100. Third Wave

Work Drugs (USA)

From the digital single, 'Third Wave', Self-Released.

Download here

Work Drugs myspace

Official Video

99. It Feels Good To Be Around You

Air France (SWE)

From the single, 'It Feels Good To Be Around You', Sincerely Yours

Download here

Air France Official Site 

Audio Only 

98. Year Off

High Places (USA)

From the album, 'Original Colors', Thrill Jockey.

Download here

High Places Blogspot

Live Performance

97. Families (feat. Glasser)

John Talabot (ESP)

From the EP, 'Families', Young Turks.

Download here

Buy EP here

Audio Only

96. As Young As Yesterday

Korallreven (SWE)

From the album, 'An Album By Korallreven', Acephale.

Download here

Korallreven Label Page

Unofficial Video

95. The Dive

Fool's Gold (USA)

From the album, 'Leave No Trace, IAMSOUND

Download here

Live Performance

94. The World Is Ours

FIXYN (USA)

From the digital single, 'The World Is Ours', I Can Give You House.

Download here

FIXYN Official Site

Audio Only

93. Wake And Be Fine

Okkervil River (USA)

From the album, 'I Am Very Far', Jagjaguwar 

Download here

Okkervil River Official Site

Official Video

92. Bullfight

Women (CAN)

From the single Split 7" w/Cold Pumas/Fair Ohs & Friendo, Faux Discx.  

Download here

Women myspace

Audio Only

91. Abducted

Cults (USA)

From the album, 'Cults', In The Name Of. 

Download here

Cults Official Site

Official Video

90. Post Physical

Pictureplane (USA)

From the album, 'Thee Physical', Lovepump United.

Download here

Pictureplane Soundcloud

Official Video

89. Better Off Without You

Summer Camp (ENG)

From the album, 'Welcome To Condale', Moshi Moshi.

Download here

Summer Camp Official Site

Official Video

88. Rad Racer

Work Drugs (USA)

From the digital single, 'Rad Racer', Self Released.     

Download here

Work Drugs Blog

Official Video

87. Winter Beats

I Break Horses (SWE)

From the album, 'Hearts', Bella Union.

Download here

I Break Horses Official Site

Official Video

86. Society Is My Friend

Kurt Vile (USA)

From the album, 'Smoke Ring For My Halo', Matador.

Download here

Kurt Vile myspace

Audio Only

85. Sometime

Dive (USA)

From the single, 'Sometime', Captured Tracks

Download here

Unofficial Video

84. The Inbetweener

Art Imperial (CAN)

From the EP, 'Surf Suburban', Self Released

Download here

Art Imperial bandcamp

Audio Only

83. Te Amo

Atlas Sound USA)

From the album, Parallax, 4AD.

23     4

Atlas Sound Label Page

Live on KEXP

82. Sparks

World Tour (USA)

From the single, 'Sparks', Cascine.

Download here

Label Page

Audio Only

81. Synthetic

HTRK (AUS)

From the album, 'Work, (work work)', Ghostly International.

Download here

HTRK Label Page

Official Video

80. Vomit

Girls (USA)

From the album, 'Father Son, Holy Ghost', True Panther.

Download here

Girls Label Page

Official Video

79. Love Out Of Lust

Lykke Li (SWE)

From the album, 'Wounded Rhymes', LL Recordings/Atlantic   

Download here

Lykke Li Official Site

Audio Only

78. Animalia

Voltaire Twins (AUS)

From the single, 'Animalia', Self Released.

Download here

Voltaire Twins Official Site

Official Video

77. Quantum Leap

John Maus (USA)

From the album, 'We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves', Upset The Rhythm.

Download here

John Maus myspace

Audio Only

76. Alsatian Darn

Panda Bear (USA)

From the album, 'Tomboy', Paw Tracks.           

Download here

Panda Bear myspace

Official Video

75. Playing House (feat. How To Dress Well)

Active Child (USA)

From the album, 'You Are All I See', Vagrant.

Download here

Active Child Official Site

Official Video

74. July

Youth Lagoon (USA)

From the album, 'The Year Of Hibernation', Fat Possum.

