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Joanna Gruesome - slacker indie garage rock - "Occult Bookshop"

Joanna Gruesome - slacker indie garage rock - "Occult Bookshop" @JOANNAGRUESOME

“Occult Bookshop” is the latest in a fairly long line of languid indie pop gems from slacker n’ere-do-wells Joanna Gruesome. The track is taken from the single “Pretty Fucking Sick (Of It All)” which is out now on Fortuna Pop!/Slumberland Records. Have a listen below. Joanna Gruesome on Twitter (more…)

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Blakey - "Prism of Love"

Blakey - "Prism of Love" 80s-leaning soul-pop from London @blakey_ldn

Blakey is an artist from London, England taking in 80s soul, R&B and contemporary pop as his reference points. New track “Prism of Love” can best be described as smooth pop with a glitch that will appeal to fans of James Blake and Halls. Have a listen below. Blakey on Twiter (more…)

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Vansire - jangly dream pop from Minnesota

Vansire - jangly dream pop from Minnesota @wearevansire

Vansire is a jangle pop duo from Minnesota. With one album Reflections and Reveries already under their belts, the boys have just dropped new track “Driftless” which is taken from a new EP set for release at the end of this month. An effortless sunny evening road trip of a track, have a listen below. Vansire on Twitter (more…)

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Sorority Noise Release First Track From Forthcoming Album 'You're Not As _____ As You Think'

Sorority Noise Release First Track From Forthcoming Album 'You're Not As _____ As You Think' @sororitynoise

Following last week’s announcement of a new album from the EMO revival outfit this coming March, Sorority Noise have issued the first single “No Halo.” The album focuses on the deaths of a number of frontman Cam Boucher’s friends. “This song is about having a friend pass away and still keeping them fondly in your mind to the point where you show up to their house forgetting that they’re no longer…

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Conor Oberst announces companion album to "Ruminations"

Conor Oberst announces companion album to Ruminations @conoroberst

Conor Oberst‘s Ruminations was number 6 in our best albums of 2016 so it is with great excitement that we announce a follow-up companion album Salutations. Featuring a full band and collaborations with Jim James, Blake Mills, Maria Taylor, M Ward, Gillian Welch, Gus Seyffert, Pearl Charles, Nathaniel Walcott, and Jonathan Wilson, the album will be released on March 17th. Oberst said: “[Drummer…

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Justine Never Knew the Rules - "French Film Girl" #Shoegaze

Justine Never Knew the Rules - "French Film Girl" #JustineNeverKnewtheRules

Justine Never Knew the Rules is a shoegaze / indie rock outfit from Brazil. Fantastic band name that sounds like it should be a post rock act? Check. Washed out fuzz guitar with Beach Boy leanings? Check. Occasionally, an instrumental track on which you can hang your own story and pretend you are Justine Frischmann? Check. [irp] Have a listen to two brilliant tracks “French Film Girl” and “Cat…

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Dark indie / electro pop from Flashes by way of Cornwall

Dark #indie / electro pop from Flashes by way of #Cornwall @flashesband

Flashes is a quartet from Cornwall, England making dark electro / indie pop. The lads have released two albums and a handful of one-off singles, receiving Radio play from Radio 1 and Amazing Radio. Their latest track “The Upset” came out on January 13th and is available as a free download Bandcamp. [irp] A “hypnotic psyched-out tale of perceived reality,” the track is a dark piece that has Thom…

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Dark, synth pop dystopia from Twist Helix

Dark, synth pop #dystopia from Twist Helix @twisthelixband

Fancy some dark, brooding synth pop about how shit the planet has become? Look no further than Twist Helix, a trio made up of Bea Garcia Cisneros (Vocals, Synthesizers), Michael Humble (Bass), James Walker (Drums). The track “Pulse” is taken from the forthcoming narrative album Ouseburn. The concept album “explores the post-industrial redevelopment of the North-East of England” and  “presents a…

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Fuck You – 23 Best Songs About Moving On From That Loser

Fuck You – 23 Best Songs About Moving On From That #Loser #FuckYou

From reasonably sweet and easy to listen to, all the way to raging anger, this is the 23 Best Songs About Moving On From That Fucking Loser. Breathe…. (more…)

