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Moonface – ‘Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips’
Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade has teamed up with Finnish dramatists Siinai for the new album from his Moonface solo project. The rather grandly titled,With Sinnai: Heartbreaking Bravery, is released April 16th in the UK via Jagjaguwar. Download Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips below, if … Continue reading
Grand Resort – ‘Microscopic/Recreation’
At time of writing London is a slushy citadel of collapsing infrastructure. Cue the crisp dream-pop of 19-year-old multi-instrumentalist Andrés Pichardo, aka Grand Resort. The Massachusetts teen offers a shiny antidote to the winter blues; his is music equally indebted to … Continue reading
Hospitality – ‘Friends of Friends’
For NYC four-piece Hospitality, making sophisticated, intelligent indie-pop appears, on the surface at least, to be the most effortless thing in the world. No doubt singer Amber Papini and her cohorts toil for days over their neat, dynamic compositions. Or … Continue reading
Idles – ‘Thieves’
The debut video from this Bristolian quintet. Idles channel the wirey, angular guitar pop of 2004, adding more than a hint of Foals’ intricate math-rock while simultaneously paying jerky, impassioned vocal respect to The Maccabees’ Orlando Weeks. They manage to … Continue reading
The Underground Man – ‘Knows Me Better’
From what we can gather, The Underground Man is a songwriter living in Brooklyn; his debut EP is pencilled in for a spring release. Stream the enjoyably diverting title track below, ‘inspired in equal parts by the early songs of … Continue reading
pacificUV – ‘Funny Girl’
Originally hailing from Athens, Georgia, pacificUV’s sound is one very much enthral to distinctly European influences – the blippy pace of Kraut Rock, the inherent melodic warmth of early 80s British synth-pop. The duo’s debut album was described by Rolling … Continue reading
Dad Rocks – ‘Battle Hymn of the Fox Father’
Dad Rocks, aka 26-year-old Snævar Njáll Albertsson, received heaps of praise for his 2011 debut Mount Modern, and deservedly so. His is a particularly charming brand of domesticated folk. Download album centrepiece Battle Hymn of the Fox Father – possibly the first indie … Continue reading
120 Days – ‘Dahle Disco’
An electrifying, mutating journey through house – from techy ambience, to deep, to filthy electro, and back again – courtesy of Norway’s 120 Days. Dahle Disco is taken from their new album 120 Days II, out March 5th on Splendour. … Continue reading
A Place to Bury Strangers – ‘So Far Away’
A deliciously gloomy slice of guitar driven melodrama, taken from the new EP by the murderously intentioned, A Place To Bury Strangers. So Far Away is taken from their debut EP on Dead Oceans, Onwards To the Wall, released February … Continue reading
New album from Bronson – ‘Paper Tusk’
Paper Tusk is the new album from Patrick Everman’s Bronson (formerly Horses). Download it for a measly $3 here. Stream standout track My Idle Bed, as well as the rest of the album, below. Read in Snipe
