It’s already the second half of February. We had a few days of rain but since then we’ve had sunny and warm days. I’ve been getting quite a lot of quality music from bands, labels and publicists. Trying to put it all into a three hour show and leaving time to talk is a challenge!
Cigarettes For Breakfast have a new album coming and their first available song Glue sounds like them covering My Bloody Valentine. I’ve been getting a few albums from Howlin Banana Records, featuring Post-Punk bands from France of which Cathedrale and chest. are on the label. Haneke Twins, another Post-Punk group from France also sent me their latest song No Choice and previous album Stories of Violence. Bedridden is also fantastic. Their new album Moths Strapped to Each Other’s Backs takes me back to the mid-late 90’s with their layered guitars ala Smashing Pumpkins, their melodic chord progressions, winding rhythms and driving drums. Coffin Prick's new album Loose Enchantment comes out of left field (somewhere in Los Angeles County, actually) and put a smile on my face with their odd yet pleasant arrangements. Think Beck’s early genre smashing and you might have an idea of where this group’s heads are at. My Raining Stars’ upcoming Momentum album is going to make you very happy if you’re in need of bright, soulful, uplifting and catchy songs. Their first available song For Good sounds both like later Lush and rock music from the early 70’s. Thierry Haliniak’s harmonized vocals bring to mind Miki Berenyi’s delivery. Sea Of Days new album Wound shows more confidence than before, especially in the vocals, which are higher in the mix than before. And be sure to follow Mala Lama on Bandcamp, featuring Damian Frood, formerly of Tina & The Hams (RIP), Tony Burnett of Visitors and Chancery Lane and Charles Motorbike on drums. Mala Lama contains three people near and dear to me, Charles and I bonded over Stereolab and Swervedriver (we’re seeing SWD in May) and I air his Tuesday Twitch shows, Tony made many of the logos for our Merch Store and Damian and I drank some good beer and hung out one nice March day when he visited Los Angeles and has proudly worn our shirts. They’re all just great and talented guys! You can see what I’ve bought or plan on buying here: bandcamp.com/bretmiller
DJ Wednesday has organized a live show for May. She will be handing out free swag too, including Eardrum Buzz Radio stickers.
Here is the information:
Six Beats Under presents: Saturday May 17th
Show 8pm
$10
21+
No advance ticket sales, pay at the door
DJ Wednesday spinning tunes before, during and after the show. An evening filled with post-punk, shoegaze and darkwave in partnership with XRAY FM and EARDRUMBUZZ RADIO
Guest Directors (Seattle) guestdirectors.com
Ten Million Lights (PDX) tenmillionlights.com
MayRay (PDX) mayraymusic.com
Guest Directors- A Seattle band. Jazzmasters drenched in reverb. Post-shoegaze rock, dream pop, power pop and noise. Bluesy, dreamy, shreddy, psychedelic.
Ten Million Lights- Ten Million Lights are a psych/post-punk/shoegaze band from Portland, OR. ”A highly-developed post-punk maelstrom.” The group crafts epic psychedelic soundscapes transporting you through fuzzed-up guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and blissed-out vocals. Their love of beautiful melodies and wistful harmonies evokes a sense of nostalgia and catharsis.
MayRay is an electronic band from Portland, Oregon. Jen Folker, Joe Spencer, Rob Glase, and Ben Tabb. MayRay combines post-punk, dream pop, and dark wave to create a moody yet melodic experience that leads audiences through a range of emotions
DJ WEDNESDAY:
Host of Six Beats Under:
Mondays 9pm to 10pm PDT on XRAY FM
Every First and Third Saturday 9am and 9pm PDT on eardrumbuzz.net
I’m also looking for giveaways and guest hosts for Eardrum Buzz Radio’s 5th anniversary coming in July. If you have digital downloads, physical releases, shirts or something you’d like to offer to give out to our listeners, please let me know at bret@eardrumbuzz.net. If you want to be a DJ for an hour or two, contact me as well. We’ve had some great hosts in the past, including Jim Biggs of Black Nite Crash, Goran and Ronny of Damokles, Alex Donat of Vlimmer and head of Blackjack Illuminist Records, DJ Knillz, Joe & Mindy Scurto, DJ Synaesthesia and the return of Kelvyn Williams. Who will join us in 2025? The deadline is the first week of June.
Written by Bret Miller
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