Little Gold
On the Knife
Christian DeRoeck spent most of the past decade writing, touring & recording with the Brooklyn indie/punk band Meneguar. In late 2006, He and bandmate Jeremy Earl decided to combine their bedroom recordings and release them together, as Woods. They recorded two albums together and toured the US and Europe. In early 2008, for several reasons, Christian left both bands. He spent the summer of 2008 working as a carpenter in eastern Long Island. Inhabiting a tiny basement room, he began working on the songs that shape On the Knife. In the fall he moved back to Brooklyn and teamed up with his old friend, multi-instrumentalist Dylan Edrich (Chain and the Gang), and Little Gold was born. Recorded to tape at Emandee Studio in Brooklyn, On the Knife is a deeply personal take on love and loss, and was very much shaped by Christian’s departure from his previous bands. Like his earlier work with Woods, the songwriting is earnest, and of course there are a few indulgent headphone tracks as well.
Sex Church
6 Songs By Sex Church
Sex Church is a band from Vancouver, Canada. Their music is inspired by depression, frustration, disappointment and other such inner turmoils that are the sources of great works of art. Like bands such as The Wipers and Cheater Slicks, Sex Church takes that gloom and doom and spews it out in a punk and garage blueprint mixed with some hard driving krautrock repetitiveness as well as melodic shoegaze elements, and turn something ugly into something beautiful. 6 Songs by Sex Church, their debut full length LP, shows the world what this band is truly capable of featuring moody numbers like “Old Enough,” “I Don’t Wanna Die” and “The Floor,” as well ripping hard driving numbers like “Not Anymore,” “Ghost” and “Mistaken.” A perfect follow up to their single on Sweet Rot Records and a perfect record for fans of bummer rock n drone. First edition of 500
Blessure Grave
Judged by 12, Carried by 6
Founded as a duo by T. Graves and Reyna Kay in September 2008, San Diegos Blessure Grave blurs the lines between the goth, postpunk and neofolk genres. The pair has since developed the project into a full band while building a cult-like following, scattering various vinyl and tape releases on boutique labels around the globe. Citing Killing Joke, Death in June, March Violets and The Cure as influences, Blessure Grave injects a pop sensibility into songs otherwise doomed to dreariness, creating an interesting mix of old and new but dark all around. The music initially appears rather simple, but quickly reveals the fact that the songs are fully fleshed-out and genuinely memorable. The album provides the perfect soundtrack for contemplating today’s troubled times or for simply being swept away with the nostalgic 80’s vibe that permeates much of the recording. The band does not waste a lot a time allowing tracks to drone on: the songs are short and to the point, with the average track approximately three minutes in length. 12 tracks. (RTB)
Hanna Hirsch
Tala Suart
Stockholm five-piece Hanna Hirsch makes revved-up power pop that’s nonetheless melancholy. Tempos stay at the outer edge of toe-tapablity, and there are enough minor chords here to suggest it’s not all teenage glee. But like their psychedelic compatriots Dungen, Hanna Hirsch sing in Swedish, so I have no idea what they’re saying. It’s quite the departure (or lack there of) for a contemporary Scandinavian pop group, which generally tend go in all the way and sing in English. (Dusted)
CCCandy
Lonesome Berlin
CCCandy have a brand new LP out on Avant! called Lonesome Berlin offers up 12 great tracks in under 30 minutes that toe the line between R.L. Crutchfield’s experimental work as Dark Day and up-beat classic Synth-Punk. It’s really a marvelous little record that can be equally endearing and jarring… it’s quickly becoming one of my favorite releases of this year. Lonesome Berlin has an ultra low press run of 300 copies, so I’d act quick if your want a copy because I doubt these will last through the Summer. (Mishka Blog)
The Sediment Club
The Sediment Club
The Sediment Club are a 4-piece No Wave group from Brooklyn, New York. Their debut EP puts a modern and youthful spin on familiar post-punk tropes, bringing to mind the deranged and bizarrely catchy innovations of the Contortions and early Pere Ubu. Four songs filled with existential ranting, squirrely atonal guitars, and spastic keyboard stabbing atop hypnotic basslines and propulsive drums. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies.
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