Ouch..

Damn it. I've had to take all posts from the last few days down... for some reason they've been corrupted, and I don't think any of you guys could see them anyway...

**Back up soon**

I promise...

Charlie made me happy...

Apologies for the somewhat enforced absence- I was in Copenhagen for part of the time (and, having heard a sneak preview of the new Nephew album, I can tell yoiu it's pretty darn good) and then trying to teach myself to walk again (don't ask, but it involved falling down the steps in Ideal Bar) for the other part...

It'll be something of a double-header this weekend- new releases by Charlie, Don't Surf, and Wolfkin...

Charlie, Don't Surf's debut EP "How Turkey Turned into Being A Monster" is every bit as good as you'd expect it to be (not that they bribed me by flattering me or anything...actually, I think I'd love them just as much aif they didn't). Collecting together the favourites that I've been raving about for some time- "Friends of French Art", "Breakthrough" et al, the 5 track EP is well worth taking a look at (if only to say that you've got a copy of the CD they released before they were snapped up by a big label...)

Unfortunately, you've missed the contest to win the EP on "Hits In The Car", but that doesn't mean that you should go and buy it now from here for the bargain price of just DKK50 or EU8 now.. I promise you won't regret it

And Wolfkin? Learn about them tomorrow...

Hell Is In Hello...

Anothe rone of those bizarre update stylee posts- this time to do with Charlie, Don't Surf's Rasmus Hedeman's solo project, Hello is in Hello. Although similar to Charlie, Don't Surf's lofi noodlings, Hell is in Hello is a much rawer 4-track sound...

The tracks are all self-produced demos, with Rasmus playing all of the instruments, with a slightly more bedroom recored fell (Ho hum...this could be because they are all bedroom recordings...Enjoy!

Well worth a listen...

Building Goodbyes

I'm Your Toy

More tracks available on Myspace

BSBTA

You'll have to excuse my brief absence- I've been a bit busy pretending be a happy goth, watching London's euivilant of the bizarre Chav love that seems to be sweeping mainland Europe and watching dwarf hardcore bands (don't ask) to write for the past few days...

Today, it's more of a label thing...

BSBTA is a Copenhagen based DIY label worth writing about for just for the fact that its acroynym stands for Bloated Beer Sasquatch Theatre Audio (a fantastic name for a label if I ever heard one!) . The fact that it has a fantastic subscribers series of CD-Rs (split into a “pop” and “un-pop” subsection) is a bonus, as is the fact that there’s connection with the wonderful DIY collective KaninKanon…

I’ll leave you to explore the site here, but here’s a sample in the meantime…

Younolovebunny- King Fresh

Leisure Alaska

If Beck came from Finland and played noise rock...

Video for "Hey There Mr"

Apologies for the lack of post yesterday- my internet connection died, and I've had to spend hours reconfiguring it... I promise y'all that normal service will be resumed...

I was intrigued by an email I received from Leisure Alaska last week about their video for "Hey Mr"... For various reasons (falling in love, trying to find a new job, other things being in the way...) it slipped to the back of my mind...until now, that it. "Hey Mr" is a truly amazing piece of film taht you really should sit and watch (several times) and then share with your friends (it's on Youtube, folks)

As for the music, my favourite song has to be the Dawn of The Replicants-esque (UK readers may remember them for the fact that they released an EP a month some years back...Their recent comeback hasn't been amazing, but I'm talking about the glory days of "Radars" and "Mary Louise") "Transistors in my mind"... As ever, though, I let you decide...

Transistors in my mind

Hey there Mr

Return of the Power

If you like Leisure Alaska, go and say hi on their Myspace (worth it just for the crazy background..), or check out their website...

Green Pitch go rock?

Erm..... not quite.

A news story today, I think (my connection keeps dying).... PPC faves Green Pitch have a side project called "The River Phoenix". In contrast to the gentle lilting sounds of the Ace of Hearts, The River Phoenix are more a rock band influenced less by the quiet sound of water trickling, and more by the

The new album's due to be recorded later this month, but, until then, take a look at their Myspace for more info, and to hear a few of the early demos...

If you're in Copenhagen saturday the 7th of October, they're playing with Veto at Pumpehuset, and all over Denmark...

EPO-555

You'll have to excuse my....floatiness today, my dears, but I think I might be in love. And EPO-555 have been the soundtrack to my long-distance affair...

Le Beat's on fire video

I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't even concentrate at all. My stomach's full of butterflies, my ear is sore (from a four hour conversation) and I'm trying to remember how to speak German. And it's all been soundtracked by a copy of EPO-555's "Mafia" that he sent me.

Originally, tonight's post would have been headlined with something like "EPO-555-the godfathers of Dexter Fox and the Mafia", but I really can't be doing with that now- my brain is full of mush and sweet dreams of my beloved.... The sound of EPO-555 is amongst the sweetest around, perfect for lying back and daydreaming ot the harmonies that only Danish bands can do so well....

Le Beat's on Fire

EPO-555 are music to fall in love to. Just go and listen, before we have to send the boys in....

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The Autumn leaves fall off the trees...

Here's a beautiful third weekend treat from the archives of Hits in The Car. I'm going to start compiling these myself, but if anyone has any suggestions (or wants to compile one- actually, that might be a good spin on things!), get in touch!

• Made Of Buildings - The Previews At The Movies
• Tiger Baby - Girlfriend
• Portland - Let Me Get What I Want
• I Am Bones - Building Hospitals
• Figurines - The Wonder
• Gravy - Meltdown
• Carpark North - Transparent And Glasslike
• Sparklin June - The Warning Sign
• Larsen & Furious Jane - Tourist With A Typewriter
• Neon Machine - On What Deserted Island With No Hope Of Rescue Is This?
• Anubia - Goodbye Now
• Swimm TV is TV - Crush
• Heartbreak Disco - Ice Floes
• Sepiamusic - Stone

Enjoy!

Tiger Tunes...

I guess in retrospect, I should have seen it coming forward....

I seem to be having a week where all I want to listen to is irresistably dirty sing-along electro-pop, and the irresistably catchy Tiger Tunes seem to fit into that perfectly, snuggling in between Superheroes and Kids of The Ranch (and going pretty damn well with the indiepop stylings of 1234 and Charlie, Don't Surf too) Angry Kids of The Word Unite is an danceable anthem for the disaffected new generation (and, so I found out earlier, reasonably popular with fussy 8 and 9 year olds...don't ask how I know that...)

Tiger Tunes any band who can sing about a "fuck machine", "she knocked my teeth out, she stole my shoes.." , and, with a Beckish sensibility, sing "if we get thirsty, we'll drink sad champagne", and suddenly youknow you've just heard one of yours... Tiger Tunes are a lot like the friend that you have , who, with their eagle eye for picking out the absurd in the ordinary, constantly has you in giggles...

The band are currently on sabbatical, but are making music in various other guises, including Marybell Katastrophe and Qlauz. Of the tracks that I'm offering you, "Kids of the Word Unite" is a pop anthem of the highest order for the disaffected youth, with the kind of "oh fuck it, just do it" attitude that's essential for a great night on the town. Foolio is the funnest Summer hit that never graced the airwaves in your part of the world, including an infectiously catchy "lalalalalala" ending.... Enjoy, my dears, and then, when you realise this isn't enough, go and buy the album...

Angry Kids of The World Unite

Foolio

Tiger Tunes have ways of making you sing. They have ways of making you dance... why resist them any longer when it's this glorious?

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