243. KIWI SISTERS "CAROL LAURE"

this next track is devastatingly desolate, with emotionally damaged, artless crooning/wailing over stripped back, glitched-out percussion, infused with the soothing balm of a distant saxophone. Carol Laure is from Dallas-based minimal/synth-wave experimentalists Kiwi Sisters {chiefly Caleb Flores-Gutierrez} off the debut "...For The Young And Fertile Bearers Of Fruit..." (2011).

for fans of Xiu Xiu, Cold Cave et How To Dress Well ... enjoy this remarkable track!




the "...For The Young And Fertile Bearers Of Fruit..." album is currently available digitally from bandcamp, where you can also stream the entire album, i'd recommend giving it a solid listen!

you can find Kiwi Sisters here: myspace | facebook

243. WORDS ...

243.

Words cannot capture its strange essence.

{Amélie Nothomb, The Character of Rain}

242. COUNTRY MICE "MORNING SON"

here's a jaunty, rambling, Americana-imbued, dusky, apocalyptic lament, Morning Son from Brookyln-based country/noise rock revelers Country Mice off their debut album "Twister" (2011).

for fans of Yo La Tengo, Wilco et Neil Young ... enjoy!


MP3: Morning Son

the "Twister" album is available from Insound on cd et lp! or you can also grab it digitally from itunes or bandcamp, where you can currently stream the entire album.

you can find Country Mice here: myspace | facebook | countrymice

242. A ...

242.

A somewhat remarkable instance recurs to me.

{Herman Melville, Billy Budd}

241. TASSEOMANCY "SOFT FEET"

take a listen to the airy, mystically steeped, atmospheric, gothic-tinged, folk incantation, Soft Feet from Toronto-based neo-folk duo Sari & Romy Lightman aka Tasseomancy {formerly Ghost Bees} off their forthcoming album "Ulalume" (2011).

tasseomancy is the art of reading/divining fortunes et insights from tea leaf patterns. the album title is a reference to Edgar Allen Poe's poem Ulalume. enjoy!


MP3: Soft Feet

check out the intense, experimental, macro-probing visuals for Soft Feet, created by Kate Young and Ériver Hijano.

Tasseomancy - Soft Feet

the "Ulalume" album will be available August 30th from Out Of This Spark on cd & lp! et as a curiosity you can purchase a collectors edition of the album in the unique form of a candle, adorned with a waterfall print et vintage matchbox's from Record Drop, which also comes with digital download, limited to 500!

you can find Tasseomancy here: myspace | facebook | tasseomancymusic

241. MUSIC ...

241.

Music pours over the sense

and in a funny way

music sees more than I.

{Anne Sexton, Music Swim Back To Me}

240. CAT'S EYES "OVER YOU"

here is the latest swinging, brassy, nostalgia-swooning, Bond theme-evoking single, Over You from London-based duo Cat's Eyes off their infectious debut self-titled album "Cat's Eyes" (2011).


MP3: Over You

take a look at the hazy, flare-streaked, 60s-styled, split screen music video for Over You directed by Michael Baldwin.

Cat's Eyes / Over You

the "Cat's Eyes" album is available on cd + lp from Rough Trade et Record Store, et digitally online from itunes. the limited edition "Over You" 7" is also available from Rough Trade.

take a look at my post for the single Not A Friend {if you haven't already}.

you can find Cat's Eyes here: facebook | catseyesmusic 

240. NOT ...

240.

"Not one word, not one gesture of yours

shall I, could I ever forget ..."

{Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenin}

239. A CLASSIC EDUCATION "BABY, IT'S FINE"

next up is a catchy-as-hell, warm & peppy, fuzzed-out, jingly-jangly garage pop jam Baby, It's Fine, from Bologna, Italy-based garage pop outfit A Classic Education off their forthcoming album "Call It Blazing" (2011).


MP3: Baby, It's Fine

the "Call It Blazing" album will be released October 25th by Lefse Records, pre-orders are available now on cd or lp!

you can find A Classic Education here: mysapce | facebook | aclassiceducation

NEW VIDEO FOR SOKO'S "I'VE BEEN ALONE TOO LONG"

take a look at the delightfully lo-fi, 60s-evoking, intimate performance of Soko's new single I've Been Alone Too Long, from her forthcoming debut album "I Thought I Was An Alien", filmed by Matthew Gray Gubler.

et here's a lovely warm Californian sun-drenched, melancholy-tinged music video for Soko's stunning track No More Home, No More Love, filmed by Matt Amato & Tommy Mose Abbott.

