Jimmy Polioudis from Thessaloniki, Greece new cover single...
(digital - District)
2) Wings of Desire - Better Late Than Never
New single from indie-rock London duo...
Drawing inspiration from psychological revolution, visual arts, and 20th century counterculture, the result is a Factory-era creative outlet for a disenfranchised generation. Wings of Desire is simply a mirror to the planetary shift we are all experiencing, to permeate the zeitgeist and remind us all that there is more to living than what we consider tangible.
(digital, video - WMD)
3) Piroshka - Scratching At The Lid
Scratching At The Lid" is taken from the Piroshka album "Love Drips And Gathers" released 23rd July 2021 via Bella Union
(digital, video - Bella Union)
4) Qlowski - Lotta Continua
Directed by Michele Tellarini. Taken from 'Quale Futuro?' out June 4th on Maple Death / Feel It Records.
(digital. video - Maple Death / Feel It)
5) Bo Ningen - 4 Seconds To Ascension
Taken from ‘BO NINGEN: Rebuilt’
The forthcoming reissue Of The 2010 Self-Titled Debut Album
Completely rebuilt version available for the first time on vinyl feat exclusive remixes by ENA and Merzbow
Contains Flashing Images.
Directed by Rohan Thomas
Filmed live at CAMP and The Underworld during 2010 & 2011
live footage: Rohan Thomas, Khalid El-Awad, Reuben Sutherland
And otherwise made from collected footage by Rohan Thomas
Edit: Rohan Thomas.
Colour grade: Rohan Thomas & Reuben Sutherland
Mixed by Taigen Kawabe, Mastered by ENA
Beyond Index Films and Bo Ningen 2021
(Audio remastered) from new album Sun (4/6/2021)
"Dial" released December 04, 2020 - Boulogne sur mer - France
Video directed by Quentin ISIDORE filmed by David SAGOT
Benjamin FIORINI - Drums
Quentin ISIDORE - Voice
Ingrid LETOURNEAU - Keyboards
Marion PLOUVIEZ - Guitar & Voice
Renaud RETAUX - Bass
Written & composed by Quentin ISIDORE
Lyrics written by Quentin ISIDORE
Rearranged & performed with Pastel Coast
Recorded and Mixed by Quentin ISIDORE
Mastered by Benjamin Mathieu at ROAD STUDIO
Indie pop Single of Pastel Coast's second Album: "Sun"
"Sunset" released April 2021 - Boulogne sur Mer - France
VIDEO CREDITS
Video directed and realised by Quentin Marinello & Robin Larroque/ QR+
Starring : Samya Arrat
Filmed in September 2019 in Gaillac
(video - Shelflife)
2) Easy Beach - Selena Gomez / Blurry
Easy Beach was formed in the winter of 2020. Founded by Ian Cruz, the band was a culmination of ideas dating back to the early oughts finally realized. Joined by childhood friend Sean Tarolli, and heartthrob Beau Stone, Easy Beach crafts songs that walk the line between emo origins and loud guitars.
Recorded at Eureka Records
Mixed and Mastered by Tyler Floyd
Produced by Easy Beach & Tyler Floyd
thanks to
Dylan Baldi
released April 20, 2021
(digital - Far)
3) Jaguar Sun x Jesse Maranger - Blooms
News from Ontario experimental dreampop...
(Cassette EP - Born Losers)
4) The HIRS Collective - Love
New single from Philadelphia punk - The HIRS Collective "Love," off their double LP "The Third 100 Songs" is out June 25, 2021 via Get Better Records
Two bodies dancing hot in the New York City winter before being pushed inside for the rest of 2020. Two hearts that, in the span of 6 months, faced the loss of both of their mothers, the matriarchs that bore them to this planet full of wonder. They held on tight to the beauty of living, together. With this shared language and the confines of quarantine they lost and loved even harder. Battling packed boxes and lost jobs, the two celebrated their tragic journey with broad shoulders forcing power chords and the harmonized chants of utter release. They huddled together for the future while leaking their hearts into pop melodies that collide effortlessly with both a shared melancholy and simultaneous hope.