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ROE - grumpy electro pop from Northern Ireland

ROE - grumpy electro pop from Northern Ireland @Roe_music #SOAK

ROE is ROE is Roisin Donald from Derry, Northern Ireland. On hearing her brand of grump pop, you can’t help but comparing ROE to fellow Northern Ireland sad song wonder SOAK and what can possible ever be wrong with being compared to SOAK. Donald’s debut E.P resulted in numerous accolades including a collaboration with MOBO award nominated David Lyttle and a sync with a BBC documentary. She has…

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Of Montreal releases surprise EP "Rune Husk"

Of Montreal releases surprise EP "Rune Husk" @xxofMontrealxx #OfMontreal

Of Montreal just surprise-released a new EP Rune Husk. Not much in the way of info. However we can say that the four tracks see Kevin Barnes in perhaps slightly more introspective mood than on last album Innocence Reaches. In the sense at least as introspective as he can manage. “Stag to the Stable” is practically glam rock. “Widowsucking” is a classic Of Montreal hot mess. “Island Life” is…

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Foxygen go back to basics on new track “On Lankershim”

Foxygen go back to basics on new track “On Lankershim” @foxygentheband

With new album Hang due out this Friday, Foxygen have released a video for “On Lankershim.” While previous track “America” was a masterpiece in glam rock experimentalism, “On Lankershim” is a more straightforward affair showing the duo is still at core a twisted dream on indie rock. Have a look at the video below. Foxygen on Twitter [irp] (more…)

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Declan McKenna - "The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home”

Declan McKenna - "The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home” #DeclanMcKenna #IndieRock #Indie

For his 18th birthday, English indie rock n’ere do well teenager Declan McKenna released a clarion call of nonconformity to the youth of today. I got three books. “The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home” doesn’t quite have the same as 2015’s “Paracetamol” or last year’s brilliant “Isombard.” However, McKenna has that one trick up his sleeve that makes him stand out: he’s a teen calling on a generation…

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Squirrel Flower - "Contact Sports"

Squirrel Flower - "Contact Sports" sparse indie rock RIYL #pjharvey #mitski #haleybonar @sqrrlflwr

Squirrel Flower is Boston-based Ella Williams. The album Contact Sports was released in December 2016. A collection of sparse indie rock tracks that will appeal to fans of PJ Harvey, Hannah Lou Clark, St. Vincent and Sarah Mary Chadwick, have a listen below. You can buy Contact Sports via Bandcamp. Squirrel Flower on Facebook | Twitter [irp] (more…)

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New modern classical from Akira Kosemura - "Our Own Picture"

New modern classical from Akira Kosemura – “Our Own Picture”

Pianist and composer Akira Kosemura will release a new EP Our Own Picture on Japanese label Schole on January 27th. Kosemura’s first album Momentary: Memories of the Beginning included a track with Devendra Banhart. His second album One Day was released on 2016 on Schole. Our Own Picture includes three piano pieces transcribing his personal feelings about the changing environment in recent years.…

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Reunited shoegaze outfit Slowdive release their first new song in 22 years

Reunited shoegaze legends @Slowdive release their first new song in 22 years

After spending 2016 in the studio, 90s shoegaze legends Slowdive have announced a new album to be released on Dead Oceans (date unknown). In the meantime we have a new track in the form of “Star Roving.” Frontman Neil Halstead said in a statement: “When the band decided to get back together in 2014, we really wanted to make new music. It’s taken us a whole load of shows and a few false starts to…

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EMO revival outfit Sorority Noise announce mysterious 3rd album 'You’re Not As _____ As You Think'

EMO revival outfit Sorority Noise announce mysterious 3rd album 'You’re Not As _____ As You Think' @sororitynoise

U.S. EMO outfit Sorority Noise have announced the release of their third album You’re Not As _____ As You Think. The follow-up to 2016’s scorching It Kindly Stopped For Me, album three will be released on March 17th via Triple Crown Records. According to frontman Cameron Boucher, the album contemplates the death of a number of close friends. In a press release he says: “No matter what I feel,…