239. SMALL ...

239.

Small lists written sideways,

broken up with pen dashes, 

underlined.

{Lucy Orbell, Movements/Ridding The Body}

238. JULIA HOLTER "GODDESS EYES"

take a listen to the remarkable Laurie Anderson-infused, epic, synth pop revelation Goddess Eyes, from LA-based avant-pop artist Julia Holter {of Nite Jewelia} off her much anticipated album "Tragedy" (2011).


MP3: Goddess Eyes

also here is an earlier single, the slow building, hypnotic mantra, Try To Make Yourself A Work Of Art.

MP3: Try To Make Yourself A Work Of Art

the "Tragedy" album is set for release August 30th on Leaving Records.

you can find Julia Holter here: myspace | facebook | juliashammasholter

NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ST. VINCENT'S "CRUEL"

have a look at the twisted new humour noir music video for St. Vincent's latest single Cruel, directed by Terri Timely. it could be described as Miranda July meets Edward Gorey, featuring an awesome scuzzed-out guitar solo!

238. IN ...

238.

In the world everything is as it is 

and happens as it does happen.

{Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus}

237. MODE MODERNE "REAL GOTHS"

well, here's yet another amazing track that escaped my attention at the time of its release, which i feel compelled, here et now, to post anew, for those of you who missed out too, here's the wonderfully wistful et pithy, Smiths/Morrissey-inflected, nostalgia-swooning, indie pop reverie Real Goths from Vancouver-based indie/synth wave outfit Mode Moderne off the "Real Goths/Undiscovered Countries" 7" (2011).

Real Goths contains some of the best lyrics i've heard in a long time, particularly the second verse of which i am inspired to quote at some length:

"Fading in your face, I could disappear for days.

Your amourous tears, and your tawdry legs,

his charms are his physique, and i'm sure that you'd agree,

I've got the body of a man who reads poetry."

i also adore the 90s-infused, Robert Miles-esque piano melody that forlornly punctuates the track along with the jingly-jangly, reverb-shimmering, Johnny Marr-channeling, guitar riffs et noodlings, et of course Phillip Intile's brooding, nonchalant vocals et crestfallen harmonies are pitch perfect. enjoy!


MP3: Real Goths

take a look at the endearing, subtle et naturally performed/observed drama-driven video for Real Goths, created by Salazar.

Mode Moderne - Real Goths

the "Real Goths/Undiscovered Countries" 7" is available on vinyl from SAM, or you can get it digitally from itunes.

check out my post for the fantastic Joy Division-invoking single Les Neuf Soeurs off the highly recommended self-released "Ghosts Emerging" album.

you can find Mode Moderne here: myspace | facebook | modemoderne

NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG'S "TERRIBLE ANGELS"

take a look at the new nocturnal, paranoia-fueled, physiologically choreographed music video for the title track Terrible Angels from Charlotte Gainsbourg's forthcoming EP, directed by Nathalie Canguilhem.

237. THE ...

237.

 The outside knocks on the windowpanes.

{Hélène Cixous, Stigmata: Escaping Texts}

236. TRUST "CANDY WALLS"

yes, i know i'm about 4 months late on this one, but better late than never, so here it is for those that missed out on the infectiously broody, throbbing, murk-encrusted, NDW/darkwave-infused subterranean anthem, Candy Walls, from Toronto-based synth-wave duo Trust {Robert Alfons & Maya Postepski of Austra} off their "Candy Walls" 7" (2011).

the cover artwork is a recreation of the iconic documentation of Hayley Newman's "Stealth" performance from 1996, where Newman jumped naked on a trampoline in complete darkness for over three hours. the organizer, Casey Orr was allowed to take only a single photograph with flash during the performance. this re-performance might have made an interesting music video for the track.


MP3: Candy Walls

the "Candy Walls" 7" is available from Sacred Bones records on vinyl or as a digital download from itunes or Amazon. the full length debut album is reportedly in the works et should be released before the years out, will keep you posted!

you can find Trust here: myspace | facebook 

NEW CANADA VIDEO FOR OH LAND'S "WHITE NIGHTS"

have a look at the stunningly conceived et executed music video for Danish indie-pop songstress Nanna Øland Fabricius aka Oh Land's new single White Nights, directed/produced by CANADA, liberally-laced with fragmented illusions to iconic female pop videos.

