Small Black x Star Slinger.

19 Aug 2010 — Henning Lahmann

October 26 will see Small Black's highly anticipated debut full length New Chain via Jagjaguwar. Below, listen to Manchester rhythm genius Star Slinger's take on the Brooklynites' album track Photojournalist.

Small Black - Photojournalist (Star Slinger Remix)

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October 26 will see Small Black's highly anticipated debut full length New Chain via Jagjaguwar. Below, listen to Manchester rhythm genius Star Slinger's take on the Brooklynites' album track Photojournalist.

Small Black - Photojournalist (Star Slinger Remix)

A town up north.

16 Aug 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Hailing from the rather remote Burlington in Vermont is Alexandria Hall aka toothe ache., but this state of comparatively splendid isolation only appears to help her imagine the most beautifully hushed bedroom lullabies, sweet intimate gems for late hours that are still anything but an easy listen.

Tomorrow, San Francisco's adorable young label Father/Daughter Records will put out tooth ache.'s Skin b/w Lazarus 7 inch on strictly limited clear vinyl.

Moreover, Burlington's very own NNA Tapes has just released the Burlington, Vermont 8cs boxed set to give a little overview of the town's music scene.

Below, listen to both the single's a-side and the spellbindingly gorgeous Eurydice that Ms Hall has contributed to the set.

tooth ache. - Skin

tooth ache. - Eurydice

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Hailing from the rather remote Burlington in Vermont is Alexandria Hall aka toothe ache., but this state of comparatively splendid isolation only appears to help her imagine the most beautifully hushed bedroom lullabies, sweet intimate gems for late hours that are still anything but an easy listen.

Tomorrow, San Francisco's adorable young label Father/Daughter Records will put out tooth ache.'s Skin b/w Lazarus 7 inch on strictly limited clear vinyl.

Moreover, Burlington's very own NNA Tapes has just released the Burlington, Vermont 8cs boxed set to give a little overview of the town's music scene.

Below, listen to both the single's a-side and the spellbindingly gorgeous Eurydice that Ms Hall has contributed to the set.

tooth ache. - Skin

tooth ache. - Eurydice

The shape of things to come.

16 Aug 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Without any doubt, Fort Collins, Colorado's great little cassette imprint Patient Sounds has become my favourite label in recent months, and after a series of wonderful releases by amazingly talented artists and a splendid summer comp (which is still available for free here), label master Matthew Sage has just posted a tentative list of forthcoming Patient Sounds releases, among them outputs by Lush Cola, Littoral Drift, Ambassador Engine (all three have been introduced on these pages before), Kites Sail High, and Mr Sage himself with no less than two M. Pyres double EPs.

Of course, earlier Patient Sounds cassettes are still available. Below, listen to two of the latest M. Pyres outputs - Gravity Deluxe is taken from his recent tour CDr E. ROAD, while Seaaes is the closer of what would be my favourite album of 2k10 if it hadn't been released last year (yes, sometimes I'm late). In any case, I can't recommend Apart the Echo enough and stress how much you need this tape.

M. Pyres and The Skygaze Family Band - Seaaes

M. Pyres and The Season Creeps - Gravity Deluxe

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Without any doubt, Fort Collins, Colorado's great little cassette imprint Patient Sounds has become my favourite label in recent months, and after a series of wonderful releases by amazingly talented artists and a splendid summer comp (which is still available for free here), label master Matthew Sage has just posted a tentative list of forthcoming Patient Sounds releases, among them outputs by Lush Cola, Littoral Drift, Ambassador Engine (all three have been introduced on these pages before), Kites Sail High, and Mr Sage himself with no less than two M. Pyres double EPs.

Of course, earlier Patient Sounds cassettes are still available. Below, listen to two of the latest M. Pyres outputs - Gravity Deluxe is taken from his recent tour CDr E. ROAD, while Seaaes is the closer of what would be my favourite album of 2k10 if it hadn't been released last year (yes, sometimes I'm late). In any case, I can't recommend Apart the Echo enough and stress how much you need this tape.

M. Pyres and The Skygaze Family Band - Seaaes

M. Pyres and The Season Creeps - Gravity Deluxe

New York summer nights.

