Today we’re pleased to premiere the album stream for Shugo Tokumaru’s new album In Focus? ahead of its release on January 22 on Polyvinyl. Be sure to listen with a good set of speakers—this is a whimsical Flaming Lips-meets-Sufjan Stevens trip through the mind of one of the finest producers of psych pop working today.
Go for a stroll with Amor de Días in their new video, “Jean’s Waving.” We’re pleased to host the premiere.
“It was a beautiful sunny day and we went down to Wivenhoe on the Essex coast because we heard Martin Newell from the Cleaners from Venus lived there,” says the band of the clip. “But we didn’t see him, and ended up shooting the video instead!
The Capsules rock out to a crowd of thousands in their new video for “Across the Sky.” Now if only their fans were a bit, er, more animated. We have the premiere of the clever clip below.
Coldair is the solo project of Polish singer/songwriter Tobiasz Biliński. “Sign” (a cut from his forthcoming fourth album Whose Blood, due out April 15) tells us three important things. 1. Biliński knows his way around a delicate folk harmony. 2. Delicate folk harmonies need not shatter when met head on with a horn section and heavy percussion. 3. The previous two facts make him one to watch. Take a listen to the track below.
Everyone loves David Bowie these days! As part of a scrapped Mojo Magazine tribute, Simian Ghost was asked to cover Bowie classic, “Be My Wife.” When that didn’t pan out, the band dumped it on the internet for all to enjoy. Dive into their dream haze version below.
Electrelane frontwoman Verity Susman is back with her first solo work since her short lived solo project Vera November. This time, she’s got a harsher industrial/electro edge, which suits her androgynous vocals surprisingly well. Take a listen below.
“Sweetness Alive (Featuring Saint Lou Lou)” MP3 Stream
Jan 14, 2013
Goldroom is the work of Los Angeles producer Josh Legg. His newest Italo Disco-style cut “Sweetness Alive” features the vocal talents of Saint Lou Lou, and plays like the soundtrack to a tropical paradise—or just the thing you need not to kill someone on the 405 during rush hour. Check it out below.
Forest dwellers and music mystics The Deer Tracks will release the third album in their Archer trilogy on February 12 via Control Group. Ahead of that, there’s “Lazarus” for your listening pleasure. Absorb the slowly building slice of abstract electro pop bliss below. Fans of Sigur Rós take note—they are marketing to you.
