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lizb on 07/08/2010 at 09:30AM
Happy Sounds from New Haven
Dreamy pop songs, heavy on reverb and My Bloody Valentine-esque showers of shoegaze fuzz... what's not to love about The Procedure Club?
Last year I started seeing babydoll dresses pop up on fashionistas riding the NYC subway, and cringed at the thought of '90s culture resurrected... will everyone get the haircut from Friends and start wearing Bongo jeans again?? Fashion fears aside, I can certainly get behind present day sonic harkenings to the glory days of 'zines and indie rock. Especially in the case of Procedure Club, where a modern interpretation of the old form has its own special twists.
Adam and Andrea of New Haven, CT, are the duo behind the sweet sounds presented below, and they've just released an excellent new album on the Slumberland label, "Doomed Forever," which I adore.
We've just got ahold of a few netreleases by the Procedure Club here at the FMA that I recommend: an EP called "Beko 09" on the venerable Beko Digital Single Label out of France who just joined the FMA's ranks, as well as the band's self-titled album from 2008 (on the Skribble Kite label). Take a listen to a few of my favorite tracks below and bliss out.
jason on 06/16/2010 at 12:00PM
Electric Jellyfish: blues-punk from Melbourne
Melbourne Australia's Electric Jellyfish are an incredible psych-punk band, who harness the power of experimental minimalism with anthemic blues-rawk energy. Their music is released in Australia on their own Spectacular Commodity label (named after a piece by minimalist composer Glenn Branca). Other labels around the world are starting to take notice as well --Thurston Moore and Byron Coley's Ecstatic Yod imprint released a limited cassette run of The Woods EP back in 2008, and Connecticut-based upstart Twin Lakes Records picked up their latest EP.
"Imagine of Power, Poolside" and "Hellhound" are two tracks off the 2010 EP, which is now available on 12'' vinyl as well as digital, available here.
Check out the Twin Lakes Records label page for more sounds from the label's artists Myty Konkeror and Closely Watched Trains. And keep an eye out for the next time Electric Jellyfish come to your town -- they tour frequently and their live shows are not to be missed! No tour dates on the EJ myspace at the moment, but looks like there's also a new split EP with Pony Bones.