Birds & Batteries is the experimental indie-pop project of Mike Sempert, Christopher Walsh, Jill Heinke and Colin Fahrner based out of the Bay Area of California.
Never easy to categorize, Birds & Batteries continue to cut their own path of genre-less music, revered by some as alt-country garage, fuzzy synth psych, or electronic pop.
Be My Girl is taken from their fourth full-length album Stray Light, out now.
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London’s Casablanca are seemingly destined for a career in indie-pop having been schoolmates with Bombay Bicycle Club, Cajun Dance Party and Theme Park. The ties run deeper with drummer Tom being the brother of Jamie MacColl of Bombay Bicycle Club. If that’s not enough, when formerly known as Lo-Fi Culture Scene, the then-quartet also supported the likes Foals, Bloc Party and The Maccabees while still at High School.
Now all grown up at the age of 18 years old, Casablanca are set to release their debut single Yes on September 17. Comparisons can be made to The Maccabees, Friendly Fires and Zulu Winter.
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Moon Duo was formed by Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips and Sanae Yamada in San Francisco, California in 2009.
Inspired initially by the legendary duo of John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide and Cluster as touchstones. Utilizing primarily guitar, keyboards, and vocals, the duo plays space against form to create a primeval sound experience.
Sleepwalker is taken from their full length Circles, out 1 October 2012.
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The Joy Formidable are a three-piece indie rock band from North Wales, currently located in London. The band consists of Ritzy Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd and Matt Thomas.
Bryan and Dafydd originally played together as part of indie rock band Tricky Nixon, which later reformed into a New Wave/post-punk band Sidecar Kisses. They regrouped on returning to Mold, Wales and formed The Joy Formidable in 2007. Their music has been described as “primal epic grunge rock à la The Breeders, Arcade Fire and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
After their debut album The Big Roar, The Joy Formidable have been hidden away in Maine, Portland recording their second album. The first track to be debuted from it is Wolf’s Law.
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I am Oak is is a band formed around dutch singer-songwriter Thijs Kuijken. He combines his voice and acoustic guitar with little choirs, banjo, minimalistic beats, samples and organ sounds.
The band’s name is derived from the Dutch village in which Thijs grew up in, Bergeijk. This name contains the Dutch word for Oak (‘eik’). It also expresses his love and fascination for nature.
In 2011, I Am Oak won the Dutch based 3VOOR12 Award for best album for their 2011 release, Oasem. In March 2012, the band showcased at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas being described as one of the top artists performing from the Netherlands.
Palpable is taken from the band’s third full-length album Nowhere or Tammensaari.
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