Download here

Official Video

73. Dover

Jeniferever (SWE))

From the album, 'Silesia', Monotreme.

Download here

Jeniferever myspace

Audio Only

72. Enough

Young Man (USA)

From the album, 'Years Of Distance', Frenchkiss.

Download here

Young Man Official Site

Official Video

71. Adult Goth

Gang Gang Dance (USA)

From the album, 'Eye Contact', 4AD.

Download here

Gang Gang Dance Official Site

Audio Only

70. The Haste

Casa Del Mirto (ITA)

From the album, '1979', Mashhh! Records.

Download here

Casa Del Mirto myspace

Official Video

69. Come Rain, Come Sunshine

Pallers (SWE)

From the album, 'The Sea Of Memories', Labrador.

Download here

Pallers Label Page

Audio Only 

68. Lost At Sea

Puro Instinct (USA)

From the album, 'Headbangers In Ecstasy', Mexican Summer.

Download here

Puro Instinct myspace

Audio Only

67. What If I

Teletextile (USA)

From the EP, 'Reflector', Self-Released.

Download here

Teletextile myspace

Audio Only

66. L.A. Lights

Hourglass Sea (ENG)

From the single, L.A. Lights', Self Released.

Download here

Hourglass Sea Bandcamp

Official Video

65. The Noose Of Jah City

King Krule (ENG)

From the EP, 'The Noose Of Jah City', True Panther

Download here

King Krule Official Site

Official Video

64. Would You Like 2 Talk

Dose (USA)

From the EP, 'Bliss', Self Released.

Download here

Download full EP at Flashlight Tag here

Audio Only

63. Fever Dreams

Nurses (USA)

From the album, 'Dracula', Dead Oceans.

Download here

Official Video

62. New Beat

Toro Y Moi (USA)

From the album, 'Underneath The Pine', Carpark.

Download here

Toro Y Moi myspace

Official Video

61. Now That I'm Real (How Does It Feel)

Chad Valley (ENG)

From the EP, 'Equatorial Ultravox', Cascine.

Download here

Chad Valley Tumblr

Official Video

60. We Might Feel Unsound

James Blake (ENG)

From the EP, 'Enough Thunder', Atlas/Universal

Download here

James Blake Official Site

Audio Only 

59. A Truly Happy Ending

Junior Boys (CAN)

From the album, 'It's All True', Domino.

Download here

Junior Boys Official Site

Audio Only

58. Sweet 17

Dirty Beaches (CAN)

From the  album, 'Badlands', Zoo Music.

Download here

Dirty Beaches myspace

Audio Only

57. Care Bear

Teeth (ENG)

From the album, 'Whatever', Moshi Moshi/Rough Trade

Download here 

Teeth Soundcloud here

Official Video

56. Velvet

Naminé (AUS)

From the single, 'Velvet', Life Aquatic Records.

Download here

Naminé myspace

Audio Only

55. Cruel

St. Vincent (USA)

From the album, 'Strange Mercy', 4AD.

Download here

St. Vincent Official Site

Official Video

54. Balance

Future Islands (USA)

From the album, 'On The Water', Thrill Jockey.

Download here

Future Islands Official Site

Official Video 

53. No Widows

The Antlers (USA)

From the album, 'Burst Apart', Frenchkiss.

Download here

The Antlers Official Site

Audio Only

52. Older Together

Black Light Dinner Party (USA/FRA)

From the single, 'Older Together', Self Released.

Download here

Black Light Dinner Party Official Site

Official Video

51. The Glorious Land

PJ Harvey (ENG)

From the album, 'Let England Shake', Island/Vagrant.

Download here

PJ Harvey Official Site

Official Video

50. Yes.pop

M+A (ITA)

From the album, 'things.yes', Monotreme.

Download here

M+A Official Site

Audio Only

49. The Creature

Kurt Vile (USA)

From the EP, 'So Outta Reach', Matador.

Download here

Kurt Vile Official Site

Audio Only

48. Need You Now

Cut Copy (AUS)

From the album, 'Zonoscope', Modular.  

