VIRTUAL DYNAMIC

SEAN BONES

2010-01-18T18:36:00.002+07:00

It all started with swim trunks, a Summer Reading ‘zine and sunscreen. Oh, and a 7-inch; we can’t forgot that part. “I’ve always wanted to do my own record,” explains Bones (ne Sullivan), referring to the solo single he released as part of the limited “S/S FRIENDS” fashion line. “I never thought it’d be reggae, but then last summer happened.” Ah, last summer. At the time, Sullivan was getting restless over the looming release of Sam Champion’s Heavenly Bender LP, so he set aside some no-frills studio time. The two-sided result, “Easy Street” and “Act So Casual,” became an easy, breezy mission statement for Sean Bones, a project Sullivan describes as “music that might cause people to scratch their heads a bit, only to realize that scratching their heads would make a good dance move.”

Indeed. Just ask the folks over at RCRD LBL, who got behind Sullivan early on and wrote, “Canvas shorts and reggae music sound like summer spent by the water being lazy. Sean
Bones is not lazy.” Sure enough, Sullivan spent many late nights crafting the dirt-encrusted reggae that drives Sean Bones’ Frenchkiss debut Rings.

Named after the pervading influence of such speakerimploding ‘60s/’70s standards as the Congos, Desmond Dekker and Lee “Scratch” Perry, Rings was first recorded live to a 16-track tape machine with one malfunctioning slot.

“We were working with limitations from the start,” says Sullivan. “I also told the engineer (Jay Braun, who’s also worked with the Stills and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) to track the music in a way that hit the tape hard, stressing it out and giving us a gritty sound.” The result is a funky reggae party with feeling. From the sturdy rocksteady groove and sly Phil Spector nods of “Cry Cry Cry” to the dub flavor of “Instigator” to the twilight zone reggaeton of “Smoke Rings” – Bones’s debut seem tailored to summertime-in-the-city.

And then there’s “Dancehall,” a friendly sparring match between Barrington Levy and latter-day Blur. So yeah—this ain’t Legend: The Fourth Generation here; it’s something much stranger. “Even when it’s poppy, reggae is heavy and weird,” says Sullivan. “Especially the early stuff—it’s done on primitive equipment and it’s better for that. To me, that’s punk, and I love it.” He’s not alone.

Remember that early “Easy Street”/“Act So Casual” single? When Sullivan tried to book a Sean Bones show to recoup the costs of vinyl pressings and canvas shorts, he ended up signing a record deal instead. Not to mention scoring the starring role— without auditioning, mind you—in Wah Do Dem, an indie film with loose connections to The Harder They Come and Rockers. My character is this hapless guy named Max who wins two cruise tickets, but gets dumped and has to go on this trip alone,” explains Sullivan. “He spends a week on a Senior Citizen’s cruise before getting robbed and lost in Jamaica on his daytrip there. Somewhere along the way, he gets taken in and sees the ‘real Jamaica’.”

You might recognize Max’s ex as a certain Norah Jones. While her character may ditch Max early on, the Grammy winner wound up contributing vocals to the album closer “Turn Them,” a song catered to the film’s storyline. Landing such a high profile guest begs one question, of course: what’s next, beyond a spring 2010 S/S FRIENDS collection involving ponchos and galoshes? “I’m not closing any doors,” says Sullivan of his past projects, “but when the idea to record my own reggae single came to me, I was so excited I had to stand on my fire escape. It feels right to be doing this.”

GROWING

2010-01-18T18:14:00.001+07:00

GROWING - Hormone

BIOGRAPHY

In 1999 Joe DeNardo moved into a house in Olympia, Washington. It just so happened that a musically inclined individual named Kevin Doria also lived there, and a few months later the pair began playing guitars in the basement under the name 1000 AD.

Their early two-guitar sound stressed repetition, physical volume, sustain, and harmonic density. After self-releasing a tape that was recorded during Wynne Greenwood’s (TRACY + THE PLASTICS) brief stint on keyboards, the band changed their name to GROWING in 2001 and began playing with drummer Eryn Ross.

In 2002, that incarnation recorded The Sky’s Run Into the Sea with engineer Stefan Simikich (HAMBURGER EYES) on a non-existent budget. Around this time GROWING began incorporating spatial elements into their song structures as the process of recording in a studio allowed them to push their boundaries further than ever. Shortly after completing the album the band sent a copy to Kranky Records. The label graciously agreed to release it and its follow-up LP (now minus Eryn Ross), The Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light, which was recorded in Portland with Rex Ritter in 2003.

At this point the band began to develop its use of layering and recorded much of the raw tracks at home, relying on Ritter’s studio to help reorganize, reamp, and embellish the music. Early in 2003 MOGWAI invited GROWING to play at Camber Sands as part of ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES. Joe moved to New York following the SRHL sessions. Late in 2004 the duo played ATP again by invitation of Jake and Dinos Chapman.

By then Kevin had joined Joe in New York and the guys were gearing up to record His Return at Junkyard Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, for Troubleman Unlimited’s underlabel Megablade. His Return articulates both incredibly minimal structural progressions and a sort of “folk music”-inspired traditionalism, while remaining very thick.

In 2005 the pair recorded Color Wheel in Montreal in The Pines studio run by Dave Bryant (GODSPEED! YOU BLACK EMPEROR) and Craig Bowen. The Pines granted the band the first opportunity to truly utilize the studio as an instrument in their recording process. In the spring GROWING played with friends SUNN 0))), BLACK DICE, GANG GANG DANCE, and OOIOO on the Australian What Is Music? tour.

The band returned to the PINES in 2006 to record Vision Swim, their final record for TMU. This record and Color Wheel widened the spectrum of what listeners could expect from the duo as they explored electronics in new and less categorical ways.

As a testament to the quality inherent to The Pines studio, GROWING returned there in the summer of 2007 to record some new tunes for The Social Registry. TSR released a 7" in December and an EP in February of 2008 called Lateral. Both releases balance abstraction, pure sound, and melody without the crutch of unnecessary premeditation.

In the winter of 2007/8, the band began recording another record at Ocropolis Studio in Brooklyn with friend and studio engineer Barry London. They then toured Europe in April ’08 with BORIS and played ATPNY in September. After the Ocropolis sessions were released as the full length All the Way in September, the band toured the east coast with HOT CHIP. GROWING wrapped up 2008 by adding new member Sadie Laska (IUD, EXTREME VIOLENCE), who has increased the depth of the act’s sound with varied electronics, samples, and vocal parts.

