The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 142

Easter break is almost here! We can touch it literally with the palm of our hands! While we are counting down days for our trip to the Wales Goes Pop (holidays and music, always the best combination) here's another round of our TOP TEN JUKEBOX. This week we have a really great playlist full of newcomers and the return to form of several Blog "crushes", like Mermaidens, Terry Malts or Cayetana. So take a deep breath and remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

Direct links to 2017 Jukebox playlists

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The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 137

Welcome to the psychedelic & jangle week! We have an antidote (at least, temporary) to this world full of chaos, surrealistic situations and, let's be clear, stupid thoughts. A nice dose of new exciting music in our latest  TOP TEN JUKEBOX , full of surprises and diverse sounds, as well as the promising returns of The Feelies, The Mountain Goats, WALL, or Hoops. Overall, a much needed help to keep our sanity. Have a really nice weekend and remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

Direct links to 2017 Jukebox playlists

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Best EPs of the Year 2016

Almost mid-December, so it's about time to start thinking about holidays, New Year's resolutions and, of course, best of the year lists! So honouring one of our most beloved traditions, we are going to unveil our favourite EPs, records, concerts, books and songs of 2016. Don't take it too seriously, of course, just as a way to pay our humble tribute to the bands & artists & reads that have blown our minds during the past months. So, let's begin with our best EPs (no singles, only releases between 3 to 6 songs), a format that regularly provides us so many gems. Check it out and stay tuned!

15. Actor​/​Actress- Fascinations Grand Chorus
14. Justo y Necesario- Apartamentos Acapulco
13. Hoops- Hoops
12. Séance for Something- Pale Lights
11. Terry vs Tori- Terry vs Tori

10. Year of the Rabbit- Eskimeaux

9. Red Returns- Desario

8. Blind Spot- Lush

7. Jobin- The Orielles

6. We. the Pigs- We. the Pigs

5. WALL- WALL

4. Breaker- Phosphene

3. Canciones Populistas- Nacho Vegas*

2. Never Going Home- Hazel English

1. Zona- Young Scum

Want to check the best EPs of 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012?


* Note: Technically speaking, 'Canciones Populares' by Nacho Vegas came out digitally on December 2015. But as the physical release arrived this past January, when I heard it for the first time, it has been included (love it too much not do it).

Discoverer 150: new indie findings

It's been a little while (not much time for updates), but our discoverer series is back with an incredible trio of guitar-driven pop bands! No fillers, just killers!

Real Numbers. Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, this now quartet, started to show around 2008 as a trio, releasing several singles, an EP, two 12" via Three Dimensional Records, and some appearances on cassettes from Forged Artifacts and No Problem (best way to check their exciting earlier stuff is to search for the 'What Was & What Is' compilation album) until 2015. But now the band lead by Eli Hansen returns with their first proper full length 'Wordless Wonder', out now through the infallible Slumberland Records. And what a release this is! Instantly addictive, channeling the spirit of C86, summoning Television Personalities as well as garage-pop from 50-60s, but with a fuller sound where guitars are chiming all over. Not even 25 minutes of pure, upbeat, straightforward indie-punk-pop joy. A killer!

Young Scum. We move to Richmond, VA, to meet Chris Smith and his bedroom pop project that, luckily, evolved into a proper and irresistible indiepop band with the help of local musicians Taylor Haag, Ben Medcalf, and Brian Dove. Since 2014 they have released the EP 'Autumn August' and two split EPs with bands Shrunk and Reporters, the latest released by our friends at Dufflecoat. And since July of 2016 we can enjoy 'Zona', a five-song EP that, let me get this straight, contains some of the best indiepop tunes of the year. Out on tape via Citrus City Records and our beloved Pretty Olivia Records on vinyl through their amazing 12" Club, this is summery, melancholic, bouncy and dreamy jangle-pop, filled with a tone of hooks and honey-drenched vocals (thanks to Ali Mislowsky's backing vocals). Look for Young Scum among the best EPs (very high) on the end-of-year-lists of this humble Blog.

Hoops. And we end in Bloomington, Indiana, with another solo project, the one lead by frontman Drew Auscherman, that developed into a full quartet in 2014, although their first tunes didn't surface until recently, with Tapes #1-3 coming out at their bandcamp from late 2015 to early summer of 2016. Now they have their first official release in the form of self-titled EP out since late August via the mighty Fat Possum Records. anticipating a debut album currently in the works. It's a great taster of what's to be expected with such a promising band. Recalling the moodier moments of DIIV and ambiences of Wild Nothing while adding a notch of "that English melancholy", Hoops' guitars seem to be drowning on deep waters, yet at the same time the sun seems able to light up, elegantly and quietly, any room. A band to get excited with...

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 121 (Primavera Club Special)

Today we have a special Jukebox for you, a miscellaneous playlist devoted to the Primavera Club Festival that, starting today, will take us all weekend discovering new groups live! Many bands and artists to see, so we thought it might we worth to warm-up with some tunes from the acts that look more exciting for us, plus some mandatory gigs to attend like Lucy Dacus, El Lado Oscuro de la Broca and, needless to say, Minor Victories (seeing Rachel Goswell again!!) We'll keep you posted and, as usual, all these songs are also available at our Soundcloud, so please join us! And see you at Apolo!

Direct links to 2016 Jukebox playlists

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