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Overcolored: Entering The Rat Race
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr19

Overcolored: Enterin...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Based in Kraków, Poland, Overcolored provide our Thursday Instrumental. It’s taken from their EP Corvus Corone Cornix (The Hooded Crow) which is available from Jamendo for free, or for a donation. Audio clip: Adobe...

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The Glass Child: Insanity
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr18

The Glass Child: Ins...

posted by Rodrigo

Charlotte Erikson, the young girl that is behind the artist The Glass Child, was born in Sweden but moved to London to live on her own and give the world music from heaven (in wich she believes). She also believes in...

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Jean Caffeine: Jane Rearranged
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr17

Jean Caffeine: Jane ...

posted by Rodrigo

Originally Jane was a punk-rocking, all girl band drummer. She was able to open for The Clash in a band called Pulsallama. In the 90s she started an alternative country band Jean Caffeine’s All Nite Truckstop. Now...

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Veronica Falls: My Heart Beats
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr16

Veronica Falls: My H...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Veronica Falls comes to us from London, with a song from their 2011 self titled release, that came out two years after their 2009 formation. Enjoy! Members: Roxanne Clifford and James Hoare, both on vocals and guitar,...

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Anika’s Basement Show: I Am King
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr15

Anika’s Baseme...

posted by Stuart Morrison

From the 2011 album Dinner At Edmond’s: The Painting Of The Red Haired Queen. Anika’s Basement Show is the project of David Hagen (AKA Dylvid Crougen). He says: “I am an independent bedroom artist from...

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The Jude: Sadness Avenue
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr14

The Jude: Sadness Av...

posted by Stuart Morrison

The B side of the London band’s latest Single, Heartbreaker. Check out the official video below. The Jude are a London-based rock ‘n’ roll band who describe their sound as “vicious skiffle” – punchy,...

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Les Jupes: If This is the Light
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr13

Les Jupes: If This i...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Les Jupes are a somewhat new band from the centre of Canada and in the middle of a prairie renaissance growing around Head In The Sand Records. The group capped off a great year in 2011 with the release of a new single...

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Cuckoo Chaos: Just Ride It
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr12

Cuckoo Chaos: Just R...

posted by Stuart Morrison

San Diego based Cuckoo Chaos are a band with a bio like no other. It begins “Cuckoo Chaos is the Richard Nixon of disco dancing. Cuckoo Chaos is the Henry Ford of Dada.” Read the rest at the links below, and...

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Jon Vautier: Leave the City Dead
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr11

Jon Vautier: Leave t...

posted by Rodrigo

The Sale Is On is the debut release of Jon Vautier, a Bristol (England) based singer. He writes and plays his own music. If you are looking for sentimental, emotional and real songs, The Sale Is On is your stop. Audio...

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Brave Irene: No Fun
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr10

Brave Irene: No Fun

posted by Charles Stepczyk

From Tiger Trap, to the Softies, and now Brave Irene – out of Canada… One of our favorite vocalists, Rose Melberg returns to us again from Vancouver to put her stamp on another round of eight tracks from the...

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Reptar: Orifice Origami
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr09

Reptar: Orifice Orig...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Since we first featured The Athens GA based Reptar in August last year they have gone on to record their first album Body Faucet, to be released 01 May on Vagrant Records. This is the second single from it, released as a...

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Allo Darlin’: Capricornia
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr08

Allo Darlin’: ...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

The first single from the eagerly anticipated second album from half-Kentish, half-Austrlian group, Allo Darlin’ entitled “Europe”. “Capricornia” shows that they’ve lost none of their ability to...

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Chailo Sim: Homerun
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr07

Chailo Sim: Homerun

posted by Rodrigo

Chailo Sim, based in Pembrokeshire, Wales, has received the following comments: A very beautiful record. Has a gorgeous feel to it and the songs are lovely, (Simon Raymonde, Bella Union) or spectacularly mesmerizing live...

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Beast Make Bomb: It Snowed Last Night
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr06

Beast Make Bomb: It ...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Combining fuzzed out pop melodies with the distorted punk attitude of late 1970s New York, Brooklyn’s Beast Make Bomb craft songs informed by twenty-something college life in urban grit. Powerful yet tastefully...

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Marriages: Ride In My Place
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr05

Marriages: Ride In M...

posted by Stuart Morrison

“Marriages is a new band comprised of Red Sparowes members Emma Ruth Rundle (vocals, guitar), Greg Burns (bass, synthesizer) and David Clifford (drums). Their sound is a singularly sensual kind of heavy, dramatic...

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Lumiere Brother: Fast Backwords
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr04

Lumiere Brother: Fas...

posted by Rodrigo

Lumiere Brother’s music is an invitation to a cinematic journey with the listener as the protagonist. His debut solo album Fiction is inspired by the atmospheric 60s French films, the whimsical fairytales of Tim Burton...

