No Joy - No Summer

Blissed out, sunny shoegaze from female LA/Montreal duo. Perfect for the summer daze and afternoons.

No Joy - No Summer

Another song is up on nojoy.bandcamp.com

Witch House?

So apparently there's a new, emerging genre called "witch house." What is it exactly? It's hard to say, considering most of the bands in this genre don't even sound that much alike. Think chillwave meets Twin Peaks meets Marble Index-era Nico. Hip hop beats, dark synths, and creepy samples. Also, apparently bands in this genre like names that can't be pronounced, like †‡†, ///▲▲▲\\\, ℑ⊇≥◊≤⊆ℜ, and Gr†LLGR†LL. Despite how bizarre that all is, there's actually some pretty cool music in the "genre."

Is "witch house" a real genre?

Is it the next chillwave?

You decide.

So, here ya go, a witch house playlist (**=my favorite):

Modern Witch- Not the Only One

Modern Witch- Can't Live in a Living Room

Silent Diane- Harmonikai **

Silent Diane- RiverSide **

Silent Diane- Juliet the Painting **

oOoOO- Hearts

oOoOO- seaww

oOoOO- Nosummr4u **

Balam Acab- See Birds

Balam Acab- Heavy Living Things **

///▲▲▲\\\-Spit Shine

Twin Sister

Twin Sister from Long Island, NY make hazy, nostalgic indie pop that's equal parts melancholy and funky. They're fresh off a tour with Xiu Xiu and are hitting the road this summer as well. They have two EPs out, Color Your Life and Vampires with Dreaming Kids. This is the next big thing! Listen!

From Color Your Life:

Twin Sister- Lady Daydream

Twin Sister- All Around and Away We Go

From Vampires and Dreaming Kids:

Twin Sister- Nectarine

Twin Sister- I Want a House

How to Dress Well

How to Dress Well, based in Brooklyn/Cologne, Germany, makes blurry, magical "below-fi" RnB songs with occasional collaborator cokc dokc. Not much else is known about him except that this is some of the weirdest/most interesting/best music I've heard in a long time. He somehow bridges the gap between Mount Eerie and The-Dream. He released 7 EPs last year, all within a couple of months, which can be downloaded for free or purchased over at his blog.

Here's a couple songs spanning his catalogue:

How to Dress Well- Ready for the World

How to Dress Well- Suicide Dream 2

How to Dress Well- My Body

How to Dress Well- Decisions feat. yüksel arslan

Ava Luna- Past the Barbary

These guys could be huge. Like The White Stripes meet Dirty Projectors.

Ava Luna - Past the Barbary

Cold Cave- Life Magazine

An unlikely team of noisician Prurient, an ex-Xiu Xiu member, and the singer of hardcore bands Give Up the Ghost and Some Girls make a synthpop masterpiece. Can't get this thing out of my head.

Cold Cave- Life Magazine

Security guard pulls Kurt's hair, Kurt hits security guard in the face with his guitar, security guard beats on Kurt, Dave Grohl leaps through a drum kit to the rescue.

Animation by Vince Collins

Music by Lewis Motisher.

Kitchens of Distinction- Drive That Fast

Rad dream pop/shoegaze band from the late 80s/early 90s.

1991.