WOL XV - Music Selection / Foggy Mixtape (english)

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x Sick Hyenas _ Surf'n blood

Those young hyenas directly come from Hamburg, Germany and watch out, they severely bite! Check out our interview here.
They released a furious debut cassette the White Mofo Drug Smuggla (La Pochette Surprise Records) and their first LP is ready to be released, so label people, don’t miss that, it’s worth the trouble…



x Audacity _ Couldn't Hold A Candle

We thought that they only were punk and dirty, not at all. These Californians (Fullerton,CA) just released a really great power pop album called Butter Knife (via Suicide Squeeze Records).
In 2008 they did the rant garage Power Drownings, and they now return timely as a polished diamond, as you can hear with the great Couldn't Hold A Candle.



x Gap Dream _ Chill Spot

Prostrate yourself people, his Highness Gap Dream, the Chill Prophet just released his new album Shine Your Light on the best label of the moment, Burger Records. Best record of the year ? Definitely. Gabriel Fulvimar is a stubborn genius who synthesizes psychedelism and pop music. Chill Spot is a hit. We dance, we get high, this is unbelievably good.




x Still Charon _ Come Back Dinosaur

Emanating from the promising french DIY scene gravitating within the Collectif Nøthing, Still Sharon is formed by a girl and a boy coming from the heart of France, Limoges. The uncommon beauty of their 1st EP, HΩME, is perfectly illustrated by the song Come Back Dinosaur. Its lo-fi universe is lightly carried by a very touching voice…




x Volage _ Heart Healing (Take 1)

Volage are familiar around and you can check again the late interview we did some time ago after being smashed in the face by their 1st K7 EP, Maddie. This one is just getting reissued with a nice white vinyl 10’’ by the parisian label, Howlin Banana Records (get your copy here before it’s too late!). The beatles-ish song Heart Taking (take 1) is a sort of bridge which links their debut material and their first LP (release in 2014). We were lucky enough to listen to some of these new tracks and they’re devilishly amazing. Now, the wait seems too long but fortunately their explosive live performance will keep us patient. We bet on it, 2014 will be Volage’s year.


x Kaviar Special _ Dead

Coming straight out from the depth of Rennes (France), Kaviar Special took the time to sharpen their scummy garage in the most beautiful caves of Brittany to prepare a 1st S/T LP which is, without any doubt, one of the « Grand Cru » of the end of the year. Our « cœurs de rockers » have been waiting for a long time to be pleased by such a deflagration of sonic and poisonous bombs. This album will be out the 3 of December thanks to the (once again) great french labels Howlin Banana and Azbin Records.



x Sapphire Mansions _ Relic

Sapphire Mansions come from Brooklyn and describe themselves as C8666. And we must say it fits pretty well. Their beautiful EP Over America is out this month and is available here. The song Relic makes us remember our first time with Felt and the Velvet Underground…



x future _ Colors

We left future in the end of 2012 and a lot of happened since then. They’re now part of Collectif Nøthing, released a great EP called Abyss and messed up many venues and gig basements. Colors is a sonic shock that stayed stuck in our heads since the first hearing. Try to imagine Moroder ditching Daft Punk to devote his genius to Jesus & Mary Chain… They plan to release new songs in december and will play around Paris of course…



x unhappybirthday _ Kraken

German fellows unhappybirthday were previously located in Berlin and recently moved to Hamburg and they gradually became indispensable on our turntable. Their synthetic music evokes brilliantly, through some of our german references, a piece of Rheingold for the perfect pop ability, a hint of D.A.F for the hypnotic and dark side and also a certain idea of english 80’s and 90’s music. The song Kraken comes from their cassette EP released in 2013 by Night People and a LP is also available via LebensStrasse Records.




x Jonathan Rado _ Dance Away Your Ego

Jonathan Rado is also known to be half of Foxygen and he recently released his first solo album, the very endearing Law and Order (Woodsist Records). The young american is brightly and smartly paying tribute to his lovely references, in a simple, fresh and affecting way. It should be also noted that White Fence is taking part in the great song Faces.




