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Just Like Honey #6

Dear all,

I hope you're all doing fine and enjoying spring time or fall time, depending on where you are living. Berlin's nature is blooming, and I personally love, love, love this time of the year ... especially after an exceptionary dark winter. I'm glad there's always music as sort of an alternative sun. Speaking of music, here's my playlist of recently released sound candies ... there's so much great music out there, it makes my ears smile.  I sure hope you enjoy the tunes, take care and be well!

Wooden Shjips - "Staring At The Sun" https://woodenshjips.bandcamp.com/track/staring-at-the-sun

Numb.er - "Fear" https://numb-er.bandcamp.com/track/fear-2

A Place To Bury Strangers - "Never Coming Back" https://aplacetoburystrangers.bandcamp.com/track/never-coming-back

Ceremony - "Closer" https://ceremonyeastcoast.bandcamp.com/track/closer

Chatham Rise - "Hummingbird" https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hummingbird

Black Lizard - "Window In Time" https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/window-in-time

Fyrrh - "Niima" https://fyrrh.bandcamp.com/track/niima-3

Wild Meadows - "Feel The Noise" https://wildmeadows.bandcamp.com/track/feel-the-noise-2

Control Of The Going - "She" http://shop.sister9.com/track/she-2

Molly - "Time And Space" https://wearemolly.bandcamp.com/track/time-and-space

Alvvays - "In Undertow" https://alvvays.bandcamp.com/track/in-undertow-2

Tape Deck Mountain - "Elephant" https://tapedeckmountain.bandcamp.com/track/elephant

MIEN - "Black Habit" https://mien.bandcamp.com/track/black-habit

Mount Mountain - "Cathedral" https://mtmountain.bandcamp.com/track/cathedral

Autobahn - "The World Around You Is Fractured Somehow" https://autobahnfelte.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-around-you-is-fractured-somehow

The Altered Hours - "Open Wide" https://thealteredhours.bandcamp.com/track/open-wide-2

Black Light White Light - "Teenage Dream" https://blacklightwhitelight.bandcamp.com/track/teenage-dream-3

The Citradels - "Milk And Honey" https://thecitradels.bandcamp.com/track/milk-and-honey

Burning House - "Mercurial" https://burninghouse.bandcamp.com/track/mercurial-2

Johnson McLoud - "Walking On Ice" https://johnsonmccloud.bandcamp.com/track/walking-on-ice

Gliss - "Strange Heaven" https://gliss.bandcamp.com/track/strange-heaven

Wylderness - "Peripheral Vision" https://wylderness.bandcamp.com/track/peripheral-vision

Air Formation - “A.M." https://soundcloud.com/club-ac30/a-m

Power Pyramid - "Never Again" https://powerpyramid.bandcamp.com/track/never-again

Blue Mountain Expansion - "Let's Burn It Down" https://bluemountainexpansion.bandcamp.com/track/lets-burn-it-down

Breeze - "Repent" https://handdrawndracula.bandcamp.com/track/repent

Chris Conelly - "The Tide Stripped Bare" https://armalyte.bandcamp.com/track/the-tide-stripped-bare

Deathline Int'l - "Lip Service" https://copinternational.bandcamp.com/track/lip-service

Dreamweapon - "Mashinne" https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/mashinne

Veda Rays - "False Coloured Eyes" https://vedarays.bandcamp.com/track/false-coloured-eyes-2

Exitmusic - "I'll Never Know" https://exitmusic.bandcamp.com/track/ill-never-know

Fuvk - "Glasses" https://fuvk.bandcamp.com/track/glasses

Ison - "Into The Unknown" https://ison444.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-unknown

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EAR CANDY 2017

Dear all,

I hope you're all doing fine and enjoying the last day of the year 2017.  Musically, 2017 was a very fine year, with lots of highly tasty releases, and looking at all of the "best of" lists that are out there, I could easily go on and on with what my ears enjoyed the past couple months ... but at some point I decided to post 20 albums and 10 EPs that I especially enjoyed listening to (once more listed in alphabetical order). Personally, 2017 was filled with both darkness and light, but  I can honestly say right now, I have never felt more happy and at home and alive in my life ... marrying my sun Lee was the most wonderful and magic reality dream.  I wish all of you a great and peaceful year 2018, filled with love and happiness and as much addictive music as 2017 had to offer … take care and be well and tell the people you love how much you love them. Cheers!