In 2009 GROWING played at Netmage in Bologna, Italy, and travelled to Japan for the first time for shows in Tokyo and Osaka. The band started work on another full length titled Pumps in March 2009, again at Brooklyn’s Ocropolis in with engineer Barry London.

Ocropolis is a great big pile of warm lights, effects boxes, synths, drum machines, and a live room overflowing with amps, cabs, guitars, optogons, etc. It’s a nice place to relax and tinker with all sorts of sounds, i.e. a perfect environment for GROWING to develop their sonic vocabulary. The initial tracking took only four or five days, but the extremely intensive processing and mixing processes weren’t completed until October 2009. However, the extra time proved fruitful because it allowed the trio to rework songs multiple times and, in some cases, write completely new, transformed versions of tracks they no longer felt were as strong as originally intended. Drum-machine rhythms and layers of vocal and guitar textures drive the new jams, and the band was able to integrate a lot of new processing techniques. It made GROWING’s sound fuller and more developed. It also allowed more time to integrate Sadie into the recording process, and gave her more opportunities to fine-tune her contributions.

After finishing Pumps, GROWING toured the US with Fuck Buttons and began the working relationship with Vice Records, who will release Pumps in April of 2010.

BAND MEMBERS :

JOE DENARDO
SADIE LASKA
KEVIN DORIA

For More Info :

http://www.growingsound.com/

http://www.myspace.com/growingsoundnyc

LULLABYE ARKESTRA

2010-01-18T17:43:00.009+07:00

Official video for "Icy Hands" from their latest release Threats/Worship.

The video was released as part of Scion A/V Video. Directed by Dylan Reibling.

BIOGRAPHY

Lullabye Arkestra is Kat Taylor-Small and Justin Small. Brought together by love, they are bound by and to the music. It’s music by lovers, for fighters. When Kat picks up her bass and Justin gets behind the drums, the result is dirty, swaggering rock ‘n’ roll. The result is beautiful. The result is Threats/Worship.

Formed in 2001, Lullabye Arkestra has always had the heart, soul and sweat of Kat and Justin at its core. While past incarnations have found up to a dozen people adding to the sound, today the Arkestra is stripped down, back to the core. This is a duo who knows when to scream, when to pummel, and, at the perfect moment, when to let the vulnerabilities show.

The paradox of the band’s name is intrinsic to the songs they sing. They scream and wail, but just when you think the onslaught is relentless, they turn on a dime and let Kat’s sweet voice take over. Or Justin let’s loose with a string of “Baby, baby, baby…” The centre only seems softer because of the hardness that protects it.

After self-releasing a CDR-EP, Lullabye Arkestra’s first official album, Ampgrave (2006), was released on Constellation Records. Since then, they’ve torn up stages in North America and Europe, playing gigs with bands as diverse as Bison B.C., Blood Ceremony, Fucked Up, Plus/Minus and Monotonix.

Now, after signing to VICE Records, they are unveiling their latest album, Threats/Worship. The first chords are heavy, almost foreboding. It’s an introduction, but only a welcome for those willing to risk entrance. The drums kick in and the tension eases, but only slightly. Lullabye Arkestra is asking – no, insisting – that you “Get Nervous”.

The first voice you hear is that of drummer Justin Small. It is the voice of someone who loves rock ‘n’ roll and who is going to make you love rock ‘n’ roll, too. He drums like a guy who is bouncing off his seat, driven to just get up, jump into the crowd and dance. This is not music for the inhibited. Or maybe, it’s the perfect soundtrack to finally letting go of whatever was holding you back in the first place.

When Kat Taylor-Small screams, it’s genuinely bone-chilling. Then, she punctuates her wail with a bass line that is absolutely gut-rumbling, just to make sure you don’t miss the point. The effect is stunning and life-affirming, even as, or maybe because, it’s also a little scary.

And therein lies the beauty of Lullabye Arkestra. There’s hope amongst the pain. There’s love and truth and passion and warmth; there’s life. The wolves may come, but they’re nothing insurmountable. So, even when the music is at it’s heaviest and seemingly darkest, it’s the light that makes the Arkestra transcendent.

BAND MEMBERS
KAT TAYLOR-SMALL - Vocals/Bass
JUSTIN SMALL - Vocals/Drums

For More Info :

http://www.lullabyearkestra.com/

http://www.myspace.com/lullabyearkestra

PIERCED ARROWS

2010-01-18T15:51:00.005+07:00

Official video for "Paranoia" from their upcoming release Descending Shadows. Available February 2nd, 2010 on VICE Records.

PIERCED ARROWS - Paranoia mp3

To call Fred Cole a “living legend” is like saying, “Yes, and water is wet.” A true frontiersman without peer, Fred has blazed his own sonic trail for over 45 years, resulting in leaving his own unique, indelible stamp on nearly every genre imaginable. And if he wasn’t directly part of a particular scene or musical aesthetic, you can be damn sure he was at least an influence on it. His musical career took root as “Deep Soul Cole,” singing blue-eyed soul with an all-black backing band. After that he fronted The Weeds, who produced a regional hit in the Northwest (Fred’s adopted home) with the slate-hard “It’s Your Time.” Lord Tim Byron, The Weeds’ manager who they shared with The Seeds, told Fred and co. to change their name as they couldn’t be sharing bills with a band whose name rhymed with their own. They settled on The Lollipop Shoppe (a less appropriate moniker seemingly unavailable) the band reached the murky depths of the Top 100 with one of punk’s finest moments: “You Must Be a Witch.” To this day, their follow-up LP bursts forth with moody, angry psych/garage scorchers that are as dark and strong as your favorite cup of coffee.

Fred would soon unleash his unique take on the hard rock sounds of the 70s with groups like Zipper and Kingbee. But the musical tide was turning, and, as before, he was determined to ride that wave into oblivion. Now joined by his wife, Toody Cole, on bass and vocals, Fred formed The Rats, who became a popular live act. They also put out several fine punk rock/new wave LPs (at the time the two genres were basically one and the same).

Eventually The Rats mutated into Dead Moon, arguably the end result of all the rough-and-ready sounds the Coles had produced in the past, boiled down to a single, perfectly aimed shot. The blood-red raw rock ’n’ roll of Dead Moon answered to a call of rage and hope. The band took hold in Western Europe, much of it the then-Soviet Bloc, and then proceeded to storm America in a non-violent coup (barring mental violence, that is). One could say that Fred had peaked and could rightfully rest on his laurels when, after a staggering 20-year campaign and a fervent fan following, Dead Moon called it a day.

But that’s not how our story ends.

