Tag Archive for the term: pop

Whether he’s animating for his own music or for friends Chad VanGaalen’s music videos are freakin stunning, no wonder so many great bands have sought to collaborate, as you can see clicking through these pages.
Don’t know about you but I’m finding spending some time enjoying these bright, disturbing moving pictures is a brain healthy, [...]

Indie Montreal will be hosting local Indie pop duo Hexes & Ohs as they celebrate the release of their latest video for “Wildfire”. Montreal rising stars Winter Gloves will share the stage and Ottawa electro outfit Politique will open the show. The release concert will take place on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at Jupiter Room [...]

Lederhosen Lucil takes you on an electronic pop punk new wave trip with 12 tracks perfect for jogging, washing the dishes or daydreaming to. Featuring sleeper hit tracks “Anarchavid,” “Space,” and “Doin’ the Ganglion.”
Listen to “The Best Dishwasher I Ever Had”
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Lederhosen Lucil’s first full length CD featuring tracks such as “Love Bites From An EKG,” “You Suck,” and “Annaphylaxis.” Garage, pop, carnivalesque, rock and country. Devo meets Pee Wee Herman meets Nina Hagen wrapped up in a light and buttery pie shell.
Listen to “Love Bites from an EKG”:
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Alright, 2 facts that I feel to be self evident:

everyone loves at least one Indigo Girls song at some point in their lives.
because they are awesome.

As you might guess, these are one of my close-to-heart bands. You know, bands you went through things with when you were young and things were heavy and [...]

The ridiculously adorable Estrella earned the most nominations (7) for Malaysia’s first ever indie music awards. Check out this Estrella video, with info on the indie award show below:

Malaysia’s first indie music awards event, the VIMA awards, seeks to honour the artistic integrity and creativity of (indie) artistes.
THE Voice Independent Music Awards final nominee list [...]

I was introduced to these guys through James Finnerty and have enjoyed the pretty, slightly sad, franco-indie, glowy golden pop songs ever since. It’s not a revolutionary sound you’ve never ever heard before, but there’s a straightforward simplicity and kindness to Bonjour Brumaire that works well when the rain is melting the snow on a [...]

In honour of the Stars in town tonight with Gentlemen Reg, let’s watch some of these sweet, goofy, brightly-coloured official music videos, soak in some of this soft sparklin’ pop, and think about what we were like when we were less ironic:
Here’s Sleep Tonight:

Take me to the Riot:

and Bitches in Tokyo:

+ 3 more… Your ex-Lover [...]

The Silent Years wandered from Detroit to LA and back, won my heart completely with their nerdy sincerity and pretty pretty harmonies, and along the way made some beautiful videos in collaboration with young contemporary artists:

Lots more of these artist videos and live The Silent Years shows on Video.Indyish.com.

Indie Montreal is pleased to announce that it will be presenting The World Provider’s Album Launch on Friday, November 28,, 2008 at Club Lambi. 011 and Mixylodian will open the show.
 
Tickets for the November 28th show are available for $7 in advance at Cheap Thrills and will also be available for $10 at the door. [...]