Top 20 Albums

Airiel - "Molten Young Lovers" https://airiel.bandcamp.com/album/molten-young-lovers

Black Nite Crash - "Nevergreen" https://blacknitecrash.bandcamp.com/album/nevergreen

Cathode Ray Eyes - "How We Lost The 21st Century" https://thecathoderayeyes.bandcamp.com/album/how-we-lost-the-21st-century

Daydream Machine - "The Show Must Not Go On" https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-show-must-not-go-on

Dead Gurus - "Acid Bench" https://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/acid-bench

Deafcult - "Auras" https://deafcultbrisbane.bandcamp.com/album/auras

Drab Majesty - "The Demonstration" https://drabmajesty.bandcamp.com/album/the-demonstration

Helicon - "Helicon" https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/helicon

Mellow Lizard - "It's Fine" https://mellowlizard.bandcamp.com/album/its-fine-2

New Candys - "Bleeding Magenta" https://newcandys.bandcamp.com/album/bleeding-magenta

Schonwald - "Night Idyll" https://schonwald.bandcamp.com/album/night-idyll

Second Still - "Second Still" https://secondstill.bandcamp.com/album/second-still

Singapore Sling - "Kill Kill Kill (Songs About Nothing)" https://singaporesling.bandcamp.com/album/kill-kill-kill-songs-about-nothing

Slowdive -"Slowdive" https://slowdive.bandcamp.com/album/slowdive

Sonic Jesus - "Grace"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/grace

The Jesus And Mary Chain - "Damage And Joy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh_Umy8oBxU

The Kundulani Genie - "Reverberation" https://the-kundalini-genie.bandcamp.com/album/reverberation

The Stargazer Lilies - "Lost" https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/lost

The Underground Youth - "What Kind Of Dystopian Hellhole Is This" https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/what-kind-of-dystopian-hellhole-is-this

Top 10 EPs

Danxia - "Learn To Swim" https://danxia.bandcamp.com/album/learn-to-swim

Dream Rimmy - "Heavy" https://dreamrimmy.bandcamp.com/album/heavy

Hideous Towns - "Hesitation Tones (Disquiet Living B​-​Sides)" https://hideoustowns.bandcamp.com/album/hesitation-tones-disquiet-living-b-sides

Magic Shoppe -"High Goodbye" https://littlecloudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/high-goodbye

Rancho Relaxo - "Polarized" https://ranchorelaxo.bandcamp.com/album/polarized-2017-2

The Autum Sighs - "Green" https://theautumnsighs.bandcamp.com/album/green

The Black Heart Death Cult - "Black Rainbow" https://theblackheartdeathcult.bandcamp.com/album/black-rainbow-ep

The Breaks - "Misery" https://thebreaks.bandcamp.com/album/misery

The Sun's Evil Twin - "The Quiet Desperation" https://thesunseviltwin.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-desperation-e-p

White Shape - "Chromesthesia" https://whiteshape.bandcamp.com/album/chromesthesia

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Just Like Honey #4

Dear all,

I hope you're all doing fine and enjoying the 2nd half of the year 2017. It's been a nice late summer weekend here in Berlin, partly cloudy, partly sunny, warm but not too hot. Some of the leaves are already starting to change colours, fall is not too far away. It's the perfect condition for some music diving while sitting on the balcony with ice cream and coffee and making a new playlist, filled with some addictive pearls that have been unleashed in the recent past (incl. re-releases). I hope your ears will love what they hear as much as mine do ... 

... take care and be well.

Cathode Ray Eyes -  "Say Goodbye (Soul)" https://thecathoderayeyes.bandcamp.com/track/say-goodbye-soul

Rancho Relaxo - "Tell Me Something" https://ranchorelaxo.bandcamp.com/track/tell-me-someting

Magic Shoppe - "My Mind's Eye" https://magicshoppe.bandcamp.com/track/my-minds-eye

Deafcult - "Sparkle" https://deafcultbrisbane.bandcamp.com/track/sparkle

The Radiation Flowers - "Walking Down The Street" https://theradiationflowers.bandcamp.com/track/walking-down-the-street

Flying Cape Experience - "Fire Between Us" https://elvalsdelconejo.bandcamp.com/track/fire-between-us

Android Lust - "Daughters Of Dawn" http://music.androidlust.com/track/daughters-of-dawn

The  Oscillation - "Evil In The Tree" https://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/evil-in-the-tree

The Breaks - "Honey" https://thebreaks.bandcamp.com/track/honey

Actors - "Like U Want 2" https://actors.bandcamp.com/track/like-u-want-2-remastered

