Sundays = Norwegian music
17 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
On Hiding.
17 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
So this is something,
Never to be anymore.
Wellington's Matthew Holleman does not make music for the particularly light-hearted; but who is, after all. On Hiding, his new album which is sold exclusively via the artist's bandcamp, is among the most melancholic ones I've come across this year. Matt's songs express anxiety and fear and at times hopelessness, but at the same time the cathartic nature of the record, which "articulates an uncertain few years", never gets buried. With sparse instrumentation and vocals reminiscent of Justin Vernon's acclaimed works, On Hiding is an outstanding effort by an extraordinarily talented songwriter.
I'm still holding,
Wait till morning.
Matthew Holleman - They Warn, But I Want To Be Saved
Matthew Holleman - Depression Is A Leaking Mine
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The Technology of Love.
17 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Brooklyn resident Patrick McIntyre, the dude who had blessed us with the splendid Waiting 4U way back in June, finally returns with a finished EP recorded on behalf of his alias HOUNDSds (yes, still puzzled as well). The Technology of Love includes five new pieces of slow burning, dreamlike electronica, firmly standing in the 21st century yet taking a nostalgia-drenched look back, evoking blurred pictures of long-gone places. Listen to the title track below and get the whole thing over at bandcamp.
HOUNDSds - The Technology of Love
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Spellbinder.
17 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Prudence Rees-Lee and Alex Nosek are Hammocks and Honey, a Melbourne duo that has recorded the five songs of their debut EP Spellbinder at a beach house over the course of a single weekend, and just as you'd expect from such a constellation, Hammocks and Honey's songs are lush pieces of purest dream pop, carried by Prudence's ethereal voice over Alex' pulsating beat works and a somewhat blurry, otherworldly and decade-transcending synth section.
Spellbinder is the first record to be released by Melbourne's Special Award Records and is due November 22 on solid gold vinyl, limited to 250 copies. You can stream the whole EP already at the duo's bandcamp.
Hammocks and Honey - Undone
Hammocks and Honey - Sleeping Carriage
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Fall is official now.
16 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
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My lovely pal Matt from my favorite Virginia garage pop label Funny / Not Funny Records has sent me a mail this morning to call my attention to his little imprint's brand new Fall 2010 Mix Tape, a collection of 13 unreleased tracks as well as songs from current and forthcoming F/NF releases, among the featured artists being ex-Titus Andronicus member Andrew Cedermark, Matt Leech himself with his beautifully distorted psychedelic pop, and the 60s infused jangling Young Sinclairs who we had on these pages earlier this year.
Head over to the label's site and get yourself started with three unreleased tracks of the three mentioned artists.
Andrew Cedermark - Why We Exist
The Young Sinclairs - Bright Day
Matt Leech - Empty House
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To Catch a Thief.
16 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Seattle three piece Sports just dropped these tunes into our busy inbox, and their chill and slightly glooming electro synth pop immediately grabbed my attention, two blissed-out slow burners hanging between colder strands of new wave and some rather opaque late nineties to early naughties indie stuff. Prepare yourself for some late night exercise.
Sports - To Catch a Thief
Sports - Heatwave (Demo)
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The ambient is growing.
16 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
As the season is changing, so is the music. We've been introduced to such a big amount of splendid, hot ambient and lo-fi music projects this fall of both new familiar faces, and the list simply continues to grow. A couple a days ago Brooklyn based Sanju Sebastian sent me a link to his brand new music project Sebastian the Crab (why the name, I don't know) whom just recently put out his EP How Does It Feel for free downloading at bandcamp. Sebastian the Crab's sound is somehow both hot and cold at the same time, with warm, (slowed down) The Whitest Boy Alive -like tunes in the foreground, at the same time as the cold, season changing atmosphere is sneaking up on you in the background.
With a fake flower in your hair.
15 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Thrifty Astronaut is the recording moniker of Nick Jones, yet another Fort Collins, Colorado resident who has simply been blessed with too much musical talent. Already been featured on the brilliant Act So Big Forest Triton compiltation that we'd recommended on Tuesday, he has also only recently put out his debut full-length Caffeine Heartache, an album stuffed with lo-fi glory, jangling guitar melodies over the sounds of toy keyboards and drum machines, plus a real sense for ironic lyrics - and not taking yourself too seriously is just what we'd need much more in music nowadays. Listen to two album tracks below, a sarcastically twisted ode to the Golden State and a high school loser's self-pity ballad, and get the whole thing over at Jones' bandcamp.
Thrifty Astronaut - Another California Song
Thrifty Astronaut - Boys Who Huff Glue
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