x ANNA _ I love noise

The young Martin is hiding being ANNA, a project connected to fabulous Volage. In France’s countryside, he’s recording his songs in his room following his moony moods. We can surely tell that this raw talent makes us being immersed in a lovely universe. Check here for the first shots.
 



x Cheap Time _ Kill The Light

Cheap Time are guiding us on the rock and roll path since some years now and it’s always a great pleasure to have them alongside, records after records… The new one is called Exit Smiles and is of course great (out on 26/11 thanks to In The Red Records). Jeffrey Novak and his mad gang are still true war machine in live and cult on the turntable. It should be noticed that he’s also releasing his new solo LP Lemon Kid at the same time via Trouble In Mind Records. Cheap Time are also currently touring Europe, and will be in Paris the 27th of November at l’Espace B, go there or die…

x Jack Name _ Pure Terror

We don’t know much about Jack Name, except he’s been working with Ariel Pink, he’s one of White Fence’s touring guitarists and also get called John Webster Johns. His first LP « Light Show » will be out next January (2014) via God ?, which is a Drag City division handled by Ty Segall. Well, we’re looking forward to here more as the first song Pure Terror is gorgeous….



x The Prefab Messiahs _ Bourgeois Sally

Burger Records recently reissued sort of a Prefab Messiah’s anthology called Devolver. These guys were playing their post punk gems in the beginning of the 80’s around Massachussetts and it’s a great pleasure and surprise to discover today this hidden treasure. If you’re into TV Personalities or Swell Maps tone, you will fall in love with that, so get it here. Oh, and also, The Prefab Messiah are preparing a new album after almost 30 years of silence…


x Ekkofabrikken _ Follow the flower

Danish lads Ekkofabrikken are located in Copenhagen and we already ran across some of them for also playing in the beloved and magnificent Halasan Bazar. The sweet and dreamy song Follow The Flowers spreads and shares a tender and naïve beauty. To be followed.


x La Luz _ Big Big Blood

By combining surf band and girl band nowadays, the Californian from La Luz just found the perfect formula that would be much appreciated around here for a test. These days on tour, the girls might have seen another kind of light, when they got involved in a car crash, losing all their instruments. A support page has been created, if you want to help… They released the beautiful album It's Alive last october (Hardly Art).




x Crimes (MN) _ Thrifty Vultures

Crimes are from Minneapolis and take us for a ride through their saturnine pop where vocals layers and heady melodies get tangled. Their first album Thin Sunlight  is a nice surprise and you can listen to it and get it here.



x Midnight Ghost _ Lava Mountain

A guy called Thomas Ellington is behind Midnight Ghost project and its delightful lo-fi pop. The record you can listen to on bandcamp is brilliant and we’re looking forward to the following material.




Keep the faith!

B. / FGC
thanks to JL.

WOL XV - Music Selection / Foggy Mixtape

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x Sick Hyenas _ Surf'n blood

Les jeunes hyènes sortent tout droit de Hambourg et on vous prévient, elle mordent ! On en parle plus précisemment par ici.
Une première cassette furieuse intitulée the White Mofo Drug Smuggla (La Pochette Surprise Records) et un LP prêt à sortir, messieurs les labels, manifestez-vous, ça en vaut la peine... 



x Audacity _ Couldn't Hold A Candle

On les pensait uniquement punk et sales, pas du tout. Les Californiens Audacity (de Fullerton, plus précisément) viennent de sortir un très très bon album de power pop Butter Knife (via Suicide Squeeze Records).
On était resté sur leur brulôt garage Power Drownings sorti en 2008 et ils reviennent à point nommé. Le diamant est dorénavant poli, comme l’illustre parfaitement cet extrait Couldn't Hold A Candle.



