Lo-Fi Love

It's been a few years since the revival of Lo-Fi indie and the thrifstore-mongrel image British B-Town bands like Peace, Swim Deep and Jaws influenced our tumblr dashboards. Alas, the moment "Disposable Grunge" was officially a thing I forced oneself to run far far away from that scene.

But then along came WAVVES, and like a punctured paddle-boat amongst the River Thames I found myself once again sinking into the dirty depths of this culture.

It started with a simple purchase of some Doc Martins -next thing you know I had pastel pink hair, a Harrington Jacket and  ripped denim pockets full of negatives from my disposable camera. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed falling in love with this side of the indie music scene, and at least Wavves where a bit more "Surf Rock" and well...American. It was nice - a splendid change to the brummie accents that had once filled up my "recently played" playlist.

Then I wanted more. These bands had been in the scene for years and were no longer the supporting act's supporting act. So who's next then? Well I think I've found them.

American? Check. Full of adolescent rage? Check. Aesthetic like they've just walked out of the good side of an Oxfam charity sale? CheckCheckCheck.

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you SURF CURSE.

Surf Curse are an Indie/Alt band hailing from Nevada, USA. Of course being a surf rock, lo-fi band from the states, it's inevitable they'll be in endless comparison with wavves, however, their melodic motifs and lyrical ideas are not only fresh and original, but extremely catchy.

The duo released their EP "SadBoys" -Yung Lean inspired?- on cassette which is unfortunately sold out at the moment but worth
the listen if you just click on the video attached.


A few tracks of their recent album "Buds" sounds like a soundtrack to a Diablo Cody film - which I'm in no way at complaint about. CLICK HERE TO GIVE IT A LISTEN


Needless to say they've gathered a large online following in the short amount of time since they've debuted so hit them up before their small shows around the US and signing to BigJoy records turns into to $100 setlists and over seas sellout gigs :)

BLOG PUBERTY

So things are a changing.

Yet again this blog has gone through a number of updates, including a change of name and theme. It's annoying I do apologise, but  think of it as a transition of this blog getting bigger and better. Like puberty. Blog puberty.

Ooh I quite like that.

To summarize I'm back, and to your great joy I have a load of undiscovered talent, musical rants and up and coming artists to share with y'all.

You're welcome.

Deap Valley

I haven't posted in like nearly a week. I do apologise, but here, I have something to make up for my absence. They're called Deap Valley.

Deap Valley is an all girl U.S rock duo who are bringing back being real female rockstars like Courtney Love and The Runaways. Their image is bad ass, their music even cooler and the fact they play their own instruments, write their own lyrics, party like crazy and still look stunning is sexy as hell.

Check them out 

http://deapvally.com/splash/

Pixies - Indie Cindy

So for all you all old american rock and grunge lover PIXIES has released there new EP today "indie cindy" I'd feared that they had gone commercial but my faith was restored in them by the chorus. The music video is pretty cool too check it out.

iamamiwhoami

I am.
Am I?
Who am I ?

Is a Swedish project run buy curiously stunning front woman Joanna Lee and talented multi instrumentalist Claes Bjorklund. The singer and face of iamamiwhoami is almost like a swedish ladygaga/Lana del rey, yet, incomparable in her unique, experimental, musical ways. 

You see lady gaga is outrageous for the gasps and reactions wear as iamamiwhoami is just downright weird. And by weird I don't mean crazy cat lady in a cowboy hat weird I mean intriguing weird like Alice in wonderland. Strange,different, leaving you curious for more. 

The actual music is quite mellow, it's like an ambient electro dreamy synth pop. However, what gets the group their viral hits is the crazy visuals in the music videos. The music videos may look bizzare, but when looked further into are actually truly artistic. check more of their videos out which almost always have a deeper meaning or representation behind it with a thought provoking titles like "y" with an added numeric code which when indexed into the alphabet, these spell out words such as "educational", "I am", "its me", "mandragora", "officinarum", and "welcome home". Clever.

Me Like Bees

Here is another very cool yet underrated band. The indie/alt rock quartet are a rad group of guys from Joplin, Missouri called Me Like Bees.  They are currently gigging around Oklahoma, Kansas, Arizona and of course their home town Missouri. 

The guys deserve way more cred having shared the stage with Pop punk bands like Man Overboard and Never Shout Never (A.k.a that cute lead singer Christopher Drew and the other guys.) But dont worry, I'm sure as time passes by there will be a lot more buzz about them. haha see what I did there? But yeah check them out they're really cool and gritty which goes with the whole lumberjack bearded singer look. Click here for the bandsite and here for their new official music video which has a nice vintage feel to the visuals.

Pocono

Yes.

I've done it once again.

Out of my never ending web browsing, going on youtube clicking one link, then another, then another, I've found a new awesome indie band that I can guarantee none of your friends have heard of and predict will be really popular in the future. Oh yeah. I have found yet another "I knew about them before they were famous" type bands. Pocono.

These guys are so underrated it almost hurts. Take a listen of the single above "Candlelight", soak up all the goodness and cry over the fact that it only has 3,000 views despite it being released at the beginning of 2013.

Nashville, Tennessee should be proud to of produced such rhythmical geniuses, I mean all of their godamn songs makes me wanna get my groove on. And that falsetto. Oh that falsetto the lead singer carries it's not fair a grown man can hit higher notes than I can.

So check them out (Click here for their tumblr) , keep an eye on them  get their songs on spotify and watch that space when they get real popular in the next couple of years.