While some of Dead Moon’s more ardent fans went into mourning, figuratively waving rosaries and holy cards, Fred and Toody were already auditioning drummers in search of someone who could not only keep a good beat, but someone who would be willing to follow them in a new direction. After agreeing on drummer Kelly Haliburton, Pierced Arrows was born.

The new name seems to evoke the saying “If you cut me, I will bleed.” Not that any of us want to see that literally happen, but Pierced Arrows, just like Fred’s previous bands, bleeds all over their performances and records with such wrought emotion it only took one 45 to prove that the band was the worthy successor to Dead Moon. Ma and Pa Cole’s General Store has reopened for business, producing “rock ’n’ roll that’s rough, ragged, and honest,” as Fred once described their predecessor’s collective output. It’s both a new sound and an inheritor of tradition.

A Pierced Arrows performance is a form of communion. They are there to see you just as much as you are to see them. You are not likely to find them cowering in a backstage corner. Though they are there to work, and work hard, don’t be surprised to find them hanging with friends and fans, checking out the opening act. Fred and Toody have always done it their way. This is their life’s work, and life is just the beginning if you really believe.

BAND MEMBERS
FRED COLE - GUITAR AND VOCALS
TOODY COLE - BASS AND VOCALS
KELLY HALLIBURTON - DRUMS

Rigas

2010-01-18T14:19:00.004+07:00

Artist: Rigas
Web page: rigas.blackside.org
Myspace: www.myspace.com/rigasthemoron
Contact: rigas@brilliant.nu

Discography:

Let's Get Gone
It's a Shame EP
The Born Not To Run EP
The Hardest Pocket to Pick
This year has been good to me
the moron

Rigas feat. Anna Maria Espinosa - Ghosts from Landström & Westerberg on Vimeo.

Track taken from Rigas' highly anticipated third album, Let's Get Gone, out march 10th on Flora & Fauna.
Directed by Landström & Westerberg

The official music video for Blind Man's Colour

2010-01-11T03:20:00.002+07:00

Blind Man's Colour - The Warm Current's Pull
from the album Season Dreaming on Kanine.

Directed by Kevin Chapados & Chunwoo Kae
Cinematography by Jon Miller & Ryan Demler

Femme En Fourrure – Plump Biscuit (video by Miikka Lommi, 2009)

2010-01-11T03:05:00.001+07:00

Femme En Fourrure - Plump Bisquit from miikka lommi on Vimeo.

The Dodos Video for "Longform"

2010-01-11T02:48:00.002+07:00

Dodos Longform from Jenn Dorn on Vimeo.

Band: The Dodos
Song: Longform
Label: Frenchkiss Records

Director: Jenn Dorn
Assistant Director: Brandon Moore
D.P.: Brandon Moore and Mike Solidum
Editor: Jenn Dorn
Color Correction: Daniel Heard
Producer: Jenn Dorn
Actress: Veronica Pavia

YEAR LONG DISASTER

2010-01-11T02:30:00.002+07:00

Download an MP3 of “Show Me Your Teeth” from Year Long Disaster’s Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed [Volcom Entertainment]

YEAR LONG DISASTER’S 2007 self-titled debut landed them tours with The Cult, Velvet Revolver, and the Foo Fighters, as well as praise from critics and fans alike, including Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister (with whom they also toured), who told Kerrang! Magazine that "YEAR LONG DISASTER plays rock and roll music like rock and roll should be played."

At the close of 2008, with two years of international touring behind them, the band secured Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Rush, Marilyn Manson) to produce their forthcoming album, Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed. Based loosely on the early 20th century Russian novel, “Master and Margarita,” by Mikhail Bulgakov, Black Magic is a landscape peopled by figures—whores, despots, lovers, traitors and dreamers—liberated from the myth that innocence is exalted but haunted by the perpetual threat of spiritual disappointment and emotional disaster that experience has taught them to expect.

The album is fueled by howling vocals and blistering guitars that flirt with the limits of control, only to be disciplined back into order by unexpected melodies and the band’s famously tight bass and drum section. Of course the band’s pedigree makes their skill set less of a surprise. Guitarist and vocalist Daniel Davies is the son of Kinks’ Dave Davies, bassist Rich Mullins plays in West Virginia instrumental hard-rock trio, Karma To Burn, and drummer Brad Hargreaves moonlights in eight-time platinum-selling group Third Eye Blind.

Since their formation in late 2004, Year Long Disaster have channeled the bastardized muddy blues stomps of their forefathers and overlaid them with their own flash and drama.

Press Quotes:

“One of the best new bands” - Rolling Stone

“If the recognizable names in Year Long Disaster don’t get your attention, the familiarity of the L.A. trio’s riffage will – tight, bluesy metal that sounds as if they swaggered into the middle of a Led Zeppelin-ZZ Top bar fight.”
- Los Angeles Times

“YLD sounds like a dream mash-up of Led Zeppelin and Jeff Buckley sporting some of the best hooks I’ve heard in months!” - Guitar World “It’s literally rocking stuff.” - LA Weekly

“The hooks on this album are big enough to catch whales…They just plain kick ass!” - Outburn

“Not since we heard AC/DC’s Back in Black for the first time have we been so rocked by an album.” - Hustler

“YLD delivers mind-numbing body blows throughout their first LP” – Big Takeover

“Channeling classic rock, heavy riffs, and, at times, the ghost of Axl Rose, Year Long Disaster has bridged the great divide and come out ready to conquer.” – Thrasher

“They’ve recorded one of the best debuts of the year.” - Metal Maniacs

For More Information:
http://www.myspace.com/yearlongdisaster
http://www.yearlongdisaster.com/
http://www.volcoment.com

Pretty Much Amazing’s Best Albums of 2009

2010-01-01T16:12:00.007+07:00

source : pretty much amazing

2009 was an exceptional last year in an exceptional decade for music. In 2009 we were bombarded with solid release after great release after epic release throughout the entire year (upfront: I didn’t listen to every album released in 2009), so narrowing my picks for the best albums of the year was not easy. Nonetheless, I have here Pretty Much Amazing’s 25 best albums of the 2009.

At the end of this list, you will have the chance to enter the last PMA contest of 2009. I will be giving away — courtesy of my wallet, unless someone wants to sponsor ;) — a copy of every album on this list on vinyl (or CD, at winner’s request) in a Vinyl is Forever Tote Bag, along with a poster featuring one of the listed artists of their choice, and a custom one year subscription to Paste Magazine. More details on that at the end of the list.

