Crystal Visions Automatic Writing
http://soundcloud.com/automaticwriting
Noirish dramatic and thoroughly engaging electro pop from these brothers who like a building chord and a wobbly effect from time to time.
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Still They Sing Random Impulse
http://www.randomimpulses.wordpress.com/
Time to check in on one our favourite upcomers, and he’s still smashing it with his hi energy guitar slashing pop chanting wordy rapping goodness.
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Consistency Stagnant Pools
http://stagnantpools.bandcamp.com
Loving the fuzzed out soundwall we get here, all underpinned by stabby drums and a great, distant-yet-near gazey vocal.
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Banana Ripple Stay+ remix of Junior Boys
Checking in again here – not on Junior Boys, OBV, but on the new incarnation of one of our recent favourites, Christian Aids. As Stay+ they’ve brought a spaced peppy beauty to this cut, which bodes well for their new tunes. In the podcast I call them stay plus, not positive. That is because I am a twat.
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Light Regal Safari
http://regalsafari.bandcamp.com
Hazy, wavy, waves of sound washing over you will soon pull you into the salon of Regal Safari, where you’ll receive a gentle sonic head massage and brain condition.
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Fresh Air Centrefolds
http://centrefoldsmusic.co.uk/
Keeping in with our theme of checking up on alumni, here’s the latest twanging guitarmongery offering from Centrefolds, full of dumbpunk swagger and taught as hell lines.
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Harsh Realm Widowspeak
http://widowspeak.bandcamp.com
The lovechild of Mazzy Star and Chris Isaak has finally been delivered and it’s as good looking, wistful and darkly evocative of wasted desert lines at night as you all thought it would be.
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Gold Air Castles
http://www.aircastlesmusic.com
Pleased to have more terrific Swedish intellipop land in our boxes, in the vein of Peter Moren jamming with an upbeat, lively Elbow.
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Video Games Lana Del Ray
www.lanadelray.com
Like a Nancy Sinatra / Stevie Nicks metavamp playing in One Eyed Jacks in Twin Peaks, this lady is all that.
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