Download here

Cut Copy Official Site

Official Video

47. Jeans & Wallet

Chet Faker (AUS)

From the single, 'Jeans & Wallet', Self Released.

Chet Faker Soundcloud

Audio Only

46. Perth

Bon Iver (USA)

From the album, 'Bon Iver', Jagjaguwar.

Download here

Bon Iver Official Site

Live on Later With Jools Holland

45. Surgeon

St. Vincent (USA)

From the album, 'Strange Mercy', 4AD.

Download here

St Vincent Official Site

Live - 4AD Sessions

44. Romantic Streams

Sleep-Over (USA)

From the album, 'Forever', Hippos In Tanks.

Download here

Sleep-Over Soundcloud

Audio Only

43. Adversity

Beach Fossils (USA)

From the EP, 'What A Pleasure', Captured Tracks.

Download here

Beach Fossils myspace

Official Video

42. Insomnia

Love Scenes (USA)

From the album, 'Classy Excuse For A Trashy Experience', Self Released.

Download here

Love Scenes Bandcamp

Audio Only 

41. I Don't Want Love

The Antlers (USA)

From the album, 'Burst Apart', Frenchkiss.

Download here

The Antlers Official Site

Audio Only

40. Futura

Battles (USA)

From the album, 'Gloss Drop', Warp.

Download here

Battles Official Site

Audio Only

39. Too Much MIDI (Please Forgive Me)

Ford & Lopatin (USA)

From the album, 'Channel Pressure', Software/Mexican Summer.

Download here

Audio Only

38. Pinnacles*

Four Tet (ENG)

From the split 12", 'Pinnacles/Ye Ye' (Four Tet/Daphni), Text Records.

Download here

Four Tet Official Site

Audio Only

38. Ye Ye*

Daphni (CAN)

From the split 12", 'Pinnacles/Ye Ye' (Four Tet/Daphni), Text Records.

Download here

Caribou/Daphni Soundcloud

Audio Only

37. The Grey Ship

EMA (USA)

From the album, 'Past Life Martyred Saints', Soulterrain Transmissions

Download here

Audio Only

36. Moving Further Away

The Horrors (ENG)

From the album, 'Skying', XL Recordings.

Download here

Audio Only

35. Glass Jar

Gang Gang Dance (USA)

From the album, 'Eye Contact', 4AD.

Download here

Gang Gang Dance Official Site

Live - 4AD Sessions

34. Stilyagi (feat. Ariel Pink)

Puro Instinct (USA)

From the album, 'Headbangers In Ecstasy', Mexican Summer.

Download here

Puro Instinct myspace

Official Video

33. Still Sleeping (feat. Steffaloo)

Chrome Sparks (USA)

From the EP, 'Surface Glows', Self Released.

Download here

Chrome Sparks Bandcamp

Official Video

32. Alex

Girls (USA)

From the album, 'Father Son, Holy Ghost', True Panther.

Download here

Girls Label Page

Audio Only

31. Far Away

Washed Out (USA)

From the album,'Within And Without',Sub Pop.

Download here

Washed Out Label Page

Audio Only

Alternative Version Live at Yours Truly

30. Polish Girl

Neon Indian (USA)

From the album, 'Era Extrana', Static Tongues/Mon + Pop

Download here

Neon Indian Official Site

Official Video

29. All Our Favorite Colors

Ryan York (USA)

From the cassette, 'Zipperlegs', Leaving Records.

Download here

Buy cassette here

Audio Only

28. Lasting Love

Blood Diamonds (CAN)

From the single, 'Lasting Love', The Pop Manifesto.

Download here (removed by request)

Blood Diamonds myspace

Audio Only

27. America

Bill Callahan (USA)

From the album, 'Apocalypse', Drag City

Download here

Official Video

26. Lovedropper

Boy Friend (USA)

From the single 'Lovedropper', Hell Yes. 

Download here

Buy here

Official Video

25. Keep You

Class Actress (USA)

From the album, 'Rapprocher', Carpark.

Download here

Class Actress  Tumblr

Audio Only

24. Kaputt

Destroyer (CAN)

From the album, 'Kaputt', Merge.