I want give a big shout out to Brian Kuperman for designing this awesome artwork for our list. I also want to thank the wonderful contributors to this blog who reviewed most of these albums throughout the year for PMA and helped me share the music I love with all of you; and thank you for reading and coming back and subscribing to PMA in 2009. I look forward to starting 2010 with all of you, but before we do, here’s one last look at our favorite albums of the 2009 :

25. Fanfarlo - Reservoir
24. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
23. fun - Aim and Ignite
22. Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
21. Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster
20. Florence + The Machine - Lungs
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
18. Music Go Music - Expressions
17. Passion Pit - Manners
16. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
15. Röyksopp - Junior
14. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
13. Discovery - LP
12. Dan Deacon - Bromst
11. Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
10. Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
09. Japandroids - Post-Nothing
08. jj - jj n° 2
07. The xx - xx
06. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
05. The Antlers - Hospice
04. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
03. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
01. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Sajama Cut – New Year Ends EP [Free Download]

2010-01-01T16:08:00.001+07:00

Sajama Cut - New Year Ends

Sajama Cut - Butter Common = Hexx

Sebagai tanda terimakasih atas support fans-fans Sajama Cut yang setia & sabar menunggu mereka untuk merilis album terbarunya, Sajama Cut merilis sebuah surprise single secara free pada hari terakhir di tahun 2009, dengan judul “New Year Ends.”

Track instrumental ini menunjukan luasnya musik Sajama Cut, khususnya dengan menunjuk ke arah musik genre ambient yang dibuat terkenal oleh musisi-musisi seperti Steve Reich dan Brian Eno. Ada juga sedikit unsur Field Recordings di rilisan gratis ini.

“New Year Ends” juga menghadirkan B-side dengan judul “Butter Common = Hexx.” Kedua lagu ini TIDAK akan berada di album Sajama Cut terbaru yang akan dirilis pada 2010.

Identity Theft - Baby Scream

2010-01-01T16:03:00.002+07:00

PREORDER: Release date 1.05.10

Juan Pablo Mazzola, the singer/songwriter behind Baby Scream, got his idea for the title of their latest CD “Identity Theft” following a very traumatic period of his life during 2008/2009 when, he says, “I felt some people wanted to take a lot of things away from my life”.

The tracks on the CD reflect his deep emotion and were mainly inspired by personal experiences during that time. Unlike their previous album “Ups and Downs” which was much more pop orientated the lyrics of the songs on this album have a deeper, darker side. Juan worked with Muddy Stardust on five of the songs, having worked with him on two tracks on “Ups and Downs” – “The Riots” and “Morning Light” The CD opens with a track titled “Be”, a short intro song about liberty and freedom.

It is followed by the emotive “Dead Woman Walking”, about the despair of a woman who doesn’t want to live anymore. Juan added his own English lyrics to the sixth track “Ojos Orientales”, written by Rinaldo Rafanelli, whom he describes as “a great Argentinian composer”.

The music on the CD was influenced and inspired, in Juan’s own words “ by traditional rock and roll from the 70’s era, like early Paul McCartney solo stuff and of course John Lennon’s lost summer days (there is a reference to this in the last track, a song called “Mucho Mungo/Mt. Elga” from the Pussycats L.P. that Lennon and Harry Nilsson did together)”.

The CD cover continues this theme with artwork and text evoking a 70’s image, by Argentinian artist Laura Zóccola. Juan’s vocals which have been likened to John Lennon and Marc Bolan, have a plaintiff cry to them which works perfectly with the emotions captured by his evocative lyrics, resulting in a CD which consists of deep feelings in beautiful songs.

Tracklisting:
1. Be
2. Dead Woman Walking
3. Nicole
4. Memories
5. Underground Blues
6. Ojos Orientales
7. Mucho Mungo - Mt. Elga

Wakey!Wakey! Debuts “Brooklyn” on One Tree Hill, Releases Single

2010-01-01T15:56:00.002+07:00

New York based singer-songwriter Mike Grubbs, aka. Wakey!Wakey!, performed his moving piano-driven single “Brooklyn,” on The CW’s hit show One Tree Hill on Monday night. Grubbs is no stranger to the show, having had his song “War Sweater” featured during last season’s finale.

The season capping usage was so well-received that the OTH writers decided to invite Grubbs to join the cast. Earlier this season, he was introduced to the universe of the show (under his own name, no less!) as the new bartender at the show’s famed music venue, The TRIC.

In this week’s episode, Grubbs sat down at the piano in the deserted TRIC and played “Brooklyn” in its entirety. With his character having just been “outed” as a musician, we’re hoping that some exciting storyline developments may be in the works for the remainder of the season, à la Kate Voegele. (The pop sensation took a similar route in 2008, playing the character “Mia” on the show, which in turn launched her career.) We’ll just have to keep tuning in on Monday nights to find out what’s in store for Grubbs!

For More Information:

http://thefamilyrecords.com/wakeywakey/
http://www.myspace.com/wakeywakeymusic
http://twitter.com/wakeywakey
http://grubbs.tumblr.com/

{Stricken City}

2009-12-31T18:30:00.002+07:00

When Iain Pettifer (guitars) and Rebekah Raa (vocals/keys) first met in maths class they were wearing exactly the same clothes and quickly coupled over a mutual appreciation of introverted, romantic guitar music; not to mention a palpable sense of detachment from the cool kids. Rebekah spent her entire student loan on a guitar and 8 track recorder while Iain educated her with his extensive music collection including of a full set of Twisted Nerve 7”s and the complete works of Richard Hell. Soon joined by Kit Godfrey (drums) and Mike Hyland (bass), our heroes holed themselves up for hours on end, making and breaking songs about life and loss, love and desperation, hatred and hunger.

Defined by their clattering guitars, the scattergun pounding of the drums, basslines bursting with hooks and the strikingly voiced melodies of otherworldly front woman Rebekah Raa; SC produce an indie-pop of hitherto untapped gems drawn from influences Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, Young Marble Giants and The Slits as well as those lost sources of alternative melodica Life Without Buildings, The Sundays and Bow Wow Wow.

Stricken City on MySpace

An early Christmas present.. check out Stricken City's tour diary

Pull The House Down (Skellington Remix)

Surfer Blood Unleash Second Track From Astro Coast

2009-12-31T17:24:00.003+07:00

Release Date: January 19th, 2010

Surfer Blood may have already offered the lead-off track from their upcoming Kanine debut, Astro Coast, on Pitchfork’s Forkcast earlier this fall, but this week the band is giving away “Floating Vibes” all good and proper. Just in time for the holidays, the fuzzy Floridian five-piece with one of the most anticipated records of 2010 wanted to give fans a little something extra before the year came to a close. Speaking of this year, Surfer Blood’s ebullient single “Swim” was just named #37 on Pitchfork’s 100 Best Tracks of 2009. Download “Swim” here
if you have yet to experience the power of its ridiculously catchy hooks.

