Have you heard this yet!? I’m talking about “Kingfisher Call Me” by The Ruby Suns off their forthcoming LP Christopher. The song is giving me intense chills right now! It’s easily the best thing I’ve heard ever from The Ruby Suns. Check minute 3:08. It’s like the end of “TMNT Mask” by Chad VanGaalen (off Soft Airplane) adorned in 80s glam. Brilliant! Read More »The Ruby Suns: Kingfisher Call Me
New Zealand pop band The Eversons have given us a fitting (for today) rendition of the Skeeter Davis classic “The End of The World”. Featuring co-front-man Chris Young on vocals and a softly finger-plucked acoustic guitar, along with a chorus of back-up singers, The Eversons’ version may be among the better covers of this song out there. Read More »The Eversons: The End Of The World
Sam Kristofski works magic on this video for “Fly” by New Zealand psychedelic band Opossom. I’ve been obsessed with Opossom of late, both this video and the band’s LP Electric Hawaii. For “Fly”, the video joins a collective of great ones for the year, including those by Sleep Party People, Mount Eerie, and Pure Bathing Culture. Read More »Opossom: Fly (Video)
“Traveling Shoes” by Lawrence Arabia has an undeniable cool to it, an untouchable hipness. Blending classic baroque pop sensibilities with… Read More »Lawrence Arabia: Traveling Shoes MP3
Sunny pop hooks clash with punk riffs and witty lyrics/vocals in The Everson’s debut LP, Summer Feeling. Influences run rampant,… Read More »The Eversons: Hyacinth Girl (Video)
At first, I found Surf City to give off those lo-fi garage vibes, with loud, swirling guitars and dreamy barely decipherable vocals. This led me to jot down a quick description; Surf City creates harmonically blissful, fuzzed-out lo-fi pop. As Kudos continues, I began hearing traces of psych-pop which ultimately morphed into a continual, hazy drone. There’s a lot more behind Surf City than a mere garage rock/pop band, that’s for sure. Read More »Surf City: Kudos [Album Review]
Sometimes a song exudes sunshine. “Cranberry†by The Ruby Suns is one such a song. A frivolously feathered song of big band regality, singing sirens and all-together chaos, this new tune captures the noises our parents asked us to keep quiet when we were young. The antithetical mixing of simple synthesized backbeats and dripping vocals make for a somehow breezy explosion of rhythms. One could not help but feel better while and after listening to this song. Read More »The Ruby Suns: Cranberry [mp3]
With select bands, especially in the arena of indie pop, you always know what you’re going to get. And with these bands, you know that what you get will be good. They’re trustworthy in that manner – you see it with artists that have longevity on their side; ten, possibly even fifteen years. The Bats beat them all out, spanning close to three decades. Read More »The Bats: Face Inside The Sun [mp3]
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Here’s the latest video from New Zealand’s very own Little Pictures (Homepage), an electro-pop outfit with affinity towards over-sized headphones, colorful cardigans, and robotic instrumentation. “This House Can Fit Us All†features, like much of Little Pictures’ music, lovable synth lines and male/female harmony vocals. Read More »Little Pictures: This House Can Fit Us All [Video]
