May 2013
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WatchPolice des Moeurs - Échéance
Total sleeper hit from minimal wave/cold wave pros Police des Moeurs. I should always just assume Atelier Ciseaux releases are going to blow my mind, with last years Tender Opposites from TOPS remaining a favorite LP on constant rotation. P.S. vinyl repress is now available from insound, and you won’t regret picking it up, I swear.
Police des Moeurs sounds...
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Crocodiles - Cockroach
New track from upcoming...
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Watch Julia Holter - Maria + 2HB
Not really sure why the digital track was released a year ago and it took this long for the clearly intended Ltd 7” to follow? Meh here it is, and its up for order from Boomkat here. I usually try to order direct from labels whenever possible, but Human Ear Music has possibly the most frustrating site ever to navigate, and I’m at a loss where the...
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After Dark 2 is finally finally coming out this Friday.
Thank Fucking God. Bout Time.
Italians Do It Better:
“Let’s Kiss” was written the same week as “Under Your Spell” in November 2008. After a bizarre & beautiful twist of fate, I walked into a remote bar in Montreal where I met the love of my life. The next morning… Ida & I had to leave. We flew...
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I’m not one to post trailers, but this merits an exception because 1.) its a fucking amazingly stylish trailer and 2.) the soundtrack is killer and out on vinyl from one of my favorite fresh labels Death Waltz.
Founded by Spencer Hickman, manager of Rough Trade East in London, Death Waltz started last year as a high end label exclusively releasing cult classic soundtracks. Each album...
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WatchMind Slums - Flesh Side, Death Side
Sold out Eyedress and Skint Eastwood Hearing Colors LP was the best secret gem to emerge from Phantasma Disques yet, and its unfortunate it was such a short run & vinyl only affair. It caught my attention hard after seeing their pitch:
If you are into Chromatics-ish-synths, 8-bit-Crystal Castles-ish tricks and Hype Williams-ish-chills you should give...
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WatchPeach Kelli Pop - Dreamphone
By now you likely know that I am certifiably obsessed with King Tuff, especially with his debut record Was Dead (finally receiving a much deserved repress soon) from the awesome Burger Records. So as I was perusing the Burger catalog I came across Peach Kelli Pop, and instantly fell in love. The band name couldn’t be more perfectly suited, and the sugar...
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WatchTour Tape split between Dirty Beaches and homies TONSTARTSSBANDHT for their upcoming Russian tour. Ltd to only 100 copies and while already sold out from the label, TONSTARTSSBANDHT still has copies available on their bandcamp. It went pretty quick from Space Bridge, but I think these copies are below the radar.
Also Alex’s sophomore 2XLP Drifters/Love Is The Devil is out soon from...
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WatchSelebrities - Temporary Touch
New single sounds fantastic and I can’t wait for the new Lovely Things LP out June 25 on Cascine. Their debut Ladies Effect EP of 2010 and their 1st full length Delusions LP out the subsequent year were both highly underrated, and I always seem to think they’re on Captured Tracks because they have that perfect CT sound. Glad to hear they...
April 2013
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http://boardsofcanada.com →
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The code has been broken. Follow the link, enter the password and see for yourself.
Pre-orders for the new LP are currently crashing the shit out of WARP so be patient.
Update: Thanks Mr3ff for uploading mp4 file. Typing that 36 digit code stank.
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WatchWild Nothing - A Dancing Shell
“This is a record that happened very fast for me. We had just gotten back from a particularly long European tour last November, our first supporting Nocturne, and I was feeling a lot of things. I found myself struggling with what it meant to be a musician, with what music in general meant to me and what part I could possibly play in it. Playing the same songs...
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WatchPure X - Thousand Year Old Child
After 2011’s fucking amazing Pleasure LP, I was super psyched to finally see a new Pure X LP on the way. But I wasn’t crazy about the last two singles; Someone Else was pretty meh, and Things In My Head was better but still not up to Pleasure standards to my ear.
Well with the latest single to drop my anxiety has been put to rest. Thousand Year...
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WatchVår - The World Fell
Sacred Bones why you always putting out awesome records that I can’t seem to live without??
Vår - No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers LP is available on regular vinyl and in the traditional Sacred Bones super fancy limited edition version. Mailorder version includes photographs, perfumes, and miscellaneous paraphernalia all in a deluxe box. Limited in an edition...
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WatchAV - Vénus Bar
Desire Records:
French Cold Wave was divided in two camps: on one side you had the underground dogs that were inspired by bands like Joy Division, The Cure, Virgin Prunes… represented by acts like Guerre Froide, Les Maîtres, Opera Multi Steel, etc. And there was the poppier/synth side with artists like Taxi Girl, Octobre, Martin Dupont, Deux, Celluloid bands...
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WatchTerror Bird - All This Time
Nikki Nevver is at it again with her third album in three years (plus countless cassettes & 7”s).
Night School:
Recorded at home over a period of 5 months, the 10 songs on “All This Time” document a period of intense emotional upheaval, a period wherein Nevver underwent major shifts in her personal life, rediscovered the solo recording process (previous...
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WatchStarfucker - Beach Monster
Yay new Starfucker video premiere from NPR.
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WatchSonny & The Sunsets - Dark Corners
I fucking love Sonny Smith. Too Young To Burnhas always been a long time anthem of mine, but my true adoration for Sonny manifested itself while passing a bottle of cheap wine on church steps before his Flywheel show. Later he danced around and took his pants off. It was a grand old time.
So I didn’t even know he had a new album on the way, but...
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WatchTheo Verney - Moving Forever
Italian Beach Babes has a steady line of underrated gems over the past year, many of them on cassette, and Theo Verney can now be added to that list. Apparently on his solo project’s debut T.V. EP cassette everything was played, recorded and produced entirely by Theo at his home studio in Brighton. Again with the Brighton. That’s a damn full sound for...
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Blush Beat Red - Coyotes in the Hen House
Excellent new tunes from Blush Beat Red duo out of Toronto were all the best music originates from these days. They may be the first band to send me secrets in addition to the rare tasty tunes…and I’ll never tell! Let’s hope these two keep recording their unique electro-pop beats, and make it on the...
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March 2013
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WatchLee Noble - Doesn’t Matter What’s Right
My favorite Lee Noble release, No Becoming, originally just a Ltd cassette, will see a proper press to vinyl on Bathetic Records. Lucky you guys. The EP consists of mildly disturbing psych rock that befits the extraordinary album art you see above. This video perfectly matches the creepy ambience created by the music.
The sequel to his...