Download and share “Floating Vibes” from Astro Coast [Kanine Records]

What The Press Is Saying About Surfer Blood:

“Velvet Underground and punk riffs, reverberating textures, African-style guitar filigrees, grunge crescendos, power-pop choruses headed for anthems and, yes, some surf-rock twang” – New York Times

“lo-fi clangor, glo-fi harmonies, punchy retro-garage concision, never-out-of-style classic rock songcraft” - Pitchfork

“You’ll be hearing more from this band for sure” – SPIN

“giant-sized choruses, festooned in glitter and lit up with neon” – Rolling Stone Surfer

For More Information:
http://www.myspace.com/surferblood
http://stonedalone2lostinnewyork.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/surferblood http://kaninerecords.com/

ACID GIRLS (USA)

2009-12-31T17:07:00.006+07:00

For Greg, Jamie and many nerds of their generation, it all started with a music blog. The Californian duo went from hosting one of the most influential of them all to djing all over the world. Thanks to their incendiary dj sets they turned every square into a juvenile delinquent. Acid Girls now produces its own killer tracks. Playlisted by Erol Alkan and Annie Mac on BBC, acclaimed while supporting The XX at CMJ, the guys are definitely on the rise. Just back from an amazing tour with Jokers Of The Scene in the US, they are now ready to take over Europe.

RELEASES _The Numbers Song/ Lightworks - with remixes from Dave P, Adam Sparkles, and Turbotito (2009/I Heart Comix) _Wake Up feat. Frankmusik (2009/ Kitsune) _Bright Black Magick, last mixtape feat. Jokers Of The Scene REMIXES Health, Delorean, Passion Pit, Sisters of Transistors, Mini Viva, Appaloosa, Heartsrevolution, 3oh!3, Fool's Gold, Villians & Classixx...> The Ting Tings remix on RCRD LBL online now

Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce the first single from their new album 'Humbug' will be 'Crying Lightning'.

2009-07-07T18:51:00.002+07:00

'Crying Lightning' will receive it's worldwide, exclusive first radio play on Monday 6th July on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show. The single will then be available digitally via iTunes from midnight that night. Physical versions of 'Crying Lightning' will be available on the 17th August.

From midnight tonight, 'Crying Lightning' will be available for digital download, exclusively from iTunes.

MONO Ready Hymn To The Immortal Wind, Celebrate 10 Years Of Beauty and Chaos

2009-03-13T01:46:00.003+07:00

MONO Ready Hymn To The Immortal Wind, Celebrate 10 Years Of Beauty and Chaos

Japanese experimental icons MONO are set to release Hymn To The Immortal Wind, their fifth and most expansive album to date. Due March 24 via Temporary Residence, the album finds the band effortlessly soaring through melodies both sincere in approach and grandiose in scale, all with the aid of a full 28-piece chamber orchestra. Their first release since 2006’s landmark

You Are There, MONO finds themselves raising the stakes yet again, steering their unmistakable cascade of sound into a dense world of strings, flute, organ, piano, tympani and more. Hear for yourself on the majestic “Follow The Map” below.

Download and Share “Follow The Map” From MONO’s Hymn To The Immortal Wind [March 24th; Temporary Residence Ltd.]

Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini in June and November 2008 at his Electrical Audio Recording studio in Chicago, IL, the resulting seven songs will be delivered on the brink of MONO’s 10th anniversary as a group. To celebrate, the four-piece are planning two very special performances in New York City. Welcoming another twenty-three pieces to their arsenal, the band will be backed by the Wordless Music Orchestra for a celebration of their past accomplishments and the newly minted beast that is Hymn to the Immortal Wind. The two evenings; May 8th and 9th, hosted by The New York Society for Ethical Culture and Le Poisson Rouge respectively will mark the ONLY North American dates in support of their new LP and will undoubtedly be evenings to remember.

Tracklist for MONO Hymn To The Immortal Wind [March 24th; Temporary Residence Ltd.]:

01 Ashes In The Snow
02 Burial At Sea
03 Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn
04 Pure As Snow (Trails Of The Winter Storm)
05 Follow The Map
06 The Battle To Heaven
07 Everlasting Light

What The Press is Saying About MONO:

“If you're looking for music that transcends language and culture, well, this is it.” – Alternative Press

“Songwriters whose lyrics are guitar lines sung, shrieked, and wailed to the accompaniment of a masterful rhythm section.” – All Music

“MONO's fuzz-pedal fireworks are impressive in their sheer volume and vigor” – Pitchfork

“MONO captures a voluminous immediacy, an affirming, searing air.” – XLR8R

MONO Tour Dates:

03-11 Osaka, JP - Unagidani Sunsui
03-14 Tokyo, JP - Liquid Room
03-20 Brighton, UK - Digital
03-21 Birmingham, UK - Hare and Hound
03-22 Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
03-23 Glasgow, UK - Stereo
03-24 Sheffield, UK - Corporation
03-25 Bristol, UK - The Croft
03-26 London, UK - Scala
03-27 Paris, France - Glaz’Art
03-28 Haarlem, Netherlands - Patronaat
03-29 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
03-30 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
03-31 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
04-01 Oslo, Norway - John Dee
04-02 St Petersburg, Russia - A2
04-04 Berlin, Germany - Lido
04-05 Poznan, Poland - Stary Browar
04-06 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
04-07 Prague, Czech Republic - Palac Akropolis
04-08 Vienna, Austria - Arena
04-09 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
04-10 Athens, Greece - Fuzz Club
04-12 Brussels, Belgium - Domino Festival
04-13 Oberhausen, Germany - Zentrum-Altenberg
04-14 Frankfurt, Germany – Nachtleben
04-15 St Gallen, Switzerland - Grabenhalle
04-17 Barcelona, Spain - La[2]
04-18 Madrid, Spain - Ritmo Y Compas
04-19 Toulouse, France - Festival Lacrymal
04-20 Bordeaux, France - BT59
04-21 Nantes, France - Olympic
04-22 Bourges, France - Printemps De Bourges
04-23 Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
04-24 Tilburg, Netherlands - Roadburn Festival
05-08 New York, NY - Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall*
05-09 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge*

For More Information:
http://www.mono-jpn.com
http://www.myspace.com/monojp

2009-03-02T22:42:00.002+07:00

Jensen Sportag Max Tundra Remix, EP Out Tomorrow.

