DOWNLOAD: Memoryhouse - Walk With Me
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On "Walk With Me," Memoryhouse sound like they built a studio in the prettiest cloud they could find. Airy, plodding, tastefully orchestrated and with just enough anthemic indie elements to soundtrack college evenings, the track serves as an intriguing sample for the group's full-length Sub Pop debut The Slideshow Effect. Look for more February 28.
DOWNLOAD: Beach Fossils - Shallow
"Shallow" is unashamed to be a glistening piece of dream-pop. It's like Beach Fossils just got out of the pool before recording it. Guitars jump and ping around, bass bounces with sprightly intuition and the drums form a distinctive motor. It's the A-side to a new single that band is putting out via Captured Tracks on February 21.
DOWNLOAD: Blouse - Videotapes
In 2011, is there anything more degraded, expendable and expectedly warped than a dusty video tape? Blouse seems to feel that way on the track "Videotapes" -- a bad acid trip of a pop song that warbles along into wild transcendence. There's some '80s elements here in the soft, echoing siren of the vocals and bold, unabashed synth blares, but the track's smeared audio drives it into the territory of My Bloody Valentine and Broadcast singles discovered under some boxes in a basement. Find more on this Portland band's self-titled debut LP November 1 on Captured Tracks.
DOWNLOAD: Asobi Seksu - Little House Of Savages (Walkmen Cover)
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New Yorkers have each others' backs. The city's bands are no different. Take Asobi Seksu. The Brooklyn group surprised everyone (OK, the Internet) last week with a cover of The Walkmen's intense "Little House Of Savages." Trading some of the original's energy and emotion for shoegazey guitars, Asobi singer Yuki Chikudate's lovely pipes surely provide a different look compared to Walkmen vocalist Hamilton Leithauser and his distinctive whiskey-soaked, lovelorn style.
DOWNLOAD: Comet Gain - Clang Of The Concrete Swans
David Feck has been responsible for some of Britain’s best loved indie for almost two decades now, yet first-time listeners would be hard-pressed for signs of aging in “Clang Of The Concrete Swans.”The opener from Comet Gain’s sixth album release is a blend of the dream pop and lovable ramble of garage, psych and girl (along with grrrl) group influences that have continued to shape the band’s sound. Littered with cultural odes and charming jangle, the record shows genuine progression for the band in an era of veteran after-thoughts. Grab Howl Of The Lonely Crowd October 4 on What’s Your Rupture.
Comet Gain - Clang Of The Concrete Swans
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DOWNLOAD: Caveman - Thankful
Give it two more weeks or so and Fall will start showing signs of life again, taking with it our need for sugar-coated summer jams. Enter Caveman, the New York five-piece wrapping its dream pop in moodier packaging for the perfect seasonal outro. “Thankful” slowly simmers while the rhythm section works its subtle magic, giving the track that drive back from the beach vibe. Debut LP CoCo Beware is out digitally September 13 and on vinyl later this fall via the band’s own Magic Man.
DOWNLOAD: Tony Castles - Juice
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Brooklyn dream pop trio Tony Castles is back and building on its hook-happy March EP. "Juice," the A-side from the band's 7-inch released this week on Famous Class, sees it continuing its reign of the relaxed guitar meets falsetto genre. Lyrics that usually prove humorous if not culturally observant (let us not forget single "Black Girls In Dresses") and tight instrumentation keep them a cut above daydream nation. Catch them tonight at Glasslands with The Beets or later this summer with the reunited Cibo Matto.
PREMIERE: Superhumanoids - Mikelah
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"Mikelah" is a marraige of genres, and LA's Superhumanoids the stoic priest. The new wave-leaning vocals of Cameron Parkins alone would have made for a worthy track, but in comes Sarah Chernoff's soprano, a dose of dream pop that sets the band apart from standard electro fare. With a percussive intro that seems to announce its shift from bedroom to big time, the new 7-inch is sure to provide the rest of the necessary evidence—grab it tomorrow from White Iris.
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