Discovered this band today and I must say, this is amazing. It's a lightfooted, rock 'n roll track that is definitely growing on me. Love the backline-bass and the dream-poppy vocals. It's a rock 'n roll theme in disguise.
Brave Babe - Plastic Skateboard
Album: Electric Friends (2015)
Label: Hearts and Plugs
A genre I fell in love with during my time on high school. And.. this is one of the best approaches to it. For fans of: Pete and the Pirates, yes, a name out of the archives! This record is released soon and will be one the indie-releases to watch in April and definitely a band that could get some attention coming festival season.
(what a lovely Telecaster by the way)
Enjoy!
Teleman - Düsseldorf
Album: Brilliant Sanity (2016)
Label: Moshi Moshi Records
Best song from the album. period. It's a good second by the way, but it does not meet up to its expectations. (Especially, since the first one is legendary in my eyes/ears).
Savages - Surrender
From: Adore Life (2016)
Label:
Cool live version:
Their grungy offbeat sound, i recognized it immediately. and they seem to have picked up a little bit of Parquet Courts flavor or is that my imagination? Anyway it's good to know The Thermals are back: one of my favourite indie bands from a while ago. (or when I was young...)
Enjoy!
I've been rocking this for a while now.
Tellison - My Marengo
Album: Hope Fading Nightly (2015)
Label: Alcopop Records
Another one act that is up for abig year in 2016. It just doesn't get more typical, when it comes to American indie right now, but if this doesn't cheer you up, I don't know what will...
Anyway this happy pop-punk duo deliver energetic tracks and people are catching on now. Always need a few acts like this on every festival. Just to lighten the mood and to give an opportunity for relativation.
Enjoy!
Diet Cig - Scene Sick
Album: Unreleased
Label: Father Daughter Records
Wolf Alice was on Dutch national television a few days ago and gave a good show in Amsterdam as well. Still my relationship with the band is a peculiar one. Some tracks I really like, but when I saw them live a long while ago, they didn't impress me. The performance never stayed at a strong level, one track did it for me, the next one not so much. Perhaps it is just a band that is still discovering their own talent and sound, or we (me) are not yet accustomed to their variety. The evolution of a listener.
Lately images of shows have made me reconsider.
Despite my doubts, this might turn out to be a modern classic.
For now, I like their gritty sound the most.
Perhaps a band can be too versatile?
At least for a second record, they can go in a lot of directions. It is something to look out for.
Enjoy the music!
Another track from another band I know absolutely nothing about. Stunning track though.
Mary - Silent Flower
Album: End (EP)(2015)
So... I really like the new Chastity Belt record (from early 2015).
So... I thought i'd share a track from it.
Chastity Belt - Cool Slut
Album: Time To Go Home
Label: Hardly Art Records
(See right side of your screen)
Without me even noticing it, Earth Mk. II is undebatably my favourite dutch garage/noise/new wave (that corner) band. And they have been releasing new material bit by bit for the last few weeks.
Check out their other videos as well,cause they include a compilation of hip girls wearing Nirvana shirts and an image of everyone's favourite Simpson's character while the lyrics go: Nobody really cares about you. Pretty hysterical if you ask me.
But the video with the most basic, yet psychedelic, background (maybe it's the future cover), holds the best track. What i'm actually saying is.... the material is getting to me... again.
Earth Mk. II - I Feel So
Album: not yet released
Simply because they are great live, they have made a stunning record and it needs more views:
Froth - Afternoon
Album: Bleak (2015)
This has been doing particularly well on my channel, without any promotion yet. The soulful dreamy tracks on this record come in plenty and this is a highlight. Combine that sound with a raw voice, of someone who is not sure about the topic of conversation either, the track becomes an intriguing 5minutes. As so often in modern-day Indie music, melancholy to growing up, or just life in general plays an important part. Yet, so beautifully done and put into a guitar track, because that is what it comes down to, is very rare. YAST is a band I had never heard about before yesterday, but one I will not soon forget. Apparently they played Grasnapolsky festival near me, not long ago. Would've loved to be a witness to that.