Oh Land - White Nights

236. PERHAPS ...

236.

Perhaps I am in error.

{Anton Chekhov, His Letters 1882-1904}

235. HIGH PLACES "YEAR OFF"

here's a cool blast of minimal wave-inflected spoken-word vocals infused with wispy, yearning harmonies, blippy, pulsating synths, et throbbing, tranced-out beats, Year Off  is the lead single from Brooklyn-based electro/avant pop duo High Places, off their eagerly anticipated forthcoming album "Original Colors" (2011).


MP3: Year Off

the "Original Colors" album is set for release October 11th on Thrill Jockey, 

you can find High Places here: myspace | facebook | hellohighplaces

NEW CANADA MUSIC VIDEO FOR WHITE LIES "HOLY GHOST"

check out the biblically epic new clip for White Lies latest single Holy Ghost, directed/produced by CANADA.

White Lies - Holy Ghost

235. WE ...

235.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

{Joan Didion, The White Album}

234. KURT VILE "IN/OUT BLUES"

take a listen to the devastating new stripped back, introspective, twangy, thrumming acoustic-driven, Dylan-intoning, melancholy-addled lament IN/OUT Blues from Philadelphia-based pysch-folk crooner Kurt Vile off the split "Woods/Kurt Vile Summer Tour" 7" (2011).

"Whose side, are you on?

I'd ask you now, 

but you just stepped out."

MP3: IN/OUT Blues

the "Woods/Kurt Vile Summer Tour" 7" is currently only available from live shows.

you can find Kurt Vile here: myspace | facebook | matadorrecords

234. I ...

234.

"I no longer have inspiration,

I have only memories."

{Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano & Tonino Guerra, La Notte Screenplay}

233. DANI SHIVERS "UP"

here's an endearingly, wonky, glitched-out, pulsating, repetitious, childlike incantation, Up from Tijuana BC, Mexico-based 'spooky/toy-pop' artist You Schaffner aka Dani Shivers off the "Fonogramáticos Vol.13: Sebastián" compilation (2011).

"I wish I, knew what to say ..."

Up is a cross between a soundtrack to an 80s Italian horror film et an aerobics workout video, enjoy!!!

"... and up, and up, and up, and down, down, down ..."

MP3: Up 

check out the grungy, vhs-chewed, b-grade, psycho-drama music video for Dani Shivers' latest spook pop single Witch, directed by Aaron Soto & Dani Shivers.

Up may possibly be included on the the forthcoming "Jinx" EP, no details or release date has been set yet, but the EP will be out on Mexican label LALALA4e Records, will keep you posted.

meanwhile you can listen to some more great tracks on Dani Shivers' soundcloud.

you can find Dani Shivers here: myspace | facebook | danishivers

233. BUT ...

233.

But until then, 
I'll sit and eat a buttercup sandwhich

and wait till the shower is over.

{Bridget St. John, To B Without A Hitch}

232. SØLYST "MALSTRØM"

this next track is a sublimely entrancing fusion of analog et electronic percussion patterns pulsing, thumping, looping, meticulously et ingeniously mixing tribal et krautrock {poly}rhythms to produce the utterly hypnotic aural experience that is Malstrøm, from the gifted mind et body of Düsseldorf-based experimental percussionist Thomas Klein aka Sølyst {of Kreidler} off his outstanding debut solo self-titled album "Sølyst" (2011).


MP3: Malstrøm

i'd highly recommend getting yourself a copy of the remarkable "Sølyst" album, it is out now on Bureau B, you can purchase it from Tapete Records or Boomkat on cd or lp {with free digital download}, or you can get it as a digital download from itunes.


you can find Sølyst here: myspace | bureau-b

NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR STILL CORNERS "CUCKOO"

take a look at the wonderfully hypnotic & ghostly, Lynch-esque, blurry, strobe-laden visuals for Still Corners' gorgeously dreamy single Cuckoo, directed by Lucy Dyson.

232. TODAY ...

232.

Today I have been thinking about weeping.

{Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Weeping On An Autumn Morning}

231. SÓLEY "I'LL DROWN"

if you've been hanging out for a slice of sublime Scandinavian pop then look no further than the breathtakingly beautiful & disquieting, intricate, plinky-plonky, percussion-textured tale of woe I'll Drown, from Icelandic avant folk multi-instrumentalist Sóley Stefánsdóttir aka Sóley {of Seabear & Sin Fang} off her forthcoming debut long-player "We Sink" (2011).


MP3: I'll Drown

the "We Sink" album will be released spetember 2nd on Morr Music, available on cd & lp! also will be available digitally from itunes as of september 6th.

if you haven't already i'd recommend getting hold of Sóley's brilliant "Theater Island" EP (2010), available from ANOST on cd or 10" vinyl! or digitally from itunes.

you can find Sóley here: myspace | facebook 

AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO FOR FRED LORCA'S "ANIMAL BUENO"!!!

take a look at the fantastically, colourful, stream-of-consciousness, hand-drawn animation video for Fred Lorca's infectiously fuzzed-out lead track Animal Bueno off his forthcoming album "Cuchita Club",  animated & conceived by the uber-talented Nico Casavecchia. it feels like an animated CANADA video, amazing stuff!!!

Animal Bueno, Fred Lorca

231. THOUGHTS ...

231.

Thoughts rain out of my mouth.

And b: why is there no music?

{Airini Beautrais, The Drunk At The End Of The World}

230. YOUNG WRISTS "I WANT TO DIE YOUNG COS YOU'RE ALWAYS WRONG"

if you're in desperate need of a healthy dose of wistful, 80s-steeped twee pop then i've got just the fix for you, here's a ridiculously catchy, brooding et hazy, jingly-jangly, indie pop gem I Want To Die Young Cos You're Always Wrong, from Pesaro, Italy-based indie/noise pop duo Young Wrists {Alberto & Letizia} off their fantastic new "Fucked Up In the Head" EP (2011).

i absolutely love the song title, very Smiths! enjoy!


MP3: I Want To Die Young Cos You're Always Wrong

check out the great 80s-imbued, playfully detached, smokey, twee video for I Want to Die Young Cos You're Always Wrong, directed by Enrico Boccioletti.

Young Wrists // I want to die young cos you're always wrong

the "Fucked Up In the Head" album is currently available digitally for free from Italian label Rockit, just click on where it says 'scarica' for download.

i'd also recommend heading over to the Young Wrists bandcamp to check out the fantastic "Wasted Youth" EP.

you can find Young Wrists here: myspace | facebook

AMAZING NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR OUPA'S "WINDOWS"!!!

have a look at the stunningly simple et poignant conceptual video work for Oupa's achingly fragile track Windows, made by the multi-talented 'Maxi S' of Silent Portraits. enjoy!

Oupa 'Windows'

230. WHENEVER ...

230.

Whenever bees were swarming we would

follow them, sometimes by car.

{Peter Peryer, First Light}

229. AMEN DUNES "CHRISTOPHER"

if you feel like you need to leave your earthly confines momentarily, then i'd definitely recommend taking the wonderfully woozy et hallucinogenic, jangly, reverb-rippling, acid folk trip Christopher, from New York-based psych-pop/folk experimenter Damon McMahon aka Amen Dunes off the brilliant new album "Through Donkey Jaw" (2011).


MP3: Christopher

check out the absolutely stunning, tripped-out, Jonas Mekas-esque, experimental 8mm video for Christopher, directed by Kenny Curwood. what you are about to witness is a rare audiovisual experience, a sublime marriage between sound et image!

AMEN DUNES///CHRISTOPHER///THROUGH DONKEY JAW

the "Through Donkey Jaw" album is out now on Sacred Bones, available on cd or lp. there is also a special vinyl edition version with a hand-silk-screened wrap-around sleeve, it is a very limited edition item, only 150 hand numbered copies are in existence, so get in quick! you can also get it from Insound, vinyl copies come with free digital download.

i'd also recommend checking out Amen Dunes earlier albums "Dia" (2009) et the "Murder Dull Mind" EP (2010), both available from Insound on either cd or lp! "Dia" is available digitally from itunes.

you can find Amen Dunes here: myspace | facebook

GREAT NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR HATCHET WOUND'S "BABY TO BED"!

check out the super cool 80s-video styled, jaunty, slapstick mime music video for Hatchet Wound's catchy track Baby To Bed, directed by Cassandra Lee Hamilton.

