Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015

Leanne Macomber

I’ve been shooting myself naked for years. I’ve shot tons of people naked. I just don’t like what clothing can say about a person. I wanted Ejecta to be free of class, sexuality, and culture. I wanted Ejecta to be timeless and sort of an everywoman. Clothing is fetish. I remember shooting my first nude. I was in high school and a girlfriend wanted pictures for her boyfriend. She wore nothing but these tiny pink panties with hearts on them. My teacher pointed out to me how much more sexual the semi-nude is than the full nude. It’s so true.

Musically, a bit too twee for me.

xp tru the image and actual art are kind of incongruous. lyrics are the only thing that could be considered remotely transgressive - and only by the prudest of prudes

*true

be naked/don't be naked is whatever but when you say "i will ONLY allow naked press materials to be circulated" you're being a bit precious for me

Listening to the ep now. She sings just barely above a whisper and I can't tell if that makes me like it or hate it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h4CTdIhDF0

Hi JF! Does this count? It's rather twee, admittedly, but such a gorgeous song.

I dunno, that seems squarely "indie" to me.

I'm new to this thread

will this be the year that ILM deigns to create an actual indie thread?

I think last year is the only one in recent history where there wasn't a dedicated "indie" thread.

Amory, traditionally this thread is dedicated to mostly electronic, low to mid-tempo pop that sounds a bit too 'indie' to fit squarely into the mainstream. Coincidentally (or perhaps not) a lot of it tends to be by new-ish Scandinavian artists… also, more often than not, it's sung by women.

That's turned out to be mostly true. I'm sure there are other sounds that qualify as "not pop not indie," but we all seem to gravitate towards much the same thing. Also, forks, if you read this, you're missing the Tove Styrke song "Ego" in the spotify playlist.

Something that fits squarely in daavid's description, though, is this song by Susanne Sundfør from her next album. The instrumentation is clearly modern, but I think the melodies/harmonies and general structure of the song is 100% ABBA. I love it to pieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSB_PcBW3k

xxpost - Actually, JF already described it better in the first post. More than being indie, I'd say the song you posted is a bit too guitar-oriented and too retro (it's got an obvious '90s-alternative influence) for this thread.

Karin Park & Pandora Drive - Hurricane (soundcloud)

Sandra Kolstad - My Yellow Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br8Ake7jrWY

Ooh, Karin Park's always good. Will check out Sandra Kolstad shortly.

Emilie Nicolas - Fail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwdO3Sp3XM

Maybe too close to industrial filthstep to be considered indie.

I like this song a lot.

For forks' benefit, it's not on US spotify, but it can be found here: http://open.spotify.com/track/7euAaMslcTxajhincX2FhC

New Laura Groves EP in February:

https://deekrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/committed-language-ep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-u9n_xrAtg

Also a lovely live performance from last month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFfIjCe7TsI

That Nautic ep last year was nice. And I sort of halfway remember liking her last solo ep, so I definitely want to hear this. "Dream Story" is cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_42UBOcZoA

This came out several months back, but it's supposed to be the first single from an album that's not been released yet, so I guess that counts for 2015. I was a fan of her first album SEVERAL years ago, so I'm glad she didn't disappear altogether.

Oh wait, the album DID come out, so that makes it 2014. Anyway, enjoy it.

v v excited about new Laura Groves

she's great, i love her! pray that she'll make a killer album one day

Been listening to the Petite Noir ep all day today. No clue if it fits here, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpkCLhZIJ0

Definitely. Petite Noir is cool with us.

They're apparently on their third album, but this is the first time I've ever heard Birthmark (I think?). Anyway, this song "Everyday" is really nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6IsPs1ghE

Thx for defining the thread's parameters in the OP, JF. Whenever I've seen this rolling thread in past years, I've thought "oh, so it's just a catch-all?" and not been motivated to click. This time, curiosity got the best of me, and I''m excited that it seems to be up my alley. (Now watch as I never post in this thread again.)

After taking all of 2014 off, Vanbot came back today with a new single called "Trooper" woo hoo

https://soundcloud.com/vanbot/trooper

say lou lou seem perfect for this thread imo https://www.thefader.com/2015/02/02/say-lou-lou-premiere-nothing-but-a-heartbeat

i also think they're great

I go back a long way with Saint/Say Lou Lou. Glad the album is finally materializing, pissed that they're leaving off "Maybe You" and including the wretched "Julian". (I'll get over it, though.)

lol i was like "man i hope johnny fever already knows about them"

They're also the twin daughters of Steve Kilbey from The Church, a fact almost no one seems to care about at all.

i heard that album got pushed back AGAIN, the poor things. they've been dropped by the label i'm pretty sure

It was pushed back from yesterday to the 23rd (in Scandinavia, that is. It's April for rotw.)

The Monogem EP is out today. It only features one song (Silhouette) that wasn't previously available, but it's nice to have the stuff in place: https://soundcloud.com/monogem/sets/monogem-ep

Nothing as good as The Glow, imo, but pretty decent.

All We Are...a bit too slinky for indie, too guitar-y for pop. i love this track and theres a live version thats even better imo...will def go see when they play nearby in March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufADbnDKdLw

I'd heard another of their songs, but not this one. WOW I <3

Iris - "I'll Wait for You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R9-KhACamk

As a commenter noted, the Haim is strong with this one.

doooooooope! !

The Susanne Sundfør album is up on Spotify and it's slaying me where I sit.

High hopes, but she's yet to surpass The Brothel.

I dunno, that seems kind of boring imo?

It's more Ane Brun than Annie, so not this-thready. But I still come back to it 5 years later.

Keep Shelly in Athens's new singer Myrtha is a good fit. Music's a bit more organic and dreamy than I've recalled from them.

