DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami (Hype 0363)

Toronto born, LA based outfit just released this dangerous sounding club track on Doorn Records. Nice!!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EWbonj7f18

Washed Out - It All Feels Right (Hype 0362)

Nice watery cut and paste track from Washed Out. Taken from the new album Paracosm out on Subpop Records. Washed Out are in Toronto at the Opera House (East End) on September 15th.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJILRWBKnQ4

Medicine Long as the Sun (Hype 0361)

Medicine are back after ten years of silence This swirling buzzy track is taken from their new album To The Happy Few. This brings back memories of their 1992 album Shot Forth Self Living which got a lot of play on the stereo back in the day. The album is out on Captured Tracks, the same label who just reissued Shot Forth Self Life and The Buried Life as deluxe editions.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbvFSzdBra8

Comet Gain – Avenue Girls (Hype 0360)

Alittle bit of twee from Comet Gain. Out on Wiaiwya records. Its actually a singles club. You get 7 seven inch singles in the set and there is only 77 available of each single. Neat!!! Early Nineties all over again

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVNp0f-4gj4

Kenneth G Stay Wierd (Hype 0359)

Wow. Club track off the Hysteria Records label by Kenneth G. Taking alittle 808 State sensibility and mixing it up with some quirky frequency sounds. Reminds me of Warp Records of old. LFO, Testone, Tricky Disco.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRO8PxkAhSQ

Minks - Margot (Hype 0358)

Breezy bubbly pop. Nice!! Minks new album is out tomorrow on Captured Tracks and its called Tides End.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg90PScRviw

Angel Haze - No Bueno (Hype 357)

Video: http://youtu.be/leM5gEV0tOM

For those of you who happen to be in Chicago for this year's Lollapalooza, here is one pick for Sunday afternoon: Angel Haze, a 22-year-old female MC out of Detroit, Michigan.  This talented young lady certainly does not hold back in her hard-hitting lyrics.

Incidentally, highlights from the first two days at Lollapalooza have included an upbeat Atlas Genius, a very much on-form New Order (who played songs including Blue Monday--of course--as well as Joy Division classics like Transmission and Love Will Tear Us Apart), and a really solid, lively, satisfyingly-enthusiastic performance to end the evening in style by Mumford and Sons.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we shall discover whether The Cure still have it, after Angel Haze hits everyone with some raw words.  Also look out for Alt-J, Vampire Weekend, and Grizzly Bear, although you will struggle to see both of the last two given the logistics.

Fire Tiger - Energy (Hype 356)

Video: http://youtu.be/W4A--GBLkzk

 Bringing you a slice of the Eighties... to be clear, this band is modern, but as they state on their website: "Los Angeles’s Fire Tiger strives through new, original songs to bring classic musicality back to the mainstream, combining the rock and pop of past and future…"  Enjoy.

 

Indian Summer - No Use (Hype 0355)

Lush bumping indie downtempo cut and paste track from Indian Summer. Nice! Presented by Sweat It Out Records.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9icvrRCUco

Elliphant - Music Is Life (Hype 354)

Music definitely is life. Catchy summer club track from Swedish outfit Elliphant. Dance!!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3nPJSrVeLE

Josh Butler - Got A Feeling (Bontan Remix, Pleasurekraft Edit) (Hype 0353)

Deep House by a guy named Josh Butler out of the UK.....A Bontan Remix and a Pleasurekraft Edit. Deep bassline and deep vocals.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mt5lrti7w8

No Middle Name - Another Season (Hype 0352)

Nice buzzy indie cut from No Middle Name. This is the first single from a forthcoming record on Mollusc Records. Featuring vocals by Lindsay West. Nice!!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L83-0Q3bcZE

The Love Language - Calm Down (Hype 0351)

Nice jangly indiepop track called Calm Down from The Love Language taken from the Album Ruby Red out on Merge Records this month.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7gYTWao2jM

Sharam Jey Kolombo - Nonstop (Original Mix) (Hype 0350)

Slammin funky breaks/electro house cut from Sharam Jey. Nice!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgkdP69qGJU

Holograms - Meditations (Hype 0349)

Happy Canada Day!!! Woke up to the punk rock of Captured Tracks guys Holograms. Nice!! This is the second single from their new album Forever out in September.