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Build It Bigger
Civil and Civic is the Australian construction company that built the Sydney Opera House. Civil Civic are Australian too, but they don't build opera houses, they build jams. Their debut single is out soon.
Civil Civic - Less Unless [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 28/01/10
Little Smiling Hooks
When a label as radical as Planet Mu touts a new release as "something a bit different" it's hard to know what to expect. How about a psych-pop collaboration between two IDM vets, an album of hypnagogic harmonies and gently narcoleptic rhythms called, Mislead Into A Field By A Deformed Deer? The Internal Tulips debut is out later this year, but here is an early taste of their perfumed genius.
The Internal Tulips - Mr. Baby [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 26/01/10
Remember My Name
The last time we rode the Megabus it took 72 hours to travel 3 miles and while we slept a weird, twitchy guy was sick in our hair. In the best possible way, Trash Kit sound like the kind of band who have had sick in their hair. Their songs are chaotic and cozy, like this Lumidee-meets-Liliput jam from their forthcoming debut album. See them tonight with Vivian Girls and Male Bonding.
Trash Kit - Fame [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 25/01/10
321 : Blondes
If we were restricted by the conventional rules of time and space then 321 Week would've ended days ago, but here we are and here is Blondes beaming in from the 4th dimension, half-awake with wide open eyes. The Suicide video they recommend is amazing. [Continues...]
Blondes - You Mean So Much To Me (Acid Redux Cut) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 19/01/09
321 : Holly Miranda
Joints might be the prettiest paean to pain we've ever heard. Aided by the celestial horns of Antibalas, Holly Miranda transforms her battle with fibromyalgia into something ghostly and grand. Be sure to read her wish and heed her advice. [Continues...]
Holly Miranda - Joints [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 17/01/09
321 : Silk Flowers
While chasing this band around the internet we happened across a completely unrelated book called Silk Flowers Never Die: Love, Death, Mental Illness and Courage in an Internationally Renowned Family. That title says more about their music than we ever could. Peter from the band has awesome facts. [Continues...]
Silk Flowers - In Your Memory [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 14/01/09
321 : Hind Ear
If you've heard their hard-shelled and hymnal Coconut, then you'll know this is a band for all of your ears, not just that tiny, magic one hidden round the back. Head honcho Seb Franklin sent us this awesome Halloween-inspired jam and answered our trio of questions. [Continues...]
Hind Ear - Rain Man [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 13/01/09
321 : Former Ghosts
Take one anguished former band name (This Song Is A Mess But So Am I), add a splash of Xiu jus and a wisp of Zola Jesus. Garnish with a freshly broken heart. Former Ghosts prove that supergroups don't always suck. Judging by these answers, frontman Freddy Ruppert needs a hug. [Continues...]
Forever Ghosts - Dreams [mp3] [Buy]
Posted by: Scott 13/01/09
321 : Yuck
Songs containing the word 'semen' aren't usually this subtle and lonely-hearted. Yuck live in the long shadow cast by the Leaning Tower of Pinglewood and we expect to hear much more from them as the year grows old. Below, you can read their one and only wish. It's the best we've ever granted. [Continues...]
Yuck - Automatic (demo) [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 12/01/09
321 : Pink Priest
If Pink Priest had known about the field in Ipswich (past the bottom shops, by the brook) where kids go to gulp down cheap cider and learn about regret, then this song might've been a series of grunts called Field Of Awkward Fumbles. Thankfully it's not. It's blissful. If you shut your eyes while it's on, you might see a rainbow. Next, Mr Priest talks blood, Leatherface and Nantucket. [Continues...]
Pink Priest - Field Of Orgasms [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 12/01/09
321 : Quail Lungs
321 Week begins. This little chat with Quail Lungs is the 321st of our 321 interviews, so we're dedicating a few days to the discussion of facts, songs and wishes. Listen to ramshackle declarations from Quail Lungs and his crack'd heart, then after the jump he talks about the Kinks, Dylan and coming down. [Continues...]
Quail Lungs - Dumb Dadadum [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 11/01/09
Fright Night
Finally, someone has translated our nocturnal torture into music. We always climb the wooden hill to the land of nod with the best intentions, and usually chirping robots hum us to sleep. But then the night terrors come, it's 5:09am and our wide-awake ears are full of twitchy paranoia. Thank God for Mr Breakfast Beer. He makes everything OK.
Dam Mantle - Broken Slumber [mp3]
Posted by: Scott 07/01/09
Last On Your Dial, But First In Your Heart
Last night I spent a fun hour at Radio 1
Posted by: Scott 06/01/09
Trees In Snow
Happy new year. Inspired by a few weeks of wandering around Suffolk in inappropriate footwear, here is a new mixtape. Hope you enjoy it.
Trees In Snow - Mixed By Pinglewood [mp3]
1) Quail Lungs - You Can't Believe In Anything, You Can't Believe In Nothing
2) Wild Safari - History Of Savannah
3) OoOOo - NoShore
4) A Grave With No Name - Lavender
5) Forest Swords - If Your Girl Only Knew
6) Mount Kimbie - Maybes
7) Visions Of Trees - My Antlers
8) Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
9) Perfume Genius - Write 2 Your B
10) Alexandre Desplat - Mr. Reincarnation
Posted by: Scott 04/01/09