Originally written by Sean Adams · 24 November 2016
Each week, I (the founder of DiS) compile a playlist of the best new releases. The idea is rather similar to New Music Friday, but rather than jamming it full of major label priorities (how many Drake tracks and Dua Lipa remixes do you really need?), the playlist features only music released by Independent labels and independent artists.
If you weren't aware of the project, you can find Independent Music Monday over here.
This week's track of the week is a really special one, from an EP out on Houndstooth, which is a label by Fabric. I hadn't really heard of the band before and have spent the past few days being a bit baffled that they're not one of the most talked about bands of the year. Have a little watch of their video we've been given to premeire below and you'll hopefully see why I was scratching my head in a puzzled fashion.
Track of the Week
'Vetiver' by Snow Ghosts
Slowly building into a cacophony isn't an easy task but Snow Ghosts seem to consistently take a little New Order groove and slowly turn it into an intense sub-atomic whirl of fuzz. Like a DJing mixing from an orchestral track to My Bloody Valentine at their most immense, there's something truly special about this track. 'Vetiver' is taken from their new 'Husk' EP which is out this week on the Houndstooth label.
If you like that pick it up from Bandcamp.
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This Week's IMM Playlist Additions
Snow Ghosts - Vetiver The Duke Spirit - Serenade Jesca Hoop - The Lost Sky Cigarettes After Sex - K Juanita Stein - Stargazer The Anchoress - Long Year (Acoustic Version) Emmy The Great - Rapids Agnes Obel - It's Happening Again (Instrumental) Minor Victories - Give Up The Ghost (Orchestral Variation) Valgeir Sigurðsson - Dreamland Julia Holter - Maxim's I Asha - Medicine salute One More Chance (feat. D.Ram) - Karma Kid Remix Gold Panda - Your Good Times Are Just Beginning Justice - Fire - Radio Edit Paragon- 2 Bad (feat. Ddark) You Me At Six - Night People - Vaults Remix Los Campesinos! - I Broke Up In Amarante Pissed Jeans - The Bar Is Low Man & The Echo - On Holidays La Roulette Rustre - Un gout De Folie Happyness - Falling Down Diagrams - It's Only Light Meilyr Jones - Return To Life (New Recording) Indian Queens - Us Against the World Thalab - 2 Sails Tasseomancy - Claudine WEIRDO - Sapphire Bernice - St Lucia Clairaudience - Being Bad Elder Island - Bamboo She Drew The Gun - Since You Were Not Mine Communions - Come On, I'm Waiting Every Kid Knows - Answerphone Michael Nau - Winter Beat Bears From Labrador - El Cid So Below - Hard Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Harboring A Sadist
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