In My Heart - Coolport Room For Rent ( Demo ) - Nancy Sin Hold On, Call - A Certain Smile She's My Hero - Crayon Fields Nowhere To Run - Traveling With Monica Light Blue - Old Lacy Bed Just Like Them - Alpaca Sports Not Used To Losing - Love Signs Artvacado - WHALO Lemonhead Boys - Jessica & The Fletchers Duke - Tuff Love Summer Song - Peaness QC - TV Ugly Sunshower - Flowertruck Awkward Dreams - Thee Mightees
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Hello once again for another ramble through some indie stuff lurking about at the mo.....
First up we have Coolport aka Silvia, Scott and Tim from Auckland, taken from their Bandcamp Lp called "Car". Then a very impressive first offering of 2 demos from Nancy Sin aka Joey Clara and Nick from San Diego.
Dufflecoat are totally on fire at the moment, including an upcoming All Dayer - see below - and one of their many great recent releases is the CD ep from A Certain Smile ( aka Strum Strum, Pick Pick, Bang Bang, Sing Sing - HA HA ! ), who are themselves selling a cassingle version - if you'd prefer that to the CD.
Then it's a song from the long awaited new album from Melbourne's Crayon Fields called 'No One Deserves You", out now for your total enjoyment from the always brilliant Chapter Music.
Traveling With Monica are a 3 piece from Bangkok, former members of the Thai band The Passion Of Anna, who've just put out their debut s/t ep.
After that we have something from the new Old Lacy Bed mini-LP called "She Daydreams", out now on 2670 records , followed by a song from something I am sure needs no introduction - ie the new Alpaca Sports 10" Mini LP "When You Need Me The Most", as always amazingly brilliant. If you haven't already pre-ordered your copy ( release any day now ) - then you can either grab it from Elefant, Luxury or from the AS bandcamp - there is also a Linited CD version with an extra track ( of course I got that as well ! ).
If you're in the UK - check this awesome billing for the Dufflecoat all dayer on Nov 14th
Back to today's mix we then move to a great new single from Brisbane's Love SIgns, the third single, so far they have released digi-only but I have a fantasy that one day I'll own something of theirs on vinyl ( this fantasy extends as far as a split 7 with Babaganouj - any takers of the challenge out there ?? ). Anyway I love this band and so here's the clip for said latest tune
Then it's WHALO
from Nottingham / Stockholm from their debut EP "Sleepy" followed by
the debut full length from Jessica & The Fletchers called
"Connecting People" which is out right now from Discos De Kirlian. "Duke" is a song from the new Tuff Love 10" called "Dregs", coming in November and available for pre-order now from Lost Map. Peaness are a 3 piece from Chester who have a great ep out called "No Fun", TV Ugly ( spelt tv ugly really ) are from Vancouver and have a tape out called "UCLA Yankee Cola" via Alarum Records, Flowertruck are from Sydney ( and I love a good song that name checks inner city Sydney ), "Sunshower" being from their Dirt Ep, and last but of course not least are Thee Mightees from Sheffield, who have been drip feeding us with some great tracks on their Bandcamp. And to wrap up today's rave, I am busting for the new Ocean Party LP "Light Weight" due here in Oz on Oct 9, a little later OS - meantime buy yourself a Light Weight t-shirt here and get the first 2 preview songs "'Guess Work" and "Greedy" as a download, and finally here is a so called "unofficial fan clip" for Guess Work -
No Other- The Golden Eaves Heart Shaped Tamborines - Dayflower Stirling - Pure Morning Chaque Jour Qui Passe - Aline Know The Reason - Moon Types Chirology - The Color Waves Dearly Beloved - Little Faith Good On The Inside ( I Don't Mind ) - Sleuth Cherry Pop - Girlscapade Twilight - Wonder Club Talk It Over - Bodyheat Standing On The Platform - The Haywains Here Without U Mane - Yorkshire Fields Haircut - Reporters Raspberry - Youthmemory Silencer - Fault That Boy - Obedient Wives Club
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Back again with another wee blast of stuff...starting off with a new Joe Brooker project ( based in Augsburg Germany ) called The Golden Eaves - featuring Joe & Kenji Kitahama ( from The Clay Hips, also The Fairways with Joe ) among others - so far just a few random tracks up on Bandcamp but I can sense various labels circling on this band !!! Anyhow seems this is available on vinyl in "winter" ( Northern Hemisphere that is ) Then it's a ( CDr ) single from Dayflower, a 4-piece from Leicester followed by Pure Morning from Sinaloa Mexico and a track taken from their debut album called "The Broadcasting Department of Philadelphia". Here's a little vid of another track from that album called 'Louder"
After that it's Aline, of course formerly known as Young Michelin, and a track from their new album ( due VERY soon on Aug 28 ) called "La vie électrique" - which will be available on a myriad of formats - eg digital wise from iTunes / Spotify / Apple Music but physically on Fnac on Double LP & CD
Then we have Moon Types with the title song from their 3 track 7" ep, the latest in a string of amazing releases from Jigsaw who are totally on fire at the moment and show no signs of slowing - speaking of which they also bring us a song today from Sleuthoff the debut full length called "Out Of The Blue Period" - coming out on very limited vinyl via Jigsaw & Kingfisher Bluez and CD from just Jigsaw - ready to go now on Sleuth's bandcamp.