MAN ON MAN (also M.O.M.) is a new gay lover band made up of Joey Holman (HOLMAN) and Roddy Bottum (Faith No More, Imperial Teen, CRICKETS, Nastie Band). Their upcoming self-titled record, MAN ON MAN, is infused with indie-rock distortion and soaked in gay pop confidence while still maintaining the dry acerbic sense of humor they both share. M.O.M.'s music videos take their magical collaboration to another level with otherworldly cinematographic dimension, and of course, the subversive playfulness of two gay lovers unmistakably flirting with their audience and each other. Upon the release of their debut single, “Daddy”, their video (chock full of the pair dancing seductively in their white briefs) was removed from YouTube for violating their “sex and nudity policy.” At this moment, the band solidified their political visibility as queer artists who are not ok with being silenced or removed from history because of their age or size. Bottum told Rolling Stone, “There’s enough representation in the gay community of young, hairless pretty men." Roddy and Joey’s love for each other and their own bodies, histories, and truths are what make this project so tender and lovable.
MAN ON MAN’s music transcends both genre or decade, creating a timeless appeal for so many kinds of listening. The varied influences and textures of the record are a meditation on the myriad of emotions of lockdown, as well as this particular moment in their own lives, collectively and independently. The shoegaze whirlpools of “Stohner” transition into the square wave synths of “1983” with ease, while tracks like “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)” open us up to a new type of queer anthem for the 2020s.
It is hard not to be captivated with MAN ON MAN’s story, as they pass through pandemic lockdowns in a rented pickup truck. Through hotels, rest stops, mountaintops, desert mirages, back roads, beaches, and hospital rooms, the layering of space and time allows us to grasp onto each moment individually and together as a whole. When we fall into their world (which was self-produced with mix support by Grammy-award winning producer Carlos de la Garza [M83, Paramore, Jimmy Eat World] and Mike Vernon Davis [Foxing, Great Grandpa]), we witness MAN ON MAN’s deep intensity of falling in love while mourning, and the epic collaboration of two lovers that traverse the map of a COVID road trip.
MAN ON MAN is more than a band, it is a partnership of two beautiful queers who are committed to creating a language that is both musical and visual, and that transcends what we know of gay music at exactly the cultural moment we need them. As individuals, lovers, sons, community pillars, and human beings, M.O.M. are a womb to be reckoned with.
Debut album (12" vinyl release 7/5/2021)
(EP - Big Scary Monsters)
2) Tijuana Cartel - Over And Over
New single from indie / electronic Gold Goast, Australia
(digital - Tijuana Cartel)
3) Lunation Fall - Near
New material from Lyon shoegaze / dreampop
By appropriating the codes of the shoegaze scene, Lunation Fall is in a constant quest for the alliance between melancholic dreampop and unleashed noise rock. The four Lyonnais seek this fragile spot where the melodic sweetness is combined with the power of a wall of sound carried by a feverish and airy rhythmic.
Recorded in late 2020 in Lyon, France
credits
released April 16, 2021
Célia Broch - vocals, guitars
Julien Angueloff - drums, percussions
Ludovic Jaguin - bass, additional vocals
Thibaud Furst - vocals, guitars
Produced by Lunation Fall
Engineered, mixed, and produced by Raphaël Leger, 22 Recordings
Mastered by Sacha Besson, Tubecult Mastering
Visual arts by Remy:Badout
Many thanks for their support to Cedric and Joan, great people from Stellar Frequencies
All songs written by Lunation Fall
(12" vinyl - Stellar Frequencies)
4) A. G. Cook - Oh Yeah (Caroline Polachek Remix)
News from Los Angeles, California
A. G. Cook is best known as the founder and head of PC Music, one of the most discussed record labels of recent times. He has also spent the last few years in creative partnerships with artists, most notably Charli XCX, for whom he was Executive Producer on her projects Number 1 Angel, Pop 2 and Charli.
