28.01.2025-NARCOLEPTIC DANCERS Never Sleep (Bleepmachine,2011)

 

INDIE POP

   Netherlands born singer Melody Van Kappers and French multi-instrumentalist Anton Louis Jr are half siblings whose father was a professional footballer in the 70s. He was nicknamed 'Narcoleptic Dancer' due to his unique dribble style and haircut, though it wasn't until his funeral that Melody and Anton met for the first time. With ten years between them, separate mothers and living in different countries, their one connection was a love for music, a passion which couldn't keep them apart.

     

https://www.sendspace.com/file/nkumgv

26.01.2025-KNOCKS 55 (Big Beat/Neon Gold,2016)

 

ELECTRONIC / EDM

   The Knocks start with vintage disco sensibilities  (glittery, drawn-out synths and smoky beats) and improve on them with a modern crispness and a surprising bit of maturity. The Knocks succeed at channeling a waning, aching fondness for both the day a setting sun leaves behind and anticipation for what tomorrow will bring. On 55 (which is titled after the address of their Chinatown studio), the duo does more than just wallow in old memories — they’re making glorious new ones.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/pqam23

25.01.2025-SAIGON BLUE RAIN What I Don't See (Cold Insanity,2014)

 

ETHEREAL / COLDWAVE

   "What I don't see" is the debut full-length album by the French duo Saigon Blue Rain and, as its title already implies, it somehow serves well as a soundtrack to the feeling that every intangible thing around - and even within us - is meaningful, wether it's sublime or miserable. 

     Building on classical New Wave foundations and touching it with Coldwave and Ethereal rapture triggers, they manage to lead us into a ghostly - although comforting, almost womb-like - plain whose virtual horizons succeed each other like on-screen slides of longing, beauty, gloom, nature's mysteries and even joy.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/2wjd3s

20.01.2025-ASTROBAL Australasie (Karaoke Kalk,2016)

 

ELECTRO / DOWNTEMPO

   Though eclectic, Australasie never feels less than a cohesive vision, with the guiding principles of texture and fluidity uniting the disparate threads. From the lounge-y slink of "Rubycon" to the hymnal warmth of "Trois Beaux Oiseaux du Paradis," Astrobal creates a universe one can swim around in; from start to finish, it is of a particular mood, all beholden to the vibe. It is an assured first full-length from an artist who has put in the time to find himself and build his own world.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/wzdq1g

19.01.2025-COURETTES We Are The Courettes (Sounds Of Subterrania,2018)

 

GARAGE ROCK

    After that eight-track debut leaves you salivating for more, there are a whole twelve morsels to devour on the following We Are The Courettes. Hoodoo Hop opens the album and it’s clearly a step even further to the wild side from their debut. Still stripped back retro garage, but this time the sweeter vocals that brushed Here Are… were seemingly pushed to one side in favour of a blender-fed 5,6,7,8’s, definitely the bastard younger sibling of an already wild child. That said, songs like Strawberry Boy still allow the space for the calmer delivery, which, while more soothing, leaves you waiting nervously for the next explosion. There’s not long to wait at all as Voodoo Doll flies in full of trash-garage horror, helped naturally by the appearance of Brazilain horror legend Coffin Joe adding some guest vocals. The album produced some top singles, such as the twanging Time Is Ticking and the primal energy of Boom! Dynamite! which, to go for the easy pun, is a blast. They close out the album with the caressing Fool Fool Fool, a gentle drift after the pace and energy of the rest of the record.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/24bb2q

18.01.2025-DOTTY BLUE Oh,The Glamour! (Dotty Blue,2021)

 

INDIE FOLK

   The album "Oh, the Glamour!" witnesses an attempt to go your own way and dealing with the past. Is it even possible to choose something else but a more handy and pre-destined path of life and if so, how do we do it? Unlike previous albums, "Oh, the Glamour!" mirrors a lot of anger and frustration, dominated by drum machines and electronic loops.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/hz3ab6

17.01.2024-MARKER STARLING Rosy Maze (Tin Angel,2015)

 

POP / SOFT ROCK

   Marker Starling is the moniker of Chris A. Cummings, an ambitious and gifted pop songwriter based in Toronto. Previously working under the name Mantler, Cummings has created a distinct body of work that treads the line between thoughtful melancholy and infectious joy.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/99h3as