Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015

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

Oh my, that's wonderful!

it is! i have listened to it about eight times so far today

eight nine

Tei Shi released "Bassically" last year, but it just got a video in the past few days. I love this song, and now its video takes it to a whole 'nother level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A17rVbNTtrg

Not sure how well does Róisín Murphy fit in here but I think at least this track isn't too out of place. It's a little on the weird/experimental side for my taste but it's got at least a few moments of brilliance:

https://soundcloud.com/miss-roisin-murphy/gone-fishing/s-jUKBs

New album announced as well.

I love this song (and her).

Shambhala all over the more northerly Eurovision selections this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DQnzJ-V_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3wgPGSKg6M

There's also a Karin Park song in Melodi Grand Prix but the YouTubes I've heard so far have crappy sound quality.

I like that Latvian one. The Iceland one is...uh, I dunno. It's just kind of there.

Love the Iceland one! Too bad it's eliminated. I like the Latvian one as well. I never really pay much attention to Eurovision, but I'm kind surprised this kind of stuff even competes.

dude from Late Of The Pier's new side-project - LA Priest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riuEh0oNY2Y

Yeah, I'm into that one. It's on my Spotify playlist.

Late of the Pier! Gosh. Blast from the past.

https://soundcloud.com/adrianrec/dude

Lovely little dudebro shaming song from Swedish trio Old.

does this thread like The Forest & The Trees? seems like their last record would fit in here

Listening now. Sounds like The Cardigans, so...possibly?

Did you ever like Austra at all?

Emily Vaughn - Hollow
http://indietronica.org/2015/02/07/emily-vaughn-hollow/

riyl Sky Ferreira, Ryn Weaver. strong vocals, addictive hooks, top production. this track is so alike Ryn Weaver.

Emily Vaughn - Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/emily-vaughn-8

first interview

“Life as a journey” A talk with Emily Vaughn
http://www.c-heads.com/2015/02/17/life-as-a-journey-a-talk-with-emily-vaughn/

"Well as of right now, I’m traveling back and forth from Florida to LA and recording my EP. The goal is to release it and play those songs on a tour, then work on the full length album!"

i remember when Ryn Weaver launched on soundcloud, minimal details, no mention of a major record deal. If Emily is travelling to LA maybe a major label / publisher has signed her already?

I like a lot of the production/instrumentation details in "Hollow," but the chorus seems kind of flat for a song that sounds that big.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJAx3pHMm0

Maybe a little overboard on the filtered vocals, but I like the keyboard voicing choices.

I am ready for some new Chairlift and some new Poliça (even though their last album was a bit disappointing) this year. Anyone know whether this'll happen?

I've never been able to really embrace Poliça, despite them being "shambhala" as hell, but I wouldn't turn down any new Chairlift for sure.

Give You The Ghost is just chocka with great songs; Shulamith not so much. The effects on Channy's voice can be a barrier but I soon got used to it.

Former shambhala thread fave X Priest X, which now just goes by Priest, dropped a new one today: http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/priest-the-game-stream-debut-album-emotion-records

The odd initials reminded me, Paris XY (Copenhagen sound via Leeds) has a 2015 single.

And there's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reDdwrWE-rU

Onuka from Ukraine. "Time" seems to be the single, but the whole album is on Spotify and I'm really liking it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Cswp7smQ0

The Say Lou Lou album is out there now. It's just been released in Sweden and can be bought on import. It doesn't come out in the US/UK until April 6th. Just giving it a listen for the first time now.

Still mad they put stupid "Julian" on it and left off the beautiful "Maybe You."

Interesting that you say you are mad about that as their Popjustice thread is full of people complaining Eclipse hasn't been included. I haven't heard either of those songs but will have to check them out after I finish the album. It sounds good so far.

I hadn't heard Eclipse before people started complaining it wasn't on there. Turns out to be quite nice.

Julian was their second single back a couple years ago. After introducing themselves with Maybe You, anything probably would've been a letdown, but even with that caveat I still think Julian is a fairly terrible song.

I haven't been following them from the beginning like you and plenty of others have been doing. I only got into them from the two songs nominated on the Spotify playlist (Everything We Touch and Games For Girls) I didn't realised they had already put out six singles. Along with Maybe You they left off Better In The Dark as well. They did put a few B-sides on there though which is a bit strange.

I think I found out about them at the beginning because I'm always sort of paying attention to all things The Church, and since they're Steve Kilbey's daughters they became immediately interesting.

Just listened to Maybe You and Better In The Dark. Both should be on the album.

Eternal Death album came out today on Labrador. not really what I'd expect from a band named Eternal Death, but within the bounds of what I'd expect from a band on Labrador. it's sounding nice on first listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9asgKOymms

I've been getting pr emails about Eternal Death for months. None of the songs I've heard so far have stuck with me, but I'll give the whole lp a spin.

listening to SLL now. I always liked Julian! Wasn't into that one with chet faker, is that on here? (guess i'm about to find out!)

Did you enjoy the album monotony? Think it could do with a few upbeat songs in the middle section but I did really enjoy it.

very pleasant - in terms of stuff in this lane i think it's a lot better than the indiana & rae morris albums but maybe not quite as good (certainly not as interesting) as the susanne sundfor

i'm happy they made "games for girls" as it reminds me of the thing of theirs i've returned to the most - the tiger & woods remix of "better in the dark"

Oh you guys, this slinky ass fretless bassline is THE BIZNESS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neVjsTxm0Dk

Cult Club - All the People

Ooooh, love that.

ungoogleable as hell (as in, actually ungoogleable unless you know the name of the album), Call Me - Say:

https://soundcloud.com/luxury-gbg/call-me-say

debut track, by XYLØ titled America has over 180,000 plays on soundcloud and covered by many blogs this week

XYLØ's debut track 'America' is a "love song about two people forced apart by a country."
http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/listen-to-xylO-s-debut-track-america-142

reflective slow-paced dreamy female vocals, with rippling hazy synths. track would sound good in a film.

riyl: Susanne Sundfør, LDR

XYLØ on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/xylo100

XYLØ on Spotify
http://open.spotify.com/artist/6ioOEWNNGK40H8xrGj6XPW

loving that petite noir track upthread

The whole ep is essential listening.

Kate Boy - Higher

Enticing as ever, though a bit heavy on the reverb. I fear the album rollout is as sabotaged by label delays as Indiana's was.

Yeah, that's a good song. Sort of a letdown that there's only one new song on a 5-song ep, but I'll take it.