Archive for the ‘Videos’ Category

Surf City - S/T (Morr Music)

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.  ...

Downdime - Knowing Too Much (Squirrel Records)

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Downdime are another impressive band on the Squirrel Records roster.  Their début LP has just been released and even features an original Manhattan Love Suicide Eddy Lines on skin pounding duties.   Whereas the Manhattans take their perfect melodies and press it through a fuzz filter - Downdime are all about ...

Air Waves

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Another recent find on My Space are Air Waves,  a trio from Brooklyn, New York.  Air Waves seem to be the songs of one Nicole - these songs are folk tinged, without ever being 'folky'.   The songs have a simplicity that belies their charm and I'd imagine that the band ...

Lothar

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Lothar are the first Swedish band to make an appearance on the blog.   Those that read the old Lostmusic site and Indie-mp3 will know that Sweden was responsible for some of the best indiepop sounds I have had the pleasure of hearing these past few years (bands like Club 8, ...

The Jelas

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

The Jelas make spiky, awkward guitar music.  I'd go as far to say it's POP music but we can have that discussion another day. Hailing from Bristol (and surrounding area) - this three piece have been together since the summer of 2007 - describing their musical efforts  thus far : "We ...