A day in the garden. The sun is up, the snow has melted. Somewhere in the distance, birds are singing, and we smell flowers again. Hello March, welcome spring. It's been a long and cold winter this time.

Akron, Ohio's Trouble Books make just the right music for the upcoming time of year. Dreamy, blissful, with lots of analogue synths and faded vocals, it could be filed next to the other rising acts of the dubious yet wonderful glo-fi/chillwave/hypnagogic pop strand. Still, the songs are not so much worshiping days on the beach in September - rather, it sounds like appreciating a young blossom while wandering through the fields.

The new album, Gathering Tones, will be out on Own Records on 3 March.

Download or listen to the first single below:

A day in the garden. The sun is up, the snow has melted. Somewhere in the distance, birds are singing, and we smell flowers again. Hello March, welcome spring. It's been a long and cold winter this time.

Akron, Ohio's Trouble Books make just the right music for the upcoming time of year. Dreamy, blissful, with lots of analogue synths and faded vocals, it could be filed next to the other rising acts of the dubious yet wonderful glo-fi/chillwave/hypnagogic pop strand. Still, the songs are not so much worshiping days on the beach in September - rather, it sounds like appreciating a young blossom while wandering through the fields.

The new album, Gathering Tones, will be out on Own Records on 3 March.

Download or listen to the first single below:

No fear of pop proudly presents the first issue of the official NFOP radio show. It will be hosted on the magnificent 8tracks.com, the best tool for publishing mixtapes on the net. The show is planned to be broadcast biweekly. It will feature new songs that I think you can't afford to miss, the tracklist will be published here on this blog. You can listen to the songs either on 8tracks.com, or directly on this page with the player embedded on top of the blog posts, which I'd recommend.

As a warm-up, the tracklist for no fear of pop #1:

1. The Art Museums - So Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore

2. Best Coast - The Road

3. Surfer Blood - Harmonix

4. Alex Bleeker & The Freaks - Spring Jam

5. Washed Out - Olivia

6. Frat Dad - Brosef

7. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Falling Over

8. Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown

9. Ducktails - House Of Mirrors

No fear of pop proudly presents the first issue of the official NFOP radio show. It will be hosted on the magnificent 8tracks.com, the best tool for publishing mixtapes on the net. The show is planned to be broadcast biweekly. It will feature new songs that I think you can't afford to miss, the tracklist will be published here on this blog. You can listen to the songs either on 8tracks.com, or directly on this page with the player embedded on top of the blog posts, which I'd recommend.

As a warm-up, the tracklist for no fear of pop #1:

1. The Art Museums - So Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore

2. Best Coast - The Road

3. Surfer Blood - Harmonix

4. Alex Bleeker & The Freaks - Spring Jam

5. Washed Out - Olivia

6. Frat Dad - Brosef

7. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Falling Over

8. Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown

9. Ducktails - House Of Mirrors

Make sure you won't miss HURTS, England's latest synth-pop sensation. They are gonna play at the Magnet Club tomorrow night, thus participating in our much-beloved Intro Intim concert series.

With just the right amount of fashion sensibility, the two Mancunians have made it onto the top four position of the BBC's Sound of 2010 list, right behind Ellie Goulding, Marina & The Diamonds, and Delphic, and one ahead of the Drums - so we should expect something here. Their sound is dark yet blissful, distinctly Manchester, very eighties but still state-of-the-art. Summing up, it's just the sound we're gonna hear a lot this year, and rightly so. After their massive first hit from last year, the stunning "Wonderful Life", listen to the equally fantastic successor down below:

Make sure you won't miss HURTS, England's latest synth-pop sensation. They are gonna play at the Magnet Club tomorrow night, thus participating in our much-beloved Intro Intim concert series.

With just the right amount of fashion sensibility, the two Mancunians have made it onto the top four position of the BBC's Sound of 2010 list, right behind Ellie Goulding, Marina & The Diamonds, and Delphic, and one ahead of the Drums - so we should expect something here. Their sound is dark yet blissful, distinctly Manchester, very eighties but still state-of-the-art. Summing up, it's just the sound we're gonna hear a lot this year, and rightly so. After their massive first hit from last year, the stunning "Wonderful Life", listen to the equally fantastic successor down below:

The Depreciation Guild, the Pains of Being Pure At Heart's drummer Kurt Feldman's other band, will release their second album "Spirit Youth" on May 18, according to Pitchfork.

Until then, bless yourself with this beautiful Beatles cover:

The Depreciation Guild, the Pains of Being Pure At Heart's drummer Kurt Feldman's other band, will release their second album "Spirit Youth" on May 18, according to Pitchfork.

Until then, bless yourself with this beautiful Beatles cover:

It is about time to introduce the wonderful Art Museums. Hailing from the Bay Area, they've found a home at the ever-creative lo-fi hipsters of the Woodsist label. The two musicians are heavily surfing the zeitgeist, but are nonetheless able to add some very distinct and unique features to the current musical landscape.

Their debut album "Rough Frame" (WOODSIST037) has just been released, and despite almost no press coverage up until now, it is seriously worth all attention.

Click below to download one of the album's best songs:

It is about time to introduce the wonderful Art Museums. Hailing from the Bay Area, they've found a home at the ever-creative lo-fi hipsters of the Woodsist label. The two musicians are heavily surfing the zeitgeist, but are nonetheless able to add some very distinct and unique features to the current musical landscape.

Their debut album "Rough Frame" (WOODSIST037) has just been released, and despite almost no press coverage up until now, it is seriously worth all attention.

Click below to download one of the album's best songs:

a warm hello from Berlin. This is gonna be a blog about, well, music: new music that I think is worth listening to. I will focus on more or less new bands, but not exclusively.

As you will have noticed, this is not the first music blog on this planet. And it is quite unlikely that it will be the most original. So, here are a few of my most obvious influences - this is supposed to be a recommendation, too, in case you're interested in new music:

What else is there to say? I hope you'll enjoy.

a warm hello from Berlin. This is gonna be a blog about, well, music: new music that I think is worth listening to. I will focus on more or less new bands, but not exclusively.

As you will have noticed, this is not the first music blog on this planet. And it is quite unlikely that it will be the most original. So, here are a few of my most obvious influences - this is supposed to be a recommendation, too, in case you're interested in new music:

What else is there to say? I hope you'll enjoy.