The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 132

End of January arrives, and despite the year has begun in a pretty disappointing way (again, I'm not talking about politics, if so, the words used would be terrifying or utterly depressing) so this is one of the occasions our regular, working week Jukebox closer is more than needed to cheer up our mood. Even more so when it's so full of exciting new discoveries, like Imaginary People and No Thank You, plus the surprising return? (please!) of our beloved Let's Buy Happiness and another terrific tune from Nadia Reid. And remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud page (Join Us!).

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Best Songs of the Year 2014: 75-51

The music keeps coming! Here's the second round of our favourite 100 songs of the year, now with tunes comprised between numbers 75 to 51. As the previous list, you'll find it also at our Soundcloud page. The countdown will continue shortly with the third part, so you should stay tuned! Hope you enjoy!

75. For the Feel- Bleached
74. Weekend- Arts & Leisure
73. Crime- Real Estate
72. Leave the family - The Skygreen Leopards
71. Flesh War - Total Control
70. All the Rage Back Home- Interpol

69.You can't make me make up my mind-The Sun Days
68. Ashes and Embers- The Casket Girls
67. Party Police- Alvvays
66. Stay Gold- The Hobbes Fanclub
65. Cool Runnings- Tashaki Miyaki
64. Simple And Sure - The Pains Of Being Pure
63. Embers- Night Flowers
62. Rimbaud’s Eyes- Dum Dum Girls
61. Now Time- Close Lobsters
60. Every Morning- J.Mascis
59. Visiones- Aries
58. This Is Pop- Latimer House
57. In My Teeth- The Rosebuds
56. Head Down- The Ocean Party
55. The Rent I Pay- Spoon
54. Running Wild- La Sera
53. Coming Down- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
52.Some Dreams Come True- SW/MM/NG
51. Rabbit Run- Lily and Madeleine

Discoverer 96: new indie findings

Three wonders in the next round of our new music proposals series. A lot to enjoy!

Blooper. Based in Seattle, USA, Adriano Santi began Blooper as his solo, homemade project in 2011, which crystallised that summer in the 'Ballard Avenue' EP. But Santi wanted to have a proper band and, with the help of Darrin Ruder on bass & Chris Quirk on drums, the now trio came out with self-released EP 'Go Away' in May 2012. A year later, the band joined the sadly now defunct label Manic Pop Records to release the 7" 'Long Distance'. With Chris Mac replacing Ruder on bass, Blooper has just presented their latest work, the EP 'So Very Small' out now in Jigsaw Records. Power-pop, surf, garage, 60's vibe, British invasion, you name it. All the means fuzzy and upbeat, hyper-addictive and guitar-driven unmissable pop fits them. Fun and extremely contagious music.

Tashaki Miyaki. This L.A. based trio, named after a mispronunciation of film director Tashaki Miike, started in 2011 initially as a duo, Lucy "Miyaki" on vocals and drums with Rocky "Tashaki" on guitar, while Dora 'Lil D' joined later as bassist and additional vocalist. First songs appeared digitally later that year, with first physical, very much limited releases arrived in 2012 in the form of a limited 7" covering The Everly Brothers and a full cover album (including Roxette, INXS, The Troggs or Father John Misty). Their proper, official debut, though was the 7" AA single 'Best Friend / Tonight' that came out that in Luvluvuv Records. A self-titled EP on Burger Records followed in March 2013 and since February 2014, anticipating a full album soon to see the light of day, you can enjoy the wonder 'Cool Runnings / There Was a Light' 7" single, via their own label Blonde Dog. Lo-fi & dream pop, with hints of psychedelia and shoegaze, they rightfully self-defined as “dreamy, syrupy, and easy listening”. They should have added haunting to the list of adjectives.

Mermaidens. (Gladly) Back down under again. Hailing from Wellington, NZ, this trio began their career in 2012, uploading initial demos (all their music so far is 'name-your-price' available at their Bandcamp) July. In 2013 they started to appear playing live, with the song 'The Bay' arriving in April. But seems the sirens where awaiting 2014 to abandon the seas & reach solid ground with two EPs, 'Bones EP', released in February, and the enigmatically titled 'O', out since June. Hypnotic and obscure psych-pop in the vein of early Warpaint, with the vocals and dreamy guitar lines of Lily Paris West & Gussie Larkin inviting you to surrender, while Abe Hollingsworth's feral drums adding a sense of mystery and menace. Hard not to fall after hearing the Mermaidens' call.