Summer is just around the corner, and the boys of Bikini are jump-starting it in a boisterous manner with their self-directed video for “ACheerlaeder,” which depicts a night of drunken debauchery in the duo’s home city of Victoria and features boobies (hurray!). Bikini’s infectious electronic dance music is ideal for summer parties, and you better believe my copy of the twosome’s EP, RIPJDS, will be played incessantly in the months to come.
Throughout this past week I’ve been headphones-deep in Chad Valley’s self-titled EP of last year, and anxiously awaiting his June 20th release Equatorial Ultravox. Just as I thought the waves of chill were calming down, Chad Valley seems to continue on strong, crafting and perfecting his own brand of epic chillwaves. Here’s a track from the up & coming, along with my favorite from his EP of yesteryear.
Although Amor Ad Nauseum has been around in one form or another since 2006, what once was Bud Wilson’s bedroom project got its bearings in 2008, when the Portland-via-Eugene, Oregon songwriter added two more musicians to his band. With accompaniment, Wilson’s brainchild manifested into multi-faceted instrumentation drenched in reverb, uniting folk guitar plucking and warbling vocals with synthetic bursts of sound. Aan’s latest 7″ (that was released yesterday!), Somewhere’s Sunshine, gives its listeners both sides of the trio’s sound, starting with the digressive, pop-turned-ambient A-side, “Haunted, Million Ways,” and ending with the funky, soulful title track as its B-side. You can purchase a physical or digital copy of the EP here.
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Good news from across the pond! The UK lo-fi noise pop outfit, Chalices of the Past have dropped their new EP “Yucatan Explorer” today on Bandcamp. So many choice tracks… so hard to choose. Listen for yourself and buy it here for only a few dollars (pounds.)
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Shhhh! My dear Newdusters, listen closely…can you hear it? It’s the not too distant sound of the ice cream truck around the block, the sizzle of burgers and franks on the grill, and the splash of that flawless cannonball I totally just nailed. Summer’s just around the river bend, and unouomedude’s latest 7″ Frequency is just in time! With its easy breezy, slightly distorted guitar riffs and unbelievably catchy melody, this will be without a doubt the feel good tune of Summer ‘11.
Check out unoumedude’s Soundcloud for more great Summer tunes and watch for Frequency’s digital release April 19th on Old Flame Records.
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Despite a rocky start full of name changes and departing band members, the brothers Richard and Brandon Laws seem to finally be at peace with the state of Hosannas. The Portland-based duo has had a busy 2010 (spilling into 2011), with the self-release of two LPs and two EPs amidst aggressive touring in the Pacific northwest and an appearance at this year’s SXSW. The pair has decided to calm down this spring and focus on writing (even more) music for the rest of the year.
This year’s first collection of songs is called Thug Life Nicole, a short, four-song EP that showcases Hosannas knack for grandiose, chamber-folk. The EP begins with “Obsolete People,” a dark, ethereal pop track, and gradually digs deeper, ending with the whimsical, piano driven ballad, “Cccloud.” You can download the full EP (for free!), and listen to other awesome Hosanna music, here.
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Here’s an incredibly satisfying acoustic version of Now, Now’s “Neighbors” from their latest EP of the same name. With soft, mellow, slightly haunting vocal melodies, a solitary tambourine drum line, and a mini keyboard, “Neighbors” gets translated beautifully from its slightly heavier, more poppy EP version.
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