Pop Ditty from Tara Beier

Every time I listen to this Tara Beier‘s latest single I am taken back to “To the East” by Electrelane. Beier’s voice has the same fragility, nearly shattering inside of your ears, carefully resting atop the calming bob of the song. The jangling guitars spin you around too, lightly twirling with this really steady beat behind to sort of right the ship and add the slightest bit of natural momentum. It’s one of those songs where the more you listen the more you love it, which means you’ll have plenty of time to fall in love before her new album drops in February of next year via Manimal.

Tan Cologne Share First Single

I’ve always been a fan of Lauren Green’s songwriting, whether that was as part of Mirror Travel or some of her solo work; she’s now teamed up with friend Marissa Macias to form Tan Cologne. The two met while hanging out in Taos, New Mexico, which fits into the narrative of this song in particular; it feels like driving through the roads of New Mexico, almost blurring the lines between the track’s sonic and visual approaches, drifting about with the ebbs and flows. The duo will be releasing their debut album, Cave Vaults on the Moon in New Mexico via Labrador Records (which, to me, is huge!). They’ve got a handful of shows in November, including a few Austin dates for Levitation.

Pop Ditty from Yaglander

It doesn’t take much to hook me these days; I just need a nice bouncing rhythm and a lightly jangling guitar to come and grab me by the ears. Yaglander is the project of Joel McConkey, former member of Lost Dawn, who made a nice little name for themselves. This is our first listen to his forthcoming EP, and man, it’s just perfect; there’s these little keyboard flares in the way way off background that I can feel reeling me in deeper. Plus, his vocals have that super cool indifference; it’s got just the right curl of rock n’ roll attitude. Keep a look out on this here.

The Just Joans Share Striking Single

I’m a big Just Joans fan, and when the Glasgow popped back up a few years ago, I was really excited, clamoring for the new hits. Today, a new song popped up on the Internet, so why not point you in that direction. At first take, I immediately thought the band were covering the Magnetic Fields; it’s a slow moving pop number built on the Katie Pope’s vocals and the arrangements behind her. It’s just a perfect little nugget; there’s no need for any percussion, as Pope carries the song in striking fashion; I will admit to being drawn to the horn work hanging out in the distant background. No release date as of yet, but it looks like Fika Recordings will be handling this release.

Cool Tune from Baston

One of the hot new French labels I’ve been keeping an eye on is Howlin Banana Records, and they’ve just announced their newest release from Baston. The band brandishes this sort of propulsive post-punk, hanging out these angular guitar lines to sort of dance around thin air. In the vocals, you get this sort of darkened echo; it sort of hangs out on the outside of the tune, almost as if it was a third-person narrator setting the scene. I love how it feels heavy and powerful, yet still has this melodic underbelly that holds the tune together. Primates will be out November 29th.

Shana Falana Shares Go Higher

I really like that Shana Falana is flexing her songwriting abilities on her latest LP, Darkest Light. But, the tune below, the likely last single before her album drops on Friday is really her bread and butter; she, of course knocks it out of the park. The track has this nostalgic college rock vibe in parts, like she’s channeling Juliana Hatfield…though she fills the space in the songs with these edgier cascading guitar lines. For me, the tune reaches it’s climax in its last moments; the shoegaze guitars push the ambiance and the vocals take on this more angelic bravado that sort of smashes through that hazy cloud…my favorite moment. The new LP will be out tomorrow via Arrowhawk Records.

Ducks Unlimited Share Anhedonia

In case you fancy yourself a fan of jangling pop rock or the casual guitar pop of the Oceanic region, you’re going to want to put your ear real close to the speaker here. This fresh single from Ducks Unlimited only cements the band as one of the best new voices in the indiepop/guitar pop scene. It’s borderline jangle, with the guitars sort of intertwining with a certain sharpness that reveals brightened notes and melody. The vocals have this indifferent cool, which also sort of reveals itself in the “fuck off” lines in the first minute or so. If this is the first release, its one hell of a knockout punch. The Get Bleak EP drops on the 29th of November courtesy of our faves, Bobo Integral.

Don’t Sleep on Woolworm

Woolworm just recently released brand new single into the world, and I’m just now soaking it in. I think the band has locked into the modern day tension of humanity; they have these darkened foreboding riffs that ring out, and if not, they bubble just beneath the surface, ominously haunting the song’s pop moments. Those pop moments, though seemingly weary from the world, illustrate our need to keep trying, keep finding our whatever routines work to carve out our own little niche in the world…mine will probably include listening to this song a whole bunch. This tune appears on Awe, which drops on November 8th via Mint Records.

Wished Bone Shares Pink Room

For nearly a minute, the newest single from Wished Bone toys with you; you get this noisy experimental guitar play, draped discordantly atop a steady beat. Then all of a sudden its gone, the curtain raises and you’ve got Ashley Rhodus’ soothing voice coolly whispering through your speakers. Guitar sound has a much more organic feel to it, but also some natural propulsion, working with the drum to provide the song’s momentum. A faint hint of the noisy opening lurks in the background as the song fades out, but I promise you’re not likely to find a more comforting song today. Sap Season will be out next Friday!

Andronoids Share New Single

Andronoids are a fairly new act out of Sweden, and, for me, they’re sort of working both angles of my musical tastes. Structurally, the song has this energetic jangle that offered up energetic pop moments, particularly when the distortion is stripped clean. But, that’s also what I love, as the bounce only gets all the more fun when the track takes on the noisy distorted fuzz. There’s this whole carefree layer to the track that just makes you want to throw your hands in the air, say fuck it, and run off chasing the band down the street. So go on then.

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