HATCHET WOUND - BABY TO BED

229. ONE ...

229.

One can only raise happiness 

on a foundation of despair.

{Marguerite Yourcenar, Fires}

228. PONY "AROUND"

next up is the delightfully intimate et eccentric, bouncy et wheezy, synth-savoring, airy, daydream that is Around from ex-Toronto/Maastricht, Netherlands-based ambient folk songstress Pony off her mesmerizing debut album "(I Forgot) To Turn You On" (2011).



et here is a sublimely sparse new single that was posted recently Shout:

 

check out the haunting et unexpected visuals for the stunning Lost Sun track.

if you like what you hear then you should definitely purchase the "(I Forgot) To Turn You On" album from Mole In The Ground Records, it is available on cd, you can also buy it from Norman Records, or you can download it digitally from Amazon.

otherwise you can head over to the LOST SUN soundcloud where you can stream several tracks from the album et keep playing them over et over again!

i have to give a huge thanks to Chantal le Doux {CLD} for bringing to my attention the wonderful existence of Pony! what a stunning revelation! merci!!!

you can find Pony here: facebook | squaretreerecordings

NEW MARIA MINERVA MUSIC VIDEO FOR "RUFF TRADE"

check out the great new psyched-out, effects-laden experimental, hip hop {anti-basketball} pastiche music video for Maria Minerva's latest single Ruff Trade off her "Cabaret Cixous" album, directed by Joonatan Allandi.

MARIA MINERVA - RUFF TRADE

228. YET ...

228.

Yet these repetitions, these tiny variations, halts, 

regressions, can give rise to modifications – 

though barely perceptible – eventually moving

quite far from the point of departure.

{Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jealousy}

227. FEIST "HOW COME YOU NEVER GO THERE"

check out the uber-catchy, swaggering et sultry, blues-laden lead single How Come You Never Go There, from Toronto-based indie-folk/pop goddess Feist off her greatly anticipated new album "Metals" (2011).





take a look at Feist conjuring up the spirits of the forest in this moody, atmospheric, forest dwelling black & white performance video for How Come You Never Go There. enjoy!

the "Metals" album is set for release October 4th via Cherrytree/Interscope, pre-orders are available from Amazon on cd.

if you need more, then keep checking in at Listen To Feist for an unfolding series of wonderful audiovisual impressions of the album-in-progress.

you can find Feist here: myspace | facebook

227. A ...

227.

A feather flight, dreamfloating my heart away

Hanged in space, a white cloud

Torn on winds of birdwings.

{Karen Dalton}

226. TERRIBLE TRUTHS "HEAT THEN FIRE"

here's an infectiously throbbing, fuzzed-out, feisty track, Heat Then Fire from Adelaide-based garage/surf punk trio Terrible Truths off their fantastic self titled "Terrible Truths" 7" (2011).

recommended for fans of Street Chant and Coasting ...


MP3: Heat Then Fire

et here's another ridiculously catchy et perky, guitar pop single off the forthcoming split 7" with Hissey Miyake.

MP3: Don Juan

the "Terrible Truths" 7" is available through The Thousands.

you can stream some other tracks from the "Terrible Truths" 7" on their bancamp or soundcloud page.

you can find Terrible Truths here: terrible-truths

226. EVERYTHING ...

226.

Everything was left unsaid.

{Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited}

225. VASE "LIGHT CHOP"

next up is an exhilarating, wonderfully endearing et idiosyncratic, folk-tinged reverie Light Chop, from lo-fi/avant folk artist Stephen Lane aka Vase off his brilliant album "A Distant Green for A Drier Shade" (2011). 


MP3: Light Chop

check out the stunning experimental video for the fantastic stream-of-consciousness track Soft Knees off the "By The River" 7", video made by Stephen Lane himself.

the highly recommended "A Distant Green for A Drier Shade" album is out on Hand Idiom records in the UK, it is also available from Norman Records on cd-r.

you can find Vase here: handidiom | facebook | youtube

225. WHERE ...

225.

Where is the poetry of my life?

{Muriel Spark, The Takeover}

224. JONATHAN JOHANSSON "BLOMMORNA"

here's the latest infectious, new wave-infused, synth pop single Blommorna, from Stockholm-based synth pop artist Jonathan Johansson off his digital single "Blommorna" (2011). 


