Project:KOMAKINO [UK]

PROJECT:KOMAKINO - The Struggle for Utopia - 2009

Born out of the dark thoughts of a world that could have been… PROJECT:KOMAKINO began as the solo music project of Kris Kane in March 2007.

PROJECT:KOMAKINO was unveiled at the now legendary Experimental Circle Club in April 2007 and was received with high acclaim. Kris went on to play a number of gigs with the like minded up and coming of the time, such as Ipso Facto, Electricity In Our Homes and Ulterior. After a year of angst and frustrated yet enigmatic performances, the one man band evolved into what is now a four piece, with the addition of Oscar Maya on drums, Jamie McQuade on bass and Andrew Hiles on synthesizers.

The band has been referred to as a group of shadows, clad in uniforms of espionage and driven by the duende. With songs about dystopian futures and darker times, the music is disturbing and makes the skin twitch when watching their live performances. The music is heavily influenced by 70’s British Post Punk, Constructive Design and Dystopian literature. This in turn has created a dark reverberated sound, accompanied by relentless drum beats, haunting vocals and intangible lyrics.

Debut album of PROJECT:KOMAKINO - The Struggle for Utopia is out already!

http://www.myspace.com/projectkomakino

Come to my SLSK acc: ambergw, if you want to dl this album.

93 Million Miles From The Sun [UK]

93 Million Miles From The Sun - St (2009)

93MillionMilesFromTheSun - aka Nick Mainline (Guitar/Noise Vox) and Rob Hogg (Bass/Noise) both live in Doncaster in the north of England.

They both create amazing shoegazing rock and they sound like a shoegazing Mogwai with bits of early Verve, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Loop, Slowdive, The Cooper Temple Clause ect… 93MillionMilesFromTheSun are becoming quite popular in America and have become one of the very best shoegazing bands of recent times fastly becoming big favourites with people out there especially in the shoegazing scene.

93MillionMilesFromTheSun have already released an exclusive track on the “Secret Garden - The New Wave of Shoegaze (Nugaze)” compilation album along with other artists like Ulrich Schnauss and The Fauns. 93MillionMilesFromTheSun also play lots of live gigs in the U.K and are very good live.

Their self-titled debut album was out now!

Band myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/93millionmilesfromthesun

Fangs On Fur [US]

Fang On Fur - 2009 - Self-titled

Female fronted goth-punk-deathrock band from Los Angeles.

Classic 80's style.

http://www.myspace.com/fangsonfur

Phaidia [Jpn]

Phaidia - In the Dark - 1985

Band has Yoshida (Ruins,YBO2) on drums they make dark post punk/death rock the drumming is great some info: Phaidia was a Japanese deathrock band, formed in the early 80's. Cutting voice, powerful drums and guitars... They've been labeled "the Japanese Christian Death".

Their music was described as hard-edged, energetic goth rock with some leftover punk touches.

http://www.myspace.com/phaidiafanpage (fan site)

Wallenberg [Fra]

Wallenberg is the second start for one of the most important bands in the French cold-wave scene, since Wallenberg revealed himself from 1984 to 1988 with many live records supporting Play Dead, Jad Wio, Neva and many more… and several featuring on compilations, radio shows and TV appearances, which revealed them to the French audience, before a premature split, although an album was planned with EMI.

Wallenbeg is back in 2004 with a new line up around Hervé (singer and co-composer) and the release of their first real album on Manic Depression Records. And their song also appeared on on the Strobelight Records compilation "New Dark Age Vol.3".

http://www.myspace.com/wallenbergmusiccom

http://www.wallenberg-music.com/

The Sunday Reeds [Aus]

The Sunday Reeds are a female-fronted noise pop/rock band named after 1930/40s Melbourne patron of the arts Sunday Reed. The love-child of some kind of rock 'n' roll orgy between The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joy Division, The Ramones and The Velvet Underground. Driving bass lines, plenty of guitar feedback, primitive rock beats and low, velvety female vocals. If Nico had joined The Ramones, strapped on a bass, and a whole lot more noise was added, this is how it might've sounded.

Debut album Drowning In History from Australia's finest purveyors of black clad, feedback and fuzz drenched pop/rock. Like the love child of some kind of rock n' roll orgy between The Jesus And Mary Chain, Joy Division and The Velvet Underground. If Nico had joined The Ramones, strapped on a bass guitar and a whole lot more noise was added, this is how it might have sounded.

http://www.myspace.com/thesundayreeds

George Dorn Screams [Pol]

George Dorn Screams - O'Malley's Bar 2009

George Dorn Screams is definitely a band for late evenings. This music is full of sincerity, calm and melancholy. George Dorn Screams is also energy coming from between post rock and slowcore. After their debut album called "Snow Lovers Are Dancing" they were called the forerunners of Serpentine Rock by Piotr Kosinski from Polish Radio 3rd Programme. "Mazzy Star meets Joy Division".

The band was created at the turn of 2005/2006. After only half a year of working on their material they decided to record it in Electric Eye Studio. In the meantime they appeared on “Songs from Bydgoszcz” with a song “The Woman with a Bow” among other bands such as: Ecstasy Project Trio, Dubska, Upside Down, Dezire, 3moonboys or Variete. They gave a promoting live performance in the 3rd Channel of Polish TV.

In July 2008 the band recorded the new material to be published on their second album in Elmwood Studio, Dallas, Texas. The recording was produced by John Congleton, a Grammy nominated producer who previously cooperated with such bands as Explosions In The Sky, The Polyphonic Spree, Logh, The Appleseed Cast, The Roots, Pleasant Groove, Modest Mouse. Band signed a contract with Ampersand Records (iSound Labels) at the end of the 2008. New album, called "O'Malley's Bar" was released on 9th February 2009.

http://www.myspace.com/georgedornscreams