DIIV - Oshin (2012)

  DIIV, formerly known as Dive, is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York City. Formed in 2011, DIIV started as Zachary Cole Smith's solo recording project. After releasing three singles - "Sometime", "Human", and "Geist" - on the Captured Tracks label, DIIV released its debut full-length album, Oshin, on June 26, 2012.

Diiv - "Doused" (Official Music Video) from Ian Perlman on Vimeo.

 01 – (Druun)
02 – Past Lives
03 – Human
04 – Air Conditioning
05 – How Long Have You Known
06 – Wait
07 – Earthboy
08 – (Druun Pt. II)
09 – Follow
10 – Sometime
11 – Oshin (Subsume)
12 – Doused
13 – Home   

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Tearjerker - So Dead

  Tearjerker is from Toronto. Their music is rich with dreamy guitars, thoughtful vocals, driving bass, and a mix of live and sampled drums. Tearjerker is Micah, Trevor, and Taylor.

  Their newest album Rare was released on November 15th, 2011.

Free download - So Dead 

  Tearjerker plays music that has been described by various people as indie rock, shoegaze, chillwave, glo-fi/lo-fi and other subgenres.

 The official Video for So Dead from the album Rare, by Tearjerker.

http://www.tearjerker.ca/ 

http://tearjerker.bandcamp.com/ 

The Ropes - Lack Of Technology Made Me A Killer

  The Ropes are a duo. The band has received praise from NME and CMJ for their lyric driven new wave / indie rock style.

  The group consists of vocalist/bassist Sharon Shy and multi-instrumentalist Toppy (who is known for playing the drums with the guitar hanging around his neck). They have toured extensively throughout the US, opening for acts such as The Bravery, Innerpartysystem, The Used, Spoon, and others and have also played several UK dates. Music critic Allan Raible chose their album “What They Do For Fun” as #15 on the ABC News 50 Best Albums of 2008.

   The Ropes have released a string of EPs, singles, and a full length, all produced by Toppy and Nic Hard (The Bravery).

http://theropesmusic.com/

 

A Place to Bury Strangers - Onwards to the Wall EP (2012)

   A Place to Bury Strangers are a power trio with a heavy, atmospheric wall of sound-influenced blend of psychedelic rock, shoegaze and space rock.  They have been affectionately lauded as New York City’s “loudest band” by various indie reviewers and bloggers throughout the course of their live music career, as well as “the most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you’ll ever hear” by The Washington Post. The New York Times applauded their revival of “the ominous, feedback-drenched drones of the 1980s”

  Onwards to the Wall is a brief, visceral 16-minute noise jam. APTBS have carved a commendable name for themselves in the abrasive rock scene alongside contemporaries HEALTH and The Horrors, they certainly prove here that they haven’t run out of ideas yet.

  “I Lost You” features crushing reverb, relentless echoes, and breakbeat drum work, as Oliver Ackermann sounds morose as ever. Ackermann also contributed to the creation of the video for So Far Away, a bass-driven, claustrophobic march given added humanity with playful, off-the-cuff visuals.

  The title track’s female vocals add a much-needed dynamic to the APTBS formula, and with melodic, spindly guitar riffs and a catchy motorik/post-punk beat. “Nothing Will Surprise Me” is one of the band’s fastest tracks, while “Drill It Up” is danceable, with a chorus begging to have crowds respond to Ackermann’s tortured calls.

  With moments of breathing room and stripped melodies, APTBS continue subtle explorations of their strengths and the conflict between cacophony and harmony.

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The Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave

   The Raveonettes are a rock and roll duo formed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2001. Comprising Sune Rose Wagner (guitar, instruments, vocals) and Sharin Foo (guitar and vocals), their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmony inspired by The Everly Brothers , coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise.

  The name, The Raveonettes, is a direct reference to The Ronettes, and Buddy Holly’s song Rave On!.

  Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of 50s and 60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats and often dark lyrical content, similar to another of the band’s influences, The Velvet Underground. Altogether, they sound very much like a slightly more melodic version of The Jesus and Mary Chain.

  On April 4th, 2011, they released “Raven in the Grave”, a nine-track studio album with Vice Records.  It’s their 5th studio album. 

From their site bio:
“I think we have finally hit on something quite important and different for this album,” explains Sune. “This is the first Raveonettes album we’ve done which doesn’t feature the signature Raveonettes surf drumbeat. None of the tunes have any real sunshine to them. It’s all very un-Rave.”
“It has a mood of ethereal defiance” Sharin adds. “It’s dark but not bleak, like the single minded determination caused by crisis that is not quite hope but just as powerful. It’s the perfect winter soundtrack just in time for spring”.

  The album received generally positive reviews upon its release, fantastic album indeed, I liked it very much, The Raveonettes have taken what’s being described as a newer, darker trail, leaving behind the surf drum beats and guitar noise they’ve been identified with for years.  Enjoy!


 Official site

  "Let Me On Out" is probably the least commercial song on Raven In The Grave, in that respect you could refer to it as an anti-single. We really love the song. It's beautiful, haunting, loud, and dynamic. Everything a great song should be. We wanted to showcase the song in a static setting to draw the listeners attention to the raw sound." (Sune Rose Wagner, The Raveonettes)

 

1.-Recharge & Revolt
2.-War In Heaven
3.-Forget That You’re Young
4.-Apparitions
5.-Summer Moon
6.-Let Me On Out

7.-Ignite

8.-Evil Seeds

9.-My Time’s Up

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Blacklist - Midnight Of The Century

  Blacklist is a band from Brooklyn, New York composed of Josh Strawn (vocals, guitar), Ryan Rayhill (bass), Glenn Maryansky (drums), and James Minor (guitar).

  They are one of the flagship bands of painter Pieter Schoolwerth's Wierd Records imprint. The band creates atmospheric modern rock music that has been described as "anthemic,", "darkly erotic, strangely sensual", and "brings a much-needed anomaly in NYC's music scene." 

  They are sometimes classified as part of the post punk revival, though the sound is generally more dense, sonically incorporating elements of shoegaze with coldwave. 

   Blacklist's first EP was self-released and is currently out of print.

  The Solidaire EP was then released including a cover of seminal French coldwave band Asylum Party's song "Pure Joy In My Heart." 

  The band's debut LP, Midnight of the Century, was released digitally on May 26, 2009 and on CD on July 28, 2009.It was mixed by Ed Buller and mastered by Howie Weinberg. 

  The album title is a reference to the revolutionary Victor Serge's book, Midnight In the Century.

  The lyrics to Blacklist songs often contain references to various authors, philosophers, and historical events.

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Tammar - Visits

   Tammar is the Indiana-based quintet with post-punk anthems of classic sounds of paranoia, malaise and misanthropy mostly alike to Joy Division, The Velvet Underground, The Fall and early 90s alt-rock. 

   Visits, the band's confident debut studio LP, with it's sensual sound is more like the product of a late-night jam session in 1970s Dusseldorf or New York City.

   They carry you on the steely pulse of Suicide's proto-synth pop conjuring a strange kind of nowhere feeling, really hypnotic and intense guitars jams.

  You can imagine it all by listening their video for the song The Last Line which you can download free on their website  (down below find the link)

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The Kills – Future Starts Slow

Rock duo The Kills recently released a new promo for their latest single, ‘Future Starts Slow’.

The video follows the band on their hectic touring schedule in the lead up to their new album, Blood Pressures, which is out now via Domino.

Future Starts Slow is a serious apogee of the progress they’ve made, demonstrating a synced, sexually tense, two-piece that leaves a celebratory uppercut on indie garage rock.

The video was directed by Philip Andelman.

Enjoy! 

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Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of

  Faunts is an Indie rock band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  Faunts was formed in the fall of 2000 by two brothers Steve Batke and Tim Batke. Faunts are released on Friendly Fire Recordings. In 2005, their debut album High Expectations/Low Results was well-received.

