Friday 30 September 2011

Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread music video



Fresh new video from Ty Segall the San Francisco cult garage fuzz wonder, "Goodbye Bread" is taken from the S/T album out on Drag City.

Watch | Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread

Thursday 29 September 2011

Ty Segall Singles Collection " 2007-2010 "



Thirsty for more Ty Segall releases ??? Goner records as announced the releases of a Ty compilations of 25 singles " 2007-2010 " out November 22. in the meantime the nasty "Where we go" opening track from the compilation.

Listen | Ty Segall - where we go

Apparat - Song Of Los



New music video from the German electronic producer Apparat taken from his newest album out on Mute, stream the new album The Devil's Walk .

Watch | Apparat - Song Of Los

Apparat + Modeselektor 21 October @ Paradiso Amsterdam

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Le Guess Who? and State-X New Forms 2011 Festivals in Holland

On the coming months two cities in Holland present then selfs has the coolest places to be, two great festival in Utrecht and The Hague with a fabulous line up literally for all tastes, Garage Rock, Electronic, Bedroom Pop, Experimental, Singer-Songwriter, Indie, Alternative, Punk Rock, Modern Classical, Synth-Wave, Electro, Gothic, Hip Hop that promises to be a real bang of massive cool bands.
So i take my hat off to the organization of this two brilliant events for bringing so much cutting edge and independent artists to Holland.


Le Guess Who?

A Winged Victory For The Sullen/ Pure X/ Sleep Over/ Zola Jesus / Roll the Dice/ Panda Bear / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Bill Callahan / Gang Gang Dance / Suuns / John Maus / Low / Fool's Gold / Zomby / Givers / Akron/Family / My Brightest Diamond/ Shabazz Palaces / Nisennenmondai / Braids / Pinback / Pink Mountaintops... / Okkervil River / Com Truise / The Besnard Lakes / Tarwater / Puro Instinct / Om Unit /Slugabed / Cheveu / Bass Drum Of Death / Doshy / Bo Ningen / Richard Buckner / Dan Haywood's New Hawks / Holloy's / Still Corners / Oy Division / Pursuit Grooves / Babe Rainbow / Group Inerane / Socalled / Orchestra Of Spheres


State-X New Forms

Duchess Says/ Flying Lotus/ Black Lips/ Actress/ Buke and Gass/ The Dodos/ Sleepingdog/ Dustin O’Halloran/ High Places/ Jimmy Edgar/ Oy/ Objekt/ Sunburned Hand of the Man/ Baby Dee/ Tyondai Braxton and lots more

Ringo Deathstarr - Shadow EP



One of Audiopleasures favorite shoegazers Austin Texas Ringo Deathstarr have unleashed a new by EP by the name of Shadow EP and his available to listening exclusively at Nylon

Tuesday 27 September 2011

Wooden Shijps - Lazy Bones



Just premiered on Stereogum the freshest new music video from San Francisco psychedelic rockers Wooden Shijps, "Lazy Bones" is directed by the super New York experimental electronic trio Black Dice and taken from "West" LP out on Thrill Jockey.

Watch | Wooden Shijps - Lazy Bones

Whirr - June


Whirr last year was named Whirl and released the fabulous shoegaze 7 track Ep Distressor. The Oakland band now with a new name and preparing their debut LP have drop a fresh 7" with their quality intact.

Julia Holter - Try To Make Yourself A Work Of Art



Stunning video and magic track by the experimental singer-songwriter Los Angeles-based Julia Holter. "Try To Make Yourself A Work Of Art" is taken from the album "Tragedy" and is out now on Leaving Records and based on the Greek tragedy 'Hippolytus'.

Watch | Julia Holter - Try To Make Yourself A Work Of Art

Com Truise - Brokendate music video



New music video from New Jersey based producer Seth Haley known to the world as the synth-wave 80s science fiction inspired virtuoso Com Truise , “Brokendate” is taken from the debut full-length “Galactic Melt” out on Ghostly International.

Watch | Com Truise - Brokendate

Com Truise @ Paradiso Amsterdam 17 November

Monday 26 September 2011

Pure X - Pleasure



Austin Pure X is growing and growing so much in my ears, the sweet blend garage surf with a genius shoegaze harmonies all packed in a vintage lazy and blurry lo-fi sounds with a almost claustrophobic Gothic masquerade ball full of flashing colors and echoes of yet to come happiness.

Stream in full to one of my strongest contenders for 2011 best albums, Pure X - Pleasure

Watch | Pure X - Easy

still few months away but can't wait to catch Pure X + Sleep ∞ Over @ Occii 19 November Amsterdam in another super Subbacultcha event.

Duchess Says new album and Euro Tour



The MEGA FABULOUS Montreal Art Punkers Duchess Says announced the new album and will be touring Europe yeahhhhhhhh ... this is one of my most eagerly awaited albums because their last album 2008 "Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs" is still one of my favorites. "In A Fung Day T!" is the title from new album is out on Alien 8 October 11, the two track available for pre listening are as expected super cool, fresh and so unbelievably good !!!!! Im UBER SHOCKED to see no dates in Amsterdam SHOCKING to say the least ...

last concert i saw with them Annie-Claude wrapped her mic wire round my neck and dragged to me stage and the crowd was shouting : rape rape rape rape : HELL YEAHHHHHH

Listen | Duchess Says - Time to Reiterate

dont miss them !!!!

