Nobody seems to know who or what Jesse Ruins is, except that it’s some sort of project out of Tokyo which has put out a collaboration record on Cuz Me Pain records. Jesse Ruins maintains “that [he or she] is not doing this intentionally.”
Three songs have been released slowly over the past few months: Dream Analysis, Inner Ambient and Sofija. There are no plans for a record release yet.
Brooklyn-based group Body Language consists of Matthew Young, Grant Wheeler, Angelica Bess and Ian Chang.
The band has risen from the DIY venue basements armed with the kinetic dynamite you would expect from the name. Their original music was born from weekly dance party remixes crafted by Wheeler and Young, and graced by the soul stylings of Bess. Their efforts, which illustrated their arrival into Brooklyn, were delivered in a five track EP called Speaks.
Since the EP release, Body Language has been touring with Zero 7, Sia and burning holes in New York City dance floors, appearing with the likes of Passion Pit, Little Boots, La Roux, School of Seven Bells and Theophilus London.
Single You Can is taken from their EP Social Studies. A deluxe edition of this EP is scheduled for release in October.
Sun Airway is the Philadelphia-based project from ex-A-Sides Patrick Marsceill and Jon Bathmus. The duo comprise the core of the band, but they also expand to a fuller band for some of their live sets.
In a way, Sun Airway has a common sound with Animal Collective, but there is also hints of the melancholy side of British rock, from The Beatles to Blur. It’s this distinction that seperates them from many of their peers that are putting together records on their basement computers.
Sun Airway released a 4-song EP called Oh, Naoko, in 2009 and debut full-length, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, in October 2010.
Symphony in White is the B-side from their new 7-inch Wild Palms, scheduled for release on July 19.
J Gerrit Welmers, William Cashion and Samuel T Herring have been making music together since 2003, and as Future Islands since 2006. Formed as college friends in Greenville, NC, they relocated to Baltimore after becoming friends with electronic musician Dan Deacon, an early and avid supporter of the band.
Rolling Stone describes their style as, “adding punishing heft to simple pop melodies, making blippy electropop sound oddly confrontational.” Future Islands calls it “Post-Wave,” taking in part from the emotional fragility of New Wave and coupling it with the power and drive of Post-Punk.
New single Before the Bridge will be released on 18 July as a limited edition vinyl 7-inch single.
Wouter De Backer (born in Bruges, Belgium), also known as Walter (or Wally) De Backer, was raised in Australia, and is often referred to by the name of his solo-project Gotye (pronounced: ‘Gaultier’).
De Backer is an ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter. As Gotye, he has released two studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. He is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop band The Basics, who have independently released three studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002.
Gotye’s sound is a melting pot of samples from sources far and wide, mixed with Wally’s vocals and home recorded sounds to form original songs that are as likely to channel ’80s New Romantic pop or ’60s Motown soul as they are to be experiments in kooky turntablism or progressive trip-hop landscapes.
New single, Somebody That I Used To Know, is the first single from his new album, Making Mirrors, scheduled for release on August 19.