MP3: Blommorna

check out the 80s-styled music video for Blommorna, directed by Rikkard Häggbom.

you can find Jonathan Johansson here: myspace | facebook | jonathanjohansson

224. TWO ...

224.

Two hornets were buzzing against the glass roof.

{Albert Camus, The Stranger}

NEW MARISSA NADLER MUSIC VIDEO FOR "ALABASTER QUEEN"

check out the stunning new music video for Marissa Nadler's latest haunting single Alabaster Queen, a day-dreamy, medieval-styled vision, re-imagined through the hazy lens of the 60s, directed/edited et starring Portuguese artist Joana Linda.

"Alabaster Queen" by Marissa Nadler

223. YES ...

223.

"Yes, her eyes are always brimming over with tears."

{Nancy Mitford, Don't Tell Alfred}

222. THE WAR ON DRUGS "COME TO THE CITY"

here's the new rousing et anthemic, Americana-revelling, Dylan-esque single Come To The City from Philadelphia-based indie rock outfit The War On Drugs off their forthcoming album "Slave Ambient" (2011). 


MP3: Come To The City

check out the new nostalgia-smeared, teenage ennui-worshiping music video for  Come To The City, with effective use of hand-scratched/painted-on-film technique, directed by Peter J. Brant for Urban Outfitters.

The War on Drugs - "Come to the City" (Official Music Video)

the "Slave Ambient" album is due out August 16th on Secretly Canadian on cd of lp!

for those who can't wait you can stream it now exclusively over at TLOBF.

you can find The War On Drugs here: myspace | facebook | thewarondrugs

222. IF ...

222.

if you're going to send me something, 
send me a key – i shall find the door 
to where it fits, if it takes me the
rest of my life.

{Bob Dylan, Tarantula}

221. GROSS MAGIC "WE'RE AWAKE TONIGHT"

need a bit of a pick me up? then here's an additively bouncy, synth-pulsing, hissy, glam rock-infused, pysched-out jam, We're Awake Tonight from Brighton-based, self-proclaimed "glunge" artist Sam McGarrigle aka Gross Magic off his wonderful debut "Teen Jamz" EP (2011). 


MP3: We're Awake Tonight

check out the great tripped-out, early 90s grunge-imbued music video for the single Sweetest Touch, directed by Sam McGarrigle himself.

the "Teen Jamz" EP is available to buy/stream digitally from bandcamp, pre-orders are open for the awesome, high quality purple 7" vinyl which will ship on/or around 16th August, limited to only 300!

otherwise you can stream the entire "Teen Jamz" EP on SoundCloud.

you can find Gross Magic here: myspace | facebook | thesoundsofsweetnothing

221. CRAZY ...

221.

Crazy as they may seem to the world,

they are not alone, and they will always

find each other.

{Yiyun Li, A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers}

220. TRAILER TRASH TRACYS "DIES IN 55"

check out the absolutely bewitching, woozy, carousel-organ-sounding, 80s, indie pop-smeared single Dies In 55, from London-based noise-pop cultists Trailer Trash Tracys off their much anticipated debut album scheduled for spring.


MP3: Dies In 55

the debut album will be out on Double 6.

you can find Trailer Trash Tracys here: facebook | trailertrashtracys

220. THE ...

220.

The echo is, to some extent, an original sound,

and therein is the magic and charm of it.

{Henry David Thoreau, Walden}

219. GENERATIONALS "YOU GOT ME"

next up is the infectious new blissed-out, plinky, synth-infused track, You Got Me from New Orleans-based electro pop outfit Generationals off their new "Medium Rarities" EP (2011).

MP3: You Got Me 

et here is the brilliant single from the "Actor-Caster" EP (2011).

MP3: Ten-Twenty-Ten

check out the awesome psyched-out, effects laden, collage-style music video for Ten-Twenty-Ten, made by Albert Birney.

Ten-Twenty-Ten by Generationals

the "Medium Rarities" EP is currently available for free digital download from Park Hevan,

you can find Generationals here: myspace | facebook | generationals

219. IT'S ...

219.

It's red and warm behind my eyelids

and I put my hands behind my head.

{Nikki Gemmell, Shiver}

218. PRINCETON "CLAMORING FOR YOUR HEART"

check out the latest uber-catchy, hook-laden, wistful, 80s-tinged, The Smiths-esque single Clamoring For Your Heart, from Los Angeles-based indie pop outfit Princeton. enjoy!

