Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2014

I liked Kyla La Grange's first album, but it was more guitar-y and singer songwritery than this new single. This is LUSH.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINpKSkZawk

Kyla La Grange - Cut Your Teeth

this is nice.

i like the video too. reminds me of cosmic bowling.

That Kyla video make me want to break out the black light from the attic.

In spite of the off-putting bandname:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOhC_hck8xA

Eternal Death - "Head"

And other badly named throwback, not entirely sure if it fits this threads remit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WkcOfr6dCo

NONONO - "Hungry Eyes"

I have mixed emotions about Nonono...I initially like every song I've heard by them, but I can see myself loathing them in the near future.

Looking forward to this Color War album coming out next month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzrA1wjx_xE

COLOR WAR - S.O.S.

http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9230-courtney-barnett/

Not sure what thread to use to talk about Aussie Courtney Barnett who likes Nirvana and the Go-Betweens

bump

I'm gonna give her a few more listens. Her DC gig got a nice Washington Post review.

lol I should probably bookmark this thread so I see the new things

Courtney Barnett just recorded an NPR Tiny Desk concert

Courtney Barnett is really cool but isn't she straight-up indie? Whatever indie means.

Probably, but I couldn't find an "Indie 2014" thread and didn't want to be the one to start one, since I'm no indie 2014 expert

Regretted playing shambala vigilante border patrol as soon as I posted, but yeah there should be a Rolling Indie 2014 thread.

It's not like I really know what belongs here anyway. Just listened to the Jaakko Eino Kalevi Dreamzone Remixes EP and this track jumped out at me, it's poppy but in a very meandering way:

http://noisey.vice.com/en_se/read/youneedtohearthis-listen-to-this-gorgeous-remix-of-finnish-mastermind-jaakko-eino-kalevi

Even I don't know what belongs here, but if it would feel weird putting it in rolling pop or rolling indie and it seems like something that would appeal to both, then share it here.

Would the NYC band Skaters belong here? Or what?

Ohh, I think JF would like this as much as I do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkhSZyYmpO4
Kaleida - Think

^ basically Tracey Thorn in a minimal synth group.

You are otm.

Do the Orwells belong here?

the Orwells obviously sprang from a broad set of guitar-based bands — there were clear whiffs of the Sonics, the Replacements, Guided By Voices and Black Lips wafting across the room

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/the-orwells-perform-at-u-street-music-hall/2014/03/09/869a06c0-a79f-11e3-8a7b-c1c684e2671f_story.html

Not sure how they don't fall squarely into the indie category (no broad brush even necessary).

So you don't want this thread used as an "indie" thread, since there is not a 2014 indie thread (and I don't think every new rock band deserves their own thread)? Maybe I will have to start one

Yeah, I don't think anyone ever started an indie thread this year. Might be a good idea to have one?

Yep. I do kind of like the idea of the de facto indie thread being a thread called "not indie" though.

Not super into the new MØ album, but this is a jam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_vqAsJ0Bjc

Obvs I've been tracking MØ for a long time, but a lot of the album is stuff I've heard already. Slow Love is the best of the new material, though. <3

New Tirzah: https://soundcloud.com/greco-roman/tirzah-no-romance

JF you might like this song from the German Eurovision selection contest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Gju-38tco

I do actually. I listened to some of her other stuff a few months ago and it was way too harpy.

New X Priest X!

http://soundcloud.com/eeemotion/x-priest-x-isnt-it-so/s-631Tm

no idea if this actually fits here but i guess that's partly the point of the thread? i don't know anything about this artist so apologies if miscategorized

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSrktmE963I

there is also an annoyingly shortened video of the joe goddard remix which may be the preferable version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2HGFr-WMRQ

That's great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orffm0v0mS0

Not my favorite thing by Beatrice Eli, but I'm glad she's got something new.

I'm liking this song on RAC's new album. Reminds me of OMD a bit. A few other decent tracks in there as well.

RAC has been doing quality remixes for years. I'm still feeling my way through the album, but the St. Lucia track is def one of the keepers.

love these guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtHncEMLVg

I might be the only one who hears it, but parts of that Slow Club song remind me of "Holding Out for a Hero".

Perhaps a bit on the indie side of the spectrum, but so far only Moka has mentioned this hereabouts and it deserves a wider audience:

Yumi Zouma - The Brae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F-bghLhWrg

Hmm, is this on the pop side of the topological saddle?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke0eU3Tl8DE

New eponymous album, m/f singers, consistently good singles - I can see where many who gave into Paramore last year will dig this.

Kind of reminds me of Metric mixed with something in a Hyundai commercial.

Apologies for not keeping this thread hopping. My usual rabid appetite for digging up new music isn't as rabid as its been in recent years.

French dream pop, with a side of Michael Jackson's dance moves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzFYmz2lfT4

I was a big fan of her ep from last year.

I have a bunch of stuff I've been meaning to post - not sure if it fits the not-pop-not-indie in the right way but I'll give em a shot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk52XHSpmF4

Enjoying a few HAERTS tracks recently

Not massively gotten into iamamiwhoami, beginning to think that might've been a mistake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIr2SJlzXvc

Imagine this is classed purely as pop but wth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwS7o21DvHA

Sounds like a TV ad from the 80s crossed with 'Bette Davis eyes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GjTue81Vk4

This has grown on me a bunch, also sounds a bit like an 80s TV ad, with Knife-style steel drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHW1y-2YBlE

OK, one more, just discovered this today but another Swedish Knife-esque electro pop band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raqxctNC04k

Kate Boy has been my next big thing for the past year. They signed to Fiction records, finished the album a week ago, and it should be out later this year. They're probably more inspired by 80s Peter Gabriel or Kate Bush, but given Kate's inflections, end up in the Knife-alike category. I've been planning to carpetbomb a new thread once we have an album release date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP2atECFIFs

Just found the 'rolling like The Knife' thread :)
Sure there was a witch-house one too but can't find it

This is nice too: http://soundcloud.com/bertieblackman/war-of-one

An oddball from Mr. Twin Sister's s/t album, which is mostly Sade-esque dreampop.

