May 15, 2012

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Today we’ve got “Falling Away” a premiere from Melbourne, Australia duo, Big Scary. The melodic and melancholy cut comes via the pair’s sophomore full-length, Vacation. Grab a cup of tea (with plenty of sugar), sit back, and take a listen below. 

(www.bigscary.net)

May 15, 2012

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Total Warr may need cheering up (“Hate my band/Hate My Music?” Ouch!), but there’s little not to love about new tune “xxx Hate xxx.” Check out their silky electro pop above. EP, The Corbay will be available digitally June 11.

(www.facebook.com/totalwarr)

May 15, 2012

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In June, Kuedo will release spacy new electro EP, Work, Live & Sleep in Collapsing Space. A taste of that project recently hit the interwebs, in the form of a meandering—yet strangely groovy—remix of the title track by Laurel Halo. Wrap your ears around her reworking below. 

(www.facebook.com/kuedo)

(www.laurelhalo.com)

May 14, 2012

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Young Midnight are everywhere these days. First the former Twin Shadow musicians worked their magic on a Zambri track. Now they’re lightening Sleep Party People’s “Heavy Burden,” a cut from the band’s recently released album, We Were Drifting on a Sad Song. Take a listen to the dance happy track above. 

(www.facebook.com/iamyoungmidnight)

(www.facebook.com/SLEEPPARTYPEOPLE)

May 14, 2012

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Our mixtape series marches on with a rather pleasing entry from Teen Daze. The Canadian musician/producer has an electro-ambient full-length called All of Us, Together coming out June 5. But this mix has little to do with his glossy, dance-worthy soundscapes.

Here’s what Teen Daze said about the mix:

I spend a lot of my time and energy focused on electronic music, whether that's creating it, experiencing it in a live setting or being inspired and influenced by it. But I'm definitely not the sort of person that can only listen to one type of music. Throughout my life, I've been exposed to so many different genres and sounds, and I've always found things I can connect with various types of music. So even though the majority of my creative output happens through the lens of electronic music, I, like most everyone else in their mid-20s, loves “rock music.”  The reason I say “rock music” with quotations, is because I know that plenty of people who don't get much deeper than mainstream, would listen to these songs and think, “this is not the rock music I know.” And it isn't, I suppose.  But that's what I love about it. All these bands are taking the form of “rock music” and creating something new and exciting with it. Some of this touches on sounds originating in the 60s, 70s and 80s, and some of it has such a fresh sound, that it's hard to pinpoint its origins.

 So with all that being said, I thought I'd compile a mix of some of my favorite contemporary “rock/indie/lo-fi/whatever” music!  Hope you enjoy!

Tracklist:

1. Lotus Plaza - Monoliths

2. Renny Wilson - By and By

3. Beach Fossils - Shallow

4. Frankie Rose - Night Swim

5. Lower Dens - Brains

6. TOPS - Turn Your Love Around

7. Girls - Saying I Love You

8. Wild Nothing (feat. Andrea Estella) – Nowhere

Tour dates:

06/03 - San Deigo, CA - Soda Bar ^
06/05 - Los Angeles, CA - The Virgil ^
06/06 - San Francisco, CA - The Rickshaw Stop ^
06/13 - Edmonton, AB - Wunderbar
06/20 - Winnipeg, MB - The Lo Pub
06/14 - Saskatoon, SK - MoSo Fest
06/22-06/23 - Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival
07/03 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie #
07/04 - New Haven, CT - BAR Nightclub #
07/06 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears #
07/07 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore #
07/08 - Toronto, ON - Drake Hotel #
07/10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Billobox #
07/11 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop #
07/12 - Chicago, IL - Schuba’s Tavern #
07/13 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Café #
07/14 - Milwaukee, WI - The Cactus Club #
07/15 - Minneapolis. MN - 7th Street Entry #
07/17 - Denver, CO - The Hi-Dive #
07/18 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court #
07/19 - Boise, ID - Reef Boise #
07/22 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club #

^ = w/ The One AM Radio and Giraffage

# = w/ White Arrows and Beat Connection         

(www.facebook.com/teendaze)

May 14, 2012

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On this blissed-out remix, Four Tet stretches Neneh Cherry’s groovy Suicide cover to a album nine minutes. The source material stems from the jazzy songstress’ forthcoming album The Cherry Thing streets (out June 19 via Smalltown Supersound) where the Cherry teams with Scandinavian jazz crew, The Thing (hence the clever name). Check out the rerub below.

(www.nenehcherry.de)

May 13, 2012

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Kid Games is the new EP from Chicago shoegazers Airiel. (Yup, that spelling is correct) Available now via Shelflife, the four-song album alternates between dreamy and out-and-out rock. Take it for a spin below. 

(www.facebook.com/airielmusic)