Likewise with Dufflecoat who after a brief hiatus are now back and firing out the new classics with a split CDr from Reporters and Young Scum plus a 7" ep from The Haywains called "Bobby Gentry' s Tears", and the very latest an ep from Exiles from NY currently at the preorder stage. Reporters & Haywains tracks today from those releases. The Color Waves track is also up for pre-order now as a 7" from Cloudberry, featuring of course now 3 of the erstwhile All My Friends lineup. Then we hear from Little Faith, a three piece from Northampton with a song from their debut "Long Bright Dark Ep". Girlscapade are Sarena & Alyssa from Fort Wayne Indiana, who've just released their debut album called "The Summer Tape" - apparentely recorded on the mic of a cassette player (......love it ). Equally obscure and also a home-jobby is Wonder Club aka Joshua Grimes, currently working on a debut ep called "Perfect Stranger". Bodyheat from Glasgow, who I've played before have their debut self titled CD out now for your edification. Yorkshire Fields despite the name aren't from the UK but from Ruston, Louisiana and have a new 5 track ep out on Bandcamp now. Youthmemory ( Japan ) also have Bandcamp newie available called "Raspberry". Fault are on the always interesting HeyHo! label out of Indonesia, today's track the title track from a CDr and finally the latest from Singapore's Obedient Wives Club, their ep called That Boy / This Is It. As always, enjoy and see you next time ;)
Boy You Can Tell Me - Don't Cry Shopgirl Summer Dream ( demo ) - Maitee Bruise - Automatically Yours Lucy - Plastic Flowers Clinging To The Banisters - Uranium Lake In With The Out Crowd - The Autumn Stones Everything Dies - Dripping Wet Go For A Walk - Five Corners Mis Amigos Odian Talulah Gosh - Jessica & The Fletchers I Keep On Wondering - The Sun Days Heart Attack - Hideous Towns Have No Problem - Zzuf All I Could Do - Pet Theories Let's Flip A Coin - Tomiji Maura & Dana - Big Quiet
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Hello again, I'm really happy with what I came up with today, hope you are too :)
Starting with Sweden's amazing Don't Cry Shopgirl, a track from their upcoming 7" ep on Cloudberry ( that is, after the next 7" on the label from The Color Waves ). After that we have a demo from Maitee, aka Mai - as she says "just a from girl Japan", and then a track from the "The Trouble With The World Is Me" cassette from Automatically Yours ( from Madison, Wisconsin).
That's followed by "Lucy", the newie from Plastic Flowers, from an ep called "Summer of 1992", a preview of the upcoming ( in Nov ) album "Le Temps". The artist known to us as Uranium Lake ( from Northwich,UK ) - known to his parents as Thomas Rowbotham - with one of a few demosih songs up on his Soundcloud.
Then we have a taster from The Autumn Stones album "Escapists" slated for release on 7/7/this year, personally totally looking forward to that one. After that we head down to Denton, Texas for a newie from Dripping Wet, then back up north to Lake Grove, NY for Five Corners, and the first single from an upcoming album from them.
Melbourne's Hideous Towns have a great new 7" out ( so let's play it...you know you'll want to buy it as well ), then Zzuf, who, despite the label name being "Leeds Records", are from Jakarta - and a newie from them.
Pet Theories hail from Chicago and have self titled Bandcamp album out...so let's hear from them too. Then it's Tomiji, of course the not so secret side project of Thomas from Pale Spectres and finally a new 7" from Big Quiet, out now for your instant gratification from Unblinking Ear Records.
