279. MY ...

279.

My where has become something else.

{Ippolita Avalli, Simena}

278. CAT CAT "KEYS AND LOCKS DON'T WORK"

next up is the wonderfully hook-laden, zoned-out, jingly-jangly, Flying Nun-imbued guitar pop reverie Keys And Locks Don't Work, from Melbourne-based post punk trio Cat Cat off their forthcoming debut album "Uralba" (2011). 


MP3: Keys And Locks Don't Work

the "Uralba" album is set for release November 1st from Dream Damage Records, it will be available on 12" vinyl et for digital download via bandcamp. if you like what you hear i'd definitely recommend checking out their earlier albums that are available via bandcamp also, the "Waking Space" EP (2010) is stunning!

you can find Cat Cat here: facebook | twitter

278. ABOUT ...

278.

About this same time, through a concatenation of events,

"haphazard" encounters, the reading of certain books–

books that were thrown into my lap, as it were–

things began to jell.

{Henry Miller, Big Sur}

277. QUILT "PENOBSKA OAKWALK"

take a pleasant trip back to the 60s with this nostalgia-laced track– the lush, jangly, harmonious, psyched-out, wistful lead single, Penobska Oakwalk from Boston-based indie/psych folk outfit Quilt off their forthcoming self-titled debut album "Quilt" (2011). 


MP3: Penobska Oakwalk

the "Quilt" album comes out november 7th on Mexican Summer, it will be available on cd or lp! you can listen to some earlier track on the Quilt bandcamp.

you can find Quilt here: myspace | facebook

THE DØ MUSIC VIDEO FOR "TOO INSISTENT"

not sure how this video slipped past me too, but here it is for those among you who also missed this incredibly stunning et very trippy/creepy music video for The Dø's brilliant single Too Insistent off their wonderful album "Both Ways Open Jaws" (2011), directed by Noel Paul.

The Do - Too Insistent

277. IN ...

277.

In the name of the Bee –

And of the Butterfly –

And of the Breeze – Amen!

{Emily Dickinson, The Gentian Weaves Her Fringes}

276. BERMUDA BONNIE "SAY SOMETHING"

here's a deliriously throbbing et blippy, tripped-out, disco-pulsing, western-themed hallucination, Say Something from Brooklyn-based avant/dream pop weaver Rebecca Huston aka Bermuda Bonnie off her forthcoming album "Drama" (2011).

"Rustic and debonair,

then she ripped her dress on your spur,

I wish my dream was as good as her's."

MP3: Say Something

the "Drama" album is due out October 25th on cassette via Chill Mega Chill, until then you can head over to Bermuda Bonnie's soundcloud et check out her vast collection of songs/remixes, standout singles are Evil et Kohl. enjoy!

you can find Bermuda Bonnie here: myspace | facebook | bermudabonnie

THE SOFT MOON MUSIC VIDEO FOR "INTO THE DEPTHS"

here's a video that i completely missed out on, but i feel compelled to post now for those of you out there who were in another universe when it first dropped, so here's the gritty et atmospheric, hallucinogenic, b&w experimental/psycho-drama for The Soft Moon's track Into The Depths, directed by William Jones for 10lb Pictures.

The Soft Moon - Into the Depths

276. I ...

276.

I want to make it known that I love a ball of paper, 

the igloo, shoes, fine thread, fern, the chirping of the cricket;

I love reality, the function of a paper ball, of an igloo,

of shoes, of fine thread, of a fern, or the chirping of 

the cricket.

{Pier Paolo Calzolari, Art Povera}

275. PHILCO FICTION "HORIZON"

it is about time for a fix of uber-catchy Scandinavian pop, here's the latest 80s-infused, synth-laden, The Knife-esque, anthemic single Horizon from Oslo, Norway-based synth pop trio Philco Fiction off their forthcoming debut full-length album "Take It Personal" (2011).

"You wear music, like you wear your skin."

MP3: Horizon

the "Take It Personal" album is set for release October 14th on Brilliance Records.

you can find Philco Fiction here: myspace | facebook | philcofiction

275. HOW ...

275.

How do people go to sleep? 

I'm afraid I've lost the knack.

{Dorothy Parker, The Little Hours}

274. MY LITTLE AIRPORT "CHARMING SCARF"

next up is the ultra-catchy et endearing, casiotone-pulsing, Francophile-laced track Charming Scarf, from Hong Kong-based twee pop duo My Little Airport off their new album "Hong Kong Is One Big Shopping Mall" (2011). 


MP3: Charming Scarf

the "Hong Kong Is One Big Shopping Mall" album is available on cd from Singapore-based indie/girly pop label Happy Teardrop Music.

et if you haven't already, have a listen to the catchy et entertaining track Japan Real Melon from the "We Can't Stop Smoking in the Vicious and Blue Summer" (2007) album.

you can find My Little Airport here: facebook | mylittleairport

NEW DUCKTAILS MUSIC VIDEO FOR "HAMILTON ROAD"

take a look at the deliriously twee reality tv/sit-com-styled music video for Ducktails' catchy track Hamiton Road, directed by Richard Law.

274. IDLE ...

274.

Idle again by dedication,
oppressed by emptiness of soul,
he strove to achieve the appropriation
of other's thought – a splendid goal;
with shelves of books deployed for action,
he read, and read – no satisfaction...

{Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin}