folk songs from way up north, incredibly proficient songwriter droppin' some new tunes on us all
Oct 31, 2015
Vita Bergen - Disconnection - 2015
Sometimes the most intimate, pained songwriting can only be expressed in something vast.
It's almost as if by moving inwards, the music must push outwards, in the opposite direction. Vita Bergen - a duo, real names William Hellström and Robert Jallinder - seem to exemplify this.
With a handful of demos leaking online and a few gigs played, Vita Bergen are already causing a stir. Their sound - epic, rooted in electronics with a powerful sense of instrumentation - is matched against lyrics that speak frankly about the inner workings of the heart. CM
Get Inuit - Luge Lessons - 2015
Look at Get Inuit having literally the BEST fun. We loved I Am The Hot Air so much that it seemed they should have a fantastic video. So via a green screen and some nifty digital wizadry, they came up with this, which DIY describe as a series of shots that merge pop punk madness with rock star fantasies.
The best news about this hit though? Well it's taken from a new EP - 'Luge Lessons' - due out with your fine pals at Alcopop! (that's us y'know) on 16th October. Fresh from ripping up the Isle of Wight's Bestival, they're off on a UK tour with Broken Hands this October... That's after stopping by for a VERY special show at the Tooting Tram next Wednesday with our pals at Rose Coloured.
Check out all Get Inuit's dates, and probably go to at least half of them...
OCTOBER
07 Leeds, Headrow House (w/ Brawlers)
10 Aldershot, Crashlanding Fest (w/ The Xcerts, Demob Happy)
13 London, Barfly
17 Manchester, Carefully Planned Festival
28 Manchester, Soup Kitchen (w/ Broken Hands)
29 Glasgow, Broadcast (w/ Broken Hands)
30 Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge (w/ Broken Hands)
NOVEMBER
01 Bristol, Start The Bus (w/ Broken Hands)
02 Brighton, Green Door Store (w/ Broken Hands)
THE LEAST SCARY HALLOWEEN COMPILATION EVER - 2015
Yeahhhhh - we've created this f**king awesome compilation for Halloween. It's specifically the least scary thing we can come up with, 'cos while ghosts and ghouls and all that jive are OK - they don't make decent music do they?
So while you're ghostbusting, eating candy and doing other spooky things - you can listen to this :-) It's free to download, but only today and tomorrow. From Monday, it'll be a fiver. A fiver well spent mind you. But you could be spending that that on Egon Spengler. He aint afraid of no ghosts…
Oct 30, 2015
Shadow Folk - Split - 2015
There's so much good coming out of this Halifax band; groove, psychedelic overtones, slightly trashy persona - time to listen again!
Adeline Hotel - How Strange It Is To See - 2015
Michael Steiner Listening to these four songs lets you feel the massive step forward AH just took with this EP and is evidence of growth with no signs of slowing any time soon. Favorite track: Red Coat.
wonderdog Well worth a listen, which will be followed naturally by a purchase.
Keep - Hypnosis for Sleep - 2015
MusicLover I can't really add more than what's been written already. But I have to anyway join the club and express how fantastic these songs are. How is it possible that this is the only material from you guys on bandcamp??? As far as comparisons go: if you're into 'Winks and Kisses' from Airiel, or Solar Powered People, this one is definitely for you!
Jack Sonically diverse with enough power to make your head bang and enough ambience to make your mind drift. Strong and catchy vocal melodies layered on top of wall-of-sound instrumentals. I'm extremely excited to see what comes next from Keep.
Goodman - s/t - 2015
here are four tracks that were cut from the upcoming full-length album. not because of quality, mind you, but because a 16-song album seemed excessive in this digital age. enjoy this as an overture, and stay for the main act, coming soon.
Florist - Holdly Ep + 6 Songs (2015-2014)
from a song a day project that emily did in may with eskimeaux, frankie cosmos, small wonder, and japanese breakfast. you can see the whole project here: may5to12songs.tumblr.com
these are the first songs that i wrote on guitar after not being able to play for 3 months because of an arm injury.
