Wolf Pantolones.

13 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

The Oakland, California three-piece Beep! is a side project of the mighty and well-known tUnE-yArDs, and the pretty heavily jazz-infused percussion-dominated banger Wolf Pantolones is the first teaser of the band's forthcoming album City of the Future, due later this year. Season of joy, folks.

Beep! - Wolf Pantolones

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The Oakland, California three-piece Beep! is a side project of the mighty and well-known tUnE-yArDs, and the pretty heavily jazz-infused percussion-dominated banger Wolf Pantolones is the first teaser of the band's forthcoming album City of the Future, due later this year. Season of joy, folks.

Beep! - Wolf Pantolones

Long Walks On The Beach.

13 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Some Washington, DC fella apparently blessed with the very German name Fritz has just sent me a mail to draw my attention to his little bedroom pop project Long Walks On The Beach, and the tune he'd attached immediately made me forget about a way too long day at the library - metaPhysical is a wonderful little pop gem, simply structured but with an absolutely irresistible melody and a rhythm that will keep your head banging in joy. And euphoric as I am right now, I've also attached another, equally compelling song I've just found over at the dude's bandcamp.

Long Walks On The Beach - metaPhysical

Long Walks On The Beach - TRUE LOVE or bust

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Some Washington, DC fella apparently blessed with the very German name Fritz has just sent me a mail to draw my attention to his little bedroom pop project Long Walks On The Beach, and the tune he'd attached immediately made me forget about a way too long day at the library - metaPhysical is a wonderful little pop gem, simply structured but with an absolutely irresistible melody and a rhythm that will keep your head banging in joy. And euphoric as I am right now, I've also attached another, equally compelling song I've just found over at the dude's bandcamp.

Long Walks On The Beach - metaPhysical

Long Walks On The Beach - TRUE LOVE or bust

Sultan - The Moon.

13 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Brooklyn haunted folk experimentalist Kayla Cohen aka Sultan has a new cassette tape release via our dearest friends over at The Curatorial Club. Actually, The Moon isn't that new, as Cohen had already finished the slowly enchanting gems in March and given them out to friends. In any case, though recorded in springtime, this is perfect autumn music, splendidly capturing the magic of falling leaves and a golden, mild October sun. Below, listen to one of the tape's sweeping and expansive tracks, Sun Setting, Slow Walk, which serves as a gentle introduction into Sultan's beautiful music that is all about entrancing excursions into the darker shades of folk. You can listen The Moon in full over at Cohen's bandcamp. Also, you shouldn't miss There Goes My Girl, which is not part of the cassette but of Blackburn Recordings' wonderful and recommended Various Deficiencies Vol. 1, available for free over here.

Sultan - Sun Setting, Slow Walk

Sultan - There Goes My Girl

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Brooklyn haunted folk experimentalist Kayla Cohen aka Sultan has a new cassette tape release via our dearest friends over at The Curatorial Club. Actually, The Moon isn't that new, as Cohen had already finished the slowly enchanting gems in March and given them out to friends. In any case, though recorded in springtime, this is perfect autumn music, splendidly capturing the magic of falling leaves and a golden, mild October sun. Below, listen to one of the tape's sweeping and expansive tracks, Sun Setting, Slow Walk, which serves as a gentle introduction into Sultan's beautiful music that is all about entrancing excursions into the darker shades of folk. You can listen The Moon in full over at Cohen's bandcamp. Also, you shouldn't miss There Goes My Girl, which is not part of the cassette but of Blackburn Recordings' wonderful and recommended Various Deficiencies Vol. 1, available for free over here.

Sultan - Sun Setting, Slow Walk

Sultan - There Goes My Girl

Seas-Of-Green.

13 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

Seas-Of-Green is a five-piece from Leeds, UK, making quirky indie/experimental music with such elegance I literally jaw-dropped when I heard that the band is basically made up by 15 (!) years olds. With a sound that can be compared to the likes of Sufjy, Anathallo and (a slightly more experimental sounding) Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, Seas-Of-Green is love at first listen. Go grab their four so far released EP-s for free at bandcamp. Read more →
Seas-Of-Green is a five-piece from Leeds, UK, making quirky indie/experimental music with such elegance I literally jaw-dropped when I heard that the band is basically made up by 15 (!) years olds. With a sound that can be compared to the likes of Sufjy, Anathallo and (a slightly more experimental sounding) Margot & The Nuclear So and So's, Seas-Of-Green is love at first listen. Go grab their four so far released EP-s for free at bandcamp.

Act So Big Forest: Triton Compilation.

13 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Aloeswood - Left And Gone And Left

Ambassador Engine - Niigata

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Ambassador Engine - Niigata

To my city.

12 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann

This summer, Birmingham native James Welch spent a couple of months living and working in Berlin. While he apparently never felt like overcoming the status of a mere tourist (this city is known for that indeed), the town must have made some serious impression on him. At any rate, its atmosphere, the outdoor living of the city in the summer, was Welch's inspiration for a new EP under his moniker Seams, aptly titled, well, Tourist. Each track based on field recordings made with a tape recorder or his phone, he says he attempted "to recreate the feeling of being" in Berlin. Hung Markets is the first EP track made available, a stunning and brilliant piece of electronica that indeed goes well with walking through this city's streets (I've done some field research on that). The whole EP will be released via Pictures Music in roughly a month,and be sure to visit Seams' bandcamp for more of his recent stuff.

Seams - Hung Markets

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This summer, Birmingham native James Welch spent a couple of months living and working in Berlin. While he apparently never felt like overcoming the status of a mere tourist (this city is known for that indeed), the town must have made some serious impression on him. At any rate, its atmosphere, the outdoor living of the city in the summer, was Welch's inspiration for a new EP under his moniker Seams, aptly titled, well, Tourist. Each track based on field recordings made with a tape recorder or his phone, he says he attempted "to recreate the feeling of being" in Berlin. Hung Markets is the first EP track made available, a stunning and brilliant piece of electronica that indeed goes well with walking through this city's streets (I've done some field research on that). The whole EP will be released via Pictures Music in roughly a month,and be sure to visit Seams' bandcamp for more of his recent stuff.

Seams - Hung Markets

Pulsating electronica from Istanbul

11 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

I guess Fuji Kureta aren't actually new "hotshots" to this continuously growing network of music (already covered a while back over at Smoke Don't Smoke and Elbows) but on the other hand - who cares? This sweet little downtempo electronica duo from Istanbul released their first EP entitled Sweets back in June, packed with tunes that might remind you a little of the Japanese minimalist electronica scene, featuring artists such as Baiyon, Yuichiro Fujimoto, Aoki Takamasa or Tujiko Noriko just to mention a few. Grab some free mp3-s over at their last.fm site. Read more → I guess Fuji Kureta aren't actually new "hotshots" to this continuously growing network of music (already covered a while back over at Smoke Don't Smoke and Elbows) but on the other hand - who cares? This sweet little downtempo electronica duo from Istanbul released their first EP entitled Sweets back in June, packed with tunes that might remind you a little of the Japanese minimalist electronica scene, featuring artists such as Baiyon, Yuichiro Fujimoto, Aoki Takamasa or Tujiko Noriko just to mention a few. Grab some free mp3-s over at their last.fm site.