Weekend Beat

Sweden’s Outlandish Dancey Duo ‘ShapeShiftingAliens’ Show Their Electronic Face…

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10 March 2018

ShapeShiftingAliens is a Swedish duo, consisting of experienced musicians Niklas Rundquist and J.P Cleve. Their inventive work appealed to Nolan Cook of renowned, experimental avant-garde collective The Residents, leading them to collaborate
with one another on ‘Shadows‘, the final track from their 2017 eponymous album…

And here’s the dancey tandem’s newest single SHOWING MY FACE. A sparkling electro humdinger that is both highly catchy and weirdly intriguing. Singer Cleve‘s distinctive vox balances somewhere between the legendary voices of David Bowie and Gary Numan while the song’s electronic dynamic echoes The Sisters Of Mercy‘s darkest and most reflective moments. Find out what I try to stutter right here, right now…

ShapeShiftingAliens: Website – Facebook –  Twitter – More SSA music on Bandcamp

THE BREEDERS Launch New Intriguing Track ‘NERVOUS MARY’ From Forthcoming Album ‘ALL NERVE’…

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24 February 2018

THE BREEDERS are back with their classic line-up and just shared another new track
from their first LP in 10 years. NERVOUS MARY starts almost silent and whispering
before catching a flared up pace. “Run for your life, they’re coming up on us” sings Kim
Deal mysteriously at one point giving this new one an edgy twist. Experience the
nervous drive here…

THE BREEDERS: Tour Dates – Website – Facebook


ALL NERVE – details on new album here on 4AD

(pic on top by TUTV!)

GAUSS – Cinematic Electro Pop To Get Completely Lost In…

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10/11 February 2018


(photo: Henk Cottenier)

GAUSS is a Belgian electro pop duo producing dreamy sonic waves for the late night
hours. Their brand debut new debut album BIOMETRICAL LOVE feels like a trance like symphony colored beautifully with enchanting singer Mati Le Dee‘s angelic voice – floating somewhere between Björk and Florence Welch – and Emile Sertyn“s electronic explorations. A relaxing experience for your mind’s imagination. A tribal trip that will elevate you to a higher level, to a place called phantasy. If you never heard of this vibrant Brussels based tandem I propose to start right here with the graceful beauty of the title track…

You can stream/purchase longplayer BIOMETRICAL LOVE on iTunes

GAUSS: Website – Facebook – Instagram


Cinematic psychedelia at the album release show in my hometown Ghent last Thursday…

Staggering Voice STEVE BENJAMINS Affected By Mixed Emotions About ‘MANHOOD’…

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3 February 2018

Impassionate Canadian singer/songwriter & multi-instrumentalist STEVE BENJAMINS
just launched new song/clip MANHOOD, the title track from his upcoming 5-track EP
on 16 February. It’s a really impressive, high-quality pop rainbow with several layers. A
truly notable composition, an emotional ‘I’m tired‘ rollercoaster, beautifully arranged and performed with honest passion and heart-whole intensity while the cherry on the sonic cake is Benjamins‘ voice lifting his emotional experience to a special soul level. Top score! Pop pearl! Here’s the melancholic grandeur…

Website – Facebook – Twitter

WEEKEND BEAT – Here’s BUMMERVILLE With Buzzing Multi-Layered Guitar Album ‘BOTTOM FEEDER’…

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Daniel Brady Lynch (synth, guitar and vocals) aka BUMMERVILLE assisted by his brother Derek Lynch on bass guitar, Joshua Sterno on rhythm guitar, and Jonathan Graham on drums is who you can call, without hesitation, a guitar junkie. Someone who puts his whole being into dazzling, buzzing and blizzardy six string slices. He’s totally hooked on razzle-dazzle riff-o-rama rock, creating a multi-layered and highly electrified turbine. Something like this…

I guess you have a loud and clear sound picture by now. The best news is that the Savannah, GA born musician, earlier involved in many other projects, just released
his flamboyant solo debut LP ‘Bottom Feeder‘. A mighty loaded work of turbulent
guitar vibrations and knockout punches. From raw power (Eyesore / Blow Money)
to jingle jangle force (Everyone’s Mutants), from catchy crackerjacks (Closing Off
The View / Time That It Takes) to playful instrumentals (Tick Bomb / Salsa For
Darkstar88). Enough sweltering heat to keep you glowing all weekend long.

Here we go…

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BUMMERVILLE: Facebook – Twitter – Instagram


Album BOTTOM FEEDER available now via Graveface Records

Toronto Artist DYLYN Will Inflame Dance Floors With Her Therapeutic Synths Outburst ‘WOLF’…

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Exciting Toronto singer/songwriter DYLYN just released brand new, flashing single WOLF.

“This song was the aftermath of a shitty breakup and my family divide. It was as if the universe was telling me to rebel and revert to autopilot. Shutting my feelings off for a little while was a much easier way to live – misery loves a hot guy. Along with my other recent releases, my songs are all authentically me. Writing them was like a therapy session dedicated to the last three years of my life. I wanted to incorporate 80s synth, punk garage style drums to match my deep vocals – mixing the old with the new. It helped pinpoint exactly how I was feeling” explains Dylyn. Her debut EP ‘Sauvignon and a Kimono’ will be out on 23 February.

Time for the electro storm. Here’s WOLF. A heavy synths pop explosion with a big sound,
a big voice and an overall glowing feel. Open your windows and doors, wake up the whole neighborhood and start a vibrant party in your street. It helps to keep the demons away…

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DYLYN: Facebook – Instagram – Twitter

FERAL FIVE Wants You To Have A Dancey Xmas…

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Here’s British electro duo FERAL FIVE offering you a “a sassy slice of electro sparkle with big beats, powerful bass and pulsating synths, and it’s a festive tune about people not things“. It’s dancey. It’s cheesy in a pretty cool way. It’s about human gifts. It’s about your lover, your friend or anyone who makes your heart beat faster. It’s about wanting somebody, not something. It’s about time to start the music. Here’s I WANT U….

