25 August, 2008

24 Aug set

Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard – Liquid Coincidence 7 – Farscape I + II – SPV

Gianna Lauren – Morning After – Fist in a Heart
Adaline – Chemical Spill – Famous for Fire – Adaline Music
Tristeza – Are We People – Dream Signals in Full Circles­ – Tiger Style
Economics – A Break in the Drought – s/t

Tricky – C'Mon Baby – Knowle West Boy – Domino
Murr*Murr – Morning Grows – Daydream – Fenomeno Inc.
Dhal – -344281 – Cacophony
Unkle – Celestial Annihilation – Psyence Fiction – Mo' Wax

The Verve – Valium Skies – Forth – MRI
Working for a Nuclear Free City – So – Businessmen & Ghosts
Hinterland – Sirens – The Picture Plane­ – Submerged
The Telescopes – Flying - The Brit Box – Rhino

Sebastien Grainger – Ways to Come Home – American Names
The Helio Sequence – Keep Your Eyes Ahead – Keep Your Eyes Ahead – Sub Pop
Galaxie 500 – Strange – On Fire – Ryko

Glasvegas – Daddy's Gone – s/t – Columbia
Crash City Saints – Night Drive (21st Century) – Nightdrive EP – Sonic Syrup
Guitaro – Luna – unreleased EP
Asobi Seksu – Strawberries – Citrus – Friendly Fire

Slowdive – Blue Skied an' Clear – Pygmalion – Castle Music UK

17 August, 2008

17 Aug set

Got to hear the new Verve album, Forth, this week. Amazingly birlliant - the band is in top form on this one. Definitely a "day it comes out" purchase (August 26th).

Neil Halstead – No Mercy for the Muse – Oh! Mighty Engine – Brushfire
Califone – Our Kitten Sees Ghosts – Roots & Crowns – Thrill Jockey
Ether Aura – I Wasn't Her – Semblance – Analog Terror
Basia Bulat – December – Oh, My Darling – Hardwood

The Frequency – Talk to Me – We Are the Same Machine
Primal Scream – Beautiful Summer – Beautiful Future – B-Unique
Archive – Sane – Lights – Universal
The Dandy Warhols – Welcome to the Third World – Earth to… – World's Fair

Calico Horse – Happy Placebo Syringe Day – Mirror – Banter
Belleisle – Old Noise – Longstanding – Ships at Night
Winterpills – Handkerchiefs – The Light Divide – Signature Sounds
Tara Jane O'Neil – The Poisoned Mine – You Sound, Reflect – Quarter Stick

(Canadian Trip-Hop block)
iNSiDEaMiND – A Matter of Time – The Tiniest Spy single – Public Transit
Audio Lava – Leaf – New Music Canada Vol. 1 – CBC Radio 3
The Silk Demise – Bound (Fuel to the Fire mix) – web site download
Insurgent – Dissolving Behaviour – New Music Canada Vol. 1 – CBC Radio 3

Diamond Sea – Hey Pure-Ant – s/t EP
Fleeting Joys – Satellite – Despondent Transponder – Only Forever
iLiKETRAiNS – The Deception – Elegies to Lessons Learnt – Beggars Banquet
Lush – Starlust – Split­ – 4AD

Placebo – Special K – Black Market Music­ – Virgin
Catherine Wheel – I Want to Touch You – The Brit Box – Rhino
Echobelly – Today Tomorrow Sometime Never – Everyone's Got One – Fauve

The Cure – Torture – Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me – Elektra

04 August, 2008

events this week

Support Windsor artists: iNSiDEaMiND and Perilelle (from Windsor) at Phog this Thursday, August 7. Trip-hoppy electronics, and Perilelle's voice is simply amazing.

Golden Hands Before God at Phog next Sunday, August 10. The new album is pretty incredible, and they're Windsorites as well.

And on the Detroit side:
Atmosphere - a Celebration of Dreampop, Shoegaze, and Triphop

Auralgasms' Zumby and Mikeylove along with teletran.one will be on hand all night long bringing you Bliss from the likes of: Bjork, M83, Ladytron, Goldfrapp, Lamb, Sneaker Pimps, Massive Attack, Hooverphonic, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cure, Radiohead, Cocteau Twins, Ride, Stone Roses, Slowdive and the latest up and coming bands and rare cuts.

Hosted By: Auralgasms
When: Thursday Aug 07, 2008
at 9:00 PM
Where: Proof Martini Lounge
2001Woodward
DETROIT, MI 48201
United States

3 Aug. set

The new issue of Exclaim! Magazine has a pretty in-depth article on shoegaze and its resurgence that"s worth checking out.

And now, on with the show:
(starting with an Icelandic set)
Bang Gang – Follow – Find What You Get EP – From Nowhere
Ruxpin – First Contact – 42 More Things to Do in Zero Gravity – Uni:Form Recordings
Sigur Rós – Gódan daginn – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust – XL
Olafur Arnalds – Track 1 – Eulogy for Evolution – Erased Tapes

Belleisle – Library – Longstanding – Ships At Night
the Pixies – Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) – Here Comes Your Man single – 4AD
Son Ambulance – The Renegade – Someone Else's Déjà Vu – Saddle Creek
Bright Eyes – Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh – Fevers and Mirrors – Saddle Creek

The Golden Hands Before God – Girl Half My Age – Here – Pop Echo
Ghost of the Russian Empire – A Decade Without a Death – The Mammoth
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness – The Ghost – Fear is On Our Side – Secretly Canadian
M83 – Up! – Saturdays = Youth – Mute

Millimetrik – Rejkyavik (Version) – Northwest Passage's New Era – Makeminemusic
iNSiDEaMiND (feat. Laura Barrett) – The Tiniest Spy – The Tiniest Spy single – Public Transit
Perilelle – Fever – s/t – 6dirty
Attrition – Two Gods – Dante's Kitchen – Underground, Inc.

Mira – Alone – s/t – Projekt
Phillip Eno – Thirteen Hours Ahead – Comfort Room – Cactus Killer
Loomer – Sustainer – World Tipped Blue – Evil Eye
The Daysleepers – Tiger in the Sea – Drowned in a Sea of Sound – Clairecords

Radiohead – Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong – My Iron Lung – Capitol
Sebastien Grainger – Map of the World – American Names EP

Morrissey – Friday Mourning – Let Me Kiss You single - Attack