Amsterdam : James Murphy @ Trouw 6 December

A man that surely as no need of long introductions, with Lcd Soundsystem and DFA records on his sleeves wherever he goes or whatever he does the world is always peeping, here is you change to get close to his music digs. TROUW is one of the dance mecas in town and the place is pretty big and awesome so it all should be wild n' supreme.

New LP : Regal - Misery, Redemption and Love

Few months ago the now Belgium based psych garage rockers Regal were at our place and fortunate enough had the demos from the new album and it was instantly love at the first sound. I always complain about that a lot of times garage and psych bands are much better live than the records but in this case i bet this album is gonna be a total banger. The album is out on Abzin records soon and here is your change to listen to the first tracks from Misery, Redemption and Love.

Festival : Le Guess Who? Fuzzbox with Ty Segall, Fidlar, Allah-Las ...

LE GUESS WHO? festival in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands is regarded to be one of the best music festivals in this country, Utrecht itself is known to be the capital of the alternative culture so its not surprising at all to see such an amazing line up of artists.

Get excited and get stoked, FUZZBOX promises to be one of the most exciting day of this year and a must to any garage rock fans because with the prince Ty Segall are arriving Los Angeles favourites trash surf rock super hyped since last year Fidlar, and plenty of other amazing bands with lost of fuzz and psych vibes like Allah-Las, White Fence, Brat Farrar among many others.

Tribute Album : 45th anniversary of The Velvet Underground and Nico by Castle Face and Friends

45th anniversary of "The Velvet Underground & Nico", The tribute album by several artists from California label co-run by John Dwyer feat. Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, White Fence, The Fresh & Onlys, Kelley Stoltz, Burnt Ones etc ... record only on vinyl via Castle Face records and not on stores, also available on bands tours.

Compilation : 170 Tracks by Burger Records

Massive 170 tracks compilation from the infamous Burger Records !!!!!

Mixtape : mY Indie Soul # 53 to Ana Marr

The sounds of the summer of 2012 are to my sweet friend Ana Marr ( 1982 - 2012 )



Chelsea Wolf - Appalachia
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby
White Dress - No Solid State
Mac DeMarco - My Kind of Woman
Dum Dum Girls - Lord Knows
Sonny and the Sunsets - Pretend You Love Me
Woods - Cali in a cup
Ty Segall & White Fence - Time
Thee Oh Sees - Hang a Picture
Fletcher C Johnson - Send Me Your Love
Tropical Popsicle - The Age of Attraction
Halasan Bazar - Tin Foiled
Warm Soda - Reaction
The Babies - Moonlight Mile
Night Moves - Only A Child
Night Beats - Useless Game
JEFF the Brotherhood - Country Life
The Though Shits - Hombre De La Cocaina
Holy Wave - Looksee
Serfs - Spaces
Splashh - Need it
The Hairs - Duh x-12
Cosmonauts - Psychich Denim
Audacity - Punk Confusion
Terry Malts - Where Is The Weekend
The Spits - Mude und Einsam

Skateboard : VANS Downtown Showdown Amsterdam 04 August

Skateboards will rival bicycles as the city’s main mode of transportation en route to the historic heritage event site, the Westergasfabriek of Amsterdam, NL the first weekend of August. The former “Western Gas Factory” will be the venue for the fourth edition of the now legendary Vans Downtown Showdown and the location will host the free skate event complete with movie screenings, music, a public skate feature, art activation and more activities to be revealed over the next few months.

Vans Downtown Showdown 2012 Teaser - August 4th, Amsterdam from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

New Remix : Mark Knight ft. Skin - Nothing Matters (Noisia Remix)

Absolutely blazing new killa bomb remix from the Dutch superstars Drum n Bassers Noisia, im so glad to see/ear that the guys are dropping the uber-boring dubstep scene and are back with their trash Drum n Bass signature.

New Showreel : Maxim Zhestkov 2012

Fresh showreel from the Russian wonder kid of Motion Graphs Maxim Zhestkov, doesn't show any new works but its always a pleasure to revisit his stunning work.

Reel 2012 / Maxim Zhestkov from Maxim Zhestkov on Vimeo.

LP : Rayon Beach - This Looks Serious (2012)

One of my most eagerly anticipated albums of 2012 is the debut LP from the Austin Texas trio Rayon Beach on the fabulous Burger Records, "This Looks Serious" is a absolute magic position combining the California fuzz Surf-Rock and wave-punk with synths and dronesque soundscapes, psychedelic and sexy devilish rock n roll rhythms, the perfect blast for the coming summer and obviously on my 10 top albums of 2012.

Listen | Rayon Beach - Some Fun Before We Die

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New LP : The Dictaphone - The Dictaphone

My favourite French psych garage and noise makers return with another collection of borderline fuzz with hallucinogenic beats, claustrophobic drones, killer bass and distortion that threatens to melt your ears and send you straight into the state of clinical madness. I was absolutely blown away with their 2011 "Past.Future.Void" that was on my top 5 releases of the year, the new S/T cassette on Tolmie Terrapin Press follows the same path and go direct to nrb 1 in 2012 ... if u love Thee Oh Sees and The Cramps this will glide into your dreams like your favourite ice cream.

Video : Brown Brogues - Anyone But You

Brown Brogues return with the next single 'Anyone But You', to be released on 7" through one of London's most exciting new labels Italian Beach Babes.

The video, directed by Plastic Zoo - founders of Manchester video blog MCR Scenewipe - sees the duo take to the beach, and feels like equal parts Cormac McCarthy's The Road and a lost VHS of a forgotten family holiday. As a follow up to the much loved "Treet U Beta" video, this was lovingly filmed through a 17 year old Hitachi VHS Camera.

Sampler : Hozac Records 2012

Excellent 2012 sampler from the Chicago, Illinois independent record label Hozac Records

2012 YOUR LAST CHANCE by HOZAC RECORDS

Single : Lower Dens - Brains

First taste for the upcoming album from Jana Hunter and the Lower Dens, the Baltimore indie-rockers generated a lot of attention with their 2010 debut "Twin-Hand Movement" and saw Jana Hunter got her cult status increased. The 2nd LP Nootropics is out on Ribbon Music in the spring.

Mp3 | Lower Dens - Brains

Holy Wave - Knife Hits LP

picture by Kori Bearden

First 2012 music tip comes from Austin Tx, pretty cool debut garage psychedelic rock album from Holy Wave out today.