Back with our regular dose of
new proposals, enjoy!
Born Ruffians. We begin our discoveries with this
Canadian band from Midland, Ontario, but based in Toronto since 2004, when after some local gigs they signed to the UK electronic label Warp Records. Their self-titled debut EP came in 2006, followed by the successful single "
Hummingbird", in anticipation of the LP, Red, Yellow & Blue. The second album, "Say It", arrived in
2010. Now they have announced their comeback with "With Her Shadow" and "Needle" both included on the forthcoming album "Birthmarks" out in April. Quirky, joyful and smoothly anthemic indierock. Very special.
Pins. We move to Manchester, UK to meet an all-female quartet with a very short story behind them, as they've only been a full band since summer 2012. A double A-side, "
Eleventh Hour/Shoot You" and the live EP "
LuvU4Lyf" are the only releases so far, but are more than enough to get us excited. Like the missing link between
Warpaint (these tribal cymbals) and the
Dum Dum Girls, this is hyper addictive indierock with one foot on the C-86 style and the other on Phil Spector and the "droning 70s".
Irresistible combination of fuzz, echoes, reverbs and pop melodies. Band to watch.
Khushi. Our third proposal comes thanks to the
good indiespot website, who at the beginning of the week discovered this mysterious artist/band. After tracing the few information available thanks to
social networks, it seems that behind
Khushi (which means happiness in Hindi) there's an unsigned guy from Hackney, London with four spectacular tunes on his
soundcloud. As indiespot says, you can hear the echoes of
Bon Iver,
The National, Local Natives or The Antlers. Impressive references for this amazing little collection of slow burning songs, full of intensity, delicacy and fire that
captures real emotion. Judge yourself and let's expect for more.
Here's our next round of our TOP TEN playlist, with the tunes I have been enjoying the most lately. As with previous sets, this is also available at the blog's soundcloud (come on and join us). With our usual new findings, in this ninth Jukebox we bring you veteran musicians returning to form, exciting bands that will see live tomorrow and a VERY VERY special project that you're going to see several times on this blog... all in all, superb tunes!
