Third week in this series, wow, I’m good! During a week, I post a lot of news and finds on my twitter @eardrums and I get a lot of email that never gets published on the blog. I’ll try to post some of it here + give you some recommendations to new releases you should buy. Let’s start with some “VERY SHORTIES” and below this, you will find a lot of free goodies and music recommendations: – Sweden’s Heart-Sick Groans … →
I am not going to say much, but I just had to make a post about this today. WILD HONEY’s debut album is now available for free download on his Bandcamp-page, where you can also get his wonderful EP from last year, also this for free. I’ve had the chance to listen to this album for almost a week, and it has become a favourite of my whole family. Beautiful harmonies, excellent melodies and although my hopes were high after … →
Photo by James Wilson This morning I’ve played two songs over and over again, both from the indie folk-pop band The Woodlands, who sent them over to me late yesterday evening. These two songs have stolen all my attention, – like nothing else matters right now. Rare… Their music fills me with a nice, calm feeling, – it leaves a tiny smile on my face and plants seeds for small thoughts in my head. It sounds optimistic and hopeful, but … →
“Feet to the sky” is the debut-single from UK indie/folk/pop-band Lulu & The Lampshades, and the wonderful cover-art made by Kate Slater is as colourful as the music on this single is. Some of you may remember that we have presented this band earlier here on Eardrums, and I was quite excited when I got my hands on their first single. The single is out today on the new London label Voga Parochia, a label I have high hopes for. … →
The last few days, I’ve been listening a lot to a beautiful and very special album from the Swedish sister-duo Piroth. The album is called “Safe Haven”, and it is released on the sisters’ own label Oma Gusti Records today, the 21. October. Piroth are sisters Nina (vocal, percussion) and Johanna (vocal, guitar), and the two have previously self-recorded, produced and released the ep “Alternative Tour” and their debut album “Prima Ballerina”. Now, it’s time for “Safe Haven”, and they … →
After several super-good singles and EPs, the UK indie/folk band Left With Pictures is finally ready to release their debut album “Beyond Our Means” on October 26. I have waited and waited for this to happen… I often need some time to “get used to” albums from bands I already own a lot of singles from, – there are a lot of expectations, and the songs I’ve already heard need to be put into a new context. It takes time. … →
Tender Trap are finally back with a new release! After being on hiatus since their wonderful second album “6 billion people” from 2006, indiepop legends Amelia Fletcher, Rob Pursey and John Stanley (DJ Downfall) have added two members to their line-up and released a new, free single on the fine label Fortuna POP!. For those of you who are not familiar with these names, Amelia and Rob were once in some of my favourite indiepop-bands, first in Talulah Gosh, then … →
Let’s meet the neighbors, the Darling New Neighbors! This Texas-trio has just released their second album, “Rocket”, on their own label. The music is a strange combination of rough rock with sharp guitars, folk and indiepop, and sometimes they take a step into the 60-girlgroup territory with sha-la-la’s and shubidu’s. The press-release kind of takes the words out of my mouth when they write that they hear bits and pieces of stray influence in the Darling New Neighbors: “the soft-hard … →
