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01.03.2012

[MP3] New Cassettes – “Silent Guns”

did the blood run from heart

♫ New Cassettes – Silent Guns

  • Who: 5 young guys
  • What: Upbeat indie rock. Like Two Door Cinema Club, Arctic Monkeys.
  • Where: Northampton, UK + Facebook / Amazon
  • When: Latest EP Silent Guns is out now
  • Why: England has a long tradition of boisterous young bucks crafting angular indie rock designed for jumping and
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11.19.2011

[MP3] Orbital – “Never”

♫ Orbital – Never

If you never got into Orbital before now is your time! These two British brothers are the old school bomb diggity (as they say…) with a whole handful of mind massaging classics in their catalog. Spinning aural gold since 1989, these guys took a break in 2004 and have been off my radar at least that long …

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10.08.2011

[MP3] Jonny Antari – “Faceplant”

♫ Jonny Antari – Faceplant

Ughhhn! Get gritty Jonny! Not only is that synth grind awesome but it is composed of Jonny Antari’s sampled voice. Thats the kind of innovation and experimentation I like to see in my  electronic music! Seeing Jonny is only 18 I feel that we may be hearing more of this Londoner as his experiments grow even …

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08.30.2011

[LP] Monarchy – MONARCHY / AROUND THE SUN (w/ “Gold In The Fire”)

let’s paint you picture perfect, run around in the rain, building a magic castle, escape on our aeroplane

♫ Monarchy – Gold In The Fire

Weightless. Floating. Deep space breathing on your neck as a faint beat builds in the blackness. Suddenly the stars brighten and the sky is alive with lights as the planets swirl on the infinite horizon. That is kinda …

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08.12.2011

[LP] Patrick Wolf – LUPERCALIA (w/ “The Falcons”)

but you were down and out of luck, now side by side, we’re looking up. finally.

♫ Patrick Wolf – The Falcons

I have this theory about great film artists and their declining wise career choices coinciding with children (See: George Lucas, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Smith, etc). In the case of Patrick Wolf he is neither a filmmaker nor does he …

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05.23.2011

[EP] WAYLAYERS crank it out with BIG MACHINES

oh we ran away, up to those concrete trees

♫ Waylayers – Big Machines

Waylayers spin swirly synth n’ guitar indie dance that isn’t flipping any scripts but definitely get my feet and hips shuffling. “Big Machines” is the top jam off their debut EP “Weightless” and nicely blends street level beats with cloud-level vocals, making it easy to lose yourself …

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10.27.2009

STRICKEN CITY PULL my hips as I leave THE HOUSE and head DOWN the street

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get yourself up, pull the house down that surrounds you

♫ Stricken City – Pull The House Down

Feel that bassline! Hell yeah. This song is sidewalk swagger for the indie set. Stricken City hail from London and “Pull The House Down” is from their debut LP, Songs About People I Know. The album is out now as a …

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08.24.2009

Dinosaur Pile Up warn of an impending Cat Attack. With balls.

Dino PileUp

i try my best to bust a kick but hurt my back

♫ Dinosaur Pile-Up – Cat Attack

Dinosaur Pile-Up sound like the 90s. Or at least they sound like my 90s. Listening to these guys makes me feel like I’m sitting in my old bedroom doing math homework as crunchy guitar sounds escape from my old-school radio. The guitars …

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08.15.2009

Bastila have the perfect song for The Friday Slacker in us all

Bastila

now i’ve got too much to lose, i’ve not got much to say

♫ Bastila – The Slacker

If I had this song in High School I would have listened to it every Friday, batteries for my Discman permitting. It’s the perfect mix of angsty rebellion and ska-punk energy that really got me psyched back then. I don’t listen to …

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08.13.2009

Frankmusik’s ‘Complete Me’ a classic? Time Will Tell… or not.

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are you strong enough this time to give me one last try?

♫ Frankmusik – Gotta Boyfriend

Ever since I stumbled across the video for “3 Little Words” and discovered the spazz-pop of Frankmusik (Vincent Turner to his mother) I have been looking forward to his debut LP. Over the past 9 months I have had a steady stream of …

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