Download here

Destroyer Label Page

Official Video

23. Deep In Your Mind

Casa Del Mirto (ITA)

From the album, '1979', Mashhh! Records.

Download here  

Audio Only

22. Bad Street

Twin Sister (USA)

From the album, 'In Heaven', Domino.

Download here

Twin Sister Official Site

Official Video

21. Anti-Pioneer

Feist (CAN)

From the album, 'Metals', Cherrytree

Download here

Audio Only

20. Wilhelm's Scream

James Blake (ENG)

From the album, 'James Blake', A & M.

Download here

James Blake myspace

Official Video

19. Ungirthed

Purity Ring (CAN)

From the single, 'Ungirthed', Transparent.

Download here

Purity Ring tumblr

Official Video

18. Relocate

KAUF (USA)

From the digital single, 'Relocate', Self Released.

Download here

Official website 

Audio Only

17. Reach A Bit Further

Wild Beasts (ENG)

From the album, 'Smother', Domino.

Download here

Wild Beasts Official Site

Audio Only

16. Native Speaker

Braids (CAN)

From the album, 'Native Speaker', Flemish Eye/Kanine.    

Download here

Braids myspace

Audio Only

15. Chinatown

Destroyer (CAN)

From the album, 'Kaputt', Merge.

Download here

Destroyer Label Page

Audio Only

14. George Square Thatcher Death Party

Mogwai (SCO)

From the album, 'Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will', Rock Action/Sub Pop.

Download here

Mogwai Official site

Fan Video

13. Video Games

Lana Del Ray (USA)

From the single, 'Video Games', Self-Released.

Download here

Official Video 

12. Peeping Tomboy

Kurt Vile (USA)

From the album, 'Smoke Ring For My Halo', Matador.

Download here

Kurt Vile Official Site

Audio Only

11. Hanging On

Active Child (USA)

From the album, 'You Are All I See', Vagrant.

Download here  

Audio Only

10. Humdrum

Pallers (SWE)

From the album, 'The Sea Of Memories', Labrador.

Download here

Pallers Official Site

Audio Only

9. Belispeak

Purity Ring (CAN)

From the split single with Braids, 'Belispeak/Peach Wedding', Fat Possum.

Download here

Purity Ring Soundcloud

Audio Only 

8. Into The Wilderness

Burning Hearts (FIN)

From the EP, 'Into The Wilderness', Shelflife.

Download here

Burning Hearts Soundcloud

Official Video

7. Touch

HOLY OTHER (ENG)

From the EP, 'With U', Tri-Angle. Out June 6.

Download here

Holy Other Soundcloud

Audio Only

6. It's Up There

The Field (SWE)

From the album, 'Looping State Of Mind', Kompakt.

Download here

The Field Label Page

Audio Only

5. County Line

Cass McCombs (USA)

From the album, 'Wit's End', Domino

Download here

Cass McCombs Label Page

Official Video

4. Green Aisles

Real Estate (USA)

From the album, 'Days', Domino.

Download here

Live on Fader TV

3. Psychic Driving

Soft Metals (USA)

From the album, 'Soft Metals', Captured Tracks.

Download here

Soft Metals Soundcloud

Audio Only

2. Hauntin' Me

Keep Shelly In Athens (GRE)

From the single, 'Hauntin' Me', Transparent. 

Download here

Keep Shelly In Athens myspace

Official Video

1. Believer

John Maus (USA)

From the album, 'We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves', Upset The Rhythm.

Download here

John Maus Label Page

Official Video

 

Here are ten of the best from the last twelve months, ranging from the dark animation of Adrien Merigeau in The Villagers' opus, 'Cecelia', to the sweet and sleek lines of the classic red Mustang featured in 'Vomit' by Girls. There's something for everyone, so turn the speakers up, sit back and enjoy!