x Gap Dream _ Chill Spot

Prosternez-vous, son altesse Gap Dream, Roi des Chillers sort son second album Shine Your Light chez le meilleur label actuel Burger Records. Album de l’année ? Certainement. Gabriel Fulvimar n’en fait qu’à sa tête en synthétisant psychédélisme et pop… C’est un génie et Chill Spot est un tube. On plane, on danse, c’est fatalement bon.




x Still Charon _ Come Back Dinosaur

Issus de la prometteuse scène française DIY gravitant au sein du Collectif Nøthing, les Still Charon viennent de Limoges, au cœur de la France et leur 1er EP HΩME est d’une beauté rare. Come Back Dinosaur illumine parfaitement cet univers lo-fi porté par une voix des plus touchantes…




x Volage _ Heart Healing (Take 1)

On a déjà parlé il y a longtemps des Volage, après avoir été frappé par leur 1er EP Maddie. Celui-ci vient juste de bénéficier d’une belle réédition vinyle grâce au label parisien Howlin Banana Records (à se procurer par ici et avant qu’il ne soit trop tard).
La chanson très beatlesienne Heart Taking (take 1) fait le lien entre leurs débuts et un 1er LP qui sortira l’année prochaine. On a eu la chance de pouvoir en écouter quelques extraits, et ils s’avèrent tellement bons que l’attente parait beaucoup trop longue. Pour patienter, leurs live enragés feront bien l’affaire…
On l’annonce, 2014 sera leur année.


x Kaviar Special _ Dead

Sortis tout droit des tréfonds rennais, les Kaviar Special ont eu le temps d’affiner leur garage humide et crasseux dans les plus belles caves bretonnes et de préparer un 1er LP éponyme qui s’annonce clairement comme l’un des grands cru de cette fin d’année. Nos cœurs de rockers attendaient depuis longtemps d’être réjouis à ce point par une déflagration de bombes soniques et vénéneuses. On remercie franchement les Kaviar et on attend début décembre pour se procurer physiquement cet album qui sort chez les excellents label français Howlin Banana Records et Azbin Records.



x Sapphire Mansions _ Relic

Sapphire Mansions viennent de Brooklyn et se décrivent comme C8666. Et il faut dire que ça leur va plutôt bien. Leur bel EP Over America sort ce mois-ci et est disponible par ici. En écoutant Relic, on repense à nos premières fois avec Felt et le Velvet Underground…



x future _ Colors

On avait quitté future fin 2012 et depuis, de l’eau a coulé sous les ponts. Ils font partie du Collectif Nøthing, ont sorti un excellent Abyss EP et retourné pas mal de salles (et caves) de concerts. Le choc sonique Colors n’est d’ailleurs jamais sorti de notre tête. On dirait Moroder qui fait du Jesus & Mary Chain…
Concernant leur actu, ils prévoient de sortir de nouveaux morceaux en décembre et sont en concert à Paris bien sûr…



x unhappybirthday _ Kraken

Précédemment basés à Berlin et nouvellement emménagés à Hamburg, les allemands unhappybirthday sont peu à peu devenus incontournable sur notre platine. Leur musique synthétique réussit à évoquer parfaitement, références allemandes obligent, un côté Rheingold pour leur pop parfaite, un soupçon de DAF pour le côté sombre et hypnotique mais aussi une certaine idée de la scène anglaise des années 80, 90… Kraken est extrait de leur EP Cassette sorti en 2013 chez Night People et un LP est également disponible via le label LebensStrasse Records.




x Jonathan Rado _ Dance Away Your Ego

Jonathan Rado est la moitié de Foxygen et a récemment sorti sont premier album, le très attachant  Law and Order (Woodsist). Le jeune américain y brille élégamment et rend hommage à ses belles références, tout en restant simple, frais et touchant. A noter que White Fence apparait sur l’excellent titre Faces.




