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1. Don't Be Sorry 2. All The Kids 3. Circles

Deep Sea Arcade (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

(2009) EP – Don’t Be Sorry (Speak N’ Spell)

Indie Rock / Indie Pop / Psychedelic Rock

Nick Weaver (Bass)

Nick Mckenzie (Vocals)

Tim ‘Time Chamber’ Chamberlain (Guitar)

Simon ‘Cyborg’ Relf (Guitar)

Carlos ‘Treasure Cat’ Adura (Drums)

(Watch the official video for ‘Don’t Be Sorry’ by Deep Sea Arcade above)

(This is my favorite Deep Sea Arcade track, sounds more like MGMT than their other stuff.   This video is shot by a band members brother and is set to a demo version of the track)

Masterfully executed Psychedelic Pop that’s as welcome as self-heating ear muffs in a blizzard.

‘Don’t Be Sorry’ sits beside The Coral’s ‘In The Morning’ or ‘Dreaming Of You’, a stunning slab of timeless Indie Pop.

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Cool like: The Bees, The Coral, MGMT, The Aliens, The Beatles, Tame Impala, Super Furry Animals, The Little Ones, The Zombies, The Kinks, The Smiths

Thought you could only find the euphoric synthpop of Cut Copy or Empire Of The Sun in Australia or the UK?  Think again.  Hyena explode onto the San Diego scene, a full-fledged Electronica behemoth.  If the four tunes that soundtrack http://www.wearehyena.com are anything to go by, duo Coop and Strat are only stopping to grab a quick breath of SD air before resuming global domination.

Here are the two live video’s they feature on http://www.wearehyena.com

Recently, Hyena played both the Casbah and Voyeur, leaving the SD scene craving more.  Check out this song from their Casbah performance.

Hyena’s Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/wearehyena

Hyena are playing two upcoming San Diego shows on April 1st and April 2nd at El Dorado Bar

Many thanks to Thomas Fuhr (Starline Theorie) for the inside scoop.

Cool Like:  Cut Copy, Empire Of The Sun, Van She, The Presets, Midnight Juggernauts, Junior Boys, Friendly Fires, LCD Soundsystem, Magic Wands, Zootwoman, Neon Indian, Phoenix

1. Ok Luv 2. Murderous Words [feat. Cerebral Vortex 3. 11th Hour 4. Numb (feat. P-Money) 5. Stars (feat. Anneka) 6. Multidial 7. Spacecraft 8. Neck Snap 9. Fourth Dimension 10. Club Games (feat. Cerebral Vortex & Buddy Leezle) 11. Alienstyles 12. Capsule 13. New Citiies (feat. Kiki Hitomi) 14. Pleasure Points 15. Fidelio

Starkey (Philadelphia, PA)

(2010) LP – Ear Drums And Black Holes (Planet Mu)

Dubstep / Grime / Electronica

PJ Geissinger A.K.A. Starkey (Production)

(Listen to ‘Ok Luv’ by Starkey)

Fantastic new glitchy Dubstep with lots of smooth, low-end bass.  A few tracks have grimey vocals, but for the most part it sounds like someone threw Hyetal and Crystal Castles in a blender, hold the banshee screams.

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Cool like: Zomby, Rustie, Ikonika, Martyn, Untold, Darkstar, FaltyDL, Silkie, Hyetal, Scuba, Mount Kimbie, Synkro, TRG, P-Money, Crystal Castles

1. Wild Beast 2. Nurtured Disease 3. Nails In The Coffin 4. No Anchor 5. Beggar 6. The New Real Way 7. East 8. Impatient As Can Be 9. Bitters Bust 10. Travelin' Girl 11. I'm Feelin' Good

The Bitters (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

(2010) LP – East General (Mexican Summer)

Indie Rock / Lo-Fi / Garage Rock / Indie Pop

Aerin Fogel (Vocals, Organ, Drums, Synth, Sax)

Ben Cook (Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Recording, Tape Deck)

(Listen to ‘The New Real Way’ by The Bitters)

The Bitters release their debut LP East General on Mexican Summer Records.  As expected, it’s a riotous, Lo-Fi masterpiece.

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Cool like: Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, Grooms, Dunes, Vivian Girls, Small Black, Beach Fossils, Pens, Wavves, Pearl Harbor, Black Lips, The Raveonettes, The Drums