Keep Shelly in Athens - Fractals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8eluILfheA

Stealing Sheep are back! I love Stealing Sheep!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q0UCBNYsms

dubby dreamy balearic art-pop track

BEA1991 - my name is written on it
https://soundcloud.com/1991bea/my-name-is-written-on-it

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/66vV2EQlpWdD1Z2szUqCjZ

--- Also posted on: this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

Finally a new track from Cult Club:
https://domestica.bandcamp.com/album/cult-club-never-enough-2015-ref-dom06-s

^ Just now noticed this last post. So fucking great. I should've asked Santa for a whole Cult Club album for xmas.

Do we want to try to create a voting block this year to get something in the EOY poll so everyone else can say "WTF I've never even heard of THAT!"?

I'd be most inclined to rally behind Cult Club's "All the People," but would definitely entertain other options.

First, one of us would have to nominate it. Here are all the nominated tracks by artists mentioned in this thread:

Acre Tarn - Lanterns
American Wrestlers - Kelly
Ariane Moffatt - Debout
Chairlift - Ch-Ching
Chairlift - Romeo
Chromatics - Just Like You
Chromatics - Shadow
Chvrches - Clearest Blue
Chvrches - Leave A Trace
Class Actress - The Limit
Elohim - She Talks Too Much
Emilie Nicolas - Fail
Empress Of - How Do You Do It
Georgia - Heart Wrecking Animals
Iris - I'll Wait For You
Kate Boy - Midnight Sun
Kiiara - Gold
Laura Groves - Dream Story
Loreen - Paper Light (Higher)
Molly Nilsson - 1995
MUNA - Loudspeaker
Nicole Sabouné - Lifetime
Petite Noir - Chess
Petite Noir - MDR
Poliça - Lime Habit
Priest - The Game
Pure Bathing Culture - Pray for Rain
Purity Ring - Begin Again
Purity Ring - Push Pull
Purity Ring - Stranger That Earth
Rangleklods - Lost U
Say Lou Lou - Skylights
Shura - 2Shy
Shura - White Light
Slackk & Dullah Beatz - Forest Walk
Superhumanoids - Anxious in Venice
Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate
Susanne Sundfør - Delirious
Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away
Susanne Sundfør - Memorial
Susanne Sundfør - Slowly
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Tamaryn - Last
The Japanese House - Teeth
The Mary Onettes - Ruins
Throwing Shade - Honeytrap
Tove Styrke - Ego
Wet - Deadwater
Zhala - Holy Bubbles

I expect Shura's - "White Light" (what a grower) and several Sundførs to place on their own merits, but I'd be happy to contribute to a block vote for the Acre Tarn, Iris, Rangleklods, or Superhumanoids.

A few points

- ha, don't forget my nominations still to come !

- I'll be voting for Acre Tarn - Lanterns.

- Empress Of - How Do You Do It - will this track have a chance of top 77 placing?

- Kiiara - Gold - from total obscurity, to soundcloud upload, to my mention on ILM ...and finally to major label deal and millions of streams.

- Throwing Shade - Honeytrap, is such a dreamy hypnotic track

- everyone use your 10 extra nominations wisely, have a look through this thread and thread spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/7kNYZZEDWwIuIEnoHL7y5O

e.g Tei Shi - Bassically - hasn't been nominated yet.

e.g Mabel - Know Me Better - Surprised that this track hasn't been nominated yet

- JF and Sanpaku do you read this blog: disconaivete.com

Best Songs of 2015
http://disconaivete.com/post/136262902741

some great tracks on this list:

including this to add to this thread's spotify playlist

Tsar B, Belgium's answer to Tala / FKA Twigs / Kelela

Tsar B - Escalate

soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tsarb/escalate

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/5dGrtSJS1RmG9Igmo7PrPJ

- Sanpaku, any further thoughts on changing the voting? there is still time to up the voting to 40 Albums and 40 Singles.

I'd totally be down with trying to get "Lanterns" in the top 77, but I didn't suspect it had much of a chance (even in this thread).

Disco Naivete was better a few years ago than it is now, but I still see new posts on my tumblr dashboard.

"All the People" and "Lanterns" both are going on my EOY ballot, as well as Camp Claude's "Blow" so if anybody wants to rally vote for any of those three I'm doing my part.

e.g Tei Shi - Bassically - hasn't been nominated yet.

I nominated it in 2014, though I guess it was eligible a second year because of the EP. I probably should've nominated Go Slow, but in all honestly it would've been squeezed out of my ballot anyway.

I nom'd "Blow" and will almost certainly have it on my ballot even after I whittle it down to 25.

Two people did, actually, because I had to clear out a duplicate when I was tidying up the spreadsheets.

I'll be voting for "Ego".

I wasn't counting Ego as shambhala-specific because she got her own thread, but yes...I voted for that as well.

I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with quite a lot of new adds (Indigo Face, Karin Park, Marz Léon, Rainer, Zhala, MUNA, MISOGI, Soho Rezanejad, Lowki) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Johnny Fever Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

Not sure if Foxes qualifies as shambhala but "Body Talk" has been hitting the spot the last few days

Realized one of my favorite songs from last year prob fits this thread:

https://la-soc.bandcamp.com/album/night-games-dopamine-single
https://open.spotify.com/track/59ohqIDQIPz9CCuDs5suZU

new thread?

I was waiting until I find something from this year I like.

fair.

really like the allie x songs on the EOY poll playlist, i assume that's from this thread?

Yeah, she's been a semi-regular.

I wanted to poll the big 'Heart of Glass' ripoff songs from the 2010s, but I can't remember them all. I'm sure there must be one at least every year, right?

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II: Mountains Beyond Mountains (2010)
St Vincent - Cruel (2011)
Susanne Sundfor - Fade Away (2015)