Jensen Sportag’s latest EP, Jackie, is out tomorrow. The 9-track release features three originals and a slew of bonuses, including live versions, JS-helmed re-edits, and a few raucous remixes. Last week, Pitchfork offered up one of the short-player’s strongest tracks: the punchy remix of “Cocktease” by Jensen-crushing Englishman Max Tundra. Download for yourself below.
MP3: Jensen Sportag – Cocktease (Max Tundra Remix)

“It's official: Max Tundra is totally crushing on Nashville's Jensen Sportag. First, he name-checked the electro-pop duo in his cover of Hot Chip's "Playboy" (instead of "Yo La Tengo", Tundra is "Blazin' out to Jensen Sportag" in the whip), and this past January, he named the group's "Jackie" as one of his current favorite older tunes in his own Pitchfork Guest List. Now everything has finally come full circle: the forthcoming Jackie EP not only features Mr. Tundra's favorite Jensen jam of the same name, but also a Tundra-helmed remix of JS's "Cocktease". Sexy and frenetic, Tundra dices up the runway-glam of the original and lets it run wild, resulting in dizzying loops that sound like a rabid Sonic the Hedgehog trying to win a drag contest.” - Pitchfork

A “deluxe edition” Jackie tracklist:

1 – Jackie: The title track is celebratory with a central theme of desire and shifts musically between 3 compositional quotations from pop rock. It is lyrically fashioned after the american girl tribute song. i.e: Oh Sheila, Joanna, Sussudio etc.

2 – Victim: This one has an overtly sexual message with musical references to early electro rap and epic soul.

3 – Cocktease: San Fransisco house and power pop provide setting for this girl gone bad story. i.e: Runaround Sue, Maneater, Girl Gone Bad, etc.

+ Bonus Materials:

4 – Jackie (Jensen’s Arpeggio Mix)
5 – Victim (Live Version)
6 – Cocktease (Jensen’s Cock-Cuts Mix)
7 – Jackie (Justin Kase Remix)
8 – Cocktease (Max Tundra Remix)
9 – Jackie (Sats + Sojourn Remix)

For More Information:
http://www.myspace.com/jensensportag http://www.jensensportag.com

Sonic Youth - Sensational Fix [2009]

2009-02-13T02:23:00.004+07:00

The iconic postpunk band Sonic Youth is best known for blurring musical genres and transcending the boundaries of rock guitar. Its members--Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley--have also, over the course of 27 years since they first started playing together, more quietly engaged in multidisciplinary solo efforts and collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, designers and other musicians. What we're doing is always inventing itself. I have no terminology for it," according to Moore. This comprehensive 784-page volume--which includes two 7-inch records with unpublished songs by each member, album covers, band portraits and documentary photos, many of which have never been published before--is a must for fans and anyone seeking to connect the dots between New York's various cultural scenes. It features writings by band members and contributions by a host of other luminaries, including Richard Hell, Mike Kelley, Jutta Koether, Alan Licht, Lydia Lunch and John Miller."

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The Raveonettes

2009-02-08T16:52:00.001+07:00

The Raveonettes unveiled the Holiday-themed Wishing You A Rave Christmas, the final installment in the Danish duo’s four-part EP series, rounded out by September’s free Remixed EP,Sometimes They Drop By, and October’s Beauty Dies. To celebrate the series’ conclusion (and, of course, the Holiday season), the band is offering up one of the final short-player’s four dreamy Christmas numbers. “Come On Santa” boasts vintage Raves tremolo guitars and the sort of bittersweet harmonies that won Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo so many accolades after the February release of Lust Lust Lust. Speaking of, Amazon.com patrons get an exclusive version of Wishing You A Raves Christmas featuring Lust B-side “Forever In Your Arms.”

Download And Share The Raveonettes’ “Come On Santa” From Wishing You A Rave Christmas [Vice Records]

Tracklisting for Beauty Dies:

1.Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
2. Come On Santa (MP3)
3. Christmas Ghosts
4. Christmas In Cleveland

BUY: Amazon,iTunes,eMusic,Rhapsody,Napster

Raveonettes Tour Dates:

01-15 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club (TIX)

01-16 New York, NY – Webster Hall (TIX)

01-17 Washington, DC – Black Cat (TIX)

01-23 San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club (TIX)

01-24 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theatre (TIX)

What The Press Is Saying About The Raveonettes’ Lust Lust Lust:

"...the pair makes smart, beguiling combinations Wagner's open homages to Buddy Holly, the Chiffons and Suicide. You always get beauty and the beastly, in equal measure - but never the same way twice." - ROLLING STONE, 4 STARS

"...they haven't lost their touch for crafting the kinds of songs that invite you into a black-glittered parrallel universe." - FILTER

"It seduces us into coming back for more." -BILLBOARD

For More Information:

http://www.myspace.com/theraveonettes

http://www.theraveonettes.com

http://www.vicerecords.com/theraveonettesremixed/

Le man avec les lunettes

2009-02-08T16:45:00.004+07:00

Le man avec les lunettes Italian project, born in the winter of 2004, actually composed by six-piece who plays sweet POP with awesome melodies! They have also toured Italy and Europe extensively(France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway). In 2008, after some EPs, split singles, compilations in different formats, Le Man Avec Les Lunettes will release their first complete album. They have played, recorded and mixed (almost) by theirself and the album will be release October the1st in Italy by My Honey rec. and Zahr rec. and in Germany by Cake and Coffee rec.

About them

Soo I heard about these guys, Le Man Avec Les Lunettes, through Chris (of course) and they're really pretty cool. They have an odd background though. The guys in the band are Italian with a French band name singing in English. It all sounds so odd until you hear it. The songs are beautiful, think the Beach Boys meet Sigur Ros. I usually don't go in for Sigur Ros, but these songs are a little more upbeat and shorter, too. Their website doesn't give much information about them, so I assume they want to stay a little myserious or something. They have an EP that you can buy, but for some reason it says it's the Swedish edition? Too many nationalities going on here! Also, I don't know the names of these tracks but they are both worth your time.[dreamsofhorses.blogspot.com]

Le Man Avec Les Lunettes is, in their own words, "an Italian project, that have a French name and that sings in English". They claim to be influenced by "Belle & Sebastian, Blur, Beatles, Beach Boys", and probably some other bands that start with B. The name of this track may or may not be "Sybil Vane", but either way it's pretty damn good! [http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com]