Rumours - Labrador City Hey Joan - The Stammer Seadance - Seadance For Tomorror (sic) - Fantastic Day Took A Running Jump - Miracle Strip Love Bludger - Baby Honey Can't Go On - Finnmark! Jennifer - Wild Meadows Bluff ( Babaganouj cover ) - Dinochip I Can't Hide My Love - Coffee Garden My Funny Eyed Friend - Starry Eyed Cadet Abandonware ( Josh and Jer ) - Roman a Clef Brand New Day - megane.panda Wolfy - Okinawa Picture Show Stranger - Moon City Boys
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I have a random 10 days holidays - so that means blog binging - so let's get cracking on this one - starting in Switzerland with Labrador City from the Oh, Sister Kollektion #1 comp on the Oh Sister Recordings from Bern. Then a teaser from an upcoming album by The Stammer from Philadelphia followed by Seadance from Montpellier from their "Delerium Celeste" CD.
Fantastic Day are from Hong Kong and today's song a preview of their upcoming "Kaleidoscope". Similarly the debut album "Magic Milk" from Glasgow's / Edinburgh's Miracle Strip is due any day now. Another debut / official release I've been looking forward to ( ever since bunging on about them way back on #20 ) is "Abandonware" from Roman A Clef, today's track a preview from that.
Some Aussie things today - "Love Bludger" from Baby Honey ( Perth ), "Jennifer" by Wild Meadows ( Melbourne ) and a cover of the Babaganouj ( Brisbane ) song "Bluff" by Dinochip ( Melbourne ).
Beko have just released a new Finnmark! CD called "Things Always Change" and Starry Eyed Cadet have a split out with Pleasantry. Coffee Garden is a side project of Milk FIlm and have released a ( totally instrumental ) mini-album called "A Perfect Day For Bluebird" and also from Japan is megane.panda - today we hear from their 2nd ep.
Okinawa Picture Show, despite the name aren't from Japan but from Birmingham ( and Bath ), today it's from a new-ish self titled tape of theirs. And ending up here with Swedish 3 piece girl-group Moon City Boys from a 7" of theirs that came out late last year.
I say "ending up here" because at some point on this mini-holiday I am planning another 'Fruit Machine" live radio show with looooooooots more to hit you with ( old and new )- stay tuned for that one.
I Could Be Wrong - The Electric Pop Group Esperás, no hay más - Candelaria Varela Hurdles and Rewards - Franklin's Kite The Situation That We're In - Library Siesta Gone Too Soon - Lumin Bells September - Flower Face When I'm Tired - Totally Mild Walking Home - Goodly Thousands วันนี้เรานัดกัน - Wave & So Alligator - Nevski Turntable - JuliaWhy? Learn - Strange Babes Feverfew - Wallflower Only Matters When ( Demo ) - UV-TV You're Gonna Find Out - Big Quiet Histamine - Eugene Gorgeous Time To Go - Black Springs Sigh - Summer Library I'm Running Without Running - Mitssu I'll Forget Everything - Screechy Club A Promise Kept - The Fiction Aisle
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Yes back for another mix, starting this time with a big preemptive plug for the already delayed new album from The Electric Pop Group called "Integration", which is out "as soon as possible" from Matinee - I check on this once or twice a week and I can feel it in my waters that it will happen any day now !! Based on the preview tracks that have sporadically popped up this will be well worth the wait. Unlike the song title I don't think I could be wrong on that one.
Then we are off to Argentina for Candelaria Varela from her bandcamp ep called "Confesiones de un sábado a la noche", followed by the very welcome return of the Little Treasure label, after a momentary break from releasing, and a 3"cd from Franklin's Kite ( ie Marc Elston, ie The Liberty Ship - the old Sunday Recs band ), with the title track "Hurdles & Rewards". Library Siesta from Sydney ( Redfern specifically) are after that, from a 3-track CD ep of theirs called Honey Love Time.
Lumin Bells are an amazing sounding band from Liverpool, with a freshly recorded new album under their belt - not sure when this might be out and how - and there are some more preview songs from it up on their Soundcloud, all equally as brilliant as "Gone Too Soon".
Next up is Flower Face from Ontario - aka ( and by that I mean "actually known as" ) Ruby McKinnon and a song from her most recent ep called "Funeral Kid", only about 17 and writes and plays ( + records ) all her own stuff ( her first ep recorded in her basement ).