  In 2006, a 40-minute EP entitled M4 was released that grew out of music crafted to accompany short films for theFilm and Video Arts Society. One of the tracks from the M4 EP (M4 Part II) was featured during the final credits of Bioware's 2007 RPG Mass Effect. This raised the band's profile and "a sizeable new audience was exposed to Faunts’ moody, subdued melodies".On November 18, they released a remix album titled Faunts Remixed, featuring remixes by acts such as Mark Templeton and DVAS, which is available exclusively through iTunes. 

The newest Faunts album,Feel.Love.Thinking.Of  was released on February 17th 2009, and is the result of songwriting over the course of the touring across America.

  "Let's breathe a collective sigh of relief, because the five-piece Canadian outfit doesn’t disappoint with this album. Their second proper full-length, Feel... is rife with gauzy, shoegaze-influenced guitar compositions and effects-laden melodies that have a rather tranquilizing effect on one's mind."

           Official Faunts
           Myspace Faunts

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The Kills - The Satellite/Blood Pressures (2011)

   
      With each passing day,  The Kills' 2011 plans become increasingly overwhelming. 

     London duo The Kills are back with a brand new track, Satellite.  It has a kind of scuzzy-lazy-reggae feel to it. 

     The chilling dark-rock overtones and almost painstakingly heartbreaking lyrics off their first single “Satellite” gives listeners a taste of what’s coming their way April 5th.

     Blood Pressures is due for release via Domino Records.

           Until then, 

                  Enjoy in their new video!!

             

Download The Satellite mp3

Download Blood Pressures

The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets is a band that consists of Alex Turner of Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals. They released their debut album, The Age of the Understatement, in the UK. The album also features James Ford (producer and half of the duo Simian Mobile Disco) and string arrangements from Owen Pallett a.k.a Final Fantasy. The album went straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart, and today, it is the same good timeless stuff which we can listen even more than ever...

This video inspires all...

Enjoy!!

http://www.thelastshadowpuppets.com/

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The Whip - X Marks Destination

The Whip are a band whose founding members Bruce Carter and Danny Saville come from Oldham, Greater Manchester, England formed in 2006. The rhythm section is Nathan Sudders (bass) and Fiona "Li'l Fee" Daniel (drums), who was previously in Colne based band Earl. The band’s debut album, X Marks Destination, produced by Jim Abbiss, was released on Southern Fried Records on March 24, 2008. They have released several singles on record labels such as Kitsuné. Their tracks "Trash" and "Divebomb" were featured on the Kitsune Maison Compilations 3 and 4 respectively. They have also been commissioned to do remixes for bands such as Editors, Hadouken! and The Courteeners track "Fallowfield Hillbilly".

 

http://www.thewhipband.com/ 

http://www.myspace.com/thewhipmanchester 

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Metric - Fantasies

Metric is aCanadian indie rock and New Wave band. Originally formed inToronto, the band has also, at various times, been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles.

The band consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer and guitar), guitarist James Shawtheremin, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003 and earned a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Live It Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year and once again the Juno Award nomination for The Best Alternative Album.

During October and November 2010, Metric opened for Muse for seven shows of The Resistance Tour.

On January 4, 2011, Metric released an iTunes Session EP exclusively on iTunes, consisting of 8 live tracks, including "Hustle Rose", "Empty" and a cover of the Buffalo Springfield song "Expecting to Fly ", and a 30 minute interview.

                     

I choose one of their great video performance, Enjoy in good show and music!!

http://www.myspace.com/metric

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De Rosa

   De Rosa was a Scottish rock band from Bellshill, consisting of Martin Henry (vocals, guitar), Chris Connick (guitar), James Woodside (bass), Neil Woodside (drums) and Andrew Bush (piano/keyboards). The band released two studio albums - Mend and Prevention- to critical acclaim.