Le Man Avec Les Lunettes are an "Italian project, that have a French name and that sings in English." It's like they're the league of nations all wrapped up into one band. In addition to being multicultural, they also write some pretty darn good music. In general, I guess it's like if the Olivia Tremor Control's instrumentation were joined with Of Montreal's songwriting. [http://www.youaintnopicasso.com ]

Hace poco recibí la recomendación (gracias Paolo!) de esta banda italiana, de nombre francés y con vocales en inglés, y la verdad que la sorpresa ha sido muy grata. Lo más sorprendente de esta banda es, sin dudas, su aparición en el cartel del festival Emmaboda 2005. Su primer EP, "Saturate it, Then Reverse!" es justo el reflejo de los gustos de este dúo formado por Fabio B. y Ale P., donde la influencia del psychPOP sesentero y el indiepop actual de bandas tipo Belle & Sebastian, se combinan para bonitas canciones. Escúchenlos![http://www.miraelpendulo.com]

are an Italian band, with a French name and sing in English. The band was born in the 2004 through the collaboration between Fabio B. and Ale P. They have released a debut composing by songs that are bundled up in the pop spirit with influence of Belle & Sebastian, Blur, Beatles, Beach Boys. [http://www.indie-mp3.co.uk]

Contacts:
www.myhoney.it
www.zahr.net
www.cakeandcoffee.de
www.lmall.it
www.myspace.com/occhialuto

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SWEATERS - Written Like Postcards

2009-02-08T16:16:00.007+07:00

Band : Sweaters

Album: written like postcards

Label:

Track:

1.Some Things Are Left Unsaid
2.everything for evryone
3.ordinary Girl
4.when you smile
5.when we're down
6.Shine (live)
7.25 dazzling stars
8.ordinary girl(reprise)

Band Members:

Merdi Leonardo (Vocals)
Christ Martin K. (Guitar)
Zulner M. Nouradinne (Guitar)
Jodhie Gunadharma (Drum)

where to buy :

Hey Folks! records and merchandise
Jln Bumi No 17
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan
Indonesia

Contact at ilovethefake@yahoo.com

SWEATERS Band yang terbentuk di tahun 2000an. sudah lama sekali saya tidak mendengarkan band - band indiepop lokal seperti ini setelah Pure saturday dan rumah sakit yang sangat digemari di era 90an hingga sekarang. Musik yang dibawakan oleh sweaters simpel dan sederhana. When you smile, merupakan lagu favorit saya, ketika mendengarkan lagu tersebut membuat saya merasa tenang disaat otak kita jenuh dengan pekerjaan sehari-hari. Band asal sarah records merupakan influence mereka seperti : blueboy atau boyracer, band lokal seperti pure saturday salah satu influence dari sweaters. Album sweaters ini pantas masuk dalam daftar playlist untuk menemani perjalanan. seandainya kamu penggemar musik indiepop sarah records, tidak ada salahnya untuk mengkoleksi album-album lokal keluaran lovely records seperti : Annemarie - ABC On TV, The Fake - I'm Your Best Friend.

Lemon Jelly

2008-04-17T02:51:00.002+07:00

Lemon Jelly have made an album entirely based upon unlikely samples swiped from their vast record collections. Not unlike one of their DJ sets, they flip between musical styles at will and make light work of cramming metal, 70s pop, Euro house, R&B, punk and more into just one album. The title, '64-'95, simply signifies the span in years of the various samples they've used and, as ambitious as the whole thing sounds, it works. The list of musical mavericks willingly plundered in the cause of the good ship Jelly includes 70s popsters Gallagher and Lyle, Scottish post-punkers the Scars, US R&B balladeer Monica and none-more-heavy metallers, the Masters of Reality. Each track manages to come as a complete stylistic surprise without losing any flow from one to the next; having said that, it's probably best not to mention the Maori crooner or Captain James T. Kirk for the moment. Their meticulous sleeve design remains but this time, they've upped the ante somewhat by also producing a full DVD version of the album. From the beautiful machinations of Only Time to the creepy-crawly neon floral jungle of Make Things Right and an abstracted live action dance piece reminiscent of a James Bond title sequence for Come Down On Me, the DVD takes you through a rather sumptuous array of animation styles and weird worlds.

Abstract, down-tempo UK electronic act comprising Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin. Franglen and Deakin were childhood friends but did not form Lemon Jelly until 1997, after attending a 23 Skidoo concert. Before this, Franglen composed commercial music for adverts for clients such as Sony Playstation and Sega and occasionally for film and television soundtracks. He also contributed his keyboard and drum programming skills to Primal Scream's Xtrmntr and to projects by Bj..rk, Hole, Blur, the Spice Girls, All Saints and Daphne And Celeste. Deakin's background was as a club DJ (the wacky "Impotent Fury") and promoter but he also worked as a designer and illustrator for magazines such as The Face and Nova and indeed, it is his bold designs that grace the sleeves of Lemon Jelly's releases. Lemon Jelly initially attracted accolades from all quarters of the music press with three limited edition and highly collectable 10-inch vinyl EPs on their own Impotent Fury label, released between 1998 and 2000. The releases were notable for their dazzling, 60s-influenced artwork, their childlike melodies and vocal samples taken from children's television programmes. Referring to a 70s children's television character, the magazine Straight No Chaser described the sound as "Bagpuss with breaks." The EPs, In The Bath, The Yellow EP and The Midnight EP led to the duo being named by the New Musical Express as one of the "Tips for 2000".

Released in October 2000, Lemonjelly.ky (named after their website that was registered in the Cayman Islands in order to gain the "ky" suffix) gathered the three EPs on one disk and received universal praise. Drawing comparisons with the Beta Band, Air, Groove Armada and Bent, it was described by UK newspaper The Times as "the music playing in the cocktail bar at the end of the universe." The elusive duo remained out of the media spotlight as the praise for their music continued to grow, refusing to be photographed and rarely granting interviews. The beautifully packaged Lost Horizons appeared at the end of 2002. The album's eight tracks proved to be even more inventive than the duo's earlier releases, moving serenely from ambient ("Spacewalk") to jazz ("Return To Patagonia" and "The Curse Of Ka'zar"), and taking in some memorable samples along the way, most notably on the unlikely hit single "Nice Weather For Ducks". This charming and highly enjoyable album managed to avoid the cloying inoffensiveness of much downtempo music, and was widely heralded as one of the year's best releases. Franglen and Deakin continued to endear themselves to the general public with a series of successful live dates to promote Lost Horizons, which included a children's matinee performance.

