Mozam Beaks

This is awesome. Verges from dirty prog to psychedelic 'world' sounds, to tropical, kraut-y electronica with dashings of pop thrown throughout. Amazed this isn’t being released by some super cool tape label yet.Listen below or grab stuff for free at bandcamp. Mozam Beaks - Sons of the a la ModeHot Tropic by Mozam BeaksBandcamp...

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S.R Woodward

Music is at its most exciting when risks are taken; when the artist doesn't stick to the easiest route; where something could potentially go wrong. Surely one of the main reasons that bands like Elbow, although loved by many, are disliked by arguably many more is that they take few risks, that their music is so very down the middle. The first I heard of Ohio musician S.R. Woodward was when he emailed me a track a few months back. No introduction, barely a hello, no information on who he was, what he did, or even the name he makes music under – just a few words and the track. Although this isn’t usually the best method of ensuring your music is...

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Red Psalm: New Track

Just noticed this new track by Red Psalm that popped up on SoundCloud a few weeks ago. Just like the rest of Kansas City-based artist John Dickson's work, it's pretty top. Red Psalm - Light Sleepers Also heard that Red Psalm might be teaming up with New York based lo-fi weirdo psych-pop artist Arc Light to put out a split release, which will be well worth keeping an eye on over the next few weeks.Facebook | SoundCl...

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Releases: Best of the Week

Time constraints mean this isn't the most comprehensive of lists but still, even a list this poorly planned highlights some decent record releases from the alternative crowd.Week starting March 28:The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong (Slumberland)The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Even In DreamsKing Creosote + Jon Hopkins [Collab] – Diamond Mine (Domino)Amanda Applewood - I Love BoysPeter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some (Cooking Vin...

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Competition: Asobi Seksu Brighton Tickets

The other week I posted about New York shoegazers Asobi Seksu, speaking about their latest album Fluorescence as well as getting a bit excited by their upcoming UK tour.Kindly, the folks at One Inch Badge Records have got in touch to say they'd be more than happy to to give away two free tickets to their show at Brighton Audio on April 21 to one lucky frequenter of this here blog. That's pretty cool, 'cause my guess is it'll be a really good (and pretty darn noisy) show that will be difficult to forget.To be in with a chance to win the two tickets, all you need to do is send the correct answer to the following question to basementcompetitions[at]gmail[dot]com...

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Men Of Good Fortune

Photo: Elizabeth WaightStruggling to find words to describe this. Kind of an unusual juxtaposition of catchy and fairly light and 'normal' music with shouty, atonal, difficult to understand and certainly unusual lead vocals that ends up as kind of experimental punk? God knows, I dunno. As much as it perhaps shouldn't work, it kind of does and I like it. They're a London five-piece, by the way, just so this blog post has some actual information.They just played the Hackney Working Girls Club night and got photographed by Vice Magazine, so maybe expect to hear quite a bit more in the coming months. Listen to sounds below.Men Of Good Fortune - Infant...

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Teens

Just stumbled upon Teens over on I Guess I'm Floating and immediately became excited to listen to new music again. 60s psych influenced lo-fi pop, but not with a fear of showing some balls every so often. They're from Boise, Idaho and this is bloody good. Listen and download below, or grab the whole self-titled 9-track album over at their Tumblr.Teens - ReasonsTeens - Die With YouTumblr | Bandc...

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Coke Candy

Today I present you some lo-fi indie rock from Seattle’s Coke Candy. It’s nothing overly adventurous or even original. Songs are fairly basic in their set up, guitars distorted to the max and vocals as carefree as you’re likely to hear for a while. But the songs have a great feel to them and seem entirely unforced, plus the riffs are pretty satisfying. If all music was like this the world might be a drab and dirty place, but for me Coke Candy don’t need to be any cleaner or more fancy in their songwriting.Hear stuff below, or grab some over at their bandcamp.Coke Candy - Heart SiqCoke Candy - Deee DeeeBandcamp | MySp...

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Thirteen Reasons Why

Selena GomezShe and Thirteen Reasons WhyIn February 2011, Deadline.com reported that Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment had acquired the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher with Selena Gomez attached to the lead.Thirteen Reasons Why, also known spelled as Th1rteen R3asons Why, is a 2007 New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction novel written by Jay Asher. The book was published by RazorBill, a young adult imprint of Penguin Books.On February 8th, 2011 Universal Studios picked up the novel to be developed into a movie with Selena Gomez cast as Hannah Baker.Author's comments on writing"Writing this book made me realize how fascinated...

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Nicole Scherzinger – Fabulous Magazine Photoshoot

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Cool Cult

Being in a band at a young age always carries the risk of turning into disaster. Ideas are yet to fully form, musical tastes and influences are still developing and thus musical output can sometimes be a little questionable. Usually that’s okay because no one ever hears it, but if the band gains some press attention, that’s when it has the potential to inflict some long lasting damage. Sometimes it works out okay. After all, Daniel Blumberg was in the questionable, middle of the road indie band Cajun Dance Party before the massively hyped and increasingly successful fuzzed up Yuck. Still, it’s easy to imagine it not working that way in many instances.Australia's...