The Go-Go Darkness - "Re-Install My Heart" https://thegogodarkness.bandcamp.com/track/re-install-my-heart

Control Of The Going - "Wild Flower" https://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/wild-flower

Singapore Sling - "Shake Shake Shake" https://singaporesling.bandcamp.com/track/shake-shake-shake

The Kundalini Genie - "The Soul That Makes Me Yours" https://the-kundalini-genie.bandcamp.com/track/the-soul-that-makes-me-yours

Yagow - "Moss & Mint" https://crazysanerecords.bandcamp.com/track/moss-mint

Sonic Jesus - "Outdoor" https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/outdoor

The Black Heart Death Cult - "Heroin" https://theblackheartdeathcult.bandcamp.com/track/heroin-2

Daydream Machine - "Falls Out Of View" https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/track/falls-out-of-view

The Sorry Shop - "Queen Of The North" https://thesorryshop.bandcamp.com/track/queen-of-the-north

The Orange Kyte - "Blue Ghosts" https://theorangekyte.bandcamp.com/track/blue-ghosts

Panda Riot - "Helios (June 20)" https://pandariot.bandcamp.com/track/helios-june-20th

Somewhere - "Sadness" https://somewhereofficial.bandcamp.com/track/sadness

Teevee - "Loretta" https://teevee1.bandcamp.com/track/loretta

Color Horror - "Más Alto Que El Sol" https://colorhorror.bandcamp.com/track/m-s-alto-que-el-sol-2

Rise Of The Echo Drone - "Let Go And Come With Me" https://riseoftheechodrone.bandcamp.com/track/let-go-and-come-with-me-2

Montes Jura - "Island Universe" https://montesjura.bandcamp.com/track/island-universe

Plasticstatic - "The Past In Reverse" https://plasticstatic.bandcamp.com/track/the-past-in-reverse

The Telescopes - "Down on Me" https://thetelescopes.bandcamp.com/track/down-on-me

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EAR CANDY 2016

Dear all, I hope you're all doing fine and enjoying the last day of the year.  Another year is done, and to me, it felt like it was flying by. It feels like yesterday when one of my personal music heroes, David Bowie,  left this planet. Speaking of, two days prior this  sad event, Bowie's 25th album "Blackstar" was released ... another magnificent piece of tonal art. So of course, this is in my annual top albums list. Despite the fact that I had way more tasty releases on my mind,  I decided to go with a top 20 albums list and a top 10 EPs list this year (once more in alphabetical order) .. there's so many wonderful lists out there to enjoy already ...

I wish all of you a great and peaceful year 2017, filled with love and happiness and as much addictive music as 2016 had to offer ... take care and be well.

Top 20 albums:

Matt Bartram - "Moments Before"

https://driftingfalling.bandcamp.com/track/dissolve-2

The Baudelaires - “Musk Hill”

https://thebaudelaires.bandcamp.com/album/musk-hill

David Bowie  - "Blackstar"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPbuxapYWFc

Celestial Bums - "Ascend"

https://celestialbums.bandcamp.com/album/ascend

The Citradels - "Are They Still Here?"

https://thecitradels.bandcamp.com/album/are-they-still-here

The Confederate Dead - "Everything In Moderation?"

https://theconfederatedead.bandcamp.com/album/everything-in-moderation

Cult Of Dom Keller - "Goodbye To The Light"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-to-the-light

Dead Horse One - "Season of Mist"

https://requiempouruntwister.bandcamp.com/album/season-of-mist

Dead Rabbits - Everything Is A Lie

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-a-lie-2

I Am Your Captain - "Glower"

https://iamyourcaptain.bandcamp.com/album/glower

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - "Balance"

https://captcharecords.bandcamp.com/album/balance

Magic Shoppe - "Wonderland"

https://magicshoppe.bandcamp.com/album/wonderland

Mayflower Madame - "Observed in a Dream"

https://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/album/observed-in-a-dream

Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow

https://nothing.bandcamp.com/album/tired-of-tomorrow-standard-version

Iggy Pop - "Post Pop Depression"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DRBJ-j0opY

The Same Old Band - "ISOL"

https://thesameoldband.bandcamp.com/album/isol

Stargazer Lilies - "Door To The Sun"

https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/door-to-the-sun

Tales Of Murder And dust - "The Flow In Between"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/the-flow-in-between

The Third Sound - "Gospels Of Degeneration"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/gospels-of-degeneration

The Warlocks - Songs From the Pale Eclipse

https://thewarlocks.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-pale-eclipse-2

Top 10 EPs:

93MillionMