Video: Robedoor - Exploited
01 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Official video for Exploited from Robedoor's Pacific Drift 7 inch on Not Not Fun. Read more →
Official video for Exploited from Robedoor's Pacific Drift 7 inch on Not Not Fun.
New Outer Limits Recordings: Sugar Pie.
01 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
I'm stuck with a dull and happy big grin since I've listened to this tooth-achingly sweet jam of purest pop perfection this morning. Sugar Pie is the latest coup of Sam Mehran aka Outer Limits Recordings' ever expanding universe of blissful hypnagogia that effortlessly transcends any boundaries anyone could've ever attached to this blurry genre tag. His wonderful approach to pop music has made my days for a good while now - watch out for quite a few new releases to surface soon, starting with the joint effort by our darlings Transparent and Olde English Spelling Bee to drop the OLR/The Sweethearts (still him) I Need My TV 7 inch, as well as the Julie b/w Plastik Child 7 inch. Pre-order now, and listen to all tracks over at OESB's Soundcloud page.
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Outer Limits Recordings - Sugar Pie
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I'm stuck with a dull and happy big grin since I've listened to this tooth-achingly sweet jam of purest pop perfection this morning. Sugar Pie is the latest coup of Sam Mehran aka Outer Limits Recordings' ever expanding universe of blissful hypnagogia that effortlessly transcends any boundaries anyone could've ever attached to this blurry genre tag. His wonderful approach to pop music has made my days for a good while now - watch out for quite a few new releases to surface soon, starting with the joint effort by our darlings Transparent and Olde English Spelling Bee to drop the OLR/The Sweethearts (still him) I Need My TV 7 inch, as well as the Julie b/w Plastik Child 7 inch. Pre-order now, and listen to all tracks over at OESB's Soundcloud page.
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Outer Limits Recordings - Sugar Pie
Official video for Exploited from Robedoor's Pacific Drift 7 inch on Not Not Fun. Read more →
Official video for Exploited from Robedoor's Pacific Drift 7 inch on Not Not Fun.
New Rangers: Zombies.
01 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Joe Knight from ex-Texas/now San Francisco hypnagogic pop project Rangers generously sent over his latest tune this weekend. Zombies is a hazy and nostalgic post Halloween slow burner, perfect for the morning after or the inevitable comedown in between, a mellow and sugary bass line leading through a track full of 80s infused guitar weeps and distorted, VHS/video game leaning synth sounds. After Rangers' outstanding Suburban Tours LP earlier this year on OESB, Zombies is the first song from a new EP or LP that's gonna be released "hopefully sometime before the new year or at the start", being conceived as a "straight up pop album".
Also, don't miss Rangers' stellar split single with Ducktails on Not Not Fun's rad Bored Fortress 7 Inch Club. The tune, The Brides Of Marin, actually comprises a good deal of what has become Zombies.
Rangers - Zombies
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Joe Knight from ex-Texas/now San Francisco hypnagogic pop project Rangers generously sent over his latest tune this weekend. Zombies is a hazy and nostalgic post Halloween slow burner, perfect for the morning after or the inevitable comedown in between, a mellow and sugary bass line leading through a track full of 80s infused guitar weeps and distorted, VHS/video game leaning synth sounds. After Rangers' outstanding Suburban Tours LP earlier this year on OESB, Zombies is the first song from a new EP or LP that's gonna be released "hopefully sometime before the new year or at the start", being conceived as a "straight up pop album".
Also, don't miss Rangers' stellar split single with Ducktails on Not Not Fun's rad Bored Fortress 7 Inch Club. The tune, The Brides Of Marin, actually comprises a good deal of what has become Zombies.
Rangers - Zombies
Young Dreams
01 Nov 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
I'm ignoring the fact that it's Halloween today and instead gives you the never-ending heatwave vibes of the up-and-coming Young Dreams from Bergen, Norway. I almost felt like hitting my head against the wall for not having heard about them already, considering the fact that I literally purge Urørt and other Norwegian music sites from day to day to pick up new discoveries to share with the rest of the world.
Some of the members of Young Dreams are still not new to the music scene, however, containing utterly talented musicians such as Njål Paulsberg of Put Your Hands Up For Neo-Tokyo or singer-songwriter Matias Tellez. Dream pop is not really a very widespread genre in Norway, but with all the good bands that have been coming out of Bergen lately, this didn't really surprise me.
Stay tuned for their two upcoming EP-s, the first one due to Janurary/February and the second one to March/April. For now, you download their self-titled track and stream some other ones from their soundcloud page.
I'm ignoring the fact that it's Halloween today and instead gives you the never-ending heatwave vibes of the up-and-coming Young Dreams from Bergen, Norway. I almost felt like hitting my head against the wall for not having heard about them already, considering the fact that I literally purge Urørt and other Norwegian music sites from day to day to pick up new discoveries to share with the rest of the world.
Some of the members of Young Dreams are still not new to the music scene, however, containing utterly talented musicians such as Njål Paulsberg of Put Your Hands Up For Neo-Tokyo or singer-songwriter Matias Tellez. Dream pop is not really a very widespread genre in Norway, but with all the good bands that have been coming out of Bergen lately, this didn't really surprise me.
Stay tuned for their two upcoming EP-s, the first one due to Janurary/February and the second one to March/April. For now, you download their self-titled track and stream some other ones from their soundcloud page.
Confetti Dreams.
