Category Archives: Noise Pop

September 19

Mas Ysa – Why

Title: Why Artist: Mas Ysa Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Noise Pop, Techno, Electronic, Avante-Garde “Why”, the debut single from journeyman polymath Thomas Arsenault’s Mas Ysa project, leaps from section to section and sound to sound with abandon, and in doing so bears the influence of its well-traveled composer. A Montreal native with formative stretches […]

September 17

Sleigh Bells – You Don’t Get Me Twice

Title: You Don’t Get Me Twice Artist: Sleigh Bells Album: Bitter Rivals Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Psychedelic Sleigh Bells‘ third album, Bitter Rivals, is out October 8 via Mom + Pop. They’ve already shared the album’s title track, and now they’ve shared “You Don’t Get Me Twice”.

August 29

Los Campesinos! – What Death Leaves Behind

Title: What Death Leaves Behind Artist: Los Campesinos! Album: No Blues Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Noise Pop Los Campesinos! have anounced a new album called No Blues (out October 29 via Wichita/Turnstile/Heart Swells). They shared their first morbidly happy song called “What Death Leaves Behind” and made it available for download! How kind of them.

August 29

Default Genders – Stop Pretending

Title: Stop Pretending Artist: Default Genders Album: Stop Pretending Year: 2013 Genre: Experimental, Noise Pop On this cut of Stop Pretending EP James Brooks is a little angrier and maybe more to the tone he wanted to express on his EP. “Aggressively female”

August 21

Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid

Title: Comeback Kid Artist: Sleigh Bells Album: Reign of Terror Year: 2012 Genre: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Psychedelic If you watch this then you won’t mess with comeback kid i assure you!

August 21

Pictureplane – Goth Star

Title: Goth Star Artist: Pictureplane Album: Dark Rift Year: 2009 Genre: Electronic, Dark Wave, Chiptune, Experimental, Noise Pop Almost two years on, Pictureplane now have a full-length on the calendar, Dark Rift, due August 4  from Lovepump United; “Goth Star”, taken from the album, captures some of that early magic. A Fleetwood Mac sample (“Seven Wonders”) is […]

August 15

Default Genders – On Fraternity

Title: On Fraternity Artist: Default Genders Album: Stop Pretending EP Year: 2013 Genre: Experimental, Indie, Noise Pop James Brooks, the artist formely know as Elite Gymnastics, now goes by the moniker Default Genders (initally known as Dead Girlfriends but now changed due to someone else having that name), inspired by radical feminist Andrea Dworkin. On […]