Category Archives: Sound

Jan 18 2013
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Indie, Rock, Sound

Foals – My Number

Foals formed in Oxford, England, by longtime friends Yannis Philippakis and Jack Bevan, along with Andrew Mears, Jimmy Smith and Walter Gervers.

The band began as a way to protest against the proggier sounds that were both popular in Oxford and in Philippakis and Bevan’s former band, the Edmund Fitzgerald. After releasing the single Try This on Your Piano in 2006, Mears left Foals in order to more fully concentrate on his other group, Youthmovies. Philippakis added the role of lead vocals to his guitar-playing duties and Edwin Congreave soon joined in on keyboards.

Despite the dance-punk sound, the band is heavily-influenced by math rock, techno, post-rock and minimalism.

My Number is taken from their forthcoming 3rd album, Holy Fire, out on February 11th.

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Source: Allmusic

Jan 16 2013
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Psychedelic, Rock, Sound

Wolf & Cub – Salao

Wolf & Cub are a band from Adelaide, Australia. Their music is predominantly psychedelic with elements of Rock. An aspect of the band’s music that makes them unique is their use of two drummers. This allows the percussive elements of their music to feature more prominently alongside the guitar.

The band formed in 2002 when Joel Byrne, Adam Edwards and Thomas Mayhew moved to Adelaide after finishing high school. Adam and Tom met Joel Byrne through his younger brother Luke who said his older brother just sat in his room all day playing guitar. Later when Byrne brought Joel Carey to a jam the foursome decided to form a band. Carey started off playing percussion, later becoming the second drummer. In 2007 drummer Edwards left the band and got replaced by Marvin Hammond.

New Single Salao can be downloaded exclusively from their bandcamp page.

Wolf & Cub @ Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, Bandcamp
Source: Wikipedia

Jan 10 2013
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Indie, Sound

Theme Park – Tonight

Theme Park  began life as a different band, calling themselves Ark People and gigging the circuits, playing a style of post-punk pop with the odd bit of Theramin and a loose rumbling bass. Theme Park are only still between the ages of 19 and 21 years old, so a little re-invention is understandable.

Tonight is of their forthcoming self-titled debut LP. The London trio worked with producer Luke Smith (Foals, Maccabees) for most of the release but decided to bring Friendly Fires’ Ed MacFarlane to the helm when recording Tonight.

Theme Park @ Facebook, Soundcloud, Twitter
Source: The Recommender, ATG

Dec 28 2012
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Electro-Pop, Indie, Sound

IYES – Lighthouse


IYES is a fresh project from Brighton-based electro duo, Josh and Melis, who only started 2 months ago. At this time, there’s not much more to tell about them as they prefer to stay in the shadows for now. No Facebook, no homepage, no nothing.

Lighthouse is the first (the xx-esque) single off their upcoming four track EP.

IYES @ Soundcloud
Source: Poule D’or

Dec 24 2012
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Electronic, Indie, Sound

Seabellies – Paper Tiger

Seabellies are an Australian alternative rock band based in Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales. Their live show is known for their variety of instrumentsation featuring electronica, strings, metallophone, melodica, horns and multi-percussive layering.

Formed in mid-late 2005, the Seabellies have built upon the already-considerable reputation of their frontman, singer/songwriter Trent Grenell. Joining him on stage is younger brother Kyle, along with Antony Martin on piano and keyboard, and guitarist and bassist Eddie Garven. The most recent additions to the line-up are Sean Kelleher on drums and Stephanie Setz, rounding out the band and taking on the toys the player of viola, metalaphone, melodica and keys.

Paper Tiger is from their forthcoming album.

Seabellies @ Facebook, Twitter, Myspace
Source: Wikipedia, Newcastle Music

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