YAST - Friends
Album: My Dreams Did Finally Come True (2015)
Label: Adrian Recordings
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Indie-Rock or the pop/synth variant genres are not about the riffs, or about the instruments, they are not even about the voice. They are about the feeling. Although the genre is about to die a boring death, there are some acts that show signs of giving me renewed hope. So that I, can again have a indie-rock phase.
One of those bands is BEARSKIN, and look at those views.This could use some support and they deserve it. Lovely tenderful song, that delivers a message and is not shy about it. The style is nothing new in this genre that is filled to the rafters. But this is a reminder of what was and what it could be. Think early Young the Giant, BBC, this is no less. A subtle song with no shame. Long time since I've heard that, since I've felt that. That's why it's number 370.
BEARSKIN - Middle Ground
Album: Afterthoughts (EP) (2015)
Came across this today. Poppy, with some nice guitar-work going on. A summer tune for sure, catchy as hell and interesting enough to keep listening to it for a while. Love it.
Bearskin - Middle Ground
Album: Afterthoughts (EP) (2015)
On the day of the eurovision event, which is a disgrace for music and culture in general, and a twitter Discussion concerning MIA's new African video, which is not going to get any broadcasting time, because... it's African, at least so she claims. And of course Miss Azaelia Banks is responding.
And then came this:
If the music industry allows an African artist to come through this year on intnl level, I would gladly give him this video for free.
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) May 18, 2015
Challenge Accepted i would say. Go Africa!
On this glorious (actually sad) day. I have yet another pick. #365 A year full of picks!
I listened to Nite Field's debut record and this track was on it. Not Enough Views. I Repeat.... Not Enough Views.
The track starts out in a melancholic dark way and then after a while a sort of early Editors guitar sound sets in. Love it!
Below is a live video of a band I have talked about before, simply because I believe their 2015 record is one of the best of the year.
And I.... felt like posting it.
Froth - Afternoon (&More)
Album: Bleak (2015)
of Montreal is a band that needs no introduction.
And yet their latest release has me more excited than usual.
I've mentioned here before that listening to a record, mostly this counts for special records,the first few spins don't always necessarily give you a great feeling.
On of Montreal's Aureate Gloom that will be released soon, you can hear, i would almost call it the usual honk-a-donk indie sound they are familiar with. But it is when they start to move away from that sound they are an awesome band. Estocadas, Aluminium Crown and especially Like Ashoka's Inferno of Memory, rank, to my sincere opinion, amongst their best material. The stunning switches between the energetic and calm parts and somehow still delivering interesting tracks, that I would not dare to call catchy.
And that's just the kind of band of Montreal is and they prove with this record maybe more than ever, that if being original is one of your key features from the start, you can keep going without being boring ever.
As i Said I believe the final track from the record, that is in fact not at all gloomy, is just fantastic.
The record is definitely in my 'need to hear' category, it is lively, it is interesting and it is still growing on me. Giving stars to an album this deep, might be too early and not correct, so I'll add a little star to it.
4*/5
One of my first major thumbs up of 2015. Froth, a band with a particular exotic ring to it. Can't really place it yet. But as in so many cases, the garage tones that echo through this track are what gets me excited.
Froth - Saccharine Sunshine
Album: Bleak (2015)
BRNS - Behind the Walls
Album: Patiné (2014)
Label: CKoiCeBordelCorp Records
Think Animal Collective, but with the typical Belgium Lo-Fi-ish Folk in between the crazy parts. Hints of School is Cool are in there as well. That's for me what BRNS is. It is an exotic sound, I can honestly say I believe these guys are pioneers in what they do. They are filling their own corner of the music world. The whole album is an adventure, really. One of the best of the year perhaps? (I say that a lot I know, but I'll get to that in January.)
Enjoy and support these guys!
Sweet indie-rock from Cali. Sweet in the sense that it somehow has mixed garage influences with soft synthesizers building up to a great climax in this track. There is definitely more to this band than you would think. Absolutely unique.
And since this song was not on Youtube or anything and definitely needed sharing. here it is. Spread the word. Great Band, Great Track
Soft Swells - Love Like You
Album: Floodlights (2014)
Label: Modern Outsider Records
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