"Hype Williams are weird" (Ian Nelson, Friendship Bracelet). Yes they are my friend, but that sure doesn't make them less interesting (to be absolutely clear here, it doesn't make them more interesting, either). In any case, see for yourself tonight as we recommend showing up at their appearance at Kreuzberg's Madame Claude tonight, supporting Daniel Higgs back in their recently chosen homebase Berlin after a short trip through the rest of Europe. First up on tonight's lineup is the very young and homegrown psych-stranger Wyrd Starchild Sisters.
Twig Harper and Daniel Higgs - Number Two (via)
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"Hype Williams are weird" (Ian Nelson, Friendship Bracelet). Yes they are my friend, but that sure doesn't make them less interesting (to be absolutely clear here, it doesn't make them more interesting, either). In any case, see for yourself tonight as we recommend showing up at their appearance at Kreuzberg's Madame Claude tonight, supporting Daniel Higgs back in their recently chosen homebase Berlin after a short trip through the rest of Europe. First up on tonight's lineup is the very young and homegrown psych-stranger Wyrd Starchild Sisters.
Twig Harper and Daniel Higgs - Number Two (via)
Wyrd Starchild Sisters - Feelings
Mat Cothran aka Coma Cinema's latest tune Her Sinking Sun, taken from his upcoming release Blue Suicide, a mellow and as usual rather melancholically toned Sunday afternoon tea of a song, has been quite heavily put into the remix cycle recently. The last man in line so far to put his artistic uniqueness into the product of Mat's songwriting craftsmanship is Edmonton, Alberta's glitchy synth pop mastermind Dylan Khotin-Foote, better known under his recording moniker Kumon Plaza. And especially combined with Rachel Levy's awesome video, having a calm and quiet afternoon tea might actually not be among the things you'd feel like doing while listening to Dylan's slightly terrifying production.
Earlier: Head over here to listen to Mat's favorite songs of 2010.
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Mat Cothran aka Coma Cinema's latest tune Her Sinking Sun, taken from his upcoming release Blue Suicide, a mellow and as usual rather melancholically toned Sunday afternoon tea of a song, has been quite heavily put into the remix cycle recently. The last man in line so far to put his artistic uniqueness into the product of Mat's songwriting craftsmanship is Edmonton, Alberta's glitchy synth pop mastermind Dylan Khotin-Foote, better known under his recording moniker Kumon Plaza. And especially combined with Rachel Levy's awesome video, having a calm and quiet afternoon tea might actually not be among the things you'd feel like doing while listening to Dylan's slightly terrifying production.
Earlier: Head over here to listen to Mat's favorite songs of 2010.
Coma Cinema - Her Sinking Sun (Kumon Plaza Remix)
My boy Tim Perry from our favorite bunch of smoothest Colorado garage pop haziness Weed Diamond sent over two new demos that perfectly fit into these days of first snow and the beginning of forced christmas coziness when the only thing you really wanna do is get out of town with your people, towards the sea maybe, towards the sun for sure, with nothing but loads of beer in the trunk and some lazy days to spend together. I don't feel ready for winter, seriously.
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My boy Tim Perry from our favorite bunch of smoothest Colorado garage pop haziness Weed Diamond sent over two new demos that perfectly fit into these days of first snow and the beginning of forced christmas coziness when the only thing you really wanna do is get out of town with your people, towards the sea maybe, towards the sun for sure, with nothing but loads of beer in the trunk and some lazy days to spend together. I don't feel ready for winter, seriously.
Weed Diamond - Mean ItWeed Diamond - Honesty
Adam of the Ontario-based indie band The Rest recently sent us this fantastic new track above which due to their upcoming album in 2011, with a slightly more raw and washed out sound than what we might remember from their lovely, a little Local Natives-like The Cried Wolf EP released back in June (which also includes a splendid cover of Robyn’s With Every Heartbeat below). See their bandcamp for more free stuff.
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Adam of the Ontario-based indie band The Rest recently sent us this fantastic new track above which due to their upcoming album in 2011, with a slightly more raw and washed out sound than what we might remember from their lovely, a little Local Natives-like The Cried Wolf EP released back in June (which also includes a splendid cover of Robyn’s With Every Heartbeat below). See their bandcamp for more free stuff.
