side of the day: Johan Agebjorn August 31, 2007

Johan Agebjorn is the man behind Sally Shapiro’s very cool and much praised album Disco Romance. Spacer Woman From Mars was originally intended for Disco Romance, but was left off because they thought it didn’t quite fit the rest of the material. The track will be included in a Lo Recordings release titled Milky Disco, due out September 17th.


Johan Agebjorn, Spacer Woman From Mars (ft. Sally Shapiro)


download: Spacer Woman From Mars (ft Sally Shapiro)

website: Johan Agebjorn

website: lo recordings

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Have a nice day.

side of the day=Taken By Trees + The Tough Alliance August 30, 2007

Sweden’s The Tough Alliance hit the US scene this summer, floating around blogs with records still only available on import. When you dig a little deeper into the alliance, you find bat swinging stage shows and a obscure hooliganistic demeanor. Whatever that is all about, they’ve found the secret sauce for the Swedish indie-scene and have caught attention in the states. TTA’s remix of Taken Too Young adds warm elecro-tropical air to ex-Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman’s solo project, Taken By Trees.

Taken By Trees & The Tough Alliance, Taken Too Young (Remix)

download: Taken Too Young

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side of the day: Radiohead August 29, 2007

Radiohead is expected to release their next album in early 2008, but at least one track, Arpeggi, has been floating about. I am intrigued by the direction they are going with this track, embracing a sound that is more familiar in the world of classical minimalist compositions; Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint comes to mind, and a little of Benjamin Britten’s Now the Great Bear and Pleiades for a vocal line. These are loose associations, maybe not helpful, but this definitely sounds like some sort of departure.


Radiohead, Arpeggi




download: Arpeggi

side of the day: Alaska In Winter August 28, 2007

Close Your Eyes-We Are Blind wanders delightfully. New Mexico’s Brandon Bethancourt, with friends in tow, creates an isolated village, with nothing to do at night but play with accordians and synthesizers. Alaska In Winter is on tour with Beirut this fall (of whom this track shares a contributer). Myspace link is below for more streaming and order info.


Alaska In Winter, Close Your Eyes-We Are Blind

download: Close Your Eyes-We Are Blind

Alaska In Winters myspace page, and label, Regular Beat.

tipped off by: I Guess I’m Floating

side of the day: Grovesnor August 27, 2007

Grovesnor is everything that I want to hear from male singers today. I want them to channel their inner Lionel Richie, or their inner Aaron Neville; I know its in you. Grovesnor is former Hot Chip drummer Rob Smoughton. Nightmoves is out now on Hi-Beat as a split 7″ with Wallflowers. Video to Wallflowers below.

Grovesnor, Nitemoves

Grovesnor, House of Many Windows

download: Nitemoves
download: House Of Many Windows

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side of the day: Hari and Aino August 24, 2007

Swedens Hari and Aino released a 3-inch CD-r this summer through Miami’s Cloudberry Records. No word on a full length release, or a trip to the US, but keep an eye on their myspace page for updates.

Hari and Aino, Second Song

Hari and Aino, Buy An Island

download: Second Song
download: Buy An Island

Buy: Cloudberry Records

Link to myspace.

side of the day: Earlimart August 23, 2007

LA based Earlimart released Mentor Tormentor this week through Majordomo, the band’s imprint with Shout! Factory. Todays favoured side, Answers and Questions, is simple straight-up no umbrella pop. Here is a link to their excellent set on Morning Becomes Eclectic this week. Also see Happy Alone below.

Earlimart, Answers and Questions

Earlimart, Happy Alone

download: Answers and Questions

download: Happy Alone

Earlimart’s myspace.

side of the day: Art In Manila August 22, 2007

Formed by picking be best of the best of ex-Azure Ray’s singer songwriter Orenda Finks tour-mates, Art In Manila is a indie supergroup of sorts. They released their debut album Set The Woods On Fire earlier this month on Saddle Creek Records. The Sweat Descends is a little more frantic than some of the other songs sampled below. The hooks are in the undertow; and in the dive-bar drive. Art In Manila will be on tour this fall with bands Rilo Kiley and The Good Life.

The Sweat Decends

Set The Woods On Fire

The Abomination

download: The Sweat Decends
download: Set The Woods On Fire
download: The Abomination

myspace: Art In Manila

side of the day: Bola August 21, 2007

Ambiant-electro artist Darrell Fitton released his latest album Kroungrine on Manchester’s Skam Records earlier this summer. Todays track, Waknuts, pulls you along slowly, gently guiding you through its mellow hooks. Skam will release Kroungrine on vinyl in early September, you can find Skam’s site linked below.

Bola, Waknuts

download: Waknuts

Buy from Skam.

side of the day: Golden Ghost August 20, 2007

Not much is known yet about a girl named Laura Sue (Goetz?/something else?) or her project called Golden Ghost. The whole thing is a little bit confusing, but in good way, the confusing way these things sometimes are. I love these little lo-fi projects that one might be lucky enough to stumble upon some open mike. This find sparkles.

Golden Ghost, I Go Out Anyway

Golden Ghost and a Murder Hawk, The Orca and the Eskimo

Laura heads to the UK in late August as one half of Saint Eskimo Of The West And Shut Your Mouth.

download: I Go Out Anyway
download: The Orca And The Eskimo

More downloads and tour info on myspace.

tipped off by: gorilla vs. bear