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I’m going to see you
We’re going to play
You’re going to be here
We’re going to play

I want you under my Xmas tree
I want you under my Xmas tree
I’m not going to ask nicely
I want you under my Xmas tree

I don’t need any money or a new handbag
I just need a kind of thing I’ve never had
Who says you have to have some shabby gifts
Give me one thing only I’m going to insist

I want you under my Xmas tree
I want you under my Xmas tree
I’m not going to ask nicely
I want you under my Xmas tree

I don’t need a fitness band, some running shoes
I don’t need a skipping rope I’ll never use
Please no more bubble bath and manicure sets
Keep it pure and simple then I won’t get upset

I want you under my Xmas tree
I want you under my Xmas tree
I’m not going to ask nicely
I want you under my Xmas tree

I’m going to see you
We’re going to play
You’re going to be here
We’re going to play

I’m going to see you
We’re going to play
You’re going to be here
On Xmas Day

I don’t need a spa voucher or some cheap perfume
I just want you here in my living room
You won’t fit down the chimney so get a cab
I’ll warm up with some whisky so the time won’t drag

I want you under my Xmas tree
I want you under my Xmas tree
I’m not going to ask nicely
I want you under my Xmas tree

I’m going to see you
We’re going to play
You’re going to be here
On Xmas Day

I want you under my Xmas tree
I want you under my Xmas tree
I want you
I want you

FERAL FIVE: Website – Facebook – Twitter


I WANT U – Available here on Bandcamp

Daydreamers Of SOUVENIR DRIVER Deliver One Of The Most Gripping Guitar Pop Albums Of The Year…

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Time flies, 2017 progresses slowly but surely towards its end. So thoughts of ‘best albums of the year’ come to mind. One that will be definitely on my list is the fourth, self-titled LP by Portland dream pop experts SOUVENIR DRIVER, released last April. It’s an enrapturing work of epic splendor. Eight gripping masterstrokes where poetic guitar lines, melodic grandeur and delightful vocals meet and turn at times into moody rainbows, at times
into electrifying jams. Magnificent compositions, beautifully arranged and orchestrated, romanticized with shades of shoegaze melancholy and full of sterling emotions.

Guitarist/singer Nate Weye said earlier in an interview: “It’s an evolution, but also a step toward something more personal, vulnerable, and human. The main themes are inspired by relationships, nature, and strangely enough, turtles. Like the image of a parachuter which we use on our merchandise, the turtle exists between two worlds, is vulnerable yet strong. Most importantly, its movement, a slow, but straight vision — mirrored the length of time it took to write/record/and release this, something that at times tested our patience, but which we never questioned or judged.”

Here’s – to my ears – the shiniest diamond on the album…

Experience the beauty in full…


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SOUVENIR DRIVER: Website – Facebook – Twitter

ACTING STRANGE – Debut Album ‘TALK TALK TALK’ Is A ‘Party Party Party’ Jukebox…

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‘Talk Talk Talk’ by ACTING STRANGE

ACTING STRANGE are two musical cousins and a mysterious friend out of East Kilbride, Scotland. Young, restless and ambitious the Strange boys decided a couple of years ago what probably all youngsters actually should decide to do: going mad for it and create some heated rock and roll firework. Their 2016 debut EP ‘Night on the Tiles‘ revealed their early sonic direction: shaky and bluesy DIY pop nostalgia à la Liverpool legends The La’s. Their sound evolved quickly into a 60s/70s glam rock injected vibe and the band recorded, produced and mixed their debut album TALK TALK TALK in just two weeks in a converted shed in their hometown on a Tascam 8-track in order to get a ‘straight to the point‘ organic sound. The brand new longplayer contains several flaming crackers (Sharp End / Save Me / Start It Over / Questions / Acting Strange) to start a weekend-long party but their firstborn has more to offer than just go bonkers electricity. Moody jingle jangle beauties like Dream Away , Wrong Desires and Universe Blues – think iconic The Kinks‘s frontman Ray Davies going acoustic – are the perfect yearning songs to sing along at the end of that same party… when the sun comes up. ‘Talk Talk Talk’ is a jukebox full of ‘Party Party Party’ tracks. From swirling kicks to dreamy reflections. From steamy retro beats to stripped-to-the-bone melancholy. Press the button and fuel your weekend with this versatile Acting Strange debut…


ACTING STRANGE: Facebook – Twitter

LAS COBRAS – Discover The South American Duo’s Psychedelic Trance Debut Album ‘TEMPORAL’…

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‘Temporal’ by LAS COBRAS

LAS COBRAS out of Canelones, Uruguay is an invigorating and experimental psychedelic duo. They got our attention earlier on when they shared some intriguing tracks from their debut album TEMPORAL which is out now via Fuzz Club describing the band’s very first achievement as: ”influenced as much by psych/krautrock greats as it is wildly immersed in
the lysergic sounds of South America – at times delving into lush and textured afro-beat and tropicalia influences.”

It’s really an amazing record. A haunting and enthralling trance trip from start to finish
with a tremendous mix of electronics, glowing guitars and twilight vocals. At times their soundscapes are dark, far-out and mysterious, but Sofía Aguerre and Leandro Rebella‘s overall groovy approach turns the whole journey into a thrilling and ongoing energizing experience. They explore sonic waves from the past, the present and create some of their own for the future. Definitely one of the best debut albums of the year. Here’s why…


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LAS COBRAS: Facebook – Fuzz Club