Then we're back over to Australia for the yay it's finally out debut full length from Totally Mild called "Down Time", available for your enjoyment via Bedroom Suck. Still in Australia, though Sydney this time we also have a track from another debut LP, this time from the JuliaWhy? LP "Wheels" and also Black Springs, their newie, a 7" gem called 'Time To Go", a follow up to their earlier "Sunrise' CD.
Shelflife have just given us another great Goodly Thousands 4 track ep called 'Sunshine Hair", hard to knuckle down which of the 4 to play today, all great, but finally after a long debate in my head ( on the way to and from work the last 3 days ) chose "Walking Home".
Then we have Wave And So from Thailand, on the Parinam Music label ( also home to the band Seal Pillow ) and the song called วันนี้เรานัดกัน - which Dr Google Translate says means "Today We Make An Appointment", which I suspect isn't that literal - might be more like "Today We Meet". Either way the band sounds great !!
Nevski are from Paris and we hear today from their debut ( self-titled ) ep. Strange Babes from LA have followed up the amazing 'Holiday" single from last year with a really great debut album, which they are giving away for free "with love" from the band. The Wallflower track is from the new Cloudberry Fanzine ( 'The Intolerable World' ) - as always a great read and every song on the accompanying CD excellent. Then we do a bit of hangin' in The States, firstly for a demo from a Chicago band called UV-TV follows that on the High Fashion Industries label, then the a track from the debut cassette from Brooklyn's Big Quiet. Eugene Gorgeous I can't tell you an awful lot about, other than I really like their song and that are from York and a three piece. Then it's Summer Library aka Patrick Kelly from NY, and his track on the February Records 5 Year comp, another amazing comp with a great zine included. Then we have 2 tracks by Takuya Mitsumura from Jaapan under the name Mittsu and also Screechy Club, total bedroom stuff and I really love it. And closing today's mix with a band from Brighton called The Fiction Aisle and a track of theirs out on the Chord Orchard label. as always enjoy :)
Full Moon, Hungry Sun - Kane Strang Slumber Party - Lost Tapes Golden ( demo ) - Mercury Girls I'll Take You With Me - The Charlie Tipper Experiment Carry Your Good Name - August Actually No Moon - Chorusgirl Double Star - Binaries The Town Clerk's Views Again - Falling & Laughing No Common Sense - E'spaniel Dreamin' - Youthmemory Everyday - Chook Race In A Garden - Tam Vantage Dazed - Farewell Fox Prince Charmless -The Heurs So You're Mine - Crumplehorns
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A quick blurb is a good blurb today, the mix starting of with a new single from Dunedin's Kane Strang, from an upcoming album, then a newie from Lost Tapes, a 7" ep on Box Bedroom Rebels ( limited to 250 copies so hurry ). Then from Philadelphia it's Mercury Girls and a demo from them.
The Charlie Tipper Experiment are Bristolians and a band of indiepop pedigree - whose member's genome includes DNA from the likes of The Groove Farm, The Flatmates, Beatnik Filmstars, Five Year Plan among other luminaries. We hear a song today from their second release, the album "Mellow On". Then we pop up to Nottingham for August Actually and their album called "The Forever War", a CD version is also out via House vs Home Records.
Following that it's a single I'm very much looking forward to, from Chorusgirl, coming out in a few weeks on Oddbox as part of their 100 Club Series ( pre-orders available now ). BInaries is the newest Soft Power release, a super limited ( 50 only ) 3" CD.
Falling and Laughing ( Birmingham ) have a recent ( free ) ep out called "Babygraph" - having also been out previously via Oddbox. Novacastrians E'spaniel follow with a "homemade" demo of theirs and then it's over to Tokyo for Youthmemory and the title track from the Dreamin' ep.
A couple of Aussie things after that - both Melbournians - firstly Chook Race from their "About Time" LP ( and I song called Everyday which I can totally relate to, though in my case it's Pro Tools instead of Excel drudgery ), followed by Tam Vantage from the "Setting Sun" ep - the CD version of this is nearly gone / sold out and comes with a real dried flower on the front. The Tam in the band's name not referring to Tim Tam biscuits but rather Tam Matlakowski of Pop Singles fame.
Closing up today with Farewell Fox, from Sacremento and another free ep called 'Fare Thee Well", The Heurs and Crumplehorns ( from Scarborough - UK that is, not down near Wollongong in NSW ) and a 7" ep on theirs on clear yellow vinyl.
