Archive for the ‘EPS’ Category
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Having recently stumbled upon HoZac Records I thought it was time to give the label a mention on the blog. Based in Chicago in the US - they've been releasing 7" singles since the end of 2006. In just over 2 years they have racked up an impressive 26 single ...
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
'Neon Jesus' is a pulsing slab of rock n roll - but a rock n roll that is informed by Suicide, Kraftwerk and 1970s punk. Crocodiles also seem to hook into the resurgence of lo-fi pop with the likes of Dum Dum Girls and Pens appearing high in their My ...
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
The Mayfair Set is, from what I can gather, a collabration between Dum Dum Girls and Blank Dogs. They have two songs for streaming on My Space. Both of which are reverb drenched lo-fi pop music. I know two low bitrate songs streaming on My Space isn't much to go ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
My Girlfriend Is Better Than Yours are a duo (one male, one female) from Paris, France. Their début single has just been released. It's a double 'A' side - with 'Winterfarmland' on one side and the song from which the band take their name on the other. I'll start with ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Whilst browsing Emusic for some new musical kicks I stumbled upon this band: Surf City. Being a sucker for Jan & Dean and The Mary Chain I took a listen on the off chance that they were a surfed up hybrid of the two. They were not. ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
I’ve been following Palmstruck for a few years now and remain perturbed and disappointed that too few others have! They recently signed to Liverpool based Project Records and this five-track EP is their first official release.
Harking from Manchester places a responsibility on bands to perform, albeit too often in ...
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
The Second Hand Marching Band are a band of 22+ people from Scotland that play untraditional folk music. They are also members of another 20+ Scottish bands, such as Eagleowl, Q without U, Dananananaykroyd, The Just Joans, Lula Maes and How to Swim. They've garnered comparisons to Beirut and Sufjan ...
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
WeePop! launch 2009 with a compilation titled Starting Anew. It features seven tracks by bands you may or may not of heard before.
The EP (or is it a mini album?) opens with Amida jangling their way through Chapter Two whilst Horowitz contribute their best offering to date with the wonderful ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
A curious one this. A limited 10" split single with the 'A' side being Lydia Lunch's electro shock version of 'Frankie Teardrop' and the 'B' side is a version by Suicide. The version being a 1976 Demo called 'Frankie Teardrop, The Detective Meets The Space Alien'. It's released on Blast ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
After reviewing Lovvers excellent 'Laughing Man' single on the old Indie-MP3 site back in February 2008 and stating it would be worth keeping your ears open for them last year, it's really inexcusable that I managed to miss the release of this 7 song CD/EP on Wichita Recordings back in ...
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