12-05 Paris, FR @ Point Ephémère
12-06 Oullins, FR @ Le Clacson
12-07 Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative de Mai %
12-08 tba
12-09 tba
12-10 tba
12-12 London, UK @ CAMP
12-13 Manchester, UK @ Castle Hotel
12-14 Norwich, UK @ Norwich Arts Center
12-15 Brussels, BE @ Magasin 4
12-16 Berlin, DE @ Magnet Club
12-17 Den Haag, NL @ State X New Forms Festival
12-18 Utrecht, NL @ DB's
12-19 Ghent, BE @ Cafe Video
% w/ Black Lips

Dum Dum Girls - Bedroom Eyes music video



New music video from the Dum Dum Girls, "Bedroom Eyes" is taken from their 2011 album "Only in Dreams" out this week via Sub Pop and its available for stream in full at Sub Pop soundcloud

Watch | Dum Dum Girls - Bedroom Eyes

The girls are gonna play on the 11 November in Amsterdam during the London Calling festival winter edition.

Sunday 25 September 2011

HOTKID - Rip It Into Pieces



New smashing video from the Toronto duo and mega HOT dance punk 90s influenced track, like having Karen O with DFA !!!!

Watch | HOTKID - Rip It Into Pieces

Mark Sink Photography








" Mark Sink , photographer, curator and teacher, has been and making a living from fine art photography since 1978. He is well known for his imagery made with the toy plastic camera the Diana. Currently, also a reverse technology, he is producing collodion wet plate photographs. His personal work is in numerous museum collections as well as gallery solo and group shows in the US, South America and Europe. He is currently represented by G. Ray Hawkins in CA. Robin Rice in NY, Paul Cava in Philadelphia, Rule Gallery in Denver. As a photographer of fine art he worked with and documented noted artists lives and their work such as Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat and Rene Ricard."

Samaritan - Don’t Try Love



Whatever was left from my ears today got ripped beyond repair, Samaritan's the UK Norwich based producer brings his upcoming EP, "Don't Try Love" is maxim pleasure and minimal exertion, a DUB smashed bomb in slow fuzz motion full of disturbing painful echoes and PTS ambiances, anxiety is suffocating and the same time addictive ... FASCINATING !!!!!

Listen | Samaritan - Don’t Try Love

Mark Johnston Abstract Paintings








" Mark Johnston is among those who believe it is still possible to say something meaningful and exciting by applying paint to canvas. He chooses to work within the long tradition of landscape painting that has flourished with particular vigour in this country. His landscapes are largely abstracted, yet there is in them the same identification with the spirit of place that permeates the great line of English landscape artists, from the Norfolk school through Turner to the St. Ives School, notably Peter Lanyon."

Influences from abroad include Rembrant and Whistler with their masterly use of light and atmospheric qualities along with more recent painters such as Cy Twombly , Antoni Tapies and Anselm Kiefer who interest Johnston with their alchemy and freedom .Mark Johnston also pays a lot of respect to the 1950’s abstract expressionists, in particular Franz Klein and his 1950–61 black and white's. “These paintings contain real force, movement and compositional strength. The raw brush strokes show true justice to materials.” Paul Tierney

Subwave



In case you dont know this gentleman let me introduce him. I first heard of the Russian Moscow based Drum n Bass producer Subwave with the Rain Dance/Naked Lunch ep on the super UK Goldie label Metalheadz, a magic minimalistic tribal dubby with monster explosions of sonic blister and synth-wave soundscapes, i got my years seduced and plugged to all this amazing sounds that are poring a bit from everywhere.

Listen | Subwave - Rain Dance
Listen | Subwave - Wheel Of Time
Listen | Subwave - Metalheadz Podcast 15

Marie Tavera by Vice Versing



UAU such a great picture, can't make up my mind, is Marie the French Mona Lisa smile looking so gorgeous or beautiful ? both i guess :)

Sorrow - Guardian



What a TUNE !!!! Its well known that there is a insane new wave of electronic producers on the way and there almost no rules in what can be done, this track is seriously cool, broken beat, uk garage, dub step echoes and glitch are A class bass amphetamines masterminded by Joe from Birmingham.

This is clearly Broken Beat infused like the stuff the Germans were producing some 12 years ago and it was almost a lost art, gotta take my old vinyls from the boxes again !!!

Listen | Sorrow - Guardian

Dane - Can't Stay



Seriously cool future bass, uk garage tune from the Montreal producer Dane.

Listen | Dane - Can't Stay

Sleep ∞ Over - Casual Diamonds



Gorgeous new video and track from the Austin girl trio Sleep ∞ Over taken from the last EP Casual Diamonds.

Stream in full the fabulous 2011 album Sleep ∞ Over - Forever

Watch | Sleep ∞ Over - Casual Diamonds

Sleep ∞ Over + Pure X @ Occii Amsterdam 19 November, Subbacultcha rocks again !!!!

