As I have been trying to explain to my doctor, the Tidy Ups are the main cause for my lot of injuries this week. I was humming the Tidy Ups when I walked into the street lamp and I was singing the Tidy Ups when I tripped over the curb. The most painful of all was falling onto my back while shimmying on a newly-polished floor and I hardly need to tell you what was playing at the time.

The Swedish band's EP, Dizzy Heights, harks from 2006 (that's only two years ago, people!) and is quite a catchy little thing. The low-fi twee hits a perfect note - it's not too sugary and has a charming sloppiness about it. There is an unpolished modesty to the EP that makes it that little bit more likeable. I've left you with the bouncy title track, which is now your new getting-ready-in-the-morning song. Even the grumpiest will find it hard to resist a foot-tapping session. But, for now, we can only just cross our fingers (go on, do it now!) and hope that we'll be hearing more from the Tidy-Ups. I won't taking my doctor's advice and I will keep this one playing.

The Tidy Ups - Dizzy Heights

Labels: indie, Pop

I'm ultra excited to tell you guys about Netherfriends! Birthed in Chicago last year, these guys apparently met on Craigslist! Yay good things can happen on Craigslist...(meh). Their debut Feathers and Dots EP is 3 tracks of fun pop synths and sing-a-long psychedelia! If you need a good experimental fix, check that track below and click here for more! The EP drops in September via Black & Greene Recs.

Worean Kor

Apropos, James has a crush on Angie Kang. haha I knew it.

Labels: Experimental, Pop, synthetic

All the moments in life need good soundtracks, know what I mean? That's why when you listen to old favorite Weezer albums or 80s, 90s hits you reminisce about what you were doing, who you had crushes on, and in my case, how immature you were based on the stupid things you did for fun! I've heard so much good stuff this summer but I really have to hand it to Delta Spirit's debut Ode To Sunshine as one of my top feel good favorites! I'd go on about San Diego's awesome 5some but I just really want you to hear it! When you're done with those tracks, hype up for the August 26th release, and when you're hooked go check a show here, and I'll totally see you there.

Trashcan
Parade

Labels: indie

Half a decade after their 2nd full-length release, Life is Life, The Pop Project has finally dropped their lastest, Stars of Stage & Screen! This Michigan pop 4tet has taken several elements like indiepop, jazz, broadway, and other can't-quite-put-your-finger-on-it piles of music into one sweet album. They've got lil pieces of everything and have the ability to make it really fun. It's sometimes sounds like 80s and 90s television showtunes! Bottom line this is the good kind of contagious music good for anytime. Pick up this album here! Get a taste below!

You've Won The Lottery
Stand In

Labels: indie, Pop

I've recently come to realize that UK's Karoshi Bros. really just want you to get up and dance, a lot...maybe even forever! The dancey pop hit The Original dropped late last year but now we got the mixes done up by peeps like Ingo Star and Magik Johnson. Don't about their personal lives but if you open your ears, you'll know they are gettin' some mad play. Check out Love The World on 7" vinyl available here. We got one of them digital for you below!

Magik Johnson Vox

Labels: Dance, Electro

Happy Thursday, I just wanted to give a little attention on a duo named the Lucky Dragons. Sarah and Luke make entirely too experimental crazy noisey electronic music. They are known for their crazy interactive gallery shows which humans in the experimentation. Heartbreaker is the first song I heard from them and with the bottle rockets noises and the drop-in percussions, I had to hear more. Their latest is Dream Island Laughing Language which they are supporting on tour right meow! Check out some tracks, I'm going to sleep!

Heartbreaker
I Keep waiting for Earthquakes

Labels: Electronic, Experimental

Salt Lake's 6-piece, Band Of Annuals has all the heartfillers of country, unique blends of folk-pop, and enough story tellin' to keep you company. I begin to reminisce a compilation of bitter sweet moments when I listen to tracks like "If You're Looking for Love" and "Don't Let Me Die." This stuff is turning indie kids into country lovers. They've got a couple EPs out and their full-length release last year, Let Me Live is full steam ahead to your ears with an awesome tour going on and and and there's a Cinema Bar show tonight in Culver City!

Blood On My Shirt
If You're Looking For Love

Labels: Country, Folk, indie

Howdy y'all, it's been a while. Random updates over here: WideEyedEggPlant is relocating to New York! I am waiting for the new Macbooks. I think the world of indie music is getting a little flooded with music. These days I am slowly finding less good things and more "plain" stuff. We are looking for writers for BBQ, if you think you have what it takes, email us! I have a mix of songs I've been wanting to share so if you need a fix, it's comin' to ya! It's a week-ending mix.

The Very Most - Spilt, Spilt Milk
Phantom Planet - After Hours
Paper Rival - Cassandra
Aviary Ghost - The Brain Is A House
The Kooks - All That She wants (Ace of Base Cover)
The Weepies - All This Beauty
Backyard Tire Fire - The Places We Lived
Ayatollah - Charlie Is Brown
Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me
Matthew Perryman Jones - Don't Fall In Love
Alexander Martin - Kuroma
Liz Durrett - Wild As Them
Jeff Hanson - If I Only Knew
Emi Meyer - One Good Song
Super XX Man - Medication
Hooverphonic - Wicky
Capitol Jay - You Drew The Line

Also if you missed this video like my friend Yen Ling, here it is. It's the Beijing Olympics 2008 'Welcome You' video!