Tell Me - Talking Bush The Chaos - Slow Decades Just Like Before - Beach Beach Heart On My Sleeve - Arsenic! Adelaide - Requin Chagrin Joey Too - Talia Santos Really - Dripping Wet Chloe's Lung - Foam On The Daydream Up And About - Real Numbers Endless War - The Autumn Stones Silhouettes - Bodyheat Hold You Down - Love Signs Chimera - Future Echoes Improvise - Venus Envy Hangovers & Heartbeats - Roman Charity
Back for another aural mini-adventure, this was meant to be the "Asia Special" but because I am waiting on few things to arrive I've moved that back.
Before we get cracking on today's blurb a little video ( in case you haven't seen it, which maybe seems unlikely looking at Twitter ) from The Orielles; being a clip for "Space Doubt"- forthcoming on vinyl I believe, which came out just as I finished making this mix...wahhh....still check it out and I will definitely sniff out that vinyl when it's out :)
Back to the business at hand, today's mix, which kicks off with Talking Bush aka Nikita Bushmanov from St Petersburg and his first outing called "Tell Me". A great first track indeed.
"The Chaos" is from the debut album called "The Frost & The Concrete" from Newcastle 5-piece Slow Decades. Then we are off to Barcelona for Beach Beach from the album "The Sea" out via the La Castanya label.
Then very happy to say we finally have some solid product from Arsenic! in the form of their debut LP "Cautious Optimism" , an 11 song album which is out now, as either digi or CD. Full of catchy gems ;)
Requin Chagrin are from Paris and their song Adelaide is also available on the latest ( Vol 5 ) of the La Souterraine label's series of compilations of French music. Sounds good while I wait for Juniore's album....
Talia Santos is from Woodland Hills, CA ( not 100% sure where that is, but then again nobody really knows where Clovelly in Sydney is either ! ) and has also released under the name of Girl From Mars. "Joey Too" comes from her latest batch of demos.
Dripping Wet are from Denton, Texas and only formed last year, putting out a two-song mini-CD ( hand-painted ) 'Everything Grows / Yearbook" mid way through 2014. The song we hear today "Really" was released on the Meditations In Fear III cassette comp put out by Olympic Dreams Records.
Next up are Foam On The Daydream, who are Bentley Cook & D Lucille Campbell from Help Stamp Out Loneliness. The 7" single of "Chloe's Ling" is out via freakScene, and also ( the b-side alternative version ) is on a comp from that label called "FS001- A FreakScene Collection", with a few other luminaries on that comp. Then we head to Minneapolis for Real Numbers and "Up And About", another track on the No Problem Singles Clubs series I mentioned last time.
After that it's The Autumn Stones from Toronto and "Endless War", one of 3 great singles they released in 2014. Even better news is they are currently in the studio working on a 2nd album ( to follow up their debut "Companions Of The Flame" ), current thinking is a possible Spring release...er...Northern Hemisphere Spring that is for us Hemispherically challenged Aussies, either way that's "not so far away". Bodyheat are from Glasgow and as far I can figure thus far have only recorded song up on the interwebs - "Silhouettes" ( hopefully that will change soon ), They have been gigging recently with the likes of The Very Most, Yakuri Cable, Model Village and The Orchids. Here's a clip of them late last year ( supporting The Orchids ) called "New Demographic"
Next up is Love SIgns from Brisbane, with their second single "Hold You Down", here's their clip for that....
Finishing off the mix with Future Echoes, a one man outfit from Kent, from the Sound Waves Ep, followed by Venus Envy who are from Cambridge, "Improvise" one of four tracks they recorded last year and finally we end in Dublin for Roman Charity, another one man affair with a song from their one & only single which came out last year.
And one final video, from brisbane band The Creases - totally worth a mention and because of their record label I wouldn't be able to play a song in my mix without getting into trouble, so just a video. This track is from their "Gradient" ep which came out digitally in the middle of 2014 but finally made it onto 10" vinyl in December - which you can buy here. Meantime the video for "Static Lines" from the EP...which I am pretty sure features Izzy the singer from Love SIgns in the crowd ( or a good doppleganger ) though given Emma from Love Signs was in an earlier video I reckon my science is pretty good...
Thanks for listening, watching and reading and buying / supporting bands & labels when you can, see you next time when it definitely IS the promised Asia Special.