01 Nov 2010 — Henning Lahmann
She couldn't remember how long she had been lying there now, on the kitchen floor, sleeping. She didn't dare to open her eyes. Not yet. That dream... All others were long gone. The balloons...were there any balloons left? She couldn't tell. It didn't matter anymore. She didn't feel anything at all anymore - or did she? Wait, there was something...now she realized. She was covered in confetti, millions of tiny confetti shreds, blue, yellow, green, purple, red confetti shreds. She was falling asleep again, smiling. There was something else, after all.
Confetti Dreams is the new project of Burlington, Vermont's Erin Cavellier aka Lady Lioness.
This post is dedicated to the memory of Delicious Scopitone. I think they might have loved these songs as well.
Confetti Dreams - We Three
Confetti Dreams - Tablespoon
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She couldn't remember how long she had been lying there now, on the kitchen floor, sleeping. She didn't dare to open her eyes. Not yet. That dream... All others were long gone. The balloons...were there any balloons left? She couldn't tell. It didn't matter anymore. She didn't feel anything at all anymore - or did she? Wait, there was something...now she realized. She was covered in confetti, millions of tiny confetti shreds, blue, yellow, green, purple, red confetti shreds. She was falling asleep again, smiling. There was something else, after all.
Confetti Dreams is the new project of Burlington, Vermont's Erin Cavellier aka Lady Lioness.
This post is dedicated to the memory of Delicious Scopitone. I think they might have loved these songs as well.
Confetti Dreams - We Three
Confetti Dreams - Tablespoon
Sunday Mayonaise.
31 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
OK, I feel like I've got a confession to make as a creative disclaimer for this write-up. Yes, there was a time way back in the nineties when I still was an ignorant kid that I used to be into the Smashing Pumpkins, even, admittedly, very much so. And now that you know and apparently continue to read nonetheless, I'm more than happy that my all time favorite Pumpkins song (the one that I actually and shamelessly still adore) has finally been covered, moreover by none other than our admired Grenoble dream pop advocate A.P. Witomski. He has achieved to transform Mayonaise into a tune that has its place in second decade of the 21st century, preserving Corgan's melancholy while adding some distinct features of contemporary pop music. Along with his stunningly beautiful song Canionical that had surfaced roughly two weeks ago, Witomski is heading into an ever more promising musical direction. Listen to more of his recent stuff as well as his lovely debut album Nine Melodies & Other Visions over at his bandcamp.
A.P. Witomski - Mayonaise (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
A.P. Witomski - Canionical
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OK, I feel like I've got a confession to make as a creative disclaimer for this write-up. Yes, there was a time way back in the nineties when I still was an ignorant kid that I used to be into the Smashing Pumpkins, even, admittedly, very much so. And now that you know and apparently continue to read nonetheless, I'm more than happy that my all time favorite Pumpkins song (the one that I actually and shamelessly still adore) has finally been covered, moreover by none other than our admired Grenoble dream pop advocate A.P. Witomski. He has achieved to transform Mayonaise into a tune that has its place in second decade of the 21st century, preserving Corgan's melancholy while adding some distinct features of contemporary pop music. Along with his stunningly beautiful song Canionical that had surfaced roughly two weeks ago, Witomski is heading into an ever more promising musical direction. Listen to more of his recent stuff as well as his lovely debut album Nine Melodies & Other Visions over at his bandcamp.
A.P. Witomski - Mayonaise (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
A.P. Witomski - Canionical
Weird Korea.
31 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Just before the last, blog community shattering day of this year's daylight saving time months comes to an end, I'm definitely in the mood of getting a little rougher, so I've figured that Weird Korea's epic, nearly nine minute spanning garage rock masterpiece Dagger that was dropped into my inbox this week might just be the right thing to express my overall spirit right now. The Purchase, New York outfit has managed to compose a piece of gorgeously raw beauty, valve amplified, somehow 70s rock informed complete with guitar solos and organ parts that has kept me awestruck almost all day. The song, and one hell of a song it is, is part of Weird Korea's debut EP No Art // No Trade, available for free via the group's bandcamp.
Weird Korea - Dagger
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Just before the last, blog community shattering day of this year's daylight saving time months comes to an end, I'm definitely in the mood of getting a little rougher, so I've figured that Weird Korea's epic, nearly nine minute spanning garage rock masterpiece Dagger that was dropped into my inbox this week might just be the right thing to express my overall spirit right now. The Purchase, New York outfit has managed to compose a piece of gorgeously raw beauty, valve amplified, somehow 70s rock informed complete with guitar solos and organ parts that has kept me awestruck almost all day. The song, and one hell of a song it is, is part of Weird Korea's debut EP No Art // No Trade, available for free via the group's bandcamp.
Weird Korea - Dagger
Delofi - Leaving.
30 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Totally stoked by these dark and glooming sample works by Cleveland's very own beat wizard Delofi. LA's fabulous Leaving Records put up his latest tape Leaving as their seventh free release on Thursday. The 22-minute piece contains twelve cuts of the artist, all absolutely terrific explorations into sound and space, with a lot of tape hiss and abstract synth effects. Listen to three of the tracks below and then download the whole thing over at Leaving.
Delofi - Track 1
Delofi - Track 8
Delofi - Track 11
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Totally stoked by these dark and glooming sample works by Cleveland's very own beat wizard Delofi. LA's fabulous Leaving Records put up his latest tape Leaving as their seventh free release on Thursday. The 22-minute piece contains twelve cuts of the artist, all absolutely terrific explorations into sound and space, with a lot of tape hiss and abstract synth effects. Listen to three of the tracks below and then download the whole thing over at Leaving.
Delofi - Track 1
Delofi - Track 8
Delofi - Track 11