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Releases: Best of the Week

Little bit of a null week. Hmm.Week starting March 21:The Strokes – Angles (Rough Trade)The Strokes - GratisfactionMicachu & the Shapes + London Sinfonietta [Collaboration] – Chopped and Screwed (Rough Trade)CW Stoneking – King Ho...

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Saturday's Kids Comp: We Have A Winner...

Congratulations to Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Manning! Saturday's Kids are indeed from Wales, you are the winner of the competition, and we'll be posting you the prizes pictured above (minus my foot) in the next few days.Thanks to everyone who entered, and commiserations to those who didn't win. Remember you can still buy the contents of the prize over at Saturday's Kids online shop by clicking on THESE CAPITALISED LETTERS if you like.Thanks again and keep visiting Basement Fever for lots more good music and perhaps a few more giveaways in the coming wee...

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Bar Refaeli Allure Magazine Photoshoot April 2011

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Alpen

Apologies for constantly short blog posts. I’m rubbish and seemingly constantly in a rush. Stumbled upon Australia based Alpen on Bandcamp the other day and, although I haven’t had tonnes of chance to give it a proper listen, I’ve certainly enjoyed what I’ve heard.Firmly electronic, there’s a really progressive and consuming sound built up through textures and layers of beats and guitar here that I find perfect for drowning out early morning bus journeys. I’m not going to call it ‘night bus’, though. That would be silly.Listen for yourself below, check out more from the Feral Media label, or download the full EP for free at bandcamp.Alpen - An...

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Dancers

As unlikely a place as north Wales may seem to the outside world, it’s been kicking out some pretty top bands recently. Most people will already know of Gallops, who played BBC Introducing’s Reading stage to good response a few years back and are currently in Austin for SXSW, as well as instrumental surf wonders Y Niwl. There’s an ever growing list of newer and lesser known acts coming through too - the likes of Under Alien Skies, Swathes, and Mowbird all with strong and interesting output - and now Dancers can be added to the list also.Coming from Denbigh, Dancers make music the likes of which are pretty well documented up to now. They’re pretty...

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Negative Pegasus

Brighton’s Negative Pegasus make noisey, droning, and reverberating psychedelic rock. Best served: mildly heated, in a dark room, loud. Perfect with: a slightly pissed off mood or a bunch of well collated friends. Also a perfect companion for live outings. These make we want to nod my head aggressively and stomp my feet. Find out if they give you the same response by heading to their bandcamp or listening below. Alternatively, catch them live - in London supporting Sightings on April 6 at The Grosveor, or in Brighton headlining at Cowley Club on April 13.Negative Pegasus - Psychic EnergyNegative Pegasus - For LifeNegative Pegasus - VisitationBandcamp...

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Triptides: Tropical Dreams

Posted about Triptides a while back - talking about their last 6-track EP/mii-album. It was all surfy indie pop goodness, made even better by being given away for free. (It still is, infact. Click here.)It's pretty easy to imagine them getting pretty big, given their accessible sound and catchy tunes, and it looks like it might be headed that way. Word is gradually spreading through blogs and word of mouth, and their next EP/album, Tropical Dreams out officially March 29, is being released through BeachTapes. Hear it below.Bandcamp | MySp...

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Releases: Best of the Week

A few big named and much hyped omissions this week because the output will probably be rubbish, but still a good few (and plenty if you're a fan of folk) album releases next week worth getting excited about.Week starting March 14:The Dodos – No Color (Wichita)The Dodos - Black NightJosh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Genltemen (Mute)Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love [Vinyl Reissue] (Phantasy Sound)Gentle Good – Tethered For The Storm (Gwymon Records)Julia Stone – Memory Machine (Flo...

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BEACH!

Only a quick post today, but I think it's a pretty good'un - music from Brighton artist BEACH!.Fast paced and noisey, 'Summertime' is a fine showing from a project in such early stages. A song with an overriding pop feel, though awash with plenty of echoing shoegazey reverb and catchy surf vibes, it reminds of the likes of Jesus & Mary Chain but yet never feels inferior to the genre's masters.Expect more top music from (and more words of praise on here for) BEACH! in the near future, hopefully. BEACH! - SummertimeBandcamp | Thanks to Pigeon P...

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BARB

BARB is a collaboration of some of New Zealand’s finest output of the last few years – Liam Finn, Connan Mockasin, Lawrence Arabia, Eliza-Jane Barnes, and Seamus Ebbs. Although they’ve been ‘rocking out’ together for almost 12 months, now seems just a good a time as any to write some pleasant words about them seeings, like most good bands, they don’t seem to be getting the attention they deserve. As you might expect from reading the line-up, if you know anything about the band’s members’ other work, BARB is far from your usual ‘supergroup’. Rather than pooling their individual talents to create a bland, middle of the road rock band (like seems...

