Efterklang – Hollow Mountain

September 17, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘Piramida’ (Full album stream on NPR here)
Released 24 September on 4AD/Rumracket (iTunes)

#Monday. We’ve mentioned our long held admiration for Efterklang on these pages before and their new album only increases it.

Holy Other – Held

September 3, 2012 § Leave a comment


Out now on Tri Angle (iTunes)

#Monday. The new Holy Other record remains near to perfect listening for a Monday morning in our books … aka tearfully optimistic.

Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar

August 20, 2012 § Leave a comment

http://soundcloud.com/forcefieldpr/mount-eerie-ocean-roar
Taken from the album ‘Ocean Roar’
Released 4 September 2012

#Monday. One of those tracks that never quite gets properly going – and is all the better for it.

Opossum – Blue Meanies

August 13, 2012 § Leave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQSiiNrW8P4
Taken from the album ‘Electric Hawaii’
Out now on Fire (iTunes)

#Monday. We’re still trying desperately to purge all memory of  last nights supposed ‘Symphony Of British Music’.  There’s a good summation about how sadly un-great said symphony was in Fact Magazine here.

Foreign Slippers – It All Starts Now

July 30, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘Farewell To The Old Ghosts’
Out now on Adventures In Gramophone (Spotify / iTunes)

The Cure – Dressing Up

July 23, 2012 § Leave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQc-n3r9O6A

#Monday. About to head off to the opening ceremony rehearsals for some low profile event that’s kicking off on Friday and could not think of a more ‘fitting’ tune. Used to wonder if this song spawned ‘Live To Tell’ before it went off to war?

Money Mark – Push The Button + Ben Wa – Bad Robot

July 16, 2012 § Leave a comment

#Monday. Start of another week and we’re busy playing spot the difference again.
(Bad Robot courtesy of The Recommender).

Bruce Springsteen – Highway 29

July 9, 2012 § Leave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db8uxbYC5uU
Taken from the album ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad’ (iTunes/Spotify).

#Monday. A version of American life that rarely fails to draw us in, even if it can’t square up to our own rather less harrowing stateside experiences. Tom Joad remains lodged in our top three albums by the boss and – depending on the time of year you ask us – often takes the winners cup to boot. And so the debate rages once more …

Steve Thompson – I Like The Birds

July 9, 2012 § Leave a comment

The Antlers – Drift Drive

July 2, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the EP ‘Undersea’
Out 24/7/2012 on Anti

#Monday. In what world would this not be getting repeat plays on the GPS team stereo right now?

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