Bleached - Think Of You



New music video from the ex- Mika Miko LA garage rock sisters Jennifer and Jessie Clavin aka Bleached, "Think Of You" is taken from the new 7" "Carter".

Watch | Bleached - Think Of You

Thursday 22 September 2011

Damien Vignaux Photography







Fantastic shots by French Berlin based Photographer Damien Vignaux known as Elroy, Damien Vignaux works also in motion graphics, illustration, painting and on his website are also some really interesting mixtapes.

Those Foreign Kids


Those Foreign Kids the newest offer from a long line of Haarlem in the North Holland fabulous bands, the duo sounds could be described as a cross over between Death From Above and Sonic Youth and i saw them a few months ago opening for No Age and it was very promising and have been waiting for the first demos and here they are !!! if you like the sound of this dont miss it next Saturday at Occii Amsterdam opening for Sic Alps and 4th October with Crystal Antlers @ Ekko Utrecht.

From The Back of The Room ... Punk Women Documentary



" From The Back of The Room is a new documentary about women in the D.I.Y. punk scene. The film spans two decades, and features interviews with those who live, breathe, eat and sleep the punk lifestyle, including Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile/Partyline), Cynthia Connolly (author of Banned in DC) and the aforementioned Hanna. Seminal riot grrrl topics, such as race, gender, sexuality and activism, are all discussed. The documentary aims to show that it’s possible to act on the radical ideas you possess and incorporate them into your every day life. "

Watch | From The Back of The Room Trailer

Frozen Wave in Madrid Juan Rayos



Madrid the capital of the cool skate videos, the new amazing video from Juan Rayos the man behind the super cool videos with the Longboard Girls Crew this time with boards rolling in ditches near Madrid !!!!

Watch | Frozen Wave in Madrid by Juan Rayos

Black Lips - Family Tree Video



Bloody and dirty new music video from Black Lips ... "Family Tree" taken from the 2011 album "Arabia Mountain"

Watch | Black Lips - Family Tree

We Love Machines - Huck Finn Remix



Its so good to see that our friends from Switzerland We Love Machines continue delivering great bangers for FREE !!!

Listen | Huck Finn - Never Disappear (We Love Machines Remix)

Philadelphia Pink Punk Wives



Pretty sick and FREE Philadelphia pink punk wives !!!!!

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Acid Baby Jesus USA tour



To face the tsunami of garage rock bands that come from that side of the ocean Europe has something on her sleeves, Acid Baby Jesus from Athens, Greece. Unfortunately due the terrible bad weather that was poring over Amsterdam and the excess of beverage i didn't dare to get on the bike and cross the city to see this boys show, what i heard when i got there was just that it better than we know already, Acid Baby Jesus S/T LP will be out on Slovenly 11 October and by their standards are only bangers.

Acid Baby Jesus are now rolling on a extensive US tour and if they play in your neighborhood dont miss it !!!!

Watch | Acid Baby Jesus - It's On Me

Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler



Thee Oh Sees garage rockers cult band from San Francisco are set to release their second LP in 2011, "Carrion Crawler/The Dream" is the follow up from "Castlemania" and will be released on In The Red Records, in the meantime here is a free taster

Listen | Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler

The Soft Moon - Total Decay



New EP and music video from the San Francisco dark post-punk melted with haunting industrial dark wave, priceless ...

Watch | The Soft Moon - Total Decay

Veronica Falls - S/T debut full stream



Courtesy of stereogum listen and stream on full the long time awaited super full length debut from the UK quartet out on Slumberland

Listen | Veronica Falls - S/T Debut full stream

California by Emily-Jane Robinson's



Even if i wanted to find the perfect first post after the holidays it wouldn't be as cool as this, a totally random trailer i found on my unknown friends on facebook for the new 8mm movie trailer by Emily-Jane Robinson's that i love even more after listening to Ty Segall as the soundtrack.

Watch | California

Summer Holidays Highlights, Audiopleasures 4th Anniversary

Dear champs and champets, yesterday Audiopleasures turned 4 years and i've been a bit absent first cause of my summer holidays and also a bit too lazy to return to my routines, this summer was such a utopia that im still finding ways to take charge over my life.
Here are a bit of the highlights of whats happened while i was away, this year i went to Portugal by car with some friends and that was a hell of an adventure, to cross France was literally hell cause Paris was packed and the road to Bordeaux was so jammed that took us almost 12 hours to get to Bilbao, the rest was piece of cake, spend 3 insanely awesome weeks with my friends on beautiful beaches with gorgeous blue sky's and water, starry nights like we dont see so often any more and was in Vila Nogueira de Azeitão my place of birth, Setubal, Lisbon, Oporto, Leon, Bilbao and San Sebastian that is so gorgeous. After getting back to Holland had some of the best party's of the year waiting, Double party with Sex Beet in Club Tarantula summer edition and at Pacific Park, the all Dutch stars in my favorite place in Holland the "Phoenix 13" in Haarlem. stay tuned for the return of Audiopleasures, love to all, T.