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Fear Of Men

Brighton/London androphobes (or perhaps not) Fear Of Men seem to have emerged out of nowhere. A bit like that scene on Toy Story (the only one that matters – numero uno) where the toys come out of the sandbox and freak Andy the fuck out, Fear Of Men ascend from the swathes of other bands, but give you a kiss on the cheek and turn you all bashful rather than sending you into a fear-driven frenzy.Sex Is Disgusting, as always, are on the ball super early as are the likes of The Pigeon Post (well, Matthew writing for This Is Fake DIY) and Sonic Masala - and it’s with super good reason, too. Their female-led, lo-fi jangly pop songs are not only on...

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P For Persia

Some bands are really noisey. Noise to a level where there is no melody whatsoever. This is perfectly good. Music is art, and noisier music is just as relevant as pop music and should be appreciated just as much. But sometimes it’s a little difficult to listen to, naturally. Sometimes you want that noise - lots of harsh sounds, guitar reverb, cymbal crashes - but also some cohesion and some melody, just to soften the experience a little.Well, sometimes I want that anyway. I won’t speak on your behalf. But if sometimes you also would like some melody with your servings of harsh noise then Brighton’s P For Persia might be the band for you. Combining...

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Competition: Saturday's Kids Goodies

That's right. Welcome to Basement Fever's first ever competition! We're very happy to be here and we're excited to be giving away free stuff from people that we like. We think it's a pretty decent prize, and we hope you do too. Of course by 'we' I actually mean 'I'. Anyway.Any even semi-regular visitor to or Facebook fan or Twitter follower of this blog will know just how much we like Saturday's Kids. They've featured a good few times on BF (here, here, and here, and we've also shouted how much we like them at other places, like on The Pigeon Post. Their ever-developing post-punk/post-hardcore sound has had us excited on many, many occasions...

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Releases: Best of the Week

Mixed week. Slash and Avril Lavigne bring out records, but so do the likes of Kurt Vile, Those Dancing Days and Tennis.Week starting March 7:Those Dancing Days – Daydreams & Nightmares (Wichita)Those Dancing Days - Keep Me In Your PocketNoah & the Whale – Last Night On Earth (Mercury)Starfucker – Reptilians (Polyvinyl)Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys (Polydor) Wild Palms – Until Spring (Onelittleindian)Wye Oak – Civilian (Cityslang)Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo (Matador)Banjo Or Freakout – Banjo Or Freakout (Memphis Industries)REM – Collapse Into Now (Warner Bros)Tennis - Cape DoryBlackbird Blackbird – Summer Heart (Art Union)Erland &...

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The Yes Club: Change Name & New Song

New York jammers The Yes Club are now known as Night Collectors.Basement Fever posted about them a little while back (here, to be precise) because their raucous, noisey psych-influenced, old-school synth-laden garage rock jams had us getting all excited. We looked forward to hearing lots more music from The Yes Club, but now we look forward to hearing more music from Night Collectors. To celebrate the name change, they've also got a new song. It's called 7/11. It's good. Hear it below.Facebook | Bandc...

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Asobi Seksu

Shit. A slightly less new, more established band. Don’t tell anyone I'm posting about them.It’s with pretty good reason that I write about US shoegazers Asobi Seksu, though. Quite simply they’re really good, and so is their new album.Now on their fifth studio album, Fluorescence puts the New York band back into more familiar plugged in and distorted territory following the entirely acoustic Rewolf. Although certainly fitting in with the shoegaze movement giving the whirring and noisey guitars, there’s also definite indie pop hints with the high-pitched and beautiful vocals from front-woman Yuki Chikudate and songs still holding a catchy, sing-along...

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Tashaki Miyaki

HEY, LOOK! MORE MUSIC I FOUND ON THE PIGEON POST.I should just stop telling you which bands I’ve found on said blog in the hope that you don’t read that RUBBISH. I should just take all the credit myself. But I’ve got a feeling that’s wrong and I shouldn’t. Plus, The Pigeon Post isn't actually rubbish. Or is it?Anyway. Tashaki Miyaki is swaying female vocal led slow pop with a nod to the 60s. Very Best Coast-y, but more in a way that they share the same influences rather than Tashaki Miyaki ripping off Bethany et al. It’s really, really nice and the Californian group need to up their productivity – I want more!We don’t have much more info than...

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My Name Is Ian

As promised on this St David’s day, today’s featured band is based in Wales – the country of flowing hills, daffodils, and rugby. And my university years. Well, the band is sometimes based in Wales.My Name Is Ian is another of the releasees of the Plymouth / Weymouth / Portsmouth bedroom label Art Is Hard. Less than me being biased for potential future sofa crashes, however, the regular posts on bands on this label has more to do with their quality. Honest! First appearing on their now sold-out first ever release – a compilation of south-west bands available through purchasing a t-shirt - the one-man band fronted by, you guessed it, Ian is now...

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