Lithograph...

Have spent some time tonight streaming the debut album (Cranes In The City) of Toronto band Shoot The Image. I can only recommend that you do the same, if you could imagine yourself enjoying a band sounding like a mix of Blonde Redhead, New Order, Yeah Yeah Yeahs etc. Just to mention a few...


Lithograph - Shoot The Image from Olaf Blomerus on Vimeo.

+ Lithograph

Sightlines by Shoot The Image

Widowspeak...

Ivan of The Boombox Hearts calls Widowspeak his “soundtrack of the summer”. And it’s really, really cool (and quite summerly) stuff I agree and once you’ve listened to the beautiful Gun Shy (twang guitar - yay) it’s hardly a surprise why the band decided to record a cover of Wicked Game!

  Gun Shy by widowspeakband

  Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover) by widowspeakband

The Blessed Isles...

Here’s a truly fabulous recommendation from J.A.. The Blessed Isles hails from Texas and originally started out as a solo project of former The Hourly Radio frontman Aaron Closson. But the line-up has since expanded and the band is currently a trio. The music roams around somewhere in the shoegaze (somewhat noisy, slightly dreamy and quite catchy) genre influenced by “the usual suspects” (everyone from MBV to The Verve). A debut EP is expected out some time later this fall.

Like I Am Dreaming by The Blessed Isles

Give by The Blessed Isles

Artificial construct...

Stream the new Cause and Effect EP Artificial Construct - Part Two below or do what I just did; rush over to bandcamp and spend an insignificant part of your weekly allowance buying it! Pretty close to be a "must" for any fan of 80's synth pop.

The Body...

The new video for the forthcoming The Pains of Being Pure at Heart single The Body...

Happiness is alien...

Great news of the day...one of my favorite bands Cause & Effect will put out a new EP called Artificial Construct Part Two on July 26. First track of the EP Happiness Is Alien is absolutely smashing, though the video is somewhat bizarre; which btw. is the band's first since the video for the 1994 single It's Over Now. Preordering begins on Friday, July 8.

Shorties...

Boxstr continues being absolutely useless. Seems like it's (occasionally) possible to download songs previously uploaded, but for the past two/three weeks it hasn't been possible to upload anything. Happy I'm "only" paying for two accounts...

Has Champagne Riot called it quits? Looks like it I'm afraid. You'll be missed guys, though I'm pretty confident that we'll soon hear news from Caspar (at least)! Grab their latest (and last?) song Alcohol Kisses for a tweet.
 Alcohol Kisses (demo) by CHAMPAGNE RIOT

The Junica debut EP is out and now available through iTunes.
Living In My House by junica

According to the Matinée Recordings news page, Scottish duo Strawberry Whiplash plan to release their debut album later this summer...intriguingly the album will be called Hits In The Car...
Looking Out For Summer by Strawberry Whiplash

Delay Trees is expected to release a free-to-download EP called Before I Go Go some time during the summer. An unmastered version of the track All Black Left can be stream at SoundCloud (or below).
All Black Left by Delay Trees

On the radio this morning...

Yes; I know this is a re-post of a re-post. And yes! I do realize that this by no means is a happy song. Still makes my day every time I hear it...



+ The Last Dance

Holidayzzzz...

Socio Peruvian pop musician Francois Peglau shares this new track "for people who want holidays but cannot afford them". Plan to resume posting tomorrow!
Holidayzzz by fpeglau

Music and holiday...

Holiday is coming up and for the next week I won’t have any access to a computer. So this will be the last post for a while.

Plenty of music to post is piling up, so stick around for few words, but loads of music!

Pallers premiered ace new track Come Rain, Come Sunshine yesterday over at Spinner.
Pallers - Come Rain, Come Sunshine

+ Falling Andes - San Francisco
MGMT meets Bee Gees?

+ Expo - I Don't Mind
Super catchy electro pop track recommended by (no surprise?) J.A.

Quite frustrating, but have to do some real life work as well...will be back with more in a while!

+ The Fire Apes - Hey Kate!
This uptempo indie rock track will (or at least ought to) make your feet start tapping.

+ Psychic Babble - Five Fold Kiss (Don't Sleep)
Nice, dreamy electro pop tune.

+ Matt The Electrician - All I Know
Last one for today. Is it OK to call this folk pop?