Walk Away Luminaires
www.myspace.com/luminairesband
At times lapsing into dubstep, then veering off into Pendulum land before settling into an indie dance energy pop redolent of Bloc Party jamming with Hadouken. Nice remix package too.
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Build A Life St. Spirit
www.stspirit.com
A gorgeous hybrid of post rock instrumentation with the more soulful moments to issue from Conor Oberst from this fast emerging Richmond outfit.
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Do you ever? The Birthday Suit
www.thebirthdaysuit.co.uk
Everyone’s fave Idlewilder, Rod Jones, presents his first release in his new guise and it’s full of all the flourishes that made his work stand out in his previous band.
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Aurora Birkwin Jersey
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Coming out on a free ep, this slice of lushly dense electronica is like a warm bath on a cool spring night. Dive in.
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Benny and the Jetts TV Girl
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Obviously redolent of Elton, but with a beats inflected Ben Folds feel to it as well, there’s plenty of meat on this indie pop number.
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Sun Dogs Crushed Beaks
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Fuzzy guitars, lo fi intensity with a, let’s face it, POP melody lurking underneath the woven sounds, this is an intriguing intro to these new bedroom boys.
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Some Lightning Thrill Cave Birds
soundcloud.com/cavebirds
Like an early Cure with 80′s noir pop flourishes, there’s a sense that these guys are just getting started and will only get bigger in sound with every release.
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One of Many Camille Davila
www.camilledavila.com
We love this lady’s synth pop stylings, and with this latest offering, she seems to be plucking fruit from the quirky Divine Comedy/Leisure Society pop tree, and it works.
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You Planète
soundcloud.com/dion-planete
Melbourne based producer Dion is currently soothing all our furrowed brows with his softly glitched out blissful waves of sonica.
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Biff ‘n’ Buzz Bear Makes Ninja
www.bearmakesninja.com
Poppy math rock with a percussive edge, all Futureheads meets Police (?!) on Biffy’s dynamic. Yes. That.
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