Angela Aux: “You Is A Tree”.

08 Apr 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Heiner Seits aka Angela Aux, hailing from Munich, hit me up with his latest album Whatever You Guess It's Not this week, and though not everything on this pretty eclectic twelve track full-length (the artist himself calls it "weird kraut folk" and refers to Beck, Panda Bear, Why?, and Department of Eagles, no less) eventually could convince me, the album closer You Is A Tree immediately stuck in my head the whole day with its slow burning, eerie melody and Seits' harmony-laden, reverberated vocals. Whatever You Guess It's Not is out April 29 via Red Can Records. Angela Aux will play at Schokoladen in Berlin Mitte next Thursday, April 14. Angela Aux - You Is A Tree Read more → Heiner Seits aka Angela Aux, hailing from Munich, hit me up with his latest album Whatever You Guess It's Not this week, and though not everything on this pretty eclectic twelve track full-length (the artist himself calls it "weird kraut folk" and refers to Beck, Panda Bear, Why?, and Department of Eagles, no less) eventually could convince me, the album closer You Is A Tree immediately stuck in my head the whole day with its slow burning, eerie melody and Seits' harmony-laden, reverberated vocals. Whatever You Guess It's Not is out April 29 via Red Can Records. Angela Aux will play at Schokoladen in Berlin Mitte next Thursday, April 14. Angela Aux - You Is A Tree

Sun Glitters: “Cosmic Oceans (feat. Steffaloo)”.

07 Apr 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Here's a brand new tune by Luxembourg beat wizard Victor Ferreira aka Sun Glitters whose first few tracks made some astonishing and well-deserved blog rounds lately. Cosmic Oceans is another sundrenched (sorry), dense and absolutely sample-heavy electronic gem, only this time the vocals Ferreira distinctly manipulates are those of our adored LA folk songstress Steph Thompson aka Steffaloo (whose recent effort Meet Me in Montauk you definitely shouldn't miss by the way). Just beautiful. Sun Glitters - Cosmic Oceans (feat. Steffaloo) previously: Sun Glitters - Too Much to Lose Read more → Here's a brand new tune by Luxembourg beat wizard Victor Ferreira aka Sun Glitters whose first few tracks made some astonishing and well-deserved blog rounds lately. Cosmic Oceans is another sundrenched (sorry), dense and absolutely sample-heavy electronic gem, only this time the vocals Ferreira distinctly manipulates are those of our adored LA folk songstress Steph Thompson aka Steffaloo (whose recent effort Meet Me in Montauk you definitely shouldn't miss by the way). Just beautiful. Sun Glitters - Cosmic Oceans (feat. Steffaloo) previously: Sun Glitters - Too Much to Lose

Casino Gardens: “Bedroom Racetrack”.

07 Apr 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Our pals from down under at Rose Quartz kindly reminded us this morning that we wanted to prepare a little piece about Casino Gardens, the project of Columbus, Ohio native Byron Ferrari who we had introduced to our esteemed readership back in November (hence last century in internet time) when he was still recording under his Young Heat moniker. Anyway, a few weeks ago he sent over a few new tracks and announced his name change, along with the notification of a forthcoming release sometime soon. So, that particular thing has arrived now. The eleven track self-titled digital album is available over here and still sounds slightly like Matt Mondanile used to sound before he started sounding more like his band, and with summer ahead that is just the music we've been waiting for to take with us to the nearest park. Casino Gardens - Bedroom Racetrack Casino Gardens - Silicon Hill Read more → Our pals from down under at Rose Quartz kindly reminded us this morning that we wanted to prepare a little piece about Casino Gardens, the project of Columbus, Ohio native Byron Ferrari who we had introduced to our esteemed readership back in November (hence last century in internet time) when he was still recording under his Young Heat moniker. Anyway, a few weeks ago he sent over a few new tracks and announced his name change, along with the notification of a forthcoming release sometime soon. So, that particular thing has arrived now. The eleven track self-titled digital album is available over here and still sounds slightly like Matt Mondanile used to sound before he started sounding more like his band, and with summer ahead that is just the music we've been waiting for to take with us to the nearest park. Casino Gardens - Bedroom Racetrack Casino Gardens - Silicon Hill

Young Girls: “Mexico in December”.

06 Apr 2011 — Henning Lahmann

We've never been to Mexico, let alone in December, but the vibes we're receiving here are pretty much our thing so we might reconsider. Young Girls are a three-piece from Houston, Texas, and their brand new tune Mexico in December is the first track to surface from the outfit's forthcoming self-titled full-length. Crystal-clear harmonies on this honest sixties throwback summer tune to let us forget all the clouds out there on this early Wednesday morning. Young Girls - Mexico in December Here's another one that Noam of our beloved Don't Die Wondering had dug out last September. Six Pack Back Stab is just as nice and it had been self-released by the band on a 7 inch. Young Girls - Six Pack Back Stab Read more → We've never been to Mexico, let alone in December, but the vibes we're receiving here are pretty much our thing so we might reconsider. Young Girls are a three-piece from Houston, Texas, and their brand new tune Mexico in December is the first track to surface from the outfit's forthcoming self-titled full-length. Crystal-clear harmonies on this honest sixties throwback summer tune to let us forget all the clouds out there on this early Wednesday morning. Young Girls - Mexico in December Here's another one that Noam of our beloved Don't Die Wondering had dug out last September. Six Pack Back Stab is just as nice and it had been self-released by the band on a 7 inch. Young Girls - Six Pack Back Stab

Julian Lynch: “Back”.

