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police academy 6

UPDATE! Make sure you head over to their Bandcamp Page as PA6 have released an AMAZING full length Album, that really should be heard.

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atlantic at pacific

Smooth and ice-cool triphop out of California from Atlantic at Pacific AKA Santa Cruz local Austin Wood who kindly sent us one of his excellent tracks.

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album of the week: Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

[Matador : 2006]
Hello wearing scarves. Hello knowing the names of your neighbours. Hi interest in the weather. Hi staying in on Saturday night. Goodbye skateboard. Goodbye weird flavoured super cheap schnapps. Bye clove cigarettes. Bye Korn. (In fact, goodbye all nu-metal). Hello flossing. Hi White Album. Nice to meet you mushroom on pizza. Goodbye backpacking. Hello bank loan…
There are so many arbitrary milestone moments in life that characterize the beginning of adulthood and, concurrently, the end of youth. Discovering a love for Hoboken-based, hipster-cherished trio Yo La Tengo is one of those seemingly insignificant moments in life that represents the best part about - for lack of a better expression - getting older. All of a sudden, ten-minute-long instrumental guitar freak outs go from being tedious and boring album filler to becoming the appreciated soundtrack to a hypnotic mid-morning bliss out - complete with a mature cup of coffee and half closed eyes. I Am Not Afraid Of You came out in 2006 twenty years after the band first started making music but it has all the elements that have endeared them to indie critics and (adult) fans. The buzzy noise-rock tunes like “Watch Out For Me Ronnie” and grandiose distortion-heavy instrumental moments ("Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind") are interspersed with cute easy-listening pop jams, like sweet piano tune “Mr. Tough” which reads like a Beat poem, pledging positivity and comforting prosaic romance: “Alone in our pad on Saturday night / Hemmed in by the room / But hiding at a crowded party / The record's playing for just me and you.”
Heavy static meets jazz piano meets psychedelic guitars, falsetto soul vocals and Ramones’ flavoured give-a-fuck punk vibes. I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass is not a passive listening experience, but then welcoming challenges is all part of growing up and it makes the experience all the more rewarding. Hello growing up. Hello Yo La Tengo.

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san cisco - golden revolver EP

We've only just discovered san cisco a teenage quartet from Fremantle on Australia's West Coast but we're already impressed by this rollicking garage-pop single "Golden Revolver". Yep: rollicking. Infectious stuff. Their Golden Revolver EP is out now.

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keep shelly in athens - 'hauntin' me' video

Another great video by the fantastic Jamie Harley for the equally fantastic Keep Shelly in Athens.

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Nick Fioretti – Wait A Minute EP

Bedroom singer-musician-producer Nick Fioretti is from Seattle, Washington, a place that is best known as two things: the great frontier of Grunge, and the setting and namesake of the popular Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan 1993 movie Sleepless In Seattle. Nick’s fantastic Wait A Minute EP reminds us of a line from that very movie where a character says “It rains nine months of the year in Seattle”. You can hear the rain and the mist and cool grey sky in this beautiful, atmospheric synth-pop. If we’re gonna get really esoteric you could even say Nick’s music sounds ‘Autumnal’ – coloured leaves and woolen gloves on dreamy afternoon walks. You get the vibe. Thanks to Nick for the heads up.

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