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 Asia....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 Forever...
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 this...
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,...
The Pauses: Go North
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today is the day that everyone starts going apeshit over archery, it seems now everybody needs a bear recurve bow, as the movie Hunger Games releases here in the US. Orlando band The Pauses have a leg up on the release with...
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...
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 March,...
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,...
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 these...
Dana Buoy: Call to B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
As Austin, TX emerges from the dark rubbing its bloodshot eyes and blistered feet today, artist Dana Buoy moves on to Houston to play more shows on his trip back east before his debut album, Summer Bodies, is released around...
:Papercutz: Disinteg...
posted by Rodrigo
By the time you read this lines, or listen to today’s dose, you won’t be able to catch officially :Papercutz at SXSW. It might be a chance that you find them around doing a session. Bruno Miguel, from Oporto,...
Alexander & The ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
SXSW along with its few musical offshoots and massive swarm of unofficial acts are gearing up for the weekend, with the city streets clogging up tonight as a whole new dynamic sweeps over Austin; for better of for worse. If...
Tycho: Hours
posted by Stuart Morrison
Tycho is the music project of San Francisco based artist Scott Hansen (ISO50). This is the first single from his Album Dive. Tyco is appearing at the South By South West music festival in Austin Texas, this week. This also...
Little Tybee: Nero
posted by Rodrigo
Paper Garden Records, based in New York, is what we should call an independent major label, considering major related to quality. Top quality. Little Tybee are one of the bands part of the label’s catalog, and will be...
Royal Canoe: Hold On...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today and all of this week we are showcasing a few of the acts playing at or in the vicinity of the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. Amongst the 50,000 performances scattered throughout all the street...
Cotton Mather: My Be...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Usually on the Daily Dose we feature new music. But sometimes we come across a reissue of something which needs a re-airing. A case in point is today’s track, from the reissue of the hugely influential album Kontiki...
Miniature Tigers: Se...
posted by Rodrigo
The song you’re listening today is from the much anticipated album Miniature Tigers, Mia Pharoah (Modern Art Records). The band will play at SXSW on the following dates: Tuesday, 13: Conflict of Interest Party with...
Mount Carmel: Swagg&...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Our musical crosshairs set themselves on Columbus, Ohio this psychedelic weekend, with an explosive set of blues flavored rock from trio Mount Carmel. The group has released a new album on Siltbreeze called Real Women, a...
OHO: Free to Flee
posted by Rodrigo
OHO is a 2-member French band that met in Calcutta, India. Aurore (singer) writes most songs a-capella, and Paul (musician) creates atmospheres around them with several instruments. The first album Land of the Happy has...
Rae Spoon: Crash Lan...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Rae Spoon is an indie electronic musician out of Montreal, with “I Can’t Keep All Of Our Secrets” being Rae’s sixth full-length release. A pop/electronic album about the complexity of grief, it focuses on a...
Whitejacket: The Mod...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Modern is the first single from the upcoming debut album Hollows and Rounds by Whitejacket. Chris McDuffie, formerly in Apples In Stereo, has produced an album inspired by his admiration of the baroque pop of the late...
Edgar Breau: Patches...
posted by Rodrigo
Does Edgar Breau reminds you of anything? In fact Edgar Breau was the frontman of Simply Saucer. Well, actually he is still the frontman of the band, as they back in the active this 2012. Still, Edgar Breau decided to finish...
Flashguns: Locarno (...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Although London based band Flashguns recently called it quits in early February with a final show in Berlin, we wanted to bring you this great track from the free sampler via Humming Records, a fine label out of Germany. The...
Ed Schrader’s ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Baltimore Duo Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (ESMB) are releasing their album Jazz Mind on Load Records When I’m in a Car, Sermon, and more,...
Hooded Fang: ESP
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Toronto in Canada, Hooded Fang are releasing their album Tosta Mista on 12 Mar 2012 on Full Time Hobby. It’s their second album, the first was self-titled. UK readers have unfortunately just missed a short tour...
Marty Was Right: We&...
posted by Rodrigo
It’s hard to choose a track from Time Travelling Is Heavy, the free album by Marty Was Right. Actually, this is not a band, it’s a one man project from Lisbon, Portugal. Guitars play a major part on...
The Michael J. Epste...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We were quite pleased while perusing the stacks at the Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library on Facebook, that the founder not only reads Judy Blume but has our site listed amongst the choices in this fine establishment. In...
Mad Mav: Steel Concr...
posted by Stuart Morrison
On the Network we don’t play very much Metal, but what we do play is of the highest quality (to not offend Indie Rock ears). A case in point is today’s Dose. For Instrumental Thursday this week, we have German...