15 Aug 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Last month, we introduced you to the spaced-out sounds of NYC resident Alec Feld, but apparently, the late night disco trips named Expensive Looks wouldn't complete Feld's restless creativity, so now he returns to our grateful attention with a new project he has recently started with his college pals: summery psych pop, tropical feelings for tepid nights on rooftops and in the cities' crowded parks, Golden Eye is a splendid soundtrack for these lazy days. According to Feld, we can expect a release later this year. Great things are coming our way.

Golden Eye - Eraser

Golden Eye - In Turn

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Last month, we introduced you to the spaced-out sounds of NYC resident Alec Feld, but apparently, the late night disco trips named Expensive Looks wouldn't complete Feld's restless creativity, so now he returns to our grateful attention with a new project he has recently started with his college pals: summery psych pop, tropical feelings for tepid nights on rooftops and in the cities' crowded parks, Golden Eye is a splendid soundtrack for these lazy days. According to Feld, we can expect a release later this year. Great things are coming our way.

Golden Eye - Eraser

Golden Eye - In Turn

The wind and the trees.

15 Aug 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Wind Forest is the recording moniker of 21 year old Garett Pierre Rogers from Holt, Michigan, and under that name he composes blissful bedroom dreampop we've learned to love so unapologetically. Floating Treescope is Rogers' first EP, published yesterday and available for free on wind Forest's bandcamp.

Blending almost classic new wave electro synth pop with more dreamy and fuzzy elements that are not too far away from latter-day chillwave, the EP's wonderful second track Wakey Wakeyyyy sounds like it was a song written for some out of reach girl, performed desperately underwater.

wind Forest - Wakey Wakeyyyy

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Wind Forest is the recording moniker of 21 year old Garett Pierre Rogers from Holt, Michigan, and under that name he composes blissful bedroom dreampop we've learned to love so unapologetically. Floating Treescope is Rogers' first EP, published yesterday and available for free on wind Forest's bandcamp.

Blending almost classic new wave electro synth pop with more dreamy and fuzzy elements that are not too far away from latter-day chillwave, the EP's wonderful second track Wakey Wakeyyyy sounds like it was a song written for some out of reach girl, performed desperately underwater.

wind Forest - Wakey Wakeyyyy

All That Really Lasts.

15 Aug 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Like dark clouds slowly emerging on a warm and flawless summer day, the haunting and meandering post-folk anthem All That Really Lasts thievishly and inescapably wraps up your consciousness, sneakily unfolding its dark yet compelling beauty over the course of its eight minutes, until an off kilter wind section takes control for a dreadful and breathtaking finish.

All That Really Lasts is one of four brilliant studies in state of the art experimental folk by Portland, Maine resident Jakob Battick and his friends' latest output Heavy the Mountains, Heavy are the Seas which can be purchased via the band's bandcamp.

Jakob Battick & Friends - All That Really Lasts

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Like dark clouds slowly emerging on a warm and flawless summer day, the haunting and meandering post-folk anthem All That Really Lasts thievishly and inescapably wraps up your consciousness, sneakily unfolding its dark yet compelling beauty over the course of its eight minutes, until an off kilter wind section takes control for a dreadful and breathtaking finish.

All That Really Lasts is one of four brilliant studies in state of the art experimental folk by Portland, Maine resident Jakob Battick and his friends' latest output Heavy the Mountains, Heavy are the Seas which can be purchased via the band's bandcamp.

Jakob Battick & Friends - All That Really Lasts

We never said this would be fun.

13 Aug 2010 — Henning Lahmann

Monika Krol is London's one-woman psychedelic noise phenomenon Meddicine, tantalizing harsh synth tones, chasing drum machine beats and above all Monika's distorted vocals that will haunt you for the rest of the day. Enough said, we're stoked.

Meddicine - Fishing in the Dark River

Meddicine - Incarnadine

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Monika Krol is London's one-woman psychedelic noise phenomenon Meddicine, tantalizing harsh synth tones, chasing drum machine beats and above all Monika's distorted vocals that will haunt you for the rest of the day. Enough said, we're stoked.

Meddicine - Fishing in the Dark River

Meddicine - Incarnadine