BLUE JUNGLE - Loveless Youth EP.

Blue Jungle who originally went by the name Lately Blue Blue create a psychedelic garage candy pop all fuzzed out and dreamy sick. Both mournful and wistful like the kid who thought about things to much and at beach parties stood looking out to sea while everyone else got wasted on cheap wine.. And slow and sultry like the girl who inevitably comes up to him to tempt him back into the world.


They have an EP out now on Burger Records called Loveless Youth. The EP is a "demo compilation of spooky oldies but goodies and originals that are translucently charming for any bewitched, bothered and bewildered heart."


Go buy the cassette here.
And go like them on Facebook here.

Tickley Feather.

Tickley Feather is one Annie Sachs from Virginia. She makes music that is lo-fi, dark dischordant yet poppy, a kind of future folk. Her vocals are distorted laments, haunting and meloncholic. It reminds me a little of Butterclock or even How I Quit Crack.

Tickley Feather released an album in 2008 on Paw Tracks and a couple of split 7" as well. She has a new album called Hors d'oeuvres that is either out now with them or soon will be.

Live she is joined by a bunch of other musicians, check her out playing live in Cologne in this video filmed by Witch House video maker Cosmotropia De Xam more usually known for the visuals behind Mater Suspiria Vision.

Psychic Reality, Lately Blu Blu and Bermuda Bonnie!

Here are three interesting bands all composed of female members I've discovered recently.

First is Bermuda Bonnie, originally from Philadelphia this two piece lo-fi electronic based band now reside un-signed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (the lucky devils!) in the email they wrote me they describe their sound as "poppy, sassy, and psychedelic" and it is.

Its also very sweet, strangely minimal, lo-fi and bedroom sounding but in a really nice way. Its quite punk in that respect, even though their Myspace is littered with images of wonderful cheesy beach based psychedelia.

Imagine a stoned American version of Bis.. Its odd but works!

They have a 7 song album to download for free on Bandcamp. Check it out!

Next is Lately Blu Blu.

Lately Blu Blu is Leticia Llesmin a singer/songwriter and visual artist from LA, this is in the realm of gloomy anti-folk, kind of grungy at times, sometimes a little like Kimya Dawson. Kind of sad songs on sunny days.

Her Website has a couple of very nice free downloads and a great bunch of releases to buy and is full of many more links and info than the Myspace.

Check out the video below as well for an immediate take on her sound!

Finally we have Psychic Reality from San Francisco who have just finished touring with Pocahaunted and are about to embark on a 2 month tour of the States with LA Vampires with whom they have a split 7".

Psychic Reality is all looped noise, beautiful but distorted vocals, mechanical clattering rhythms, voices in tunnels, emerging lights and haunting feedback. But it is also quite structured, song based and almost poppy!

Great stuff, check their Myspace for all the tour dates and fingers crossed they come to the UK sometime soon!