They changed tack with the limited edition 7-inch singles "Soft" and "Rolled Oats', which were based around samples from much maligned rock bands Chicago and Bad Company respectively. The duo embraced this approach for their new album, even putting a sticker on the cover of '64-"95 claiming "This is our new album, it's not like our old one". They based each track around a sample from their extensive record collection, with the list of acts plundered including 70s popsters Gallagher And Lyle, Scottish post-punk outfit the Scars, heavy metal band Masters Of Reality, and soul singer Terri Walker.

DISCOGRAPHY: Lemonjelly.ky (Impotent Fury/XL 2000)****, Lost Horizons (Impotent Fury/XL 2002)****, '64-'95 (Impotent Fury/XL 2005)***. VIDEOGRAPHY: '64-'95 (XL Recordings 2005).

Encyclopedia of Popular Music Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 2005

jaymay "Autumn Fallin"

2008-04-17T01:43:00.008+07:00

Ketika saya membaca majalah Q edisi maret 2008 "50 years of great british music" new album review, saya tertarik ketika membaca nama jaymay "Autumn Fallin". ternyata memang benar,disaat mendengarkan lagu dari jaymay, seperti membayangkan permainan norah jones dan bob dylan, wow.. perpaduan musik yang sangat indah bukan? gray or blue merupakan single pertamanya. track demi track membuat saya terhanyut dalam petikan gitar nya. memang pantas bahwa album jaymay wajib untuk dibeli. dan sangat cocok buat menemani di perjalanan jauh. atau buat anda yang lagi lembur.

Artist JAYMAY
Album Autumn Fallin'
Genre Folkie

Track :

1. Gray Or Blue
2. Sycamore Down
3. Blue Skies Listen
4. Sea Green, See Blue
5. Autumn Fallin'
6. You'd Rather Run
7. Hard To Say
8. Big Ben
9. Ill Willed Person
10. You Are The Only One I Love

KILLED BY BUTTERFLY Available @ DownloadPunk.com

2008-04-17T00:22:00.000+07:00

Semakin maraknya dunia digital. Band asal jakarta Killed By Butterfly juga merilis albumnya dengan format digital,band yang sempat menjadi pembuka acara Bleeding Trough ini memberikan nama judul album nya "sanity/insanity" dan bisa di download di Download Punk. penasaran? ayooo kita support musisi indie lokal kita, jangan lupa beli merchandise nya juga di swell merch.

Recording Formation:

RID (Throat/Guitar)
VIC (Guitar)
ROM (Bass/Back Voc)
ADE (Drums)

Current Formation:

RID (Throat/Guitar)
ROM (Guitar/Back Voc)
ADE (Drums)
GOGO of Silent Farewell (Additional Bass)

For Info: BOBBY 081 775 8883
http://www.myspace.com/killed

THE MILO 2nd album "photograph" SOON!!

2008-04-16T23:32:00.000+07:00

The Milo, band asal bandung ini rencananya akan mengeluarkan 2nd album "photograph". yang sebelumnya sempat menghilang setelah album Let Me Begin (Repackaged) - 2003. band yang ter-influence dengan my bloody valentine, ride, akan tampil di The Venue Concert Hall Eldorado setiabudi, Bandung. tanggal 26 april 2008, bersama band asal swedia yaitu "THE RADIO DEPT." ok.. kita tunggu saja apakah materi album barunya akan dibawakan? seperti apa? kita liat nanti..

THE MILO DISCOGRAPHY
SINGLES AND COMPILATION :

1. Ripple Magz 6 (Sianida) – May 2001
2. Romantic Purple – March 2002
3. Delicatessen (Broke) – 2002
4. Viking Persib 2 (Langit Seharusnya Biru) - 2004
5. Thusrday Riot (PARC) - 2006

CONTACT
Jimmy 081 6466 5579
Mawir 081 320 610069

EMAIL
guardian4ngel@yahoo.co.uk
the_milove@yahoo.com
themilo4music@yahoo.co.uk
themilo4music@yahoo.co.uk

Plastic Operator

2008-04-16T23:07:00.000+07:00

Plastic Operator are the perfect pop group for our times. Internationally minded, technically savvy and most importantly blessed with the ability to sculpt sublimely soulful pop moments from raw digital clay, Plastic Operator may exist in a parallel space to the tired pop pap in the Top 10, but what a wonderful space it is. Mathieu Gendreau (electronics) & Pieter Van Dessel (vocals / electronics) are Plastic Operator. Respectively hailing from Montreal and Antwerp, the pair met at London's Westminster University in 2001 where they were both studying audio production.

Bonding over a shared love of two decades of fine electronic and indie music the pair began to make sweet music together. When the course finished Pieter returned to Antwerp to work on sound design films and play in a few bands, and Mathieu remained in London to work as a sound engineer and producer, working with a broad cross-section of the UK's musical talent. The pair kept up their collaborative efforts over the internet, meeting face to face in either London or Antwerp once a month. In 2004, their efforts came to fruition when then the pair released their debut three track CD through a handful of record shops, with Rough Trade making it their CD of the week. Once the tracks were out there in the public domain, things accelerated at a pace no-one could have predicted.

The lead track from the CD, 'Folder', had been posted on a web blog, and within weeks Plastic Operator were receiving emails from fans in New York, Mexico City and Bangkok enquiring about the group. Radio stations as far apart as California, New Zealand and Tijuana began championing the song. In London Radio 1's Rob Da Bank began playing the track on his Blue Room show, eventually signing the track to his Sunday Best label. Already picking up admirers from its inclusion on Rob's latest Sunday Best compilation, 'Folder' was released as a single in its own right in November 2005. Featuring loving remixes from a range of Sunday Best friends and family (namely Subway, Styrofoam and Shepherds) this is sure to see the pleasures of Plastic Operator become apparent to an even broader audience. Pieter & Mathieu have just released their debut album 'Different Places' in 2007 on Fine Day Records.

The album triggered raving reviews across the world and the singles 'Peppermint', 'Why Don't You?' and 'Home 0207' spent weeks and months on the playlist of radio stations such as Studio Brussels, FM Brussels, KCRW... Many Plastic Operator songs are now hitting the dance-floor with remixes provided by creative masterminds Jesse Rose, Speaker Junk, Hermanos Inglesos, Wax Stag, Chewy Chocolate Cookies and the likes. 2007 and 2008 saw Plastic Operator take their music to the stage. Their dynamic live rendition of the album made crowds dance in many major clubs and parties across Europe: from the Bestival Festival on Isle of Wight, to Paris Fashion Week, Culture Club in Ghent, La Fleche D'Or in Paris, Petrol Club in Antwerp and Razzmatazz Club in Barcelona.

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/plasticoperator