1. Cecelia And Her Selfhood

The Villagers (IRE)

From the single,  'Cecelia And Her Selfhood', Domino

Artist Adrien Merigeau's blog here

2. Mexican Grand Prix

Mogwai (SCO)

From the album,'Hardcore Will Never Die, but you Will', Rock Action /Sub Pop

3. Too Little Too Late

Fotoshop (FIN)

From the album, 'Lifeforms', Self Released

4. The Words That Maketh Murder

PJ Harvey (ENG)

From the album, 'Let England Shake', Island / Vagrant

5. Montana

Youth Lagoon (USA)

From the album, 'The Year Of Hibernation', Fat Possum Records

6. Cruel

St Vincent (USA)

From the album, 'Strange Mercy', 4AD

7. Vomit

Girls, (USA)

From the album, 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost', 

8. Amor Fati

Washed Out (USA)

From the album, 'Within And Without', Sub Pop

9. County Line

Cass McCombs (USA)

From the album, 'Wits End ', Domino

 

10. America

Bill Callahan (USA)

From the album, 'Apocalypse', Drag City

30. ACTIVE CHILD (USA)

You Are All I See

Vagrant Records

Active Child Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. You Are All I See
2. Hanging On
3. Playing House
4. See Thru Eyes
5. High Priestess
6. Ivy
7. Way Too Fast
8. Ancient Eye
9. Shield & Sword
10. Johnny Belinda

29. PURO INSTINCT (USA)

Headbangers in Ecstasy

Mexican Summer

Puro Instinct myspace

Buy here

Indie30 review here  

1. KDOD 1
2. Everybody's Sick
3. Lost At Sea
4. KDOD 2
5. Silky Eyes
6. Silvers of You
7. KDOD 3
8. Stilyagi
9. Escape Forever
10. KDOD 4
11. No Mames
12. Vapor Girls
13. California Shakedown
14. KDOD 5
15. Luv Goon

28. TWIN SISTER (USA)

In Heaven

Domino

Twin Sister Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here  

1. Daniel
2. Stop
3. Bad Street
4. Space Babe
5. Kimmi In A Rice Field
6. Luna's Theme
7. Spain
8. Gene Ciampi
9. Saturday Sunday
10. Eastern Green

27. CUT COPY (AUS)

Zonoscope

Modular

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. Need You Now
2. Take Me Over
3. Where I'm Going
4. Pharoahs & Pyradmids
5. Blink And You'll Miss A Revolution
6. Strange Nostalgia For The Future
7. This Is All We've Got
8. Alisa
9. Hanging On To Every Heartbeat
10. Corner Of The Sky
11. Sun God

26. WILD BEASTS (ENG)

Smother

Domino

Wild Beasts Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1.  Lion’s Share
2.  Bed of Nails
3.  Deeper
4.  Loop the Loop
5.  Plaything
6.  Invisible
7.  Albatross
8.  Reach A Bit Further
9.  Burning
10. End Come Too Soon

25. M+A (ITA)

Things.Yes

Monotreme

M+A Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Yeloww
2. Yes.pop
3. Liko Lene Lisa
4. sommer
5. Bam
6. Blå
7. (we)
8. Bergen.jpg
9. Adidias
10. Ly

24. WASHED OUT (USA)

Within And Without

Sub Pop

Washed Out Label Page

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Eyes Be Closed
2. Echoes
3. Amor Fati
4. Soft
5. Far Away
6. Before
7. You And I
8. Within And Without
9. A Dedication

23. BILL CALLAHAN (USA)

Apocalypse

Drag City

Bill Callahan last.fm

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Drover
2. Baby's Breath
3. America!
4. Universal Applicant
5. Riding For The Feeling
6. Free's
7. One Fine Morning

22. BATTLES (USA)

Gloss Drop

Warp

Battles Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. Africastle
2. Ice Cream [ft. Matias Aguayo]
3. Futura
4. Inchworm
5. Wall Street
6. My Machines [ft. Gary Numan]
7. Dominican Fade
8. Sweetie & Shag [ft. Kazu Makino]
9. Toddler
10.Rolls Bayce
11. White Electric
12. Sundome [ft. Yamantaka Eye]

21. JUNIOR BOYS (CAN)

It's All True

Domino

Junior Boys Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. Itchy Fingers
2. Playtime
3. You'll Improve Me
4. A Truly Happy Ending
5. The Reservoir
6. Second Chance
7. Kick The Can
8. ep
9. Banana Ripple