(digital - PC Music)
5) Marsfade - Do U Know What I Mean
Built on a foundation of lush synth pop and blooming forth with a new name, multi-instrumentalist and producer, marsfade is evolving her music with her life experience. The Grand Rapids, Michigan based artist invites her listeners to grow with her as she infuses electronic sensibilities of the past into fresh musical structures. Her music soars with delicate melodies, layered instrumentals, glittering textures, and catchy hooks; all the while her lyrics are a revolving kaleidoscope of intense emotions and personal experience. Formerly a member of the electronic duo, PARTS, marsfade launched a solo career in early 2018 (formerly titled FADE) releasing her first EP, Fall in Love, through the label Luminelle in October of 2018. Described by The Line of Best Fit as “hushed and immediate bedroom pop with a twist. Hypnotic, melancholic, full of anxiety and urgency”, Fall in Love carved out marsfade’s niche in the world of indie synth pop.
As a shy, reclusive person who has struggled with depression and anxiety from a young age, sharing personal art with the world and being ever-present on social media came with a new heightened level of emotional pressure. Having taken the time to focus on her mental health and working out how to best operate as an introverted musician, marsfade returns now with new songs and a new perspective. On her aptly named newest single, “Do U Know What I Mean”, marsfade crafts a song that unfolds like a flower; revealing more layers of musical brilliance and emotional depth witheach listen.
New Remixes from London (Ex Ride) releases April 9, 2021
Written and performed by Andy Bell (Copyright Control)
Additional production and remix by Pye Corner Audio
Recorded by Andy Bell except tracks 1, 2, 3, 6: drums, bass, guitar and piano recorded by Gem Archer
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Artwork by Marc Jones and Stuart Jones
(12" vinyl - Sonic Cathedral)
2) September Stories - Like A Flower
Video single from new album "Like A Flower, You Don't Love It, You Leave It." Indie rock band Cincinnati, Ohio
(video - September Stories)
3) Peach Gardens - Sunset Drive
New single from dreampop / shoegaze Moscow, Russia
released April 7, 2021
Elizaveta Maryanovskaya - vox
Dmitry Kostryukov - bass
Alexander Kochetkov - drums
Oleg Kopytin - vox and guitars
Recording - Ilya Zhundrikov, Elizaveta Maryanovskaya
Mixing & Mastering - Oleg Kopytin
(digital - Peach Gardens)
4) Kekko - Past Lives
New single from Singapore dreampop duo... released April 7, 2021
Vocals by Cherie Kekko
Instruments by Tim Kekko
Produced by Tim Kekko
Mixed by Cameron Clark
Mastered by Cameron Clark
Art by Élise Rigollet
(Digital - Spirit Goth)
5) Candy - Challenger Deep
New single from Melbourne Calum Newton, Australia lo-fi pop
Album A Pull To Heal release 30/4/2021
(digital, video - Candy)
Tennis System - Truth Hurts (Singles of the Week No.5 (12//21)
New video from Japan shoegaze band
album Ethernity out 17/2/2021
(video - For Tracy Hyde / P-VINE)
2) Grazer - Nostalgia Seed
Grazer is the joint musical venture of Matt and Mollie, whose backgrounds of painting, photography and poetry coordinate their eclectic sound. The music is a dreamy coalescence of 80s indie pop and the catharsis of 90s grunge and shoegaze.
New single released March 29, 2021
Production: Matthew Spiller, Rob Wolfe
(digital - Matthew Spiller)
3) Draining - In Disillusion
New video from noise post-punk / shoegaze trio Adelaide, Australia
Album Don't You Want to Feel Something Different? released 1/4/2021
Isak Powell - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Alexander Marunczak - Drums
Douglas Connolly - Guitar
Thanks to everyone involved in this release
Additional thanks to Martin Derer for his time in the band
and involvement in the writing of this album
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at House Of Sap with Jarred Nettle in 2019
Photo by Nick Astanei
(video - Sad Punx Club)
4) The Telewire - Stay In Line
New material from space rock / shoegaze Austin / Texas Stephen Thurman
released March 30, 2021
(EP - The Telewire)
5) lamphead. - lamphead.
We are a rock band from Newcastle, Australia. We blend elements of math rock and pop punk together.
This is our first self-titled EP.
credits
released April 2, 2021
Drums/Bass/Guitars - Engineered by Mitta Norath at Tommirock
Mixing - Darcy Long
Mastering - Josh Bartel
Artwork - Dion McGovern
Drums - Damian Moore
Guitar - Darcy Long
Bass - Liam Hewitt
Vocals - Joseph Geyer
