Listen Up! No. 61 - Hollerado - Americanarama

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Being a lo-budget Ok Go might be a gas, but what happens when you run out of zany-video money? Write some songs?

Heavenly Sign Sea Of Bees

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The lovable rogues over at Heavenly Records have unveiled their latest signing, 25 year old Sacramento singer-songwriter Sea of Bees.

Kudos to Heavenly, because by the sounds of it she's got the twiddly guitar-chops and ethereal vocals thing honed into a perfectly marketable art-form.

Here's a taster:


Sea Of Bees "The Woods" from Riot Act Media on Vimeo.

Listen Up! No. 60: Fujiya & Miyagi - Ventrilloquizzing

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Moodier than ever, Brighton electro-glumsters Fujiya & Miyagi's fourth full lengther, Ventrilloquizzing, looks poised to inject an air of vaudevillian menace into the South Coast's indie scene. Unfortunately you'll have to wait until 17 January  to hear it. Here's a taster.

Listen Up! No. 59: Joy Formidable - I Don't Want To See You Like This

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Having produced one of my favourite records of 2009, I'm understandably cheered that this Welsh trio are back with a, er, 'formidable' new single. The sound shows development, with a more spacious, atmospheric approach softening the edges of the raw, distorted intensity of their aforementioned debut. Fans of their astounding early live performances need not fear though, as the breakneck drumming and quiet-loud-quiet formula remain enough of incentive to see how they'll tear the new tracks up on next month's NME Radar Tour.

Listen Up! No. 58: The Daredevil Christopher Wright - Stewardess

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Folk-rock devoid of both the cabin-fever presciousness of Bon Iver (who produces, incidentally) and the straw-hats 'n' banjos faux-authentic posturing of the Brit nu-folkers. Plus a beautifully shot vid. They still can't resist having ridiculous beards, mind.


The Daredevil Christopher Wright - “Stewardess” - official video - Sophie's cut from sofilms on Vimeo.