Summertime in fall.

15 Sep 2010 — Henning Lahmann

We've been waiting for this all summer, ever since Ghost Animal officially launched the season of joy with California Summer pt. 1 back in June. So, now it is finally here, the positively deranged shoegazey wave duo's debut full length Summer Time in Heaven, out now on cassette via Mat Cothran's most adorable Summertime In Hell label in a collaborative effort with Orchid Tapes. Enough said, head over to order the tape or just download the whole thing for free.

Below, tease yourself with Single Man, the signature tune that sums up all the things that made us fall for Ghost Animal in the first place, three minutes of most beautiful melody drenched in an ocean of fuzzed out and heavily reverbed layers of guitar.

Ghost Animal - Single Man

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We've been waiting for this all summer, ever since Ghost Animal officially launched the season of joy with California Summer pt. 1 back in June. So, now it is finally here, the positively deranged shoegazey wave duo's debut full length Summer Time in Heaven, out now on cassette via Mat Cothran's most adorable Summertime In Hell label in a collaborative effort with Orchid Tapes. Enough said, head over to order the tape or just download the whole thing for free.

Below, tease yourself with Single Man, the signature tune that sums up all the things that made us fall for Ghost Animal in the first place, three minutes of most beautiful melody drenched in an ocean of fuzzed out and heavily reverbed layers of guitar.

Ghost Animal - Single Man

Old Money.

15 Sep 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Chrome Wings are a Portland, Oregon based duo consisting of Jon Jurow and Shane McDonell. Their now sold-out cassette tape Time Patterns that the two had released ealier this year via the great Stunned Records received some well-deserved raving by some of my fellow bloggers, and now the masters of warm noise experimentalism return with Old Money, a wonderfully hazy and laid back jam meandering through your headspace, distant and hushed vocals coming to you as if sung underwater while thick layers of synth sounds make you feel warm and dizzy. The tune will appear on Chrome Wing's forthcoming 10 inch which is due this fall via our ever exploring Amdiscs.

Chrome Wings - Old Money

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Chrome Wings are a Portland, Oregon based duo consisting of Jon Jurow and Shane McDonell. Their now sold-out cassette tape Time Patterns that the two had released ealier this year via the great Stunned Records received some well-deserved raving by some of my fellow bloggers, and now the masters of warm noise experimentalism return with Old Money, a wonderfully hazy and laid back jam meandering through your headspace, distant and hushed vocals coming to you as if sung underwater while thick layers of synth sounds make you feel warm and dizzy. The tune will appear on Chrome Wing's forthcoming 10 inch which is due this fall via our ever exploring Amdiscs.

Chrome Wings - Old Money

#12 Einar Stray

13 Sep 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

My days as an intern for No Fear Of Pop are soon coming coming to an end, but I've got one last recommendation from good ol' Norway for you all before I pack up my stuff and leave. I'll stay a little off the electronica genre this time (for once), and instead introduce you to the singer-songwriter Einar Stray from the outskirts of Oslo, whom is also the keyboardist in Moddi's band. Einar Stray's music is as beautiful as the silence itself — almost like moving images of glimmering lights, rain that pours down on the sidewalk and the leaves rattling in the wind. In other words, Stray is a master in making ambience; it's simple, but yet incredibly beautiful. His newer stuff ("Arrows") is a little more indie poppy, however, but honestly I enjoy his more ambient/acoustic tunes slightly better. Can't wait for his debut album next year, but for now you can download his stuff for free from his Urørt profile here. Read more → My days as an intern for No Fear Of Pop are soon coming coming to an end, but I've got one last recommendation from good ol' Norway for you all before I pack up my stuff and leave. I'll stay a little off the electronica genre this time (for once), and instead introduce you to the singer-songwriter Einar Stray from the outskirts of Oslo, whom is also the keyboardist in Moddi's band. Einar Stray's music is as beautiful as the silence itself — almost like moving images of glimmering lights, rain that pours down on the sidewalk and the leaves rattling in the wind. In other words, Stray is a master in making ambience; it's simple, but yet incredibly beautiful. His newer stuff ("Arrows") is a little more indie poppy, however, but honestly I enjoy his more ambient/acoustic tunes slightly better. Can't wait for his debut album next year, but for now you can download his stuff for free from his Urørt profile here.

#11 Burning God Little

13 Sep 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

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#10 Attention Now!

11 Sep 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

Open up your ears for Attention Now!, an amazing little indie(tronica) band from Stavanger, Norway, standing with "one foot planted in the indie scene and a toe dipped in the electronica melting pot", as they say themselves. Their music might remind you of the likes of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone or a less "energetic" Architecture in Helsinki, while the beautiful song Soundwaves (below) has something about it that makes me want to compare them to The Antlers; especially by how the song evolves after the second minute (however, very little can be put next to The Antlers, since they after all are Perfection with a big P). Read more →
Open up your ears for Attention Now!, an amazing little indie(tronica) band from Stavanger, Norway, standing with "one foot planted in the indie scene and a toe dipped in the electronica melting pot", as they say themselves. Their music might remind you of the likes of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone or a less "energetic" Architecture in Helsinki, while the beautiful song Soundwaves (below) has something about it that makes me want to compare them to The Antlers; especially by how the song evolves after the second minute (however, very little can be put next to The Antlers, since they after all are Perfection with a big P).

#9 Bellman

11 Sep 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

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#8 Team Me

10 Sep 2010 — Tonje Thilesen

Team Me are one of my favorites among the indie pop bands from around here, but was originally started off as a side/solo project by Marius Hagen, but is today a band consisting of six members, with Marius himself on vocals. I guess I could compare them to the likes of Sufjan, Belle & Sebastian and Moddi; the last-named of whom I think has been of big inspiration to their upcoming debut (and the song below, too). Read more → Team Me are one of my favorites among the indie pop bands from around here, but was originally started off as a side/solo project by Marius Hagen, but is today a band consisting of six members, with Marius himself on vocals. I guess I could compare them to the likes of Sufjan, Belle & Sebastian and Moddi; the last-named of whom I think has been of big inspiration to their upcoming debut (and the song below, too).