The Rest - John HustonThe Rest - With Every Heartbeat (Robyn cover)
After months of discussions and drafts and modifications and a last week-long hiatus (in case you haven't noticed), your favorite little Berlin/Oslo music blog is finally back with its overly needed refurnishing. Actually, we're so happy with the outcome that I feel I have to keep this short to prevent myself from getting all cheesy and tear-jerking. So, our eternal gratitude goes out to Christian for this beautiful logo we have now, and to Matias first for his apparently everlasting patience when it comes to dealing with a bunch of confused bloggers making unqualified interventions, and second for this simply amazing and wonderful thing we'll call our website from now on. Moreover, our favorite visual chronicler of Berlin life Florian has become some kind of NFOP regular, generously providing both the pictures for the logo and for the thumbs on the right - all taken from his marvelous blog Pieces Of Berlin, so make sure you head over there now and then and buy one of his awesome prints.
In a further attempt to become a little more local, we've started a collaboration with Volker of antistars booking to get at least some of all those amazing musicians into town that we so enthusiastically write about all the time. The fun starts December 10 with an exclusive showcase of everybody's favorite Mancunian Darren Williams aka Star Slinger at Friedrichshain's RAW-Tempel. More details soon.
But first things first, to celebrate the occasion we've asked one of "our" most talented and crazily adored artists, Coma Cinema's Mat Cothran, to compile his favorite tunes of 2010 and put them into a neat little mix. As the b-side, I did the same with some tunes I was most into as of late. Listen to both mixes below or head straight over to our soundcloud to download them.
We hope you like the new face of No Fear Of Pop. Thank all of you.
- Tonje & Henning
1. Wye Oak - I Hope You Die
2. Girls - Substance
3. CEO - Come With Me
4. Julian Lynch - Just Enough
5. MGMT - Siberian Breaks
6. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
7. Frog Eyes - Flower in a Glove
8. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
1. Games - Everything Is Working
2. Waskerly Way - Cat Alert
3. Laurel Halo - Embassy
4. Copy - Something
5. Hype Williams - Fruit Bats Forevr
6. Veux - Late Key
7. Survive - The Cave
8. Dylan Ettinger - Baptism
9. Time Wharp - 1992
10. Autre Ne Veut - New Depth
11. Greatest Hits - Your Just an Uptown Girl
12. Airbird - Part of the Game
13. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal (feat. Antony Hegarty)
Design: Tonje Thilesen + Christian Rudewig
Photography (artwork): Florian Fleischauer.
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After months of discussions and drafts and modifications and a last week-long hiatus (in case you haven't noticed), your favorite little Berlin/Oslo music blog is finally back with its overly needed refurnishing. Actually, we're so happy with the outcome that I feel I have to keep this short to prevent myself from getting all cheesy and tear-jerking. So, our eternal gratitude goes out to Christian for this beautiful logo we have now, and to Matias first for his apparently everlasting patience when it comes to dealing with a bunch of confused bloggers making unqualified interventions, and second for this simply amazing and wonderful thing we'll call our website from now on. Moreover, our favorite visual chronicler of Berlin life Florian has become some kind of NFOP regular, generously providing both the pictures for the logo and for the thumbs on the right - all taken from his marvelous blog Pieces Of Berlin, so make sure you head over there now and then and buy one of his awesome prints.
In a further attempt to become a little more local, we've started a collaboration with Volker of antistars booking to get at least some of all those amazing musicians into town that we so enthusiastically write about all the time. The fun starts December 10 with an exclusive showcase of everybody's favorite Mancunian Darren Williams aka Star Slinger at Friedrichshain's RAW-Tempel. More details soon.
But first things first, to celebrate the occasion we've asked one of "our" most talented and crazily adored artists, Coma Cinema's Mat Cothran, to compile his favorite tunes of 2010 and put them into a neat little mix. As the b-side, I did the same with some tunes I was most into as of late. Listen to both mixes below or head straight over to our soundcloud to download them.
We hope you like the new face of No Fear Of Pop. Thank all of you.
- Tonje & Henning
1. Wye Oak - I Hope You Die
2. Girls - Substance
3. CEO - Come With Me
4. Julian Lynch - Just Enough
5. MGMT - Siberian Breaks
6. Yeasayer - Odd Blood
7. Frog Eyes - Flower in a Glove
8. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
1. Games - Everything Is Working
2. Waskerly Way - Cat Alert
3. Laurel Halo - Embassy
4. Copy - Something
5. Hype Williams - Fruit Bats Forevr
6. Veux - Late Key
7. Survive - The Cave
8. Dylan Ettinger - Baptism
9. Time Wharp - 1992
10. Autre Ne Veut - New Depth
11. Greatest Hits - Your Just an Uptown Girl
12. Airbird - Part of the Game
13. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal (feat. Antony Hegarty)
Design: Tonje Thilesen + Christian Rudewig
Photography (artwork): Florian Fleischauer.
