Bryan -- pop kid extraordinaire.
Bryan is our resident indie-pop expert... Having said that, he knows an awful lot about most of the music (well the stuff that mattered anyway) released over the last 30 to 40 years. He's also a massive film buff and possibly the world's leading expert in all things relating to 'The Simpsons'.
Cashier No 9 :-
To the Death of Fun
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[ Bella Union / CD ] Release Date: Friday, 29 July, 2011 Cashier #9 are a Belfast-based band signed to legendary indie Bella Union. They were spotted completely by random by top DJ / producer / composer David Holmes while he was out for a pint. Holmes grabbed them as they came offstage and offered to produce their album. He then called Simon Raymonde of Bella Union, who agreed to put the record out. It's the kind... |
The Decemberists :-
The King is Dead
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[ EMI Music / CD ] Release Date: Monday, 24 January, 2011 Portland, Oregon's finest, The Decemberists return with their brand new studio recording, 'The King is Dead'. The album -- a set of ten -- country-based songs, marks a deliberate turn towards simplicity after the band's wildly ambitious and widely acclaimed 2009 song cycle 'The Hazards of Love'. |
Active Child :-
You Are All I See
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[ Spunk! Records / CD ] Release Date: Monday, 29 August, 2011 On his full-length debut, Denver-based singer and producer Active Child mixes ethereal choir-like vocals and minimal R&B with currents of rumbling post-dubstep.... |
Singing Adams :-
Everybody Friends Now
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[ Records Records Records / CD ] Release Date: Monday, 2 May, 2011 'Everybody Friends Now' is the debut album from Singing Adams, the band formed in East London by Steven Adams, former singer of cult group The Broken Family Band, with bassist Michael Wood (Michaelmas), drummer Melinda Bronstein (Absentee, Wet Paint) and guitar player Matthew Ashton (The Leaf Library, Saloon). With Adams at the helm, you can expect -- and you... |
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart :-
Belong
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[ Slumberland Records / POD / CD ] Release Date: Monday, 18 April, 2011 With a name fittingly earnest for their brand of heart-on-sleeve dream-pop, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart formed in the late 2000s amidst Brooklyn's fertile post-punk scene, which was taking inspiration from sources as diverse as early '80s American indie and '90s-era British shoegaze. |
Young Galaxy :-
Shapeshifting
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[ Paper Bag / CD ] Release Date: Tuesday, 15 February, 2011 "Young Galaxy's 2011 release, Shapeshifting, finds the Canadian ensemble shifting from the atmospheric electronica-infused indie pop they perfected on previous outings to a more mature, ambitious brand of '80s-influenced sophisti-pop. Having both female and male lead vocals has always been a particularly distinctive and effective plan of attack for the band,... |