Oct 27, 2015
Birdtapes - Hank Williams Compilation - 2013
Jeremy (HI54LOFI) The songs of Hank Williams, filtered through a ‘DIY-Bedroom-Musician’ filter? Yes please.
Dad Rocks! - Year of the Flesh - 2014
Danish singer/songwriter Snaevar Njall Albertsson, who performs under the cringingly tongue-in-cheek nom de plume of Dad Rocks!, appears to try to have it both ways on his second long player, Year Of The Flesh. Contrary to the stage name, Dad Rocks! trades in something altogether different from that clunky, plodding dinosaur of style. Musically, Albertsson fixes his gaze skyward, augmenting his bouncy folk rock with epic baroque flourishes of swelling strings and horn sections. It’s a dependable avenue to traverse as such grandeur has appealed to us for centuries. There is a risk, however, that the constant reaching for the stars wears thin – and quickly – prompting a sense of arrogance… TLOBF
gorgeous bully - Smiling, Laughing - 2014
Sam Maroney brilliant, understated songwriting Favorite track: Sixty Bore.
Hannah Fahoome jam after jam. this album rocks my world. Favorite track: Misery Loves Company.
Keisha Armand Ugly and bummed and uncomfortable in all the right ways. Favorite track: Misery Loves Company.
Jeremy (HI54LOFI) never met a gorgeous bully tune that I didn't like. Favorite track: Sinking Feeling.
Travis Button Nice collection of a few older singles that never had an official home along with some new ones too. Gorgeous Bully never gets old! Favorite track: 5 AM.
Dubb Nubb - It's Weird In This World - 2015
Twin sisters playing folk songs and love stories from the Midwest. We want to play music in your living room and meet your dog.
Dubb Nubb songs are sweet and mean, and the stories paint a colorful map inspired by highways and cities, nature and concrete, love and loss. Delia and Hannah sing the kind of harmonies that only twins can make over classical inspired guitar, ukulele, and poetic yet fierce songwriting.
From St. Louis Missouri, the 23 year-old sisters have been playing music in their own scene and beyond since they were 15. They have independently released five albums and EPs, including 2013’s ‘Wild Dreamin’ and the recent 2015 release, ‘It’s Weird In This World.’ River Front Times described ‘Wild Dreamin’ as “elliptical songs about travel and roots and friendship that don't tell stories as much as they establish moods.”
Brittle Brian - Verisune - 2015
carter soundtrack to a long drive home when it is early in the morning and youre watching the sunrise fade the stars away and you truly understand the beauty of friendship and the world
Oct 26, 2015
Grandparents - Sincerely, Bagman - 2015
The mark of any great band is the ability to evolve. Over the past five years, Portland’s Grandparents have shape-shifted in only the most engaging of ways, posturing blustery, expansive psych-pop into unexplored aural corners with each new recording.
With the successful production of several self-recorded lo-fi EPs to their credit, the space-y six-piece are whetting appetites with the arrival of the Kids in the Alley cassingle. On the strength of the impossibly catchy title-track, Kids in the Alley delivers audacious, jangly pop music with an eye toward the hallucinatory, prompting visions of psychedelic royalty like the Seeds or early Kinks while decidedly forging their own sonic pathways.
Ari Roar - Cassette - 2015
There’s an air of wistful retreat coursing right through the heart of Ari Roar’s new self-titled EP that perhaps lends it to graceful summer reclines rather than gloomy october days, however such is the strength of the songwriting that went in to its creation, it still manages to feel not only like a compelling addition to the latter stages of 2015, but a completely vital one.
Though the building blocks share a similarity with much of what we tend to unearth via Bandcamp (sunken vocals, hazy melancholy, DIY/bedroom recording dustiness), there’s a brittleness to Ari Roar’s songs that tend to deny their skeletal posturing, lending a warmth and captivating sense of mystery to the magic that is housed deep within them. And let be said that much of this new tape is indeed somewhat magical. Opener ‘Sunburn‘ is a slightly ambiguous starter-point but ‘Glow‘ is a sumptuous pop song, all smart melodies and, well, glowing sentiments that positively shine out of the speakers and in to your day. GFP
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