Mr. Twin Sister - Out of the Dark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAOvZEobgQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoiBN8QdDu0

Bedroom mutant r&b/pop thing from Australia. I'm not sure yet how much I like it, but I keep relistening to it when it's over.

The intro and chorus are dope. Not sure about the verse. Kinda sounds like a lo-fi Jessy Lanza or even AlunaGeorge.

I'm digging this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb-Qj6dMsOI

I think the latest Eternal Death single is my favorite so far. Looking forward to the album now.

https://soundcloud.com/labrador-records/eternal-death-fade-1

Ooh that's good. She doesn't have my favorite voice, but I can cope.

https://deekrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/navy-blue-ep

Collabo between Bullion and Laura Groves. "Lay Back" is superb and the melodic hook of "Freedom of the Floor" reminds me of something I haven't been able to place, so I keep listening to it hoping it will jar my memory.

Oh right, the project's name is Nautic.

First release on the Test Pressing label:

http://testpressing.org/2014/09/nautic-m-p-b-test-pressing-editions/

It slipped right by me earlier this month, but there's finally an album from The Preatures called Blue Planet Eyes. Listening on Spotify right now and if you were ever a fan of "Is This How You Feel?" you'll probably be pretty happy with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS61Wb2lz3A

I can't say I'm into the whole Russian Girl album, but this track from it is totally sublime. You may recognize her as one of the cadre of vocalists from Nouvelle Vague (or not).

More from the Arbutus Records hit factory that brought us Grimes. This may be the poppiest thing on the Lydia Ainsworth's debut Right From Real, which is for the most part a Glasser type affair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNjTDxfRPQ8

My favourite recent-ish discovery: Lowell, We Loved Her Dearly

http://youtu.be/MjhmKvCuC84

er,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjhmKvCuC84

Yah, the Lowell album is good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rOVqy54--o

Totally hypnotized by this Jones song atm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx1mHSo7ug4

I missed the Elliphant / MØ single when it came out. I like it a lot.

This is dope. Whole ep is dope as a matter of fact. As is the new single "Levitation" which is just a few days old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RXh5eNfg-M

Jones song is so good. Thanks!

Right? I've probably listened to it 40 times since Wednesday.

More from the Swedish Alternative R&B pipe:

Ji Nilsson & Marlene ∞ - Love You Anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez7fB0paaWg

I'd heard Ji Nilsson's "Heartbreakfree," but it didn't do a lot for me. I like this a lot more.

South of the border not pop / not indie:

Ximena Sariñana - "Sin Ti No Puede Estar Tan Mal"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fN3fi_x7ao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1LHBCmCNBA

Denmark, reliable as usual: Saint Cava - Forget

it's weird how they keep sending the worst Eurovision entries

I wish I had a close personal relationship with Eurovision the way a lot of my non-US friends do. It seems like fun.

The likes of Lordi and Conchita Wurst make it seem like the largest in-joke in entertainment. Margaret Berger was a guilty pleasure nominee last year who has a good production team on her more recent singles.

There's very definitely a Copenhagen sound, with Saint Cava following in the steps of downtempo Trentemoller, Lulu Rouge, and Mike Sheridan. Nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5LOJonaDc8

^ seems like a sanpaku kind of track

warning: it does have some laryngopharynx footage in that video that may make work colleagues wonder just wtf it is you're watching

Oh yes.

A kinda unique take on the the Portishead template of aged x crystalline.

definite kate-bush-in-her-quieter-moments sort of voice too

My work colleagues just assumed it was another prehensile vulva video.

phew, thank goodness for that

Australia, you guys. Last year, The Preatures scored with a nice Haim ripoff. Now, Megan Washington (fka just Washington) has hit with a ripoff of The Preatures ripping off Haim. Thievery, I'm down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42DDwoDoVYc

I've found her supremely annoying in the past but haven't kept up with her recent work.

FYI that preatures album is quite good.

Her new album is really nice, but I've likewise not cared much about her in the past.

definite kate-bush-in-her-quieter-moments sort of voice too

Claire Brentnall does little to dispel this comparison, even visually.

kyla la grange is apparently getting dance/rhythmic airplay?

Not pop not indie in a Curve-esque sense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-resx75xS6M

Yeah, that's good stuff. Looking forward to an album.

Suspect JF has heard this, but if not it seems in his wheelhouse:

Ballet School - Heartbeat Overdrive (from 2014 debut, The Dew Lasts an Hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GjTue81Vk4

I liked a couple songs on that record, but couldn't really get with the whole thing.

it's a great album!

i know it's an old song but i was ridiculously addicted to 'all things return at night' after i listened to that album. like play-it-five-times-in-a-row addicted

'ghost' was the other song i really liked iirc

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015

lol just catching up with this thread since I had a babba and didn't realise there's a whole new one!
Last music I downloaded was lullabye versions of The Smiths.

Congrats on babby.

Thanks. I posted that Ballet School song itt last year btw :)
Nearly went to see them live about a week before my baby was due but the start time was 11.30pm, which, no.