x ANNA _ I love noise

Derrière ANNA, se cache le jeune Martin, proche des fabuleux Volage. DIY, dans sa chambre, au centre de la France, il enregistre selon ses humeurs, qui, portées par un talent brut et scotchant nous plongent dans un bel univers… Premier shots par ici…
 



x Cheap Time _ Kill The Light

Les Cheap Time nous accompagnent depuis quelques années et prouvent encore une fois sur leur nouvel album Exit Smiles (26/11 via In The Red Records) qu’ils sont toujours là. Véritable machine de guerre en live et objet cultes sur platines, les affres de Jeffrey Novak et ses comparses portent haut et fort la flamme rock and roll pour notre plus grand plaisir. À noter que Jeffrey Novak sort à la même date son nouvel album solo Lemon Kid via Trouble In Mind. Les Cheap Time finissent actuellement leur tournée européenne et passeront par Paris le 27 novembre à l'Espace B avec Crusaders Of Love et Protokids, miam miam.



x Jack Name _ Pure Terror

On ne sait que peu de choses sur Jack Name, si ce n’est qu’il est l’un des guitaristes live de White Fence et se fait aussi appelé John Webster Johns. Il sort son 1er album Light Show en janvier prochain, via God ?, division de Drag City chapeautée par Ty Segall.
Et bien ça promet de belles choses, en tout cas si l’on se fie au 1er extrait, intitulé Pure Terror…



x The Prefab Messiahs _ Bourgeois Sally

Burger Records a récemment réédité sous la forme d’une anthologie intitulée Devolver les perles post punk des Prefab Messiahs. Ces gens là officiaient au début des années 80 du côté du Massachussetts et quel plaisir et belle surprise de pouvoir aujourd’hui découvrir ce trésor caché. Album à se procurer absolument par ici qui ravira tous les amateurs de TV Personalities, Swell Maps et consorts… A noter que les Prefab Messiahs sont actuellement en train de préparer un nouvel album après 30 ans de silence…



x Ekkofabrikken _ Follow the flower

Les danois Ekkofabrikken officient du côté de Copenhague et nous sont quelque peu familiers car ils sont échappés des magnifiques Halasan Bazar. La belle et rêveuse Follow The Flower projette une beauté tendre et naïve. À suivre de très près.


x La Luz _ Big Big Blood

La Luz a sorti le très bel album It's Alive (Hardly Art) en octobre dernier. Alliant le surf band au girl band, les californiennes ont trouvé une délicieuse recette qu’on aimerait bien voir par chez nous. Actuellement en tournée, les filles ont vu leur vie défiler lors d’un accident de la route qui leur a détruit tout leur matériel. Une page de soutien a été créée si vous voulez leur filer un coup de main…




x Crimes (MN) _ Thrifty Vultures

Venant de Minneapolis, les Crimes baladent leur pop ténébreuse et emmêlent nappes de chants rêveurs et mélodies entêtantes. Leur album Thin Sunlight est une belle surprise et s’écoute et se procure par ici.



x Midnight Ghost _ Lava Mountain

Un certain Thomas Ellington se cache derrière le projet Midnight Ghost et son exquise pop lo-fi. L’album que vous pouvez écouter sur son bandcamp est brillant et on attend la suite avec impatience.




Keep the faith!

B. / FGC
Merci à JL.

WOL XIV - Music Selection (english)

 



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x_Halasan Bazar_Tin Foiled

We’re starting this selection with danish Halasan Bazar who are almost unknown but without doubt one of the most beautiful discoveries this year. "Tin Foiled" is being played over and over and surely will be for a good while ! Judge by yourselves... If you haven’t already done it, I invite you to check the little interview we had with Fredrik, their frontman. Their album, « How To Be Ever Happy » is brilliant and I’m saving my words. It was release as a cassette and is also downloadable through the nice label Moon Glyph. They’re preparing their next album for the beginning of 2013 which will probably benefit from a vinyl release. They would like to come and play in France so don’t hesitate to contact if you’re interested ! They deserve it, don’t they ?



