Category: electro

Carbon Airways :: Atomic Is In My Mind

Post author By DMitch
Post date 2013-02-08
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What do you get when you mix Euro-electro pop, punk, and the inevitable angst and energy of two teenagers? You get Carbon Airways.

I first heard Carbon Airways when I got an email from their label, Bad Life, about the release of their Razor Edge EP. I was completely enthralled by the French teenage brother and sister combo of Enguérand and Éléonore Fernese. The frenetic energy bleeds through your speakers and permeates your mind. I can imagine that seeing this act live would be a psyche altering event.

This “preview” video below of “Atomic Is In My Mind” showcases exactly what I’m talking about.

– DMitch

Tags Atomic Is In My Mind, Éléonore, Enguérand, Fernese, Razor Edge

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Australia Week :: Circle

One of my favourite new bands from anywhere right now happens to come from Sydney. So of course I was going to try and include Circle (check out my original review if you are so inclined) in Australia Week if I could. And they make it so easy. It seems they are releasing a “studio demo” every other week now, teasing us with what they’re working on.

The latest creation they’ve let us have a peek in on is “Shake It Off”. It’s interesting hearing the bare bones germ of a song. And this track has me very excited to hear the final product.

– DMitch

Tags Australia Week, Shake It Off

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…follow the beat…follow the drum…follow the sound

Post author By DMitch
Post date 2012-08-20
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Circle - Radi Safi, Dan Shaw, Rebecca Shave artist: Circle
album: The Middle
genre: alternative
label: Monday Records

Fashion Me A Drum (Clip)
Half Race Girls (Clip)
Brothers (Clip)

I usually like to compare a band to other, often better known, bands. Doing so for Circle doesn’t seem fair though. Perhaps you will catch a glimpse of something like Death Cab For Cutie in a track or two, then others are reminiscent of Swedish bands The Legends or Acid House Kings. Sometimes the taste was something a bit like The Cocteau Twins. But Circle isn’t really any of those other bands. What they are is yet another brilliant alternative band from Australia delivering some of the best alternative/electro pop/indie rock (or whatever you want to call it) music I’ve heard in awhile. Seriously, what’s in the water there?

Although the band has been playing in some form since 2005, The Middle is first studio album from Circle. The wait is worth it though because Radi Safi, Dan Shaw, and Rebecca Shave surely have created a masterpiece here. It’s not often I listen to a brand new album on my morning commute and then find myself throughout the day singing to myself multiple tunes off of it. The album really kicks off, for me, with track two’s “Fashion Me a Drum”. The pulsating beating intro, layered a moment later with synth chords, then finally the slightly airy but understated Radi vocals draw you into the song immediately. The sucking in continues when Rebecca joins in on the chorus, but the coup de grâce is when Rebecca’s solo kicks in. When I find myself singing along “I will follow the beat, I will follow the drum, I will follow the sound… the sound that made me love you”, I really really mean it.

Other tracks along the lines of “Fashion Me A Drum” are “Half Race Girls” and “Brothers”. Both are incredibly accessible, having all the hooks you’d ever want and will have you singing along in no time at all. (I hear my 4 year old son singing the melody of the “ooooh ooooh ooooh”s from “Half Race Girls” all the time.) The tracks “Gorgeous”, “All The People”, and “Hold” are what gave me the glimpses of The Sundays and The Cocteau Twins I mentioned earlier. Ephemeral, melodic, hypnotic…brilliant.

– DMitch

P.S. Tell me this video isn’t the most hipster thing you’ve ever seen…

Tags Acid House Kings, All The People, Brothers, Cocteau Twins, Dan Shaw, Death Cab For Cutie, electro pop, Fashion Me A Drum, Gorgeous, Half Race Girls, Hold, indie rock, Radi Safi, Rebecca Shave, The Legends, The Middle, The Sundays

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Froglix adds "Something" from Low-Fi

Post author By DMitch
Post date 2012-03-19
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Low-Fi Froglix adds to rotation a track from the most recent album by Low-Fi. “Something”, the first track off of What We Are Is Secret, is best defined as rock in the distinct European style…lot’s of synth and an electro beat.

Grab the album off iTunes…

– DMitch

Tags Italy, new wave, Something, What We Are Is Secret

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The October Thumbs Up Goes To….

Post author By DMitch
Post date 2011-11-01
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We’ve tallied all the Thumbs Up’s and Thumbs Down’s for the month of October and the Froglix listeners have proven to have quite the diversity of tastes. Forty-five (45) tracks from thirty-three (33) artists received votes, but alas, not everyone can be a winner. Represented in the Top Ten alone though are artists we have described before as rock, modern rock, alternative rock, Brit alt-rock, ambient, electro, electronica, indie pop, ska, power ska, reggae, punk, post-punk, singer/songwriter, and actually quite a bit more. So without further ado…take a listen to October’s favorites…

October’s Top Ten
(in alphabetical order)

28-200 :: I Kiss U
Attention Thieves :: Let It All Out
Case Of The Mondays :: Indie Girl
Mars Accelerator :: Fill For The Glacial Till
Mobile Wash Unit :: September Was Winter
Ring Of Truth :: Why Should This Be?
Rude City Riot :: Victoria
Small City Calling :: Atlantic: Castaways
Treading Lemmings :: Comeuppance
Variety Workshop :: U Suck Noodles

– DMitch

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Flashback :: Joy Division

Post author By Drago
Post date 2011-06-03
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Check out Joy Division on [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-will-tear-us-apart/id278672609?i=278672963&uo=4″ title=”Joy Division on iTunes”]

One of the originators of the “Manchester Sound”, Joy Division formed in 1976 with more of a punk sound but, overtime, as their sound evolved they truly set the stage for the post-punk movement in alternative music. While “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” featured above, was their first major hit, it was somewhat overshadowed by the tragic suicide death of lead singer Ian Curtis at the tender age of 23 in May 1980.

It’s been forever and a day since I last heard this song and as hear it now again, many moons later, two (2) thoughts come immediately to mind…what a good band Joy Division was and, sadly, how great they could have been. Either way, many thanks to DMitch for suggesting this track and this band for the Friday Flashback. Dig it.

– Drago

Tags Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart, New Order, post punk, punk

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Flashback :: Ministry

In selecting the Flashback this week, I enlisted the assistance of my esteemed colleague Thurdeen and in my humble (but accurate) opinion he has made an excellent choice. Today your friends at Froglix bring you a track from the pre-industrial/synth-pop stylings of Al Jorgenson and Ministry. The year was 1983 and the song…“Revenge” from their debut album entitled With Sympathy [Arista Records] [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/effigy-im-not-an/id298489787?uo=4″ title=”Get it on iTunes!”]. Happy Tuesday everyone!

– Drago

Tags Al Jorgenson, Ministry, pre-industrial, Revenge, With Sympathy

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…an End and a Beginning

artist: Mark Munroe | genre: alternative, rock | itunes: [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/secrets-lies-single-version/id404623775?i=404623783&uo=4″ title=”Mark_Munroe-Secrets_and_Lies_(Single_Version)” text=”[object Selection]

Secrets and Lies
Word has recently reached our ears that brothers Mark and Ian Munroe (better known as IM Munroe) have decided to make a musical split. While we’re not sure exactly why they have decided to go their separate ways, as anyone who has been in a band can attest, “artistic differences” can usually be fingered as the culprit. Regardless of the reason, we certainly appreciate their music and were honoured to have been given the chance to share it with the Froglix Faithful around the world.
So where to do they go from here? Well, we are pleased to report that at least one of the Monroe’s is already back at it and recording new music on his own. Mark’s newest single entitled ‘Secrets and Lies’ explores new areas of sound as he pairs his undeniably unique vocals with more electronic instrumentation than we’ve heard before. The synths are by no means overwhelming and while they do create a mood than is noticeably different than his previous work with brother Ian, the change is indeed an interesting one and definitely worth a listen.

– Drago

Tags I M Munroe, Secrets And Lies

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OuterSound :: January 2011

Post author By Drago
Post date 2011-01-05
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listen/download now: OuterSound :: January 2011

We couldn’t very well let January come to a close without an OuterSound Indie Music Podcast could we? Absolutely, not…so here it is. This, our very first episode of 2011, is dedicate to the winners of this year’s Froglix Music Awards (aka The Froggy). Music from Treading Lemmings, Diversifyd, Attention Thieves along with the general meanderings of yours truly await you at iTunes. Download it today…don’t cost nothing and it’s chock full O’ goodness!
Make 2011 the year you rock out loud!

Tags Attention Thieves, Froglix Music Awards, OuterSound, podcast

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And the Froggy Goes to…

As 2010 comes to a close, naturally, we tend to reflect on the year that was…and what a year it’s been here at Froglix! We’ve made a number of technical upgrades and changes, incorporated more video content into our postings and last (but certainly not least) we’ve welcomed our good friend Thurdeen to the Froglix fold as our newest writer. Further, and most importantly, we have been introduced to a bevy of talented musicians from around the world all striving for the same goal…to have their voices and their music heard by a global audience. We consider it an honour to have been able to play even a small part in making that happen. It has truly been a tremendous year in indie music and we are looking forward to what we are sure will be an incredible 2011 with great anticipation. However, before we jump ahead, we would be remiss if we were not to take one more look back at the year that was and offer up our own “best of.”

Ladies and gentlemen, it is a distinct honour, nay a privilege, to present the First Annual Froglix Music Awards! Winners of this year’s “Froggy” awards have been selected by the listeners and readers with input for DMitch, Thurdeen and myself, of course. With a year filled with so much excellent music it was indeed difficult to narrow it down…but with no more gilding the lily or anymore adieu I give the winners!