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Saturday 07 August 2010

Women and some men

There’s a moment right at the beginning of Women‘s new single, “Eyesore”, that messes with my mind.  I was listening to it late at night for the first time, and there’s a distinct door chime sound about 15 seconds in that sounds EXACTLY like my own doorbell.  I’m not ashamed to say that when the sun goes down and the goblins come out, I’m very hesitant to answer a knock or ring at the door, so I had to go back and listen to it again to make sure that it was actually in the sing, and not an axe murderer waiting for me on my front porch.

Free of the heebie-jeebies, I got to enjoy “Eyesore” much more than I thought I would.  The first Women album was interesting enough but didn’t really warrant any repeated listens for me.  If “Eyesore” is anything to go by, though, then Public Strain, their upcoming sophomore album may just make it onto my Heavy Rotation list.  Imagine a 60s psychedelic pop group cutting a record at the bottom of a empty indoor swimming pool in a mansion overlooking the Hollywood hills on a day that threatens rain but is punctuated with momentary bursts of sunshine through the clouds and you’ll get a sense of what teh song sounds like.  Or you can just skip my description and click the link below to hear it for yourself:

MP3: Women “Eyesore”
Myspace: Women

Public Strain will be released on Flemish Eye Records on September 28.

Last year’s Polaris Music Prize winners Fucked Up are now streaming “The Year of the Ox”, the latest in their series of singles named after the Chinese Zodiac.  At 13 minutes long, you’d think they’re actually trying to write a song as long as the year it’s named after.

Stream: Fucked Up “The Year of the Ox”

It’s been ages since I last spun one of the classic post-Britpop records released by Travis in the early part of the 2000s, but I’ve had the inclination to do so again after hearing word that frontman Fran Healy is releasing a solo album, WRECKORDER in October.  Spin.com is streaming the first, Travis-esque single now:

Stream: Fran Healy “Buttercups”
Myspace: Fran Healy

Our friends at The Indie Music Filter have buddied up with our other friends at AUX.tv to present their latest mixed tape, creatively named Indie Music Filter v.7.  It features some QBiM-approved content in the form of Tokyo Police Club, The Acorn, Young Galaxy and Bishop Morocco.

Download: Indie Music Filter v.7 mix

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