MP3: Clamoring For Your Heart

you can find Princeton here: myspace | facebook | princetonla

218. TO ...

218.

To begin with, let us take the following motto

(not especially for this chapter, but generally):

Literature is Love.

{Vladimir Nabokov, Despair}

217. BOBBY "GINGER (WATER BIRTH)"

here's the stunning new rhythmically hypnotic et atmospheric, psych-tinged incantation Ginger (Water Birth), from Massachusetts-based avant/noise rock outfit Bobby off their magnificent self-titled debut album "Bobby" (2011).


MP3: Ginger (Water Birth)

i would highly recommend getting hold of the brilliant "Bobby" album if you haven't already, it is available from Partisan Records on cd, mp3/loseless or double lp, with limited edition green and white vinyl limited to 500 copies only! also digitally available from itunes.

check out my post for the incredible debut single Sore Spores here.

you can find Bobby here: myspace | facebook | bobbytheband

217. WILL ...

217.

'Will you tell us what is the theme

or meaning of this book?'

{Sybille Bedford, As It Was}

216. CASIOKIDS "DET HASTER"

next up is the wonderfully infectious lead single Det Haster, from Bergen, Norway-based experimental, electro pop outfit Casiokids off their forthcoming album "Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen" (2011).


MP3: Det Haster

the "Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen" album will be released september 30th via Polyvinyl, available on cd, mp3 or lp {on black or limited edition blue: 500 copies only!}, pre-orders are available now!

check out my post on Casiokids awesome London Zoo single here {if you haven't already}.

you can find Casiokids here: myspace | facebook | happyjokes

ADVENTURE "RIO" MUSIC VIDEO FOR!!!

check out the disquieting, grainy, crash-zoom-laden, vintage-styled, experimental video for Adventure's anthemic track Rio, directed by Andrew de Freitas.

216. SO ...

216.

So I don't think I was mistaken when I thought I could

make myself useful by picking up my pen, and all I need

to do now is to defend myself against the natural impulse

of self-esteem that I might be justified in feeling by 

revealing such truths as these to mankind.

{Xavier de Maistre, A Journey Around My Room}

NEW MATTHEW DEAR MUSIC VIDEO FOR "SLOWDANCE"

check out the stunning new trippy, glitched-out, b&w experimental video for Matthew Dear's single Slowdance, directed by Charles Bergquist.

215. MY ...

215.

My dilemma is poetic.

{Jeanette Winterson, Sexing The Cherry}

214. TORO Y MOI "HOW I KNOW"

next up is the new off-kilter, retro-fied, euphonious, funk-infused single, How I Know from Columbia-based "electro-funk" crooner Chaz Bundick aka Toro Y Moi off his fantastic "Underneath The Pine" (2011).


MP3: How I Know

check out the great new 80s, B grade-style "horror" music video for How I Know, featuring a pair of cute bubblegum-bubble-blowing ghosties, directed by Thomas Kim.



if you haven't got it already, "Underneath The Pine" is available from Insound or Rough Trade on cd et lp! or grab it digitally from itunes.

you can find Toro Y Moi here: myspace | facebook | toroymoi

214. IT'S ...

214.

It's a squad of trees which 

will eventually make a forest,

it's a squad of stars which

will eventually make one less day,

it's a squad of one-less-days which

will eventually make up my life.

{André Breton, The Verb To Be}

213. ECHO LAKE "ANOTHER DAY"

i've been meaning to post this deliriously woozy et airy, MBV-tinged, wistful, guitar-driven reverie, Another Day from London-based dream-gaze quintet Echo Lake off their new "Another Day/Breathe Deep" 7" (2011).


MP3: Another Day

the much sought after "Another Day/Breathe Deep" 7" is still available on vinyl from Rough Trade or digitally from No Pain in Pop, Boomkat or itunes.

you can check out my post for Echo Lake's brilliant single Young Silence here {if you haven't already}

you can find Echo Lake here: myspace | facebook | echolakeband

AWESOME NEW SPANK ROCK MUSIC VIDEO FOR "DTF DADT"!

check out the absolutely stunning new b&w experimental "dance" video for Spank Rock's latest track DTF DADT.

213. BEAUTIFUL ...

213.

Beautiful things floated around in his dreamy head.

{Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird}