Dreampop multi-instrumentalist Blase will be playing at The Sandspur in Carolina Beach, NC on March 7 (2-5). Expect lots of songs from his latest album Somewhere Out There: "[He] plays the kind of dreampop that is able to transport listeners to an alternate reality where things are quite beautiful and, as an added bonus, age is not a number, but has come to a standstill."
HCTF review of Somewhere Out There
English twee trio The Happy Somethings did not see the light on their new single Heaven Is Divine, but a cause could made that thye once agian mastered the art for coming up with angelic melody. This is the sort of thing that Paul McCartney could have written before having his first cigarette or breakfast in 1966. It is a subtle blend of folk and vaudeville and since the subect matter of the lyrics is being grateful for what they got - taking a walk by the riverside, enjoy the flight of couple of birds - it is the perfect soundtrack for a glorious Spring day. It comes in three flavours and all of them are pretty damn tasty.
Nell Davies made a video for You Should Be More Sorry (I Should Be More Angry) , a track from her The End of the World or Whatever EP: "Part riot girrrl, part pop artist, Nell Davies attacks her material with a hammer and a smile. Look no further when in need of a song telling people to fuck off. This kind of ramshackle catchiness is irresistible."
HCTF review of The End of the World or Whatever
On October 4, 2007 Steven Wilson and John Wesley at Park Avenue records in Orlando, Florida during the Porcupine Tree tour the Fear of a Blank Planet album. The eights songs were released as We Lost The Skyline on CD and as a limited vinyl version shortly thereafter, before going out of print, only to resurface as part of the deluxe edition of Fear of a Blank Planet in 2024. 3500 copies will be available on 180gm crystal clear vinyl on Record Store Day (April 18). It is a half-speed remaster made at Abbey Road.
Californian indie pop quartet The Corner Laughers sing about that in-between time that separates the day from the night on their new single Dusking. The light is less brighter then and somehow this time frame has the ability to smoothen things out a bit and worries that might be troubling them take a backseat. O, and it works best when it coincides with travelling in a train.
