Starting this summer, NFOP will be doing several acoustic live sessions with selected up-and-coming bands and artists, playing a song for yours truly at different spots in Oslo and Berlin. First out is the swedish indie/folk trio Solander whom released the gorgeous album Since We Are Pigeons in 2009, and just recently blessed us with their second album, Passing Mt. Satu.
Order physically or digitally via Tenderversion Recordings here.
The footage was recorded in Middelalderparken in Oslo, which is also the location for the annual Øyafestivalen happening in August.
Ever since we posted about our crush on UK based alt-rockers Tawny Owl and the Birds of Prey, more tunes have continued to drop from this incredibly talented songwriter (with the Glenn Danzig-esque voice) Tawny Owl and his band, whom recently also put up these two lovely tracks via their bandcamp site. However recently, Tawny Owl himself has been working on a more experimental and stripped-down sound aside from the Birds of Prey, where the beautiful, cinematic piece My Boot Heel is a Lullaby (below),wasrecently featured on Bare Feet Recordings' 4th compilation CD Sing Me To Sleep, run by Birds of Pret guitarist Alex Carson. The compilation also features work of BoP's drummer Mat Riviere, as well as Hillwalker, a side project of the bassist Sam J. Hill and BoP singer/guitarist/violinist Lydia Walker.
Fetch a copy of the compilation over at bandcamp.
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I don't know. Maybe it's my Sunday mood, or it is the cold rain that's been pouring outside all day. Or probably I simply had too many cheerful beats as of late. I guess it's a bit of all. Anyway, I feel seriously relieved that I've accidentally stumbled across these raw gems by two Florida outfits today, one by my long-time secret obsession Ouija and one by this totally unfamiliar but pretty rad Orlando trio named Fever. Shredding guitars never felt so good.
Fuck this world today.
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Not sure why this isn't all over the place already. Columbus, Ohio-based producer Rimar is up for some seriously nostalgia-dripping, classic R&B-informed beatworks here that at times have sleazy intercourse with some lush chillwaves coming along. Really sexy.
Cop Rimar's Higher Ground EP for free over here. Vocals on the title track by Joseph Andrew Cross. Get it on:
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Delighted to see that California pop group Tan Dollar has returned with another EP packed with hazy lo-fi/twee-infused guitar tunes featuring three brand new tracks and a re-recorded version of You're Pure Gold. The title suggests that Cursed might be the evaluation of yet another failed relationship (though we're not sure on that), and it's the first effort that Tan Dollar have done as a four-piece. The folks might drop a few CDs of the EP sometime soon, but till then and in any case you may head over here to download the beauty for free now.
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Chances are you've already read the news over at the Zones yesterday, but in case you haven't and because the fine folks hit us up as well, here's the brand new tune by long-standing NFOP darlings and currently most exciting Brooklyn noisy surf enthusiasts Night Manager. Calling this one a stylistic shift would probably be inordinate, yet it's a pleasure to be confronted with some more mellow vibes coming from this usually rather thrashy outfit. Blissful.
Pizza Pasta is the a-side of Night Manager's upcoming 7 inch, due July 5 via Fire Talk.
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Philadelphia-based outfit Your Children Is Beautiful recently caught me off guard with this splendidly lo-fi guitar jam named Lightning Bug that at times has an almost classic indie pop feel to it but that all in all still remains comfortably leftfield with its deliberately raw, half-baked charme. Has had some rather heavy rotation here as of late.
Though there wasn't much else we could find out about this band, rumor has it that there's gonna be a full-length named Die Cool sometime soon. We'll keep you posted.
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Stoked to announce the first physical release by Bay Area's most cherished lunatic beat folk phenomenon Yalls. The stellar folks over at MJ MJ Records sent over this strumming, guitar-laden slow jam named Weave It, fresh off Yalls' self-titled dual cassette which not only contains both digital EP's released so far, Rerepeater and How Much We Have Lost, but in addition nine brand new tunes.
You can pre-order Yalls now over here.
Oh, and don't you forget about that Kickstarter thing.
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Ever since we posted about our crush on UK based alt-rockers Tawny Owl and the Birds of Prey, more tunes have continued to drop from this incredibly talented songwriter (with the Glenn Danzig-esque voice) Tawny Owl and his band, whom recently also put up these two lovely tracks via their bandcamp site. However recently, Tawny Owl himself has been working on a more experimental and stripped-down sound aside from the Birds of Prey, where the beautiful, cinematic piece My Boot Heel is a Lullaby (below), was recently featured on Bare Feet Recordings' 4th compilation CD Sing Me To Sleep, run by Birds of Pret guitarist Alex Carson. The compilation also features work of BoP's drummer Mat Riviere, as well as Hillwalker, a side project of the bassist Sam J. Hill and BoP singer/guitarist/violinist Lydia Walker.
Fetch a copy of the compilation over at bandcamp.
Tawny Owl - My Boot Heel is a Lullaby
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