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

1. Out At The Roots 2. Something Inside 3. Tell You So 4. Evil Dance 5. You Can Always Have More 6. Open Hearts 7. At Any Time 8. Mary Bloody Sunshine 9. Boom 10. The Last Ones Here

The Longcut (Manchester, England, UK)

(2009) LP - Open Hearts (Melodic Records)

Indie Rock / Post Punk / Britpop / Electronica / Post Rock

Stuart Ogilvie (Vocals, Keyboard, Drums)

Lee Gale (Guitar)

Jon Fearon (Bass)

(Watch the official video for ‘Something Inside’ by The Longcut)

Driving bass melodies and thundering drum beats give way to euphoric sections of atmospheric Post Rock.  Half the tunes have more of an Electronic backbone and others are driven by guitars and fast-pace Post Punk rhythms.  The more you decode their complex patterns and ideas the more you will end up saying ‘Hell Yeah!’

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Cool like: The Sunshine Underground, Kubichek!, Klaxons, ¡Forward, Russia!, Hope Of The States, Battle, The Joy Formidable, Polytechnic, The Music, The Departure, Maserati

1. Sonic Redemption 2. Smokin Louise 3. Riot Dub 4. Raise 5. Frio Ni Calor 6. New Groove 7. Out From Heaven 8. 7th Day 9. Day Break 10. Exile 11. Somethin' Down 12. Chillan 13. Shutdown

The Ganjas (Santiago, Chile)

(2007) LP - Daybreak (Algo Records)

Psychedelic Rock / Stoner Rock / Shoegaze / Dub / Britpop

Aido (Drums)

Pape (Bass, Vocals)

Sam (Guitar, Vocals)

Luife (Keyboards, Maracas)

Alvarito (Percussion)

Comegato (Guitar)

(Watch the official video for ‘Sonic Redemption’ by The Ganjas )

This awesome band from Chile mixes all kinds of great music together, sometimes it’s the black leather rock of BRMC, or the Psychedelic Britpop of The Verve and every once in awhile they break into a chilled Reggae/Dub groove.

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Cool like:  Darker My Love, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Singapore Sling, The Verve, Oasis,  The Isolation, Sublime, Black Angels, Black Ryder

1. I Like Watching You 2. Jeststreams 3. Wishing For The Fire 4. The World Is Yours 5. Candle Lights 6. Adored 7. Luv Deluxe 8. Modern Love 9. Ray Of Sun 10. Ultraviolent 11. White Flag 12. Your Heart Isn't Open Anymore 13. Sentimental

Cinnamon Chasers (UK)

(2009) LP - A Million Miles From Home (Modus Records)

Electronica / Synthpop

Russ Davies (Production)

(Watch the official video for ‘Luv Deluxe’ by Cinnamon Chasers)

Russ Davies is the son of Dave Davies of The Kinks, but makes music like Cut Copy.

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Cool like: Cut Copy, Fenech-Soler, The Golden Filter, Vitalic, Zootwoman, Shy Child, Pnau, Walter Meego

1. Open Lighted Doorway 2. Kommune 3. Out O The Smoke 4. Third Transition 5. The Burning Mountain 6. Dry Leaves 7. Dalalven 8. Cylinders 9. Set Fire To The Forest 10. Disappearances

Voice Of The Seven Thunders (UK)

(2010) LP - Voice Of The Seven Thunders (Tchantinler)

Psychedelic Rock / Ambient / Folk

Rick Tomlinson (Guitar, Production)

Chris Walmsley (Drums)

Rory Gibson (Bass)

(Listen to ‘The Burning Mountain’ by Voice Of The Seven Thunders )

Psychedelic rock to warm the soul just hours before the next storm strikes.

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Cool like: White Hills, Bear Bones Lay Low, Hush Arbors, Psychic Ills, The Warlocks, Darker My Love, Singapore Sling, The Koolaid Electric Company, The Isolation

1. You'll See It (Small Black Remix) 2. Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix) 3. Weird Machines (Live At Bongozz)

Washed Out / Small Black (Georgia / Brooklyn, NY)

(2010) Split 7″ (Lovepump United)

Chillwave / Electronica / Lo-Fi / Dream Pop

Washed Out is:

Ernest Greene (Vocals, Production)

Small Black is:

Josh Kolenik (Vocals, Synth, Programming)

Ryan Heyner (Vocals, Synth, Programming)

(Watch this video for ‘Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix) by Small Black and feel pure bliss)

The reigning champs of Chillwave remix each other and the result couldn’t be any better.

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Cool like: Memory Tapes, Pearl Harbor, Ernest Greene, Dayve Hawk, Neon Indian, Beach Fossils, Best Coast, Memory Cassette, Weird Tapes

1. Lost Girl 2. Chaos 3. Optimist, The 4. Stone 5. We Want To 6. Dolls 7. Before The Light 8. Oh Cherie 9. Rapture 10. Architect Of Love

New Young Pony Club (London, England, UK)

(2010) LP - The Optimist (The Numbers)

Electronica / New Rave / Electropop / Indie Rock

Tahita Bulmer (Vocals)

Andy Spence (Guitar, Production)

Lou Hayter (Keyboard)

Sarah Jones (Drums)

(Watch the official video for ‘Lost A Girl’ by New Young Pony Club)

The highly-anticipated, sophmore release from London’s New Young Pony Club delivers groovy, ESG-style beat lined pop songs.  It’s gonna get you, hook, line and sinker.

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Cool like: Cansie De Ser Sexy (CSS), Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, ESG, Shitdisco, Dead Disco, Ladyhawke, The Teenagers, Klaxons, Metronomy, Van She, Shy Child, Friendly Fires, Zoot Woman, The Presets