Romantic Streams by Sleep ∞ Over

That Sleep ∞ Over’s forthcoming debut Forever got made at all is testament to Stefanie Franciotti’s driving ambition – fellow original members Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown left shortly before recording was due to commence.

04 Aug 2011

Popman by The Wind-Up Birds

Leeds punk-pop agitators sound a little like a beefed-up, male fronted Lovely Eggs or perhaps a less introspective, northern Television Personalities.

03 Aug 2011

Elixer Tincture by Phantom Power

Lazy summer vibes from New York’s Phantom Power, taken from their new Easy Tapes comp. Download it for free here and check out their Bandcamp for more free music and a neat line in mildly disconcerting record sleeves.

02 Aug 2011

The Zebrah by Big Black Delta

Big Black Delta is the ‘experimental pop project’ of sometime M83 collaborator Jonathan Bates.

01 Aug 2011

Morning Thought by Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr

Detroit duo Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr recently signed to Warner Bros. Records and their debut long-player, It’s a Corporate World, has been pencilled in for a spring 2012 release here in the UK. You can catch Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott at Proud Camden, October 12th and Koko, October 14th. Download album highlight Morning Thought, below.

29 Jul 2011

Barely Legal by Real Estate

This week marks the tenth anniversary of the release of The Strokes’ seminal Is This It. In celebration, Stereogum have put together a free tribute album featuring some of their favourite indie bands.

28 Jul 2011

Midnight City by M83

A sublime piece of contemporary pop from Anthony Gonzalez, a.k.a. M83; Midnight City is taken from his forthcoming double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.

27 Jul 2011

Teenage Tide by Letting Up Despite Great Faults

Letting Up Despite Great Faults plough a similar shoegazey/indie-pop furrow to The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, at least on Teenage Tide, taken from the LA five-piece’s new EP Paper Crush.

26 Jul 2011

Surgeon by St Vincent

Surgeon is the first track to be taken from Annie Clark’s forthcoming third LP Strange Mercy, released September 12th via 4AD.

25 Jul 2011

Coming Down by Dum Dum Girls

Brandishing a tender fragility that wouldn’t sound out of place on Low’s recent, highly acclaimed long-player (C’mon), fellow Sub Poppers Dum Dum Girls raise the bar of expectation considerably with Coming Down, the first song to be taken from new album Only In Dreams.

21 Jul 2011

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