Somehow, I'm not capable of listening to Sean Nicholas Savage's brand new record Mutual Feelings (of Respect and Admiration) without experiencing a faint sentiment of shame and embarrassment. At the same time, however, I am equally not able to listen to this without developing a strange urge to stand up and start dancing in purest joy and happiness. After all, despite all his overwhelming tendency to cheesiness, Savage basically deserves to be admired for his warm-hearted and honest take on disco-leaning pop that is drenched in stripped romanticism. With Silly Kissers' David Carriere handling the production efforts, one of the most prolific artists of Canada's left field music scene has come up with an overall terrific piece of music. Mutual Feelings (of Respect and Admiration) is out now on Arbutus Records.
Somehow, I'm not capable of listening to Sean Nicholas Savage's brand new record Mutual Feelings (of Respect and Admiration) without experiencing a faint sentiment of shame and embarrassment. At the same time, however, I am equally not able to listen to this without developing a strange urge to stand up and start dancing in purest joy and happiness. After all, despite all his overwhelming tendency to cheesiness, Savage basically deserves to be admired for his warm-hearted and honest take on disco-leaning pop that is drenched in stripped romanticism. With Silly Kissers' David Carriere handling the production efforts, one of the most prolific artists of Canada's left field music scene has come up with an overall terrific piece of music. Mutual Feelings (of Respect and Admiration) is out now on Arbutus Records.
Completely fell for this fuzzed out prettiness by San Francisco's latest pop sensation Melted Toys, amazingly well crafted songs that despite the rusted layers of lo-fi embracing noise actually care for melody and construction, features that show some real talent here coming out of the brains and hands of Brian Wakefield, Daniel Rosado, and Steven Harkins, resulting in some tunes that beneficially set this trio apart from so many mediocre projects surfacing this year. Fortunately, this fact has already been recognized by folks more relevant than myself, among them our crazily adored friends over at Underwater Peoples who are going to drop Melted Toys' debut EP sometime in early 2011.
Completely fell for this fuzzed out prettiness by San Francisco's latest pop sensation Melted Toys, amazingly well crafted songs that despite the rusted layers of lo-fi embracing noise actually care for melody and construction, features that show some real talent here coming out of the brains and hands of Brian Wakefield, Daniel Rosado, and Steven Harkins, resulting in some tunes that beneficially set this trio apart from so many mediocre projects surfacing this year. Fortunately, this fact has already been recognized by folks more relevant than myself, among them our crazily adored friends over at Underwater Peoples who are going to drop Melted Toys' debut EP sometime in early 2011.
Byron Ferrari from Columbus, Ohio ain't someone who feels the urge to talk about his music too much. In fact, he doesn't even bother to set up a myspace or to provide his newer tunes on his bandcamp with any kind of cover art. So, I guess he intends to let the music speak for itself. And why not? Frytos solo project Young Heat is devoted to some seriously stripped down, honestly lo-fi stuff that is hazy and dreamy as hell and, oh yes, truly hypnagogic in its approach. With a guitar work that indeed resembles that of a certain Matthew Mondanile III, Young Heat's music is made for lazy afternoons in the sunshine and in general all about impressions and blurred recollections, not about songs whatsoever. So really, what should there be talked about?
Byron Ferrari from Columbus, Ohio ain't someone who feels the urge to talk about his music too much. In fact, he doesn't even bother to set up a myspace or to provide his newer tunes on his bandcamp with any kind of cover art. So, I guess he intends to let the music speak for itself. And why not? Frytos solo project Young Heat is devoted to some seriously stripped down, honestly lo-fi stuff that is hazy and dreamy as hell and, oh yes, truly hypnagogic in its approach. With a guitar work that indeed resembles that of a certain Matthew Mondanile III, Young Heat's music is made for lazy afternoons in the sunshine and in general all about impressions and blurred recollections, not about songs whatsoever. So really, what should there be talked about?
Mat Cothran aka Coma Cinema's latest tune Her Sinking Sun, taken from his upcoming release Blue Suicide, a mellow and as usual rather melancholically toned Sunday afternoon tea of a song, has been quite heavily put into the remix cycle recently. The last man in line so far to put his artistic uniqueness into the product of Mat's songwriting craftsmanship is Edmonton, Alberta's glitchy synth pop mastermind Dylan Khotin-Foote, better known under his recording moniker Kumon Plaza. And especially combined with Rachel Levy's awesome video, having a calm and quiet afternoon tea might actually not be among the things you'd feel like doing while listening to Dylan's slightly terrifying production.
Earlier: Head over here to listen to Mat's favorite songs of 2010.
Coma Cinema - Her Sinking Sun (Kumon Plaza Remix)
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