Showcase Focus: Moon Wheel.

24 Oct 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Before hitting Madame Claude's fabled underground stage tomorrow night to kick of our first-ever official NFOP showcase, supporting our idol Dylan Ettinger, here's another delicious foretaste of Olle Holmberg aka Moon Wheel's forthcoming full-length, plus a video for his no less splendid tune "Proud Mary". The crystal-clear, eerie synth progressions of "Valhalla" reinforce our growing sense that this project is one of this year's most exciting musical discoveries. See you tomorrow. Moon Wheel - Valhalla (Excerpt) Read more → Before hitting Madame Claude's fabled underground stage tomorrow night to kick of our first-ever official NFOP showcase, supporting our idol Dylan Ettinger, here's another delicious foretaste of Olle Holmberg aka Moon Wheel's forthcoming full-length, plus a video for his no less splendid tune "Proud Mary". The crystal-clear, eerie synth progressions of "Valhalla" reinforce our growing sense that this project is one of this year's most exciting musical discoveries. See you tomorrow. Moon Wheel - Valhalla (Excerpt)

Buffalo Moon: “Moses Baby”.

24 Oct 2011 — Henning Lahmann

The week starts with another blissful foretaste of the brand new Buffalo Moon LP Selva Surreal, which is out tomorrow. "Moses Baby" abandons the obvious bossa nova borrowings of the wonderful "Chica de Luna" while lingering firmly on Latin soil - complete with cowbells and congas, and even a wonderful, incredibly sexy sax solo by Michael Lewis. A slow-burning, truly marvelous psych pop jam. Selva Surreal can be ordered now over at Moon Glyph. Read more → The week starts with another blissful foretaste of the brand new Buffalo Moon LP Selva Surreal, which is out tomorrow. "Moses Baby" abandons the obvious bossa nova borrowings of the wonderful "Chica de Luna" while lingering firmly on Latin soil - complete with cowbells and congas, and even a wonderful, incredibly sexy sax solo by Michael Lewis. A slow-burning, truly marvelous psych pop jam. Selva Surreal can be ordered now over at Moon Glyph.

Video Sunday Vol. 2.

23 Oct 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

Once again it's Sunday, and with that time for another round of our new, weekly feature Video Sunday. As always: no words, just pure love. Lean back and enjoy this week's selection. Teams vs Star Slinger - P U N C H D R U N K L O V E (by Jon Casey) Cults - You Know What I Mean (by Kevin Lin) Cant - Believe (by Jamie Harley) Youth Lagoon - Afternoon (by Falentin) Snorri Helgason - River (by Máni M. Sigfússon) Amen Dunes - Bedroom Drum (by Jesse Hlebo) ---- Mainstream bonus (of obvious reasons): M83 - Midnight City (by DIVISION) Read more → Once again it's Sunday, and with that time for another round of our new, weekly feature Video Sunday. As always: no words, just pure love. Lean back and enjoy this week's selection. Teams vs Star Slinger - P U N C H D R U N K L O V E (by Jon Casey) Cults - You Know What I Mean (by Kevin Lin) Cant - Believe (by Jamie Harley) Youth Lagoon - Afternoon (by Falentin) Snorri Helgason - River (by Máni M. Sigfússon) Amen Dunes - Bedroom Drum (by Jesse Hlebo) ---- Mainstream bonus (of obvious reasons): M83 - Midnight City (by DIVISION)

Marble Hill: “2AM”.

23 Oct 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

From Gothenburg, Sweden comes a very interesting new indie rock outfit going under the name Marble Hill, whom I recently discovered via the splendid Pool Sessions a few days ago. Other than that we still know very little of the two-piece consisting of Anders Svensson and Samir Zwierzyk Yosufi whom started uploading some incredibly catchy tracks over at their Soundcloud page around three months ago, but they sure make some catchy tunes. See for yourself below. Marble Hill - 2AM Read more → From Gothenburg, Sweden comes a very interesting new indie rock outfit going under the name Marble Hill, whom I recently discovered via the splendid Pool Sessions a few days ago. Other than that we still know very little of the two-piece consisting of Anders Svensson and Samir Zwierzyk Yosufi whom started uploading some incredibly catchy tracks over at their Soundcloud page around three months ago, but they sure make some catchy tunes. See for yourself below. Marble Hill - 2AM

NFOP SESSIONS #5: The Naima Train.