x_Mac Demarco_Freaking Out the Neighborhood

This is a new release for Captured Tracks who keeps having fine tastes. 
We discovered the canadian fellow Mac Demarco with his Rock N Roll Night Club EP where he was playing some kind of crooner-wise gems. He’s coming back with a first LP « 2 », which is disconcerting because of its excellence in this kind of slacker music with fine and cheeky melodies. He will play at Point FMR in Paris the 2th of December with his labelmate Chris Cohen (who just released a great album too). Not to miss !



x_Gap Dream_A Little Past Midnight

Gap Dream is our outsider for 2012. This is the project of Gabriel Fulvimar which was first released as a cassette by Burger Records. Then the label decided to release a vinyl version as it is a great album. Their last release is the fabulous Ali Baba 7’’, out thanks to Suicide Squeeze. « A Little Past Midnight « is the b side.



x_The Mallard_Mansion

Belonging to the Castle Face Records family, the Californian Mallards released a few months ago a nice LP called « Yes On Blood ». It feels like some witches from San Francisco who are celebrating a rock and roll mass where they would force us to sing, dance and drink some alcoholized potion by listening to the sound of their diabolic sorcery. This is of course irresistible. They’re also taking part of the tribute to the Velvet Underground by covering "There She Goes". For the 45th birthday of the mythic banana album, Castle Face Records is inviting on a limited edition vinyl, the best bands from the Bay Area to cover the legendary songs. It will be released in November.



x_Ty Segall_Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground cover)

This guy never stops…. We’ll count all his gems at the end of the year… We left him last summer with the release of the album Slaughterhouse (In The Red Records) with his Ty Segall Band. This was a hurricane… Then there was the release of his great new album some weeks ago, which is called Twins (Drag City). He’s gonna do a European tour soon and will be playing the 24h of November in Paris at BBmix Festival with Chain and The Gang, The Rebel and Misfit's Galleon. He is of course also taking part in the Velvet Underground tribute with his Castle Face Records buddies. His version of Femme Fatale is obviously fatale…




x_Lantern_I Don't Know

Zach and Emily are from Philadelphia, they’re experimenting and re working, without fear, some pure breed rock and roll with a convincing nihilism. Their compositions are raw and abrasive. The result is some cult songs that it’s difficult to get out of your head. They’re friends with Dirty Beaches and they released some brilliant stuff on labels such as Bathetic Records, Night People, Electric Voice, Mammoth Cave, Craft Singles, Mean Streets... “I Don’t Know” comes from their "Burn Youth" cassette (Night People) which is a kind of compilation of their incredible first. Their last crime is called “Dream Mine" (Bathetic Records) and is pulling the volume up to eleven in a dirty and rough way… We can’t wait to see them play live.




x_Blissed Out Fatalists_Don't Stand Far Away

Following Shoegaze Archives series, Captured Tracks carry on with reissuing projects. The new subsidiary is called Body Double Ltd and is operated by Corey Cunningham (Terry Malts) and Matt Kallman. They have the same will to find forgotten bands that were part of the history of american noisy rock music. They already released Half Church and also Blissed Out Fatalist, which is a great proto punk LA band from the end of the 80’s. Their next release will be Tom Diabo and you’ll find all the information on the website. To be continued…



x_future_Citizen

These Parisian shoegaze newcomers are old friends from the Rennes underground scene. This guys must have fallen into a cauldron full of Jesus & Mary Chain vibe. If you add to this some talent, a drum machine, a guitar, a bass and a 57, you’ve got future. It’s sounding pretty well! They haven’t release a lot of stuff for now so we’re really looking for the rest!



x_Brothers in Law_Holy Weekend

Brothers in Law are our favorite Italian band with their hit “Holy Weekends” which they released some months ago on their Gray Days EP ( We were never being boring / Cf-Records / Matta Lab). I invite you to read the interview we did if you’d like to learn more about them. It was obvious that they should be on our selection and we’re looking forward to some new material soon as they’ve recorded during the summer. Ciao Ragazzo!



