New Music: Twist- Where To Lie

The very busy Brain Borcherdt of Toronto indie band Dusted, and more notably the electronic group Holy Fuck, has a brand new project collaboration called Twist. Joining him in the collaboration is Twist is a new project conceived by Laura Hermiston, singer from the excellent garage rock band The BB Guns, and she enlisted Brian to help her record the music. The first taste of the duo's music, "Where to Lie" is a lo-fi charmer that features a simple guitar riff backed by Hermiston's beautiful, soft voice. This song has actually been kicking around since last March but recently the couple released a shiny new video for the track. Watch the video below and grab a free download of the song.



Twist - Where to Lie from Twist Band on Vimeo.

Five Star Songs: The Walkmen- Red Moon

Ughh... The Walkmen are the latest great band to announce they are going on the dreaded infinite hiatus. Once again, let's hope these guys will be back sooner rather than later. Writers of some of the best love songs by an indie rock band this century, the band's lyrics seems to possess a certain yearning that could only be perfected by the smoky voice of lead singer Hamilton Leithauser. A great example is the You & Me soft ballad "Red Moon", which, by the way, was featured in a Season 2 episode of Breaking Bad.  Listen below:

New Music: Ghost Beach- Moon Over Japan

Not sure how I missed this great tune when it first came out last July. Blink in the music blogosphere and you always miss something, I guess. Anyhow, Ghost Beach have sort of reissued "Moon Over Japan" and have offered it as a free download on Soundcloud. The song is an anthemic, glistening, 80's synth pop jam that comes off like Kim and Jessie era M83 mixed with a hint of Tears for Fears (The bell sound on the track sounds almost exactly like the bell sound in "Shout") and Level 42. Grab it below:

New Music: Temples- Mesmerise

After releasing a couple of great songs in "Keep in the Dark" and "Colours to Life" earlier this year it was about time for UK psych rockers Temples to announce a new album. Last week was that moment and the band came out with the first single from the LP titled "Mesmerise". In the past Temples have been compared to 70's glam rocker T. Rex, but this song sounds more modern and maybe can be best likened to Tame Impala or Pond. Check it out below:

The new album is titled Sun Structures and will be available February 11th via Fat Possum.

Music From The Inbox: Featuring Simian Ghost, Sweet Gum Tree, Velour Modular and More

Oodles and oodles of good stuff to present for you this month. Let's get right to it.

Artist: Simian Ghost
Song: "A Million Shining Colours"
Country: Sweden
Genre: Indie Pop





Artist: Clear Plastic Masks (CPM)
Song: "Baby Come On"
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Blues/Indie Rock
Album: Self Titled EP
Release Date: November 26th
Label: Dine Alone Records





Artist: Painted Palms
Song: "Forever"
Country: U.S.A.
Genre: Psych Pop
Album: Forever
Release Date: January 14
Label: Polyvinyl





Artist: Sweet Gum Tree
Song: "Bird Of Passage" (Ft. Isobel Campbell)
Country: France
Genre: Chamber Pop
Album: The Snakes You Charm and the Wolves You Tame
Release Date: February, 2014





Artist: Velour Modular
Song: "Forward"
Country: France
Genre: Electropop
Album: Capsule EP
Release Date: TBD





Artist: Mona & Maria
Song: "Babyflowers"
Country: Norway
Genre: Psych Pop
Album: My Sun
Release Date: Out Now





Artist: Happyness
Song: "It's On You"
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Indie Pop
Album: Self Titled EP
Release Date: January, 2014





Artist: Eurielle
Song: "Gold"
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Electropop
Album: The Incarnation EP
Release Date: Out Now






Artist: The Rebel Light
Song: "Jukebox Dream"
Country: United States
Genre: Indie Pop

New Music: Dum Dum Girls- Lost Boys And Girls Club

It's hard to believe that this is the first time I have posted a song by the Dum Dum Girls, because I am a huge fan of these ladies. Better later than never. The Dum Dums have announced a brand new album titled Too True which will be out in the new year. The band have gone all dark with the propulsive new single "Lost Both and Girls Club". Even know the lyrics of the song are very eerie, the track is largely anthemic and features the increasingly confident Dee Dee Dum Dum on vocals with her beautiful voice backed by a wall of blistering distorted guitar . Watch the video for the song below:

Too True will be available January 29th via Sub Pop.

New Music: Electric Youth- Innocence

More great eighties sounds from Toronto synth pop duo Electric Youth who are back with a brand new single titled "Innocence". You might know these guys from their excellent "The Best Thing" single which came out in the summer of last year, and you might also remember them from their collaborative track with College, "A Real Hero", for the Drive soundtrack. "Innocence"has that same synth pop iciness that made those other two tracks so fantastic. Listen below:

Electric Youth will release a still to be named new album sometime next year.