King Charles

I first met King Charles in London two years ago, while my brother was playing a gig on the Kings Road. My brother had said, that "some big indie guy" was playing. I didn't think much, and sat next to him the whole gig, until he stood up for his slot. His music blew me away, psychedelic-indie-folk with quick witty lyrics......
King Charles toured frequently with Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale, Mumford and sons, Andrew Balkwill and etc.
At the beginning of the year his debut single of "Time of Eternity" was released and remastered. With added "woohoos" , more instruments and better sound quality this newbie is killer indie anthem.
Time of Eternity:

King Charles recently released his Love Lust ep, a double A-side featuring Love Lust and Mr flick. With awesome lyrics and crazy riffs,
this ep again impresses.
Love lust with an almost spoken word chorus/intro/everything preaches to stay in a relationship, even if you want to be with someone else, as the love you have with the person is everlasting, while lust will fade like anger. Bit cheesy really, but its awesome.
Love Lust
Mr flick is a more punk/indie sounding track with "woohoos" to the extreme, and a larger focus upon synths. RRRock out.

Mr. Fick

take a listen to this psychedelic-indie-folk-punk-rock-god, it's genius.
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Download: Time of Eternity, Love Lust, Mr. Flick and if you can find a recording of it "theif that stole my heart"(thats a goody)

Ambling Alp

- American Band formed in Brooklyn.
- Mgmt used to support them, now they support Mgmt !
- Have released 2 albums
- Are known for their psychedelic performances and unconventional rhythms and sounds used.
I have heard and read a lot about this four piece band, but never got round to actually listening to their music. The other day i was reading about their latest single "Ambling Alp", and downloaded it to finally scope these guys out. "Ambling Alp" is incredible, its a pop song fused with wacky noises, wonky beats and deep whaling vocals. The intro and background noise is awesome, its this repetitive sequence of the noise like you get when your computer pops up with an error window and you continue to hold down enter just for shits. Woohoo. Crazy days.

8.5

Ambling Alp

Egyptian Hip Hop

This unsigned indie band is causing quite the stir. Plastered over blogs and with friends such as Sam Dust from "late of the pier" , and joe lean of .... "joe lean and the jing jang jong" they must be doing something right, or at least their ridiculous name is doing the job. At only 17! these guys are creating melodious indie pop to chill out to. With no official release's the only songs which you can grab hold of are bedroom demo's, such as "Dust" and "Heavenly". They're good, but nothing on the produced "Rad Pitt". The epic harmonious melody, sums all emotions. A happy song, yet a sad song. If i could actually understand the lyrics , i might realize which one its actually meant to be, yet from the tune, it can go either way. its a good thing.

Shit Name, Genius Song.

Download: Rad Pitt, Heavenly

Radd Pitt:

I Lust U

Neon neon has combined with hyped Cate le Bon to form the electro based indie dance track "I lust u". With the sharp synth notes of the base line contrasting with the smooths tones of both Neon Neon and welsh Cate le bon, the track is instantly catchy and will be hitting the mainstream radio oh so soon. Download it while its cool! haha
I Lust Y0u

Under The Sheets

Similar to the Wolf Gang post, I've posted about Ellie Goulding aka "the next big thing" before.
With previous songs such as "wish i stayed" and "starry eyed" , Ellie has made her first official release with the debut track of "Under the Sheets". Its good, but i still thing its no where near as good as "wish i stayed" and "starry eyed". Its got a catchy verse and pre-chorus , but the real chorus , just doesnt really do it for me. When i say Wolf Gang will be big , i say that with confidence, when i say Ellie Goulding will be big, i say that on my life. The force is strong in this one.
Under the Sheets:

8.5

The King And All Of His Men

Have blogged about Wolf gang aka Max Elligot before, so check it out. Do it.
This is his second single, after his debut "Pieces of You" and definitely better, yet not sure if it is better than the demo "Lions in Cages" though.
With military drum rolls scattered throughout, harmonious melodies intertwined with the xylophone?? and of course classic guitar and piano chords. This song is catchy, clever and cool. Wolf gang will be big, join the club.
King and All of His Men

IAMX

quite the poser.

IAMX, aka Chris Corner.
Lead singer of Sneaker Pimps, turned solo.
Has released 3 albums-
- Kiss and Swallow
- The Alternative
- Kingdom of Welcome Addiction

Been around for ages , and has produced all the "robots in disguise" albums, aswell as being the boyfriend of singer Sue Denim. Used to be a huge fan of his, and only recently got back in to listening to his music , when i saw his fucking incredible gig at KOKO in london. Cant really say theres a happy song on any of his albums...... but this guy is epic seriously, his music is of the incred-ible. Very weird though, alot of electro influence, mostly due to him living in techno capital Berlin. His most recent album , "kingdom of welcome addiction" came out early this year, but its taken me forever to actually go out and buy it. With each of his albums, he creates a huge sound. Many leading songs could be a massive stadium anthems, except not for punters but for alternative indie kids. Really cool/weird fashion sense too, and onstage he becomes this wild alter ego. In interviews he's the most timid and shy guy , though he's stage shows are ridiculous, with thousands of screaming girls(and boys...) crying over him. Is a bit TF. Trust me, at his show, he threw his towel out to the audience and it landed right on me. Had about a billion vampire goth chicks rape me.

Download(from all of his albums): Skin vision, kiss and swallow, the alternative, Kingdom of welcome addiction, My secret friend.

Kingdom of Welcome Addiction:

My Secret Friend Ft Imogen Heap:

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The driving song

Nalepa - Monday (Glitch Mob Remix)