I've taken just a week off, but I've gone from a loveable, scrounging student, to an unemployed scab, and I bloody love it. Who needs beautiful weather and babes when you can eat chicken kievs and watch Community in your pants? To match my glorious mood, the label gods have kindly granted that a handful of belting singles will be released this week, with This Many Boyfriends leading the pack. Enjoy the sun, drink too much cider, then throw exceptional shapes to our Singles of the Week. This Many Boyfriends - 'I Should Be A Communist' As an adopted ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Friendly Fires, Little Dragon, Delphic, Foals, Goldfields Song: Olympic Ayres - The View [download here ] What's so good? Sydney duo Olympic Ayres sure sound polished considering their humble beginnings, having started out jamming in a dusty attic. Meeting at a party in 2006, Kamaliza and mmiiddii kept in touch, sending each other small loops and beats every now and then. In 2010, they started collaborating together in the aforementioned attic, which resulted in their debut EP Episode 1 . Now, they’re ready to release the second installment, with first single “The View” as ...

Die britischen Indie-Newcomer und neue Vorzeige-Hype-Band Citizens! nähert sich mit großen Schritten der Veröffentlichung ihres Debütalbums "We Are Here". Dieses wird am 25. Mai hierzulande via Cooperative Music erscheinen, zur selben Zeit soll auch eine EP namens "Caroline" den Weg in die Plattenläden finden ( motor.de berichtete ). Auf dem Werk empfiehlt sich das Quartett als amtlicher Nachfolger für Gruppierungen wie Two Door Cinema Club oder Foals . Der Clip zur Single vermittelt bereits einen guten ersten Eindruck von dem, was den Hörer erwartet – die schwungvolle Nummer wird dabei im ästhetisch ansprechenden Ambiente eines alten Hauses vorgetragen: Citizens! - "Caroline" Die Franzosen von ...

Das britische Dance-Pop Duo Chew Lips gibt einen ersten auditiven Vorgeschmack auf sein zweites Studioalbum. Wann genau dieses erscheinen soll ist bisher allerdings genauso unklar, wie dessen Titel. Eine Umstellung wird das neue Werk allemal bedeuten, immerhin mussten Sängerin Alicia 'Tigs' Huertas und Mitmusiker James Watkins nach dem Ausstieg von Will Sanderson für die Aufnahmen erstmals als Duo agieren. Die erste Single namens "Do You Chew?" präsentiert sich lässig-lassziv und groovt dezent vor sich hin. Dass die Londoner auch zu zweit ein Gespür für eingängigen Pop haben, könnt ihr an dieser Stelle erkunden: Chew Lips - "Do You Chew?" Bereits kurz ...

Manchester dance trio say 'there's no room for bands to experiment' anymore

Die begehrten britischen Indie-Pop-Rock-Newcomer Citizens! haben für Ende Mai eine EP mit dem Titel "Caroline" angekündigt. Darauf präsentiert das Quintett drei Eigenkompositionen, von denen sie uns zu "True Romance" bereits ein Musikvideo präsentierten ( motor.de berichtete ). Zusätzlich finden sich drei alternative Interpretationen auf dem Werk, welches über das trendige französische Label Kitsuné erscheinen soll. Ihr könnt an dieser Stelle bereits in den hitsicheren Titeltrack hineinhören, sowie einen Blick auf die vollständige Trackliste werfen: Citizens! - "Caroline" "Caroline" - Tracklist: 1. Caroline 2. Reptile 3. True Romance 4. Caroline (Night Works Get Bored Remix) 5. True Romance (Gigamesh Remix) 6. Reptile (Acoustic Version ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Delphic, Friendly Fires, Little Dragon, Klaxons Song: Zulu Winter - Silver Tongue [download here ] What's so good? I’d be surprised if we weren’t hearing a lot more about Zulu Winter soon. The band was only formed in late 2011 and “Silver Tongue” is the second single released from upcoming album Language , which will be out 14 May. Mark it off on your calendar and keep an eye on this band. Their melodic indie pop is friendly and catchy enough that the masses will be quick to pay attention. Zulu Winter aren ...

Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg – better known by their stage name First Aid Kit – have never played Washington DC before, until late last month. Their first visit was thwarted by a freak accident: in October 2010 I saw Casiokids and Delphic play fun dance parties at DC9 and expected to see First Aid Kit the week after, but after a still unexplained death outside the club, the venue was shuttered for weeks... Continue reading Live Review: First Aid Kit with Peggy Sue at Black Cat, Washington DC – 30th March 2012

Man Without Country could be mistaken for an uptempo Delphic but that doesn’t mean the boys from South Wales aren’t...

Rick Boardman speaks about the making of the follow-up to 'Acolyte'

Clash Magazine are set to hit this year's Snowbombing festival - and we're bringing a few old friends along with us. Mixing snowsports with live music and exclusive DJ sets, Snowbombing has grown to become one of Europe's most in demand events. Proving that the festival season needn't end in September, the Austrian event will return later this month for another bumper instalment. Clash will be there every step of the way. We will be playing host on the slopes, throwing our own party on Ahorn Mountain. Taking place on April 13th, the Arctic Disco opens at ...

Sunday, 1st April will never more be regarded as "any given Sunday". For it demarcates the date of decease of Gritpop's one and only (Viva) Brother (R.I.P. etc.). Consequently on today of all days, during this dolorous period of all-pervasive glumness autopsy urges a necessity to come to terms with the dichotomy between contemporary and merely temporary and even through this thick fug of grief such evaluation must be applied too to South Wales-based electropopsters Man Without Country , who tonight support crafty Swedes I Break Horses. If the two may seem rather ill-suited adjudged purely on recorded ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Delphic, Passion Pit, Young The Giant Song: The Temper Trap - Need Your Love [download here ] What's so good? Another new song from The Temper Trap off their upcoming single (for those of you who missed the last one, we covered their song “ Rabbit Hole “). This one, by the title of “Need Your Love,” is actually a bit less compelling than the first. I find it a bit blah, particularly as its missing any type of creative bridge of falsetto vocal. Perhaps it’ll fit in well with the entire scheme of the ...

The nay : Hence “Myth,” which sounds almost identical to every other Beach House song. That is, to say, brooding and shrouded in bells, fake fog and what sounds like an electric cello. The saving grace is Victoria Legrande’s voice, Delphic, frail and sparked with a faint phosphorescence. The less you say about the lyrics the better. “If you build yourself a myth/know just what to give.” And the yea : “Myth” is, like its predecessors, a smoldering amalgam of sinuous guitars, glistening synths, galloping drums, hazy reverb, and, you know it, Legrand’s grandly booming voice, increasingly becoming a ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Delphic, Passion Pit, Two Door Cinema Club Song: The Temper Trap - Rabbit Hall [download here ] What's so good? First a new track from Beach House, now a new one from The Temper Trap! The last 24-hours have felt a bit like Christmas, with this new track “Rabbit Hole” as the icing on top of the cake. The song is the first single to be released off their upcoming album Need Your Love , and is available via The Temper Trap’s website . Tracklisting: 1. Need Your Love 2. London’s Burning 3. Trembling ...