There is something undeniably special about Blood Red Shoes. The Brighton duo consistently deliver meaty chunks of straight-up rock n roll. In keeping with this trend, they have unveiled a video for their latest single ‘Lost Kids’, which captures the bands signature sound of big, bold and brazen indie-rock.
‘Lost Kids’ is taken from Blood Red Shoes’ third album, In Time To Voices.
Hamburg/Berlin based Session Victim release their debut album, The Haunted House of House this week.
Taken from the duo’s aforementioned album, ‘Dark Sienna’, blends touches of disco and soul into a nice neat house package, polished off with an undeniable dance groove. The video is pretty neat too and was filmed, directed & edited Paul Fegan.
It would seem The Haunted House of House might be an album worth checking out.
Raglans burst 2012 into life with the release of their superb self-titled debut EP at the beginning of the year.
The Wicklow four-piece are all set to release the follow-up EP, Long Live, on May 25th. The first offering from the release is ‘Digging Holes’, a tasty morsel which retains the blistering energy of the debut EP and continues their love affair with jangling guitars and infectious sing-along choruses. ’Digging Holes’ it is accompanied by yet another eye catching video from Finn Keenan (remember ‘The Man From Glasgow‘?). Raglans might not be a name too many are familiar but that looks as though it could change sooner rather than later.
Check out the video and download ‘Digging Holes’ below. Raglans’ Long Live EP will be launched in Whelan’s, Dublin on May 25th.
Having released their superb album Dublin a few weeks back, No Monster Club have dropped a short and snappy video for ’Waking My Idols’.
‘Waking My Idols’ encapsulates everything that makes NMC so great, catchy pop melodies, spiky vocals and thrashy reverbed guitars all wrapped up in a little over a one minute bundle of outstanding punky surf rock.
There are very limited copies of Dublin left but check out NMC’s website to see how to pick one up.
Simian Mobile Disco are releasing their brand new album Unpatterns on May 14th via Wichita Recordings.
The duo have unveiled the video for their latest single, ‘Put Your Hands Together’. Taken from the forthcoming third record, it is seven minutes of mesmerizing and gently hypnotic electronic sounds. I really liked SMD’s last effort Temporary Pleasure so let’s hope the the quality of the third album is on a par with it.
Check the track & video below, it is directed and animated by Hans Lo for ISO studios.
Elliphant popped up on the radar a few weeks back with two quality tracks, one being ‘TeKKno Scene (Feat. Adam Kanyama)’.
She has now dropped a video for ‘TeKKno Scene (Feat. Adam Kanyama)’, a mix of blips, beaps and off-beat tribal drum skips – I can’t get enough of it. To put it simply: this is a tune to dance to!
Cloud Nothings released one of the albums of the year so far, the must-listen Attack On Memory.
Taken from said album, ‘Stay Useless’ is a short, sharp blast scuzzy post-punk indie. It is released with this surreal animated video to coincided with their massive tour across Europe. Unfortunately there’s no Irish date but maybe that will change, I certainly hope so.
The Mighty Stef & Cheap Freaks are releasing a split 7″ for Record Store Day. Entitled Bad Bad Men, the EP features four covers of songs by american songwriter Greg Cartwright. To give us a taste of what’s to come, here is The Mighty Stef’s wonderfully touching rendition of ‘If You Cant Give Me Everything’ and Lindsey Byrne’s directed video.
The Bad Bad Men EP will be available from a variety of record stores in Dublin on the 21st of April.
As far as information goes, it is pretty scant when it comes to Swedish lady Elliphant.
She is signed to the same publishing and production company as Niki & The Dove and Icona Pop but please allow her first two electro jams to speak for themselves. ‘In The Jungle’ is a pick and mix of sounds, first and foremost a party tune, no doubt about it. Through a mix of hypnotic bleeping sounds, tribal drumming and bass, it’s destined to descend into a dance crazed frenzy. Meanwhile ‘TeKKno Scene (Feat. Adam Kanyama)’ continues the madness with it’s off-beat tribal drumming skips.
I can’t get enough of these two tracks, there is something of M.I.A. or Santigold about them, or even the more fun moments from Groove Armada (remember Superstylin’?). Give both tracks a listen below and please, try to contain yourself.
Elliphant – TeKKno Scene (Feat. Adam Kanyama)
via Nialler9
San Diego’s Crocodiles have existed in various incarnations since 2008, evolving from a core of Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell into the five-piece we see today.
With two albums already under their belt, the band are readying the release of number three, of which, ‘Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)’ is the first taster. It is a heart pounding and energetic dose of scuzzy, lo-fi indie pop with the added addictive catchiness of an early Ash single.
‘Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)’ is the first single to be taken from the band’s forthcoming new album Endless Flowers, out June 4th. Download it below.
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny‘s debut album, Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose, is a little underwhelming, in a hit and miss sort of way. It does contain a number of absolute gems though, ‘Atlas’ like ‘Sweet Tooth Bird‘ before it, is a case in point. A spiky indie pop song, with the breezy vocals soaring above galloping instrumentation, ‘Atlas’ will find a place in your heart.
Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose is out now.
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