Back to Back (Sun Glitters Remix) by Wolfgang

Check out this distortedly pretty reworking of Wolfgang’s Back to Back, courtesy of Victor Ferreira, aka Sun Glitters. Ol’ Victor has been busy adding his decidedly glitchy magic to tracks by Neon Cloud and Cream Child, as well as compiling a mixtape for the For Robots and Humans blog – no Snipe London of course (obvs), but well worth a look none the less.

Wolfgang – Back to Back (Sun Glitters Remix) by snipelondon

El Diablo by Applescal

A record full of ‘Atari-esque synth stabs, keening psychedelia and 1980s drum sounds’, this is top stuff from the young Dutch producer, a skilled remixer and recipient of ‘De Grote Prijs van Nederland’, Holland’s biggest dance award. El-Diablo is taken from his new EP of the same name, available for free via the website of the RTFKT collective – a multi-functional platform supporting electronic artists.

Applescal – El Diablo by snipelondon

Bastardgeist unveils new tracks; announces three London dates

Chicago based drone-pop maestro Bastardgeist has released an AA-side single in advance of his UK tour, starting tomorrow. Both songs are evocative, hypnotic stanzas of twinkling electronica, full of melody and warmth.

If you can’t make tomorrow’s Wheelbarrow show, which is part of a stellar lineup also featuring Bleeding Heart Narrative and Fireworks Night, you’ll have a few more chances to catch Bastardgeist live – dates below.

Bastardgeist – Shift/Winter Fog by brainlove

November
17 – Wheelbarrow, London (w/ Bleeding Heart Narrative & Fireworks Night)
18 – House Show (email for details), London (w/ Mat Riviere, Tall Stories & Ethical Debating Society)
23 – Windmill, London (w/ A Classic Education)
24 – Gaztemaniak, San Sebastian, Spain, (w/ Napoleon IIIrd)
25 – Jericho Tavern, Oxford (w/ Bleeding Heart Narrative, Mat Riviere)
26 – Cube, Bristol (w/ Bleeding Heart Narrative, Mat Riviere)

Tell Me Why by D/Wolves

We first told you about San Diego’s D/Wolves, fronted by Joel ‘Kynan’ Williams, back in March. They’ve just released an excellent new EP via their Bandcamp page, entitled Stop Pretending. Taken from that is the future alt-pop classic below. This is a band with talent and confidence to burn, expertly honing their songwriting skills with every release. Hopefully they’ll be gracing these shores in the not too distant future.

D/Wolves – Tell Me Why by snipelondon

Airspray by Civil Civic

Blog favourites Civil Civic sound almost like a more considered, less belligerent Pendulum (what an awful band Pendulum are, like being shouted at by four blokes on cheap speed while their shy, weedy mate plays guitar badly in the background) and have been making dangerous looking waves with their brand of highly danceable, quirky math-pop. Airspray is taken from debut long-player Rules and you can catch the duo at the Sebright Arms in Bethnal Green next Thursday (Nov 17th).

Civil Civic – Airspray by snipelondon

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Any Other Day by Flow Machines

Get over the first ten seconds or so and the new single from Manchester’s Flow machines actually morphs into something quite sweet and wonderful, like a male-fronted St Etienne. Top marks for the verging on ridiculous, verging on genius Pet Shop Boys breakdown pastiche too. Look out for an album in January.

Flow Machines – Any Other Day by snipelondon

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Don't Let Me Be Denied by Pinemarten

Chesterfield producer and remix champ (Jewellers, Museum of Bellas Artes) Pinemarten releases his debut album, If You Thought There Was Any Doubt, November 28th via his Bandcamp page. Expect him to follow the likes of Chad Valley into the arena marked crisp, dreamy synth pop imbibed with a chillwave (whoops, a dirty word) bent. There’s more than a hint of Cut Copy thrown into the mix too. Excellent stuff.

Pinemarten – Don’t Let Me Be Denied by snipelondon

U R 1 (Friendly Ghost Remix) by TEETH

Though this reworking could hardly be described as ‘softly romantic’ (as it is in the press release), Brooklyn’s Friendly Ghost have certainly taken the abrasive edge off the third single from TEETH’s recent debut Whatever. For those pining for the East London trio’s trademark bite, patience is rewarded two and a half minutes in. U R 1 is released November 23rd on Moshi Moshi.

TEETH – U R 1 (Friendly Ghost Remix) by snipelondon

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Get a free banger from Fireworks Night

We’ve a free track by London folk-noir illumni Fireworks Night for you today, culled from their brilliant third album “One WInter, One Spring”, out on Monday via Organ Grinder Records. They celebrate the release with a party on Nov 17th, with Snipe favourites Bleeding Heart Narrative and Bastardgeist – don’t miss it.

Fireworks Night – Amongst The Disappeared by Freeman PR

Cat & Mouse by Sacred Animals VS Owensie

Sacred Animals VS Owensie // Cat & Mouse from Feel Good Lost on Vimeo.

This poignant song/video is based on a very real tragedy. It’s all an all Irish affair brought to you by Dublin’s Sacred Animals and fellow countryman Michael Owens, aka Owensie. Download it for free via the Delphi website.