New book out about the FUZZTONES

There’s a new book out about the FUZZTONES published by Fanppro:
As Times Gone - 40 Years of Garage Grunge
The Lysergic Legacy of the Fuzztones
366 Pages, coloured
€ 39,80
ISBN: 978-3-946502-12-8

40 years of Garage Insanity. The detailed band history of the legendary band, from Harrisburg to New York City to Los Angeles and finally Berlin.
Leave your Mind at Home!

Neuer Titel bei Fanpro:
As Times Gone - 40 Years of Garage Grunge
The Lysergic Legacy of the Fuzztones

40 Jahre Garagenrock-Wahnsinn.
Eine detaillierte Bandgeschichte der legendären New Yorker und ihre Karriere um die halbe Welt, von Harrisburg (wohl ein bisschen Strahlung abbekommen, was?) über New York City, L. A. und schlussendlich Berlin.
Leave your Mind at Home!
Voluminöses Softcover, Querformat, 366 Seiten, vollfarbig,
in englischer Sprache.
€ 39,80
ISBN: 978-3-946502-12-8

The Imaginary Suitcase - The gods gave you victory today only to make your final defeat more bitter (Belgium 2021)

 

The singer-songwriter Laurent Leemans has a new album out under the name THE IMAGINARY SUITCASE, released on March 1, 2021.

"The Imaginary Suitcase is the one in which the Belgian singer-songwriter Laurent Leemans keeps his dead dreams, those that still barely breathe and the memories of his fantasized lives. Singer of the folk-rock combo Ceilí Moss from 1996 to 2015 and of the arty-new wave band La Vierge du Chancelier Rolin in the 90s, Laurent started solo in 2012, when the desire to bring songs Ceilí Moss leftovers to life became stronger than the fear of becoming the umpteenth fool with a 6-strings who whines his existentialism over two and a half chords.

Comparison isn't always right, but it still helps to know where we're going, so let's go: in search of the perfect balance between clear line melodies (like Suzanne Vega), lyricism (like Sophia) and rough and willingly uncomfortable sounds (à la 16 Horsepower), The Imaginary Suitcase offers melodies and soul (not always pure), for songs built around a dark, expressive and versatile voice, which knows how to caress as well as how to scratch, deceptively simple guitar chords (acoustic / electric) and burning or sarcastic (mainly EN and sometimes FR / NL) lyrics about life, death and the scary moments in between.

Since 2012, The Imaginary Suitcase has released a whopping 9 recordings and played around 500 concerts in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The 10th album (“The gods gave you victory today only to make your final defeat more bitter”) will be released on March 1, 2021. It contains 14 songs of mourning, rage, shattered hopes and letting go. Don't expect romantic sunsets, rather something like 16 Horsepower meets Michel Gira at a Nick Cave concert (back in the days when Nick Cave wasn't boring). A perfect album for these times which forces us into introspection.

More than ever, to be continued… " (press info)

Some links to check his music out:

http://www.theimaginarysuitcase.be
http://www.facebook.com/theimaginarysuitcase
http://theimaginarysuitcase.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/the-imaginary-suitcase
http://www.reverbnation.com/theimaginarysuitcase
http://www.youtube.com/user/theimaginarysuitcase/playlists

Paneye - Lord of Circles (AUSTRALIA 2021)

 

 

PANEYE has a new album out. It's acoustic guitar-based psych and I like it very much.

You may have a listen and download it here: https://paneye.bandcamp.com/album/lord-of-circles-2021

Words, Music, Vocals by Will Treffry
Art by Will Treffry and Bonnie
Original photos by Bonnie and Will
Water sample on Track 5 by Bonnie
Jay Squire plays guitar with me on Track 14

All recorded on Duxford Street in Paddington, Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains and Ocean Street in Edgecliff, Sydney 2018-2020

released March 2, 2021

Link to blog post on Lord of Circles:
www.eyelidtemples.com/2021/03/lord-of-circles-by-paneye-2021.html

 

TSN - The Really Blues (USA)

https://soundcloud.com/tsndemos/the-really-blues

https://soundcloud.com/tsndemos/stagnant-pool

https://soundcloud.com/tsndemos/lemonaide

https://soundcloud.com/tsndemos/day-in


Tyler from San Diego, CA wrote me and wants to share a couple of songs with the HLFP readers.
Recently, he writes, he’s into the bands MGMT, Strawberry Switchblade and Panda Bear. Some of his all time favorites are The Velvet Underground, Beach House, The Beach Boys, Suicide and The Cure.
Tyler has been posting „miscellaneous songs“ on soundcloud for about two years now.
Here’s your chance to listen to them.

Enjoy!

Link here! (17 mb, 3 tracks, mp3-Zip)

John Peel Sessions anyone?

Dave Strickson is a blogger, who created an alphabetized roundup of all the Peel Sessions he found on YouTube. There's nearly a thousand, including David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars, Roxy Music, Joy Division and New Order, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smiths, The Fall, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nirvana, Hole, Elvis Costello, Cocteau Twins, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Broadcast, P J Harvey, Bongwater, Stereolab, Nick Drake, T-Rex, Buzzcocks, Can, Fairport Convention, The Kinks, The Specials, The Slits, Thin Lizzy, Syd Barrett and lots more.

Enjoy