Audio Current

1. Hollywood 2. Vanity Kills 3. Time 4. The Black Roses 5. Little Sister 6. Nevada 7. Reste Avec Moi 8. I Would Send You Roses 9. Like A Full Moon 10. Begging Bowl Blues 11. I Am The Resurrection 12. Hollywood (live) 13. I Wish My Daddy

Codeine Velvet Club (Glasgow, Scotland)

(2009) LP – Codeine Velvet Club (Island)

Indie Rock / Indie Pop / Britpop

Jon Lawler (Vocals, Guitar)

Lou Hickey (Vocals)

(Watch the video for ‘Vanity Kills’ by Codeine Velvet Club)

Fratellis front-man Jon Lawler does an Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys, The Last Shadow Puppets) by putting out his own lush Indie Pop record, complete with a four-piece brass backing band.

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Cool like: The Fratellis, Ian Brown, The Stone Roses, The Holloways, Pulp, The Last Shadow Puppets, Scott Walker, Blur, Broken Bells, Jarvis Cocker, Delays, The Charlatans, Good Shoes, Athlete, Cornershop

1. Coming To Save You 2. Spell It Out 3. We've Always Been Your Friends 4. In Your Arms 5. A Warning Sign 6. Change Your Mind 7. Any Minute Now 8. Here It Comes 9. One By One 10. The Messiah

The Sunshine Underground (Leeds, England, UK)

(2010) LP – Nobody’s Coming To Save You (City Rockers / EMI)

New Rave / Indie Rock / Britpop

Craig Wellington (Vocals, Guitar)

Stuart Jones (Guitar)

Daley Smith (Bass)

Mattew Gwilt (Drums)

(Watch the classic Sunshine Underground video for ‘Commercial Breakdown’)

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Cool like: Klaxons, The Rakes, Late Of The Pier, Shitdisco, Bear In Heaven, The Verve, Friendly Fires, These New Puritans, Shy Child, Van She, Goose

Brand new LA buzz-band Dunes put on a scorcher of a live performance on Thursday night at the Casbah.  They only have 3 Myspace demo tracks floating around and a handful of live shows under their belts, but they easily held their own against the fuzzed out surf rock of Best Coast and the veteran fem-rockers Vivian Girls.

Watch their whole five part set here:

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1. Mrs Mother Alien 2. Show Me The Sun 3. SOS Sound Of Sam 4. Spaceshift

The Koolaid Electric Company (UK)

(2008) EP – Feel Our Noise And Adore Us (White Label)

Psychedelic Rock / Shoegaze / Noise Rock / Dream Pop / Indie Rock

Dean Brown (Guitar)

Samuel Toms (Vocals, Guitar)

Dave ‘Rusty’ Griffin (Bass)

Jennifer Bollen (Keys, Tambourine, Vocals)

Henry Walker (Drums)

(Watch the official video for ‘Untitled 1′ by The Koolaid Electric Company)

More amazing Psychedelic Shoegaze from the UK.  What can I say, I can’t get enough of this sound.

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Cool like: The Morning After Girls, The Black Ryder, Singapore Sling, Soundpool, A Place To Bury Strangers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Warlocks, Brain Jonestown Massacre, Darker My Love, Black Angels, The Dandy Warhols