The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 117

Today is La Mercè (the local festivity in Barcelona) so we are headed to the BAM Festival concerts. Excited to watch The Goon Sax (keep bringing Australian bands here!) and Lloyd Cole among others... if the rain allow us! So, in order to have a proper "warm-up" for this evening, what's better than a new round of our TOP TEN Jukebox? It's a pretty eclectic one, with stunning comebacks by beloved bands of this Blog as Honeyblood and The Holiday Crowd, plus many new finds (one courtesy of Pretty Olivia Records and another one thanks to the infinite great taste of Rafa Skam), so there's plenty to enjoy. And remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

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The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 109

Summer has clearly arrived to Barcelona... making the citizens just focus either on holidays and finding a way to breath (sweltering days that keep repeating as 'Groundhog Day'). Luckily for us, the music is not taking a break, so prepare yourselves to for a great playlist gathered in our weekly TOP TEN Jukebox. Is pretty full of friends (what a starting trio!). as well as new and exciting bands demanding your attention. And remember, all songs are listed at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

Direct links to 2016 Jukebox playlists

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Bloodbuzzed loves Shelflife Records!

Look what the postman just brought me! Aren't they gorgeous? So many wonderful records (Dub Noir, Majestic, The Garlands, When Nalda Became Punk, The Holiday Crowd plus Bart and Friends and Balloon Magic) from an equally amazing indie label.

Bloodbuzzed has officially started its Shelflife Records' collection!

Shelflife wonders! Photo: Bloodbuzzed

PD: Thanks for the "extra". Bloodbuzzed loves Shelflife Records!

Discoverer 46: new indie findings

We're back with our Sunday dose of new bands proposals for you, enjoy!

The Holiday Crowd. Our first band comes from Toronto, but judging for how they sound, you would say they hail from a grey and rainy British borough, not very far from London, in the 80s. The foursome formed in 2010, describing themselves as "minimal and stripped-down" which is an incredibly wrong definition. Because if you listen to their debut mini-album "Over the Bluffs", out in Shelflife since January, or the forthcoming (next week) 7" "Sick Days" you won't find anything "minimal". On the contrary, this is an impressively beautiful, expansive and touching collection of tunes. A heartwarming, epic (the Morrisseysque voice, the chiming guitars) and vital dose of the best jangle-pop.
The Holiday Crowd - Over The Bluffs sampler

Sleeping Policemen. German bands are not very usual on this blog, sadly. That's why I'm specially happy introducing you to this Hamburg quintet. Discovered thanks to the infinite good taste of EardrumsPop, with whom they have just released a very nice EPop single. But I wasn't "that" convinced. I needed more songs. Something that I have found after checking their self-titled debut album, out since March. Gentle indie-pop, sometimes beautifully embellished and melancholic, others upbeat and straightforward, but always shiny, welcoming and full of irresistible melodies.

September Girls. And our third band comes from the haunting Dublin, thanks to another referential label, Matinee Recordings. The all-female five-piece band formed in September 2011, debuting with a limited cassette single on Soft Power Records in April 2012 (sold out within a week). More recording and touring followed, releasing a trio of 7 inch EPs this autumn. Eps that you should check out, as this band play the most absorbing and infectious garage pop tunes I have heard in a long while. Fuzzy and noisy yet harmonic (these girl group vocals are disarming) and melodic. Their music make no prisoners, comes like a rush of blood to your head and affects all your senses. You have been warned.  

September Girls sampler