20. DIRTY BEACHES (CAN)

Badlands

Zoo Music

Dirty Beaches myspace

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. Speedway King
2. Horses
3. Sweet 17
4. A Hundred Highways
5. True Blue
6. Lord Knows Best
7. Black Nylon
8. Hotel

19. NEON INDIAN (USA)

Era Extraña

Static Tongues/Mom+Pop

Neon Indian Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. Heart: Attack
2. Polish Girl
3. Blindside Kiss
4. Hex Girlfriend
5. Heart: Decay
6. Fallout
7. Era Extraña
8. Halogen (I Could Be a Shadow)
9. Future Sick
10. Suns Irrupt
11. Heart: Release

18. CASS McCOMBS (USA)

Wit's End

Domino

Cass McCombs Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1.  County Line
2.  The Lonely Doll
3.  Buried Alive
4.  Saturday Song
5.  Memory's Stain
6. Hermit's Cave
7. Pleasant Shadow Song
8. A Knock Upon The Door

17. MOGWAI (SCO)

Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will

Rock Action/Sub Pop

Mogwai Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. White Noise
2. Mexican Grand Prix
3. Rano Pano
4. Death Rays
5. San Pedro
6. Letters To The Metro
7. George Square Thatcher Death Party
8. How To Be A Werewolf
9. Too Raging To Cheers
10. You're Lionel Richie

16. OKKERVIL RIVER (USA)

I Am Very Far

Jagjaguwar

Okkervil River Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. The Valley
2. Piratess
3. Rider
4. Lay Of the Last Survivor
5. White Shadow Waltz
6. We Need A Myth
7. Hanging From A Hit
8. Show Yourself
9. Your Past Life As A Blast
10. Wake And Be Fine
11. The Rise

15. PALLERS (SWE)

The Sea Of Memories

Labrador

Pallers Official Site

Buy vinyl here

Indie30 review here 

1. Another Heaven
2. Humdrum
3. Come Rain, Come Sunshine
4. Tropical Fishbowl
5. Years Go, Days Pass
6. The Kiss
7. Sound Of Silence
8. Wired
9. Wicked
10. Nights

14. BRAIDS (CAN)

Native Speaker

Kanine / Flemish Eye

Braids myspace

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. Lemonade
2. Plath Heart
3. Glass Dears
4. Native Speaker
5. Lammicken
6. Same Mum
7. Little Hand

13. CASA DEL MIRTO (ITA)

1979

Mashhh! Records

Casa Del Mirto myspace

Buy here

Indie30 review here 

1. History [Intro]
2. The Right Way
3. The Haste
4. Pain in my Hands
5. Killer Haze
6. White Chapel
7. Fairy Tales for Moonwalkers
8. Faces
9. I Know
10. Club Mare
11. Deep in your Mind
12. Life is a Mess [outro]

12. ATLAS SOUND (USA)

Parallax

4AD

Atlas Sound Label Page

Buy vinyl here

Indie30 review here

11. REAL ESTATE (USA)

Days

Domino

Real Estate Label Page

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Easy
2. Green Aisles
3. It's Real
4. Kinder Blumen
5. Out Of Tune
6. Municipality
7. Wonder Years
8. Three Blocks
9. Younger Than Yesterday
10. All The Same

10. BON IVER (USA)

Bon Iver

Jagjaguwar

Bon Iver Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Perth
2. Minnesota, WI
3. Holocene
4. Towers
5. Michicant
6. Hinnom, TX
7. Wash.
8. Calgary
9. Lisbon, OH
10. Beth/Rest

9. PJ HARVEY (ENG)

Let England Shake

Island/Vagrant

PJ Harvey Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Let England Shake
2. The Last Living Rose
3. The Glorious Land
4. The Words That Maketh Murder
5. All And Everyone
6. On Battleship Hill
7. England
8. In The Dark Places
9. Bitter Branches
10. Hanging In The Wire
11. Written On The Forehead
12. The Colour Of The Earth

8. DESTROYER (CAN)

Kaputt

Merge Records

Buy here (Vinyl version)

