VANILLA SWINGERS

Vanilla Swingers are the British noir synthpop duo consisting of Annie Gilpin and Miles Jackson. Their self-titled debut album is "a concept affair about two people who meet, run away together, go back in time, lose each other, and meet again in 2015." Sounds epic! The disc was mastered by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Low, Dot Allison) and will be released on July 28 via Radio Ballads.

Vanilla Swingers - Danger in the Past (mp3)

Stream more tracks at their Myspace page.


What others have said about Vanilla Swingers:

"To my mind the most exciting band of the year, bar none" - andbeforethefirstkiss.blogspot.com

"This is a frontrunner for my favourite album of 2008. Featuring some of the best lyrics of the year and a tender interplay between male and female voices in a similar vein to Stars, this album deconstructs the myth of human superiority, but rebuilds by using what truly makes humans human." – Condemned to Rock ‘n Roll

"Now might be the time to start dropping their name in front of impressionable friends. Believe me by the end of the summer you’ll be feted for your uncanny ability to spot the next big things." - MP3 Hugger

PACIFIC! - Reveries

Pacific! are yet another exciting new act from Gothenburg, Sweden who make airy, romantic synth-pop. Their new album Reveries is released tomorrow as an import via Dolores Recordings. The new single "Number One" comes with a fantastic animated video, directed by Stephane Manel. Check it all out below.

You can purchase Reveries here.

Number One by pacific!

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Hot Lips by Pacific!

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FRASE+BRI

Once again, Big Stereo has brought me up to speed on a hot new electro duo that I should be stripping down to my underwear to. FRASE+BRI come to us from New Zealand and make sweet romantic electro. The track '8hr Crush' is cocaine to anyone with a bad habit for underground 80's synth-pop, while 'Shoegazer Sweat' is like a delirious ride through an electrohead's mind at the break of dawn at a rave. Good, good stuff!

Stream both songs here.
Big Stereo has 8hr Crush to download.

LOTO feat. PETER HOOK - "Cuckoo Plan"

LOTO are a new synth band from Portugal, the same sunny land that produced synth-rockers X-WIFE. Their new album is called "Beat Riot" and it features contributions from JOY DIVISION/NEW ORDER legend Peter Hook, as well as Del Marquis of SCISSOR SISTERS. I can never resist a band that uses a Korg.

Here's the new single "Cuckoo Plan", featuring Peter Hook:

Download Loto feat. Peter Hook - Cuckoo Plan (mp3)

DJ PALEBOY This Thursday Night!

The Sky Report will be in control of the decks at Capone's this thursday night.

Be there, dammit!

Thursday, March 15

professional amatUer presents

FUK YER HOMO DISKO

dirty electro
glitz punk
sweaty rock
new wave
shameless pop

dj PALEBOY (theskyreport.blogspot.com)

w/ a special set by MERKIN MUFFLEY

at CAPONE'S
221 N. 9th St.
WILLIAMSBURG
Bedford stop on the L train

10 - 4AM

NO COVER!
FREE PIZZA ALL NITE!

CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE

I've recently fallen in love with CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE (or Owen Ashworth, actually). His latest album 'Etiquette' was released a while back in 2006 and spawned a couple singles - 'Bobby Malone Moves Home' and my favorite 'Young Shields'. Sure, the moody synths and driving beats hooked me at first, but beyond that there's something sad and nostalgic about Ashworth's voice. A voice that has the power to encapsulate you in his haunted world - imagine Leonard Cohen in a sweet synth-pop landscape. Dynamite.

Hear the tracks mentioned above on CFTPA'S myspace page.