   De Rosa were noted for their use of guitar-based indie rock combined with Henry's personal lyrics sung in a Scottish accent. When asked about the importance of place in his lyrics, founding member and song-writer Martin Henry stated: "I guess in some small way I’m trying to give post-industrial Lanarkshire a place in culture."Although heavily influenced by the alternative rock music of the 1980s and 1990s, De Rosa's sound also referenced other sub-genres of music, with elements of slowcore, Scottish folk and electronic music. In later performances De Rosa began to use more synthesisers and drum machines in their live set, their sound moving away from the guitar-based rock of their debut material towards a fusion of electronic and traditional styles.

  

  This is also one of many underrated music, but if you like Interpol, you will like De Rosa too.

           

                               Enjoy!

  http://www.myspace.com/wearederosa

Detektivbyrån

   Detektivbyrån ("The Detective Agency") was a Swedish electronica and folk music trio from Gothenburg. The group consisted of Anders "Flanders" Molin (accordion, music box), Martin "MacGyver" Molin (glockenspiel, traktofon, toy piano, Theremin) and Jon Nils Emanuel Ekström drums, sound box, small bells.
  Their first Demo EP was released in 2005, their debut release Hemvagen EP was released on the Swedish label Danarkia. After that they released two singles, Lyckans Undulat and Split 7”, and two full length albums, E18 Album and Wermland, which was released on the 3rd of September 2008.

  They remind me on my childhood and some days when we all were without any worries.
  I remember my toy piano and when I hear these sensitive sounds, it can make my eyes shed tears.
 
                       Enjoy!

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Clinic !!

Merry Christmas

                     

                                                           
    Clinic are a Liverpool based Post-punk revival band noted for their often fast-paced, eclectic sound. Their sound is often distinguished by the prominent use of vintage keyboards/organs, most notably the Philips Philicorda, and peculiar off-scale chord progressions.

    They play very fascinating music with a sensitive leading note.
It's containing a lot of burning emotions with a dark background in a nice meaning pack, and ofcourse you must notice their bizarre look - a mask over a face..  :)

I put these videos with a different beat for a different kind of mood.

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ZIN - Tourists to this world

    Zins music consists of a mix of intensive electronic beats, melodic guitars, live drums and distinctive english vocals. Some people call their music violent-pop.

   After three years from their first album "Tourists to this world"(2007) the band is finally presenting their second LP!

The “Wave-Gotik-Treffen” in 2009 was inspiring for the band as well as for the audience, because ZIN played in front of a couple of thousand people. One year later they confidentely won the Amphi New Talents Challenge. As a result they not only brought in a respectable donation for the registered association Dunkelziffer, with the success at the Challenge they also were the band to open the Amphi Festival 2010 in Cologne.

  

   

http://www.myspace.com/zinworld

The Maccabees - Colour It In

  

  The Maccabees are a rock band from London, England. They have released two albums so far "Colour It In" and "Wall of Arms".  The band came up with the name by flicking through the Bible and picking out a random word.

  In this video the main theme is loneliness, whether it is love hunger or missing any kind of tender touch, which is quite often in this contemporary society. It is worth at least to listen these two songs. 

  Enjoy in their unusual videos! 

http://www.themaccabees.co.uk/

http://www.myspace.com/themaccabees

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The Orange Strips - Song Without A Hero

    This was a very big surprise for me when i heard this song quite accidentally on some tv program. It is a pity that they become so underrated, although they are making a high-quality music.

  They are coming from Labin, Croatia and this gentle song is directed by Tobias Stretch, an associate of the cult group Radiohead.

 Take your few minutes to listen and enjoy ...

Editors - You Don't Know Love

   Editors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, formed in 2002.year.

     They have a plenty of good done work, it's hard to choose which song could be their best composition ever, so i pick this unique idea for video which give us a beautiful aspect of attraction, love, passion and maddening touch of artistic expession.

 Hope you can enjoy as well as i do... 

http://www.editorsofficial.com/