Indie30 review here

1. Chinatown
2. Blue Eyes
3. Savage Night At The Opera
4. Suicide Demo For Kara Walker
5. Poor In Love
6. Kaputt
7. Downtown
8. Song For America
9. Prelude
Nagel's Marimba
The Laziest River
Palm Springs Life
Landing On Water
10. Bay Of Pigs (detail)

7. GIRLS (USA)

Father, Son, Holy Ghost

True Panther

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Honey Bunny
2. Alex
3. Die
4. Saying I Love You
5. My Ma
6. Vomit
7. Just a Song
8. Magic
9. Forgiveness
10 Love Like a River
11 Jamie Marie

6. JOHN MAUS (USA)

We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Upset The Rhythm/Ribbon Music

John Maus Label Page

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Streetlight
2. Quantum Leap
3. ...And The Rain
4. Hey Moon
5. Keeo Pushing On
6. Crucifix
7. Head For The Country
8. Cop Killer
9. Matter Of Fact
10. We Can Break Through
11. Believer

5. JAMES BLAKE (ENG)

James Blake

Atlas / A & M

James Blake Official Site

Buy here

Indie30 review here

1. Unluck
2. Wilhelm's Scream
3. I Never Learnt To Share
4. Lindesfarne I
5. Lindesfarne II
6. Limit To Your Love
7. Give Me My Month
8. To Care (Like You)
9. Why Don't You Call Me
10. I Mind
11. Measurements

4. THE ANTLERS (USA)

Burst Apart

Frenchkiss

The Antlers Official Site

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Indie30 review here

1. I Don't Want Love
2. French Exit
3. Parentheses
4. No Widows
5. Rolled Together
6. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
7. Tiptoe
8. Hounds
9. Corsicana
10. Putting The Dog to Sleep

3. THE FIELD (SWE)

Looping State of Mind

Kompakt

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Indie30 review here

1. Is This Power
2. It’s Up There
3. Burned Out
4. Arpeggiated Love
5. Looping State Of Mind
6. Then It’s White
7. Sweet Slow Baby  

2. KURT VILE (USA)

Smoke Ring For My Halo

Matador

Kurt Vile myspace

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1. Baby's Arms
2. Jesus Fever
3. Puppet To The Man
4. On Tour
5. Society Is My Friend
6. Runner Ups
7. In My Time
8. Peeping Tomboy
9. Smoke Ring For My Halo
10. Ghost Town

1. ST. VINCENT (USA)

Strange Mercy

4AD

St. Vincent Official Site

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1. Chloe In The Afternoon
2. Cruel
3. Cheerleader
4. Surgeon
5. Northern Lights
6. Strange Fruit
7. Neutered Fruit
8. Champagne Year
9. Dilletante
10. Hysterical Strength
11. Year Of The Tiger

Texas based four-piece This Will Destroy You have blitzed the indie scene with their latest release Tunnel Blanket, a cinematic feast for the ears that sounds better and better with each listen. Indie30 recently asked a few questions to founding member and guitarist Jeremy Galindo...

DAVE: How was the vibe playing at this year’s SXSW festival? Was it your first SXSW, and how was it to play in your home state?

JEREMY: For some people that live in Austin, SXSW can be frustrating as hell.
100,000 plus outsiders coming in and wrecking your town for a week can make getting around impossible. We've done the festival for the past 4 or 5 years, and while it's great to do, it's also hectic as fuck.

DAVE: How did it compare to playing at the ATP festival in the UK? Do you find the audiences respond in different ways in different countries to your music?

JEREMY: ATP is easily the best festival we've ever been a part of. Everyone involved is on top of their shit and you are treated as if you are headlining the festival. International audiences seem to have a better appreciation for music as a whole instead of whatever is in at the time.

DAVE: I read that your music was chosen as a soundtrack for a visual presentation at the Pentagon about disaster preparedness following Hurricane Katrina. This must have been a bizarre experience. How were you approached about this?

JEREMY: We actually had no clue that this was going on. We just heard about it after it happened. It is definitely weird.