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Kalle Mattson: Water Falls
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr03

Kalle Mattson: Water...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Kalle Mattson returns May 1st with a new five song EP – “Lives In Between”. Recorded at the end of 2011, and mastered by Gavin Gardiner (The Wooden Sky), “Lives In Between” is the first release with a new...

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Sleep Maps: Men Against The Stars
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr02

Sleep Maps: Men Agai...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Sleep Maps‘ Fiction Makes The Future was recorded in the woods of Delaware over 3 weeks in October 2011. The 5-song, 40-plus minute album was produced, performed and mixed by Ben Kaplan. It will be available on...

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Brian Mackey: Honest Love
  • IR: Daily Dose
Apr01

Brian Mackey: Honest...

posted by Rodrigo

Brian Mackey, New York based singer, has been invited to have his music featured at different movies and compilation albums. The list will include films directed by Oliver Robbins (Poltergeist) or movies with Sean Austin...

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Kim Janssen: Tors
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar31

Kim Janssen: Tors

posted by Rodrigo

From now one Snowstar Records should be a frequent name at our posts. This Dutch label has sent in first place Kim Janssen and his latest album Ancient Crime. It is a album inspired by his years on boarding school in...

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Bogan Via: Afternoon Wonderland
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar30

Bogan Via: Afternoon...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Friday has finally arrived, and with it the lovely track ‘Afternoon Wonderland’ by Phoenix, Arizona duo – Bogan Via. The group is apparently less than a year old, having met in October of 2011 and then...

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Cairo Knife Fight: Origin of Slaves
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar29

Cairo Knife Fight: O...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Cairo Knife Fight: Gang of Two Wage Guerrilla Rock Warfare Though New Zealand’s Cairo Knife Fight is only comprised of two men, between the tom-tom attack of drummer/lead vocalist/bass synth man Nick Gaffaney and the...

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The Finger: I Don’t Believe My Eyes
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar28

The Finger: I Don...

posted by Rodrigo

You have recently heard The Finger with the track Die! Die Superhero! We post again the band that comes from Greece because the debut album named after the opening track, I Don’t Believe My Eyes is now officialy...

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Sleepy Vikings: Horse Song
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar27

Sleepy Vikings: Hors...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Back from another year at SXSW, The five sleazy Tampanians (a real word according to UrbanDictionary.com) of Sleepy Vikings have braved an infernal Florida sun to write the weird songs about stalkers, dead kings, summer,...

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ExDetectives: The Lawn
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar26

ExDetectives: The La...

posted by Stuart Morrison

Faris McReynolds, who also makes music as the minimalist avant-garde pop project One Finger Riot, takes a totally different songwriting approach as Exdetectives. McReynolds made the Exdetectives debut album Take My...

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Freeky Clean & Dicky F: GoneTrain Blues
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar25

Freeky Clean & ...

posted by Stuart Morrison

If you didn’t know, you likely wouldn’t guess where the two artists collaborating to produce today’s Dose are based. They are from Kiev in The Ukraine, and have been producing Blues and Blues Rock like...

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Dub Vision: Cool Summer
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar24

Dub Vision: Cool Sum...

posted by Rodrigo

You’ve seen them on stage all over the world.  They tickle your soul with sweet melodies and move your feet with hard-hitting dub. With the Counter Attack! album, Dub Vision has moved from the back to the front,...

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The Pauses: Go North
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar23

The Pauses: Go North

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Today is the day that everyone starts going apeshit over archery, as the movie Hunger Games releases here in the US. Orlando band The Pauses have a leg up on the release with their video for ‘Go North’...

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World Blanket: And Here We Are (Again Maybe)
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar22

World Blanket: And H...

posted by Stuart Morrison

World Blanket‘s third album 2012 is officially released April 3rd, 2012. And Here We Are (Again Maybe)” is the first single from the album. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play...

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Civil Twilight: Fire Escape
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar21

Civil Twilight: Fire...

posted by Rodrigo

Today’s dose comes a little late, but press play and seconds after listening to Fire Escape you will forget any trouble this late post may have caused you. Holy Weather will only be available from the 26th of...

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Grand & Noble: Hellcats
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar20

Grand & Noble: H...

posted by Charles Stepczyk

Jon Elling, the man at the heart of Grand & Noble, grew up in Los Angeles and Jacksonville, Fla. His bi-coastal upbringing is partly responsible for his wide-open songwriting style. “I got the full L.A. experience,...

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Lux: Coroner’s Office
  • IR: Daily Dose
Mar19

Lux: Coroner’s...

posted by Stuart Morrison

“The Seattle-based duo Lux has sewn a unique sleeve to wear its influences on. Inspired by some of the most essential artists of the era of indie and underground music, this boy-girl duo offers its own take on...

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