

Ok.

The new Toro is luvverly. From hearing that one-time single earlier ago you can expect the funkiness, the 70s throwback sounds, but it has much more rangeyness than that. It's not all bada-boom, it has a lot of gentle-ness to it. I mean, look at him:

Doing the Toro.

 It's rangey, It's poppy, Chaz's voice is throwback as all hell, with some lingering Chill qualities (reverb) and he utilises layering SO well.

TAKE IT.