x_Beat Mark_Speed Of Sound

It’s not a secret that we love Beat Mark but they deserve it. Peacefully they carry on with their precious songs… They’re playing the 1th of November with Hell Shovel at l’Espace B in Paris. Lately, they released a split with Two Bit Dezperados (which is a great discovery), with the memorable song Speed of Sound. You can grab this 7’’ on the website of the brilliant Italian labels Shit Music For Shit People and Way Out There Records.



x_Bare Wires_School Days

When Matthew Melton announced a few months ago that Bare Wires were over, we were really sad as all his songs keep rocking us since some years now. This californian fellow always had a knack for creating open heart / tender heart melodies and biting riff classics. “Idle Dream” (Southpaw) has the perfect name for a farewell record and it’s definitely a lovely farewell. Here you can find everything that you like with Bare Wires but maybe the melancholy is more perceptible, as on the song “School Days”. But dry your eyes, as Melton has more than one trick up his sleeve! He’s preparing new material with his new band Warm Soda. They’ve already released some songs and notably the Velvet Underground’s cover of “I’m Waiting For My Man” du Velvet Underground for Castle Face Records album. Vive la Melton!



x_Crusaders of Love_Lonely City

The furious guys and girl from Lille are still on a crusade for the rock and roll, and what a great feeling ! Their last LP « Take It Easy But Take It » (FDH Records) was released last July and is perfect for keeping a good mood during these cold times… Their power pop is still well-polished and sharp. This is definitely a great record where their talent shows off. In the theme of the city, we have already heard e.g. The Jam - In The City, The Only Ones - City Of Fun, and now we proudly have Lonely City from the Crusaders of Love. They’re touring around France and will come back to Paris : 29/11 @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge.



x_Useless Eaters_Black Night Ultraviolet

Seth Sutton belongs to the generation of ultra prolific artists who keeps releasing stuff all the time, always with the same rage and fury where we can sense some real talent. The question is when will he stop? Sometimes it’s getting to quick for our ears, but we obviously won’t complain about it. This is not a coincidence that he has collaborated with guys such as Ty Segall and Jay Reatard (RIP). You can grab Seth’s garage punk DIY stuff (if they’re not already sold out) on labels such as Shattered, Goner, Mastermind, Jeth-Row, Goodbye Boozy, Nashville's Dead, Tic Tac Totally, Gold Tapes, Burger, Jolly Dream, Jeffery Drag, Anti-Fade… For 2012, we’ll advise you to get his last and fabulous LP “C’est Bon” (Southpaw), the 7’’ “Addicted to the Blade” (Tic Tac Totally) and lastly his EP “Black Night Ultraviolet” (Manimal Vinyl) from which this song is from. See ya soon Seth?



x_Scott & Charlene's Wedding _I Wanna Die

Australia is a faraway land for us Europeans but we have the chance to be connected with it through it’s great rock scene with plenty of bands as Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Twerps, Dick Diver, Total Control, Peak Twins etc… Scott & Charlene's Wedding is a new discovery even if they’re active since a while now on the underground Aussie scene. Multifaceted artist Craig Dermody (you can find his work here) is running this project and he moved recently to NYC. “I Wanna Die” is part of a sublime split record from Scott & Charlene's Wedding and Peak Twins. It has been co-released by aussie label Bed Room Suck and Night People (US). By the way we’ll soon again speak of these guys…



x_Each Other_An Instant

These Canadian newcomers have just released a new EP « Heavenly Spaced » which is very promising. This is fresh, wild and it can remind of the unforgettable band Women, in a more pop spirit. Each Other has to be discovered and they’re playing in Paris with Action Beat the 14th of November at Point FMR.



x_Sic Alps_Moviehead

The Californian veteran rockers released their new album (via Drag City) for which they took some distance to their previous lo-fi material resulting in a clear production and even some strings parts! The result is lovely and we keep thinking that these guys definitely rule…



x_Venera 4_Seabed Terror

We close this selection with some newcomers with big potential. The parisian quartet Venera 4 brings us to its dark and powerful universe with this first unreleased song “Seabed Terror”. We’ll follow them closely as this foggy shoegaze melody is unstoppable…




Keep the faith!

B.