Labels: mixes

Happy Tuesday to all of y'all. It's August and I can't believe that another Fall is approaching agh. Anyway I was hunting up some B-sides the other night and thought you might enjoy some of these. Some of these have been around for awhile but my favorites are Deathcab's best version of Cyndi Lauper and Sufjan's Jacob. Enjoy!

Kevin Drew - One Night Man
Sufjan Stevens - Jacob
Metric - Parkdale
DeathCab for Cutie - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (live)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (acoustic)
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)

Labels: indie

My brother is always talkin' about all the dope things Portland has to offer and though I totally believe him, these guys really push the case. Portland's quartet, Bark Hide & Horn, has been around since 2005 but they're finally debuting with their first full-length, National Road. It's filled with high horn content folk thrown in there are things like glocks, vibraphones, mandolins and trombones. The album was inspired by past issues of National Geographic and spefically tell a story of the magazine's editor, Melville Bell Grosvenor. Sounds dope to me! They also got some upcoming shows after their August 8th release.

Treasure of The Everglades
Grandfather

Labels: Folk, indie

I like the big fat tiger cat sitting on the piano bench haha, LOLz! Sitting next to fatty is Jordan Geiger who you might remember from such bands as the guitarist for Appleseed Cast (one of my huge favs), Minus Story and Shearwater. Come October you can pick up a copy of his debut Oh, Ramona which features his bedroom style recordings of sweet poppy, synthetic and lo-fi little darlings. Hospital Ships is the official moniker and oh lucky you, we've got the single! Pre-order via Graveface Recs.

Bitter Radio Single

Labels: dream pop, indie

LA's very own experimental electronic producer, Alfred Darlington aka Daedelus has just dropped us a brand new album called Love To Make Music To via Ninjatune. With a handful of releases, Daedelus is back with more unpredictable, groove heavy beats and samples. Some say it is chaos fluxed everywhere but at the same time it's brilliant and track to track you can't really sum it up. Each track progresses into something faster, sometimes clunkier, and basically a mini set if you will. There's a lot of dope tracks and one of my favs is If We Should (yes typical me) which has Alfred's wife Laura on the mic. Just as I was thinking that they should make more together, they have an album coming out together called The Long Lost. If We Should is just a 4 minute tease of what's to come!

If We Should
Get Off Your HiHats

P.S. Daedelus will be at Low End Theory next Wednesday, if you're in LA, do not miss it!

Labels: dj, Electronic, Experimental

With their boyish good-looks and London charisma to add, the members of Noah and the Whale, are probably anticipating a good day for their September 16th release of their new album "Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down." Not to judge a record by its cover (or title), or an artist(s) by his looks, but this was probably one of the coolest packaged CDs we received, in its simple brown paper case, semi-abstract/semi-lego-like cover art and neatly printed type/font slightly reminiscent of a refined version of comic sans.

But let's get to the meat of the matter, which is the music. Simply put, "Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down" is a "nice" collection of folk-pop songs. What I mean is that there are some songs that are stronger than others, and others that feel randomly out of character like "Second Lover." The crisp clear guitar picking, though simple in it's melodic character, makes it's motif-like appearance throughout the album and I enjoy it. It peeks it's head out to say howdy in "2 Atoms in a Molecule," subtly makes it's reappearance in "Death by Numbers" and serves as a beautiful, simple (though repetitious) accompaniment in "Mary" - one of my favorites of the albums which, along with other songs on the record, incorporate violin (trumpets, female vocals and such make their appearance on others).

I'm not sure how people will feel about listening to an entire album of frontman Charlie's voice which is reminiscent of Emmanuel and the Fear meets Jens Lekman, which is up some people's alley. Whatever your preference, you will be sure to find your joy in corners and places of their album, whether you dig upbeat, feel good songs with a twinkle-like timbre (I mean this in a good way), or more mellow tunes. And for self-proclaimed "Serious Amateurs" I definitely give them applause.

2 Atoms in a Molecule
Mary
Shape of My Heart

Btw, they have a well put together/designed site which in itself is pretty cool to check out.

Labels: indie

Welcome to almost August. It's your last Monday of July 2008, there won't be another quite like it, ever. We've been backed up with tons of music for you guys but haven't had the chance to make a mix for a long long while so that's what we're going to do today! So enjoy some new tracks, discover something different, and spread more music!

Pelle Carlberg - 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian)
The Very Most - Love At Home
Sondre Lerche - Modern Nature
Ave.To - Bahia
Cool Kids - Black Mags
Paper Rival - Cassandra
The Uglysuit - Chicago
Vicious Vicious - We Don't Call It Love
Catherine MacLellan - Dreams Dissolve
Via Audio - Harder On Me
Taken By Trees - Hours Pass Like Centuries
The Octopus Project - Bees Bein' Strugglin'
Pas/Cal - Glorious Ballad of the Ignored
The Kooks - Young Folks (cover)
Lack Thereof - Last November
Ratatat - Bird Priest


...boom bip.

Labels: MIX