05 Apr 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Here's a brand new track by our relentlessly adored Julian Lynch, taken from his forthcoming, highly anticipated album Terra, due April 26 via Underwater Peoples. Back features gentle, clear acoustic guitar chord progressions and Lynch's accustomed and beloved hazy and blurred vocalization. A very restrained and sparsely instrumented song with a brief, dense culmination towards the end, and a beautiful thing all along. Julian Lynch - Back (via) Read more → Here's a brand new track by our relentlessly adored Julian Lynch, taken from his forthcoming, highly anticipated album Terra, due April 26 via Underwater Peoples. Back features gentle, clear acoustic guitar chord progressions and Lynch's accustomed and beloved hazy and blurred vocalization. A very restrained and sparsely instrumented song with a brief, dense culmination towards the end, and a beautiful thing all along. Julian Lynch - Back (via)

Panda Teeth: “Arms & Hands”.

05 Apr 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Madly in love with this brand new gem by the young "Milwaukee for now Minneapolis soon" über-talent Panda Teeth. Part of his Tundra Dubs debut cassette Sunshine Sin, Arms & Hands is a wonderfully meandering and finely tuned psych pop wonderland of a song, with nicely layered melodies and the heavy use of all kinds of pedals to give the track just the right amount of blurry, sundrenched feel to make you wish your new bike had already arrived so you could cruise through the city with this on your ears, over and over and over again. Grab Sunshine Sin in its delicious entirety digitally or on tape over here. Panda Teeth - Arms & Hands Read more → Madly in love with this brand new gem by the young "Milwaukee for now Minneapolis soon" über-talent Panda Teeth. Part of his Tundra Dubs debut cassette Sunshine Sin, Arms & Hands is a wonderfully meandering and finely tuned psych pop wonderland of a song, with nicely layered melodies and the heavy use of all kinds of pedals to give the track just the right amount of blurry, sundrenched feel to make you wish your new bike had already arrived so you could cruise through the city with this on your ears, over and over and over again. Grab Sunshine Sin in its delicious entirety digitally or on tape over here. Panda Teeth - Arms & Hands

Pretty Lightning: “An Old Wife’s Tale”.

04 Apr 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Usually playing drums and guitar in the "ritualistic neo hippie spook folk collective" Datashock (which also features Pascal Hector of Meudiademorte Records), Christian Berghoff and Sebastian Haas from the placid town of Saarbrücken in the deepest southwest of Germany have recently formed Pretty Lightning, a project likewise devoted to psychedelia yet more focused on pop structures (judging from the few cuts that have reached our ears so far) that all in all appears to be at least slightly reminiscent of earlier Yeasayer or, even more strikingly, Sleepy Sun. The great Toddfather seems to be a fan, as he has asked the duo to contribute to this year's most unanticipated and unlikely compilation, Olde English Spelling Bee's Should Have Been Dead on a Sunday Morning tribute to Creed. This morning, the duo's first original effort has surfaced: An Old Wife's Tale is a track off the already finished debut full-length There Are Witches in the Woods, for which the guys are currently looking for an imprint to put the thing out on vinyl. So if you run a label, contact us or the band immediately - cause if one song justifies any predictions, for sure you won't regret. Pretty Lightning - An Old Wife's Tale Read more → Usually playing drums and guitar in the "ritualistic neo hippie spook folk collective" Datashock (which also features Pascal Hector of Meudiademorte Records), Christian Berghoff and Sebastian Haas from the placid town of Saarbrücken in the deepest southwest of Germany have recently formed Pretty Lightning, a project likewise devoted to psychedelia yet more focused on pop structures (judging from the few cuts that have reached our ears so far) that all in all appears to be at least slightly reminiscent of earlier Yeasayer or, even more strikingly, Sleepy Sun. The great Toddfather seems to be a fan, as he has asked the duo to contribute to this year's most unanticipated and unlikely compilation, Olde English Spelling Bee's Should Have Been Dead on a Sunday Morning tribute to Creed. This morning, the duo's first original effort has surfaced: An Old Wife's Tale is a track off the already finished debut full-length There Are Witches in the Woods, for which the guys are currently looking for an imprint to put the thing out on vinyl. So if you run a label, contact us or the band immediately - cause if one song justifies any predictions, for sure you won't regret. Pretty Lightning - An Old Wife's Tale