Author: mike

Watoo Watoo Interview at DOA

Salut Michaël!  I’ve been spinning your lovely recent album, Un Si Longue Attente, and for some reason the phrase “jolie-pop” springs to my mind… Since you and Pascale are both natives of France, maybe you understand what I mean by that terminology.  Your music is pleasing and inviting, despite the occasional bleak lyrics. Do you think… Continue reading Watoo Watoo Interview at DOA

Eureka California, Cosines, and Close Lobsters on Scared to Dance

A new month and once again we bring you 100% new music. Starting us off is the welcome return of the Manic Street Preachers who go all post-punk on us with a nod to Orange Juice along the way. Exclusively, the Close Lobsters are back for the first time in 25 years with their new… Continue reading Eureka California, Cosines, and Close Lobsters on Scared to Dance

Cosines at god is in the tv

Cosines are name I’d heard but until now I had never had the fortune to listen to a bar of their music, that’s all changed now. Cosines are London group, with a charming slant on DIY pop music. Their second single ‘Commuter Love’ is out on the 12th of May via the marvelous Fika Recordings imprint (home of Tigercats,… Continue reading Cosines at god is in the tv

Cosines at The Big Takeover

A year after their debut 7”, London’s Cosines release yet another small slab of vinyl that shows the band growing heavier, both sonically and lyrically. “Commuter Love” attacks with the bass-driven stomp of a classic glam rocker, all frustration and no frills, the sound of riding trains in circles but not really going anywhere in… Continue reading Cosines at The Big Takeover

Muuy Biien at When You Motor Away

Athens punks Muuy Biien are back – following up on last year’s This Is What Your Mind Imagines (WYMA reviewhere) with an even better, more fully-realized album. D.Y.I. has the bouncing rhythms, slashing guitars and guttural vocals that made their first album so memorable, but the ambient interludes (this time entitled “Cyclothymia” I, II and III) are better, and the music… Continue reading Muuy Biien at When You Motor Away

Luxembourg Signal at Atlas and the Anchor

“Distant Drive” (The exciting new project from members of Aberdeen, Fonda and Trembling Blue Stars, released their debut 7” single via Shelflife Records last week.  The A-side is upbeat dream-pop laced with skyward synths, a propulsive rhythm of jangly guitars and pounding drums and swaying female vocal melodies.  “Wishing Pool”, the B-side is a Broiler Room session… Continue reading Luxembourg Signal at Atlas and the Anchor

Luxembourg Signal at Aural Report

Okay…the warm weather has been holding off for way too long. It is time for some summer music and The Luxembourg Signal are here to fulfill that need. The Luxembourg Signal are an indie pop group made up of former members of seminal UK twee bands Aberdeen and Trembling Blue Stars. By the sound of their latest… Continue reading Luxembourg Signal at Aural Report

Muuy Biien at CMJ

Each week the CMJ staff sifts through thousands of radio playlists that contribute to the weekly CMJ charts. In the Chart Discovery column, we highlight exciting artists, albums, and songs brought to our attention by the charts of our reporting panel of college and non-commercial radio stations. This round’s favorites come to us via WUOG in Athens, GA,… Continue reading Muuy Biien at CMJ

Muuy Biien at Allmusic

On some levels, Atlanta-based group Muuy Biien could be construed as by-the-numbers punk rock. Short tunes made up of snotty shouts, bumbling basslines, and grating guitar lines made up the majority of their 2012 debut LP, This Is What Your Mind Imagines. However, breaking up these blasts of fury every so often were longer passages of subdued textural… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Allmusic