DAVE: Do you wonder if any of the high military brass have become fans since this? Do you think George W might have you on his iPod? Your band name could have had symbolic meaning for ‘W’ at this time, considering his government’s response to the disaster in New Orleans.

JEREMY: You mean "W" pretending that it wasn't a big deal till he felt obligated to show up there? I hope not. I doubt any of them paid any attention to the music. They have better things to do, like bomb anywhere where they can (and) steal things they feel are theirs.

DAVE: There are a lot of layers at work in the mix of your recordings, a lot of industrial sounds, electronic hums, and distant voices / singing (as on Killed The Lord…). Have you recorded anything ‘in the field’ from actual machinery or found objects, or is it all synthesised?

JEREMY: Some things we made on our own. Some were manipulated from samples we found. I'm sure there will be plenty of sampling in our future work, but who knows what it will be. We'll grab what sounds right.

DAVE: I read early on, your music was Radiohead-like, but you made a decision to go in another direction. What drove you to this particular style of music you are known for today?

JEREMY: When we first started I guess you could say our music sounded more Radiohead inspired. But since the vocals did not turn out well, we just kept things instrumental. It's worked out so far.

DAVE: Was there any conscious decision behind taking this new album in a different direction to the previous releases?

JEREMY: We knew we wanted to do something different, but the way everything turned out was a much more natural progression than I would've expected.

DAVE: Your music is perfect for road trips. Australia, like Texas has many roads that stretch out forever through vast empty landscapes. Has your home environment had any influence on your musical style?

JEREMY: Texas is a desolate and mysterious place. I think that shows in our music quite a bit. We've written each album in a different environment within this state and it shows.

DAVE: What do you guys think about the mass abundance recently of sub genres, and micro genres? ‘Chillwave’, ‘lo-fi’, and my favourite ‘slow-core’, do you think it has a purpose, or does it get in the way? Is it all a bit shit?

JEREMY: It's all shit. Whatever people need to call shit for them to like it is fine with me. I just wish they knew how fucking stupid they all sound. When we called our new shit "doomgaze" it was just a joke, but it caught on somehow.

DAVE: If you could have your music in a film by a director of your choice, who would it be, and what type of film? I think David Lynch would be a good fit. Thoughts?

JEREMY: There are tons of directors I'd love to work with. Lynch would be great. I would love to work with Gilliam or Jodorowsky on a supernatural flick or Noe on anything he'd like to do.

DAVE: If you could curate your own ATP festival who would be on the bill?

JEREMY: My current playlist is filled mostly with dead people apart from a few modern composers, so I don't see it possible. Beyonce would headline though.

DAVE: Performing your music live on stage must be at times, an almost hypnotic experience. With a track like 'Little Smoke' for example, do you find you lose yourself and go off to another realm in the middle of it all? Or are you always aware of the crowd before you?

JEREMY: There has definitely been a few times where we've gotten lost in a certain progression and forgot to transition to the next. We always try to stay as solid as possible on stage, but it is easy to get lost.

DAVE: Of course I have to ask this obligatory question…any plans to tour Australia?

We are working on it. Hopefully we'll be there by early next year.

Communual Blood

This Will Destroy You (USA)

From the album, 'Tunnel Blanket', Monotreme / Suicide Squeeze

Live at Good Records May 10, 2011

Last Friday night I headed to Bakkus Bar in Reykjavik to catch Mr Silla and Soley, two of Iceland's prominent indie acts at present among the many in a truly vibrant scene. Both are derived from, or have connections to, two of the country's most well known indie collectives. In case you are unaware, Mr Silla is the creation of Sigurlaug Gísladóttir, now of Múm, and has undergone a somewhat dramatic transformation in music genre and style over the years. Sporting an attack of three guitarists, herself included and two bass players, the band treated the audience to a raucous and energetic set of power pop/rock where Sigurlaug authoritatively held sway. The band are heading into the studio shortly for a new album to be released sometime next year. Opening the night was Soley from the indie collective Seabear, who put on a more circumspect yet impressive performance of tunes from her forthcoming new album, We Sink. Look out for an article on that next week and check out some of my amateur pics from the night below.You can find much better ones too at Iceland Chronicles by the way.