Earlier this week we got a modest email from a dude named Niel Dey. His project is called Foreign Orange, which we guess is basically just the same thing as an apple. He fashions electro-pop tunes with a distinct 80s vocal flare, wavey guitar riffs, and heavy dance beats. His record, Ghost Vibrations, is a perfect compliment to spring. Spring is generally marked by liveliness and positive energy, and this record just makes us want to get up and go outside, bask in the sun, take a long drive with the top down, go camping, go to the water park (ewww, pee everywhere), or just get up and dance. The opportunities for inspiration are endless! Stream the opening track below and grab the album from his Bandcamp.
The good people over at Seattle radio station KEXP procured a short interview and in studio performance with indie darling Grimes. I think that I like her and her music more and more each day. This video only helps to reinforce that feeling.
Sigur Rós will release their new album on May 28th and as indicated by their newest track “Ekki Múkk”, it’ll be nothing short of beautiful. Close your eyes and dream, my friends.
Somehow missed this between all the SXSW madness, but Beach House let out the first single to their new upcoming LP, and it’s absolutely stunning. Look for BLOOM to hit stores in May.
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After hearing it performed live during a BBC Radio 1 session late last year, Real Estate is finally releasing their song “Exactly Nothing” as the B-side to the “Easy” seven-inch, which is out digitally today. Although a little longer, the studio version compared to the live version sounds almost exactly the same–a testament to the unequivocal prowess that this band possesses as well as how damn good they would sound in a concert setting. Cheerful and sunny–like many Real Estate productions–stream “Exactly Nothing” now below. Real Estate – Exactly Nothing by Domino
Though V.I.C. entreated us to wobble, yourfeetstoobig doesn’t need to ask. Pairing floating and sporadic vocals with catchy synths and judiciously placed laser sounds, yftb’s song, “Bowhead”, bangs. The layers of synths tremble yet fuse together with reverberating drums, creating a melty (yet not gooey) sound. “Bowhead” begs for closed eyes and shoulders that roll in tandem with head nods. Self-described as, “low-budget, low-fidelity pop, tailored for the nostalgic generation,” yftb taps into a thoroughly contemporary wistfulness for the past.
