BE[a]ST Albums of 2009 (part 1)

Dragonette 's 2009 album, Fixin to Thrill , cracked our top 25 BE[a]ST albums of the past year, largely in part due to a number of songs that depart from their signature blend of gritty electropop. One said track is Easy , a smooth ride through soft vocals and liquidy undertones. Simply put…one of our most oft repeated tracks, still to this…read more

Dragonette Dragonette might not be getting the attention they deserve for second album ‘Fixin To Thrill’, but that hasn’t stopped them releasing singles from it. Check out their latest electroballad ‘ Easy ‘ – it’s the kind of thing we’d been hoping for from the latest Goldfrapp effort ‘ Head First ‘. Click here to view…read more

Bear in Heaven “Lovesick Teenagers” From Beast Rest Forth Mouth Hometapes / Dreamboat (2010) Listen to “Lovesick Teenagers.” MP3 Beast Rest Forth Mouth is the second release from this quartet made up of Jon Philpot, Adam Wills, Sadek Bazaraa and Joe Stickney. The album speaks to the points of the compass (”Beast Rest Forth Mouth” / “East West North South”)…read more

Just when I was hoping for new material from Dragonette , I get a new press release about them e-mailed to me with a brand new single (that isn’t on the Fixin’ To Thrill album) called “ Our Summer “. It’s basically a hot summer song with infectious beats that samples the lines from Beyonce’s “Single…read more

Synth-driven trio Bear In Heaven create sonic atmospheres with prog rock leanings on their second LP, Beast Rest Forth Mouth. It’s not easy to categorize, but it’s easy on the ears. Today’s Top Tune is “You Do You.”read more

Surrender Dorothy Words and music by Bonny Morgan (S.O.C.A.N.) © 2009 Surrender, surrender, surrender Dorothy Surrender, surrender, surrender Dorothy For you can’t go home again Surrender, surrender, surrender Dorothy We’ll give you diamonds To take away your tears You’ll be rewarded with sunshine all your years But you can’t go home again Surrender, surrender, surrender Dorothy…read more

While I really wish The Field would have tackled “Lovesick Teenagers” this will do, and I’ll pretty much post anything by The Field anyway. This distorted synth-treated mix of “Ultimate Satisfaction” is featured on the forthcoming reissue of Bear in Heaven ’s 2009 stunner Beast Rest Forth Mouth coming September 14th on Hometapes. BIH will also be touring the U…read more

Dragonette is set to release a new single appropriately titled, “Our Summer” on July 27th. The single will be followed by Mixin To Thrill , which compiles the new single, the studio version “My Things” and a host of some of the best Dragonette remixes of the past year. Mixin To Thrill will be released on August 3rd digitally…read more

Rather appropriately Bear In Heaven have a song called “Dust Cloud” on their debut album “Beast Rest Forth Mouth”.  Why is it appropriate?  Well because they were just stranded in Madrid airport amongst the chaos that is/was Eyjafjallajökull, the Icelandic Volcano ash-cloud thinger. Whilst stranded and completely bored in the airport, they decided to put a…read more