22 Oct 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

Exactly a week ago, we posted the fourth NFOP Session with Gothenburg natives Slutet, whom also happened to put me in contact with the 19 year old singer and musician Maria Nyström aka The Naima Train, as previously seen on a session with our friends at Pool Sessions. We met with Maria by the riverside in the heart of Gothenburg, where the young talent played an acoustic version of "Goodbye 5 Times", leaving her loop pedal at home. Unfortunately the sound and video is a bit out of sync in the beginning (due to separate video recordings), but nonetheless, enjoy our fifth session with The Naima Train below. Read more → Exactly a week ago, we posted the fourth NFOP Session with Gothenburg natives Slutet, whom also happened to put me in contact with the 19 year old singer and musician Maria Nyström aka The Naima Train, as previously seen on a session with our friends at Pool Sessions. We met with Maria by the riverside in the heart of Gothenburg, where the young talent played an acoustic version of "Goodbye 5 Times", leaving her loop pedal at home. Unfortunately the sound and video is a bit out of sync in the beginning (due to separate video recordings), but nonetheless, enjoy our fifth session with The Naima Train below.

Innercity: “The Earth as Arch (Part 3)”.

21 Oct 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Innercity's Hans Dens has already been deservedly lauded for his brilliant 7 inch Dada Les Apocalypses / The Pyramids of Northeast Belgium on NNA Tapes in August. Now, the Antwerp resident has a full-length out on fellow Belgian imprint Aguirre. Sadly we haven't had the chance to listen to Terrestreality yet, but if the guys over at Boomkat are correct then the album is "most excellent" (and as a general rule, we believe the guys over at Boomkat). Anyway, to promote Terrestreality, Dens has assembled a new, musically very closely related full-length named The Earth As Arch and Cold End and made it available for free. The piece contains only four tracks - "The Earth as Arch" parts 1 to 3, and "Cold End" - but has a running time of more than an hour, and its dense, psychedelic soundscapes hovering between h-pop murk and pan-European proto-techno belong to the most unexpected yet most absorbing listening experiences this year. Download The Earth As Arch and Cold End over at bandcamp, and order Terrestreality here or here. Innercity - The Earth as Arch (Part 3) Previously: Dada Les Apocalypses / The Pyramids of Northeast Belgium is still available via NNA Tapes. Innercity - The Pyramids of Northeast Belgium Read more → Innercity's Hans Dens has already been deservedly lauded for his brilliant 7 inch Dada Les Apocalypses / The Pyramids of Northeast Belgium on NNA Tapes in August. Now, the Antwerp resident has a full-length out on fellow Belgian imprint Aguirre. Sadly we haven't had the chance to listen to Terrestreality yet, but if the guys over at Boomkat are correct then the album is "most excellent" (and as a general rule, we believe the guys over at Boomkat). Anyway, to promote Terrestreality, Dens has assembled a new, musically very closely related full-length named The Earth As Arch and Cold End and made it available for free. The piece contains only four tracks - "The Earth as Arch" parts 1 to 3, and "Cold End" - but has a running time of more than an hour, and its dense, psychedelic soundscapes hovering between h-pop murk and pan-European proto-techno belong to the most unexpected yet most absorbing listening experiences this year. Download The Earth As Arch and Cold End over at bandcamp, and order Terrestreality here or here. Innercity - The Earth as Arch (Part 3) Previously: Dada Les Apocalypses / The Pyramids of Northeast Belgium is still available via NNA Tapes. Innercity - The Pyramids of Northeast Belgium

Ensemble Economique: “We Come SPINNING Out Of Control”.

21 Oct 2011 — Henning Lahmann

After the terrific "Heat Waves" we'd featured on these pages recently, last night Ensemble Economique's Brian Pyle kindly sent over three other new EE tracks, further building up anticipation for his forthcoming LP on Dekoder, due early next year. All three tunes are built around immense walls of drone and noise, dark and daunting and actually pretty epic, featuring Pyle's vocals that fit in surprisingly well. A cinematic trip into the forbidden corners of your mind. Massive. Ensemble Economique - We Come SPINNING Out Of Control Read more → After the terrific "Heat Waves" we'd featured on these pages recently, last night Ensemble Economique's Brian Pyle kindly sent over three other new EE tracks, further building up anticipation for his forthcoming LP on Dekoder, due early next year. All three tunes are built around immense walls of drone and noise, dark and daunting and actually pretty epic, featuring Pyle's vocals that fit in surprisingly well. A cinematic trip into the forbidden corners of your mind. Massive. Ensemble Economique - We Come SPINNING Out Of Control