Friday 28 February 2014

Eerie Glue



Copenhagen's Eerie Glue goes a bit wild west (to great effect) on this new track for the Art is Hard Pizza Club.

Thursday 27 February 2014

Blonde Summer



Exhibiting the unending appeal of well executed slacker indie, a track from the new Blonde Summer EP.

Wednesday 26 February 2014

PAWS



PAWS have a new album due in June via the venerable Fat Cat label and this is the first track to be taken from it. Compelling simplicity is the order of the day.





DNKL



Following up on last autumn's debut release 'Hunt' comes 'Battles' another remarkably assured slab of melancholic and moving electronica from Swedish trio DNKL.



Tuesday 25 February 2014

Problems



Capacious sounds from Adelaide producers Problems who seem capable of imbuing every bar with a sense of wide open space.



Franklin



Franklin is a collaboration involving Wool Recordings label boss Frank Rabeyrolles and (oft featured on ESOJ) Parisian producer Lockhart. This release comes ahead of an LP slated for a May release.

Belgian Fog



Robert Dale aka Belgian Fog continues on his intelligent and ultra melodic way with this new release.

Monday 24 February 2014

World Tour



Swedish outfit World Tour have been quiet for nearly two years, so it is with delight that we greet their return on this new single.

Ben Marc



London producer Ben Marc has a way with leftfield electronica, making it both ceaselessly interesting and eminently danceable.

Zoo Brother



Zoo Brother's new EP was released on Saturday and this cut follows up on the technicolour wooze of the previously posted collaboration with Atlas Murphy.


Los Porcos



Mafia related disco action from our favourite porcine supergroup Los Porcos.

Thursday 20 February 2014

The Diamond Age



Galloping, propulsive guitar-pop music from Southampton duo The Diamond Age. They'll be gracing The Great Escape in Brighton this May.

Ninetails



Boundlessly creative types Ninetails have preceded their LP release on March 10th with this track taken from it.



Wednesday 19 February 2014

Echopark & Indian Wells



Tennis fixated Italian producer Indian Wells does the job on 'Waves' by Echopark.

H A R T E B E E S T



Hartebeest's debut track 'Death' was in our top tracks of last year. This is the accomplished follow up.

Wild Ones



We featured Portland band Wild Ones in late 2013 and are now back for second helpings. Idiosyncratic electronic pop of irresistible quality.



Tuesday 18 February 2014

Angelica's Elegy

Angelica's Elegy // Guess Time Fell Short Again This Year (Live) from Riot Factory on Vimeo.


New material from Angelica's Elegy, taken from the follow up to last years debut LP.

A Gap Between



Retro-futurist electronica or 'metropolitan 80s chic' as the artist himself tags it. Either way A Gap Between paints a compelling picture of the near past.



Capua Collective



Deliciously slowburning soundscaping from youthful Leeds production team Capua Collective.

Monday 17 February 2014

Isaac Delusion



Otherworldly sounds on the ever so slightly sinister recent release from Paris production trio Isaac Delusion.

Shoreline Is



Dortmund's premier dream-poppers Shoreline Is return with a majestic new single.

Dream Curtain



Our favourite Swedish maestro has come up with the goods again. Newly minted Dreamwave from Dream Curtain.


Thursday 13 February 2014

Siberian Death Crash



Pastoral psych on this choice track from Leeds via Manchester duo Siberian Death Crash. Taken from their debut LP available here.

Oliver Wilde



The lead track from Oliver Wilde's new LP has appeared. Fantastic news, needless to say.

Cemeteries



Spectral folk music from Buffalo native Cemeteries.



Wednesday 12 February 2014

Doorbells



Life affirming squall from Ohio/New York band Doorbells. This track is taken from their upcoming 'Afterlife' EP.

Blessin'



The latest lo-fi masterclass to spring from the Art is Hard stable. On repeat.

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Flash Forest



Melbourne's Flash Forest produces glitch laden dreamscapes of which this is a shining example.

Neighbour



Breathy, jangly indie-pop from Kettering up and comers Neighbour.

Linea Aspera



Chicago's Linea Aspera keeps churning out these blissful slices of electronica and we keep lapping them up.

Monday 10 February 2014

Glue Trip



Mysterious machinations in coastal Brazil, as duo Glue Trip confect some warm and peculiar psychedelia.



Pendentif & Amateur Best



Amateur Best gives Pendentif the treatment on this remix of a track from their debut album.

Woman's Hour



The band that produced our favourite track of last year come back with another downtempo classic.

Thursday 6 February 2014

Whoop-Szo



The product of collaborative work in the artic circle between the band Whoop-Szo and Inuit townsfolk, this sounds like a perfect bit of laid back indie-pop of the kind propounded by Yo La Tengo.

Helfer



Out on the BLDG5 label comes this slice of astral magic from Helfer.

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Edapollo



Edapollo's debut EP 'Shallow Swell' is now out. We featured 'Tisno' a while back and here is the lead track 'Breathing Lessons'.

Tashaki Miyaki



Something for dimly lit late night sessions courtesy of  LA's Tashaki Miyaki.

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Cumbres Carrascosa



Narcotic drone from Canary Islands concern Cumbres Carrascosa.

Prismic Delight



Cosmic and complex beats from LA wunderkind Prismic Delight.

Zoo Brother & Atlas Murphy



Only having posted his earlier work yesterday, Zoo Brother has come up with something brand new for our delectation in collaboration with Atlas Murphy.

Monday 3 February 2014

Twin Room



The We Were Never Being Boring collective are responsible for consistently excellent releases. This is another from Cesena based duo Twin Room.

Waterstrider



Ultra rhythmic and exceptionally hooky, intelligent guitar pop par excellence from Californian outfit Waterstrider.

Zoo Brother



Sounding across between the poppiest of Panda Bear's canon and a particularly rambunctious Hare Krishna meeting, Zoo Brother's output is nothing short of exhilirating.



Ploy



The classy follow up to 'Triumph' from Washington duo Ploy.