I made a promise...

Stream new track I Made A Promise by The Sexual Outlaws. They still have a horrible band name, but they sure write some pretty fine indie pop tunes!

the sexual outlaws - I Made A Promise

This Vision...

If you like catchy electronic pop songs, I highly recommend that you check out Swedish duo This Vision. Their sophomore album The Golden Age We Lost was released last Friday and contains 10...well; no surprise really...catchy electronic pop songs!



 This Vision - Ashes by Devotion Records

Little boy...

Swiss act Lovebugs has published this sweet (quite funny and in some ways slightly sentimental) little lyrics/animated video for their new single Little Boy (album link). Will hopefully catch the attention of Danish music fans, as it features Søren Huss of Saybia on vocals and ukulele (check the video for more details)...and this is more than just a fine video, as the song itself is a really nice, catchy alternative pop/rock tune...



Little Boy (feat. Søren Huss) by Lovebugs

Say it...

Here's the new video and (soon to be released) single by Swedish indie quartet Paris. Say It, the lead track from the forthcoming EP From Paris To Pluto, is the first new recording we hear from the band since 2007 and what a track it is! Labelling themselves a "popindiedisco" band and to cut things short, Say It is superb blend of exactly those genres being catchy as hell, heavily guitar driven and with pumping dance beats. Wow; Just wow!



+ Say It

Stuff...

Still just an incredible lazy sod...not feeling like writing at all, but sure need to get this blog back up and running...somehow...

Azure Blue has recorded this instrumental cover of Sweet Child O' Mine. Said to be "just a demonstration of a slightly new sound". In a way I hope so as, to be honest, the cover is pretty tedious. But I'm certainly looking forward to the new songs...
Azure Blue - Sweet Child Instrumental demo

Danish duo Dampfbahn has posted a brand new track named Love Like A Flower. They have always written some nice catchy pop songs and this one is no exception; though has some (intended?) novelty to it...
Love is like a Flower by DAMPFBAHN!

Has anyone given the new Richard Hawley album Standing at the Sky's Edge a listen? Not exactly the type of album I (or probably anyone else) expected, as it sounds like he had some serious anger to get off his chest. Whether or not it was the wrath that ignited it I obviously don't know, but musically the album heads off in a complete different direction (the first 4 tracks especially), when comparing it to previous releases, as gone are the strings and the guitars in complete control. But the songwriting is a good as ever, the production is fine, the man himself still possesses one of the best voices in music and the second half of the album is to some extent a return to the "old sound", which probably will please some...so summed up this is "just" another album to add to the list of excellent releases by Mr. Hawley!
Richard Hawley - Standing At The Sky's Edge

Check out this fine cover of the beautiful Don't Stare at the Sun (from the aforementioned) Sky's Edge by Lo-Fi Record Club (who?)!
Don't Stare At The Sun (Richard Hawley Cover) by Lo-Fi Record Club

Via Peter and Peter comes news about this new track by Get Well Soon.
Get Well Soon - You Cannot Cast Out The Demons (You Might As Well Dance) by City Slang

Jolan district...

Super brilliant UK quartet The Number has posted a brand new version (radio edit) of old track Jolan District. A version that, believe it or not, is even more freakin' awesome than the original! Hopefully this means that more news and new songs are on the way...?

The Number - Jolan District (radio edit) by The Number

Stay...

New video by Junica for the single Stay. According to a recent Facebook update, the debut album, following up last year's brilliant Junica EP, will be out in July.



Stay by junica

Put on your dancing shoes...

Brooklyn act (duo?) Sensual Harassment sure knows how to create dance floor fillers. Two years ago I posted the pumping and irresistibly catchy Fever (which I often include when putting together a playlist for running) and just recently they finished their equally irresistible (and danceable) remix of Stranger's Shine On You. Which actually is a pretty fine track in its own right (though that one really isn't for the dance floors)...

Shine On You (Sensual Harassment Remix) by [STRANGERS]

Shine On You (Radio Mix) by [STRANGERS]

 Fever by sensual harassment

Picnic...

Watch or stream We've Only Just Begun by Estonian trio Picnic. From the forthcoming 7" single that will be out on Shelflife at the end of the month. Expect that shoegaze/dreampop fans will start drooling when they hear this!



 Picnic - We've Only Just Begun by shelflife

Two tracks...

Two new and really interesting tracks found at Soundcloud. To The Night by Earth First (cannot find any fanpage/webpage, though a little info can be found on bandcamp) will be the lead track (?) on the upcoming 7" single to be released by Cloudberry Records. And is every bit as sweet, charming and wonderful a song as one would expect to find on a Cloudberry release! The second track is a new recording by Danish electronic/experimental act Altmodisch. More straightforward and far catchier than I ever imagined it would be; so quite a positive surprise!

Earth First - To the Night by Cloudberry Records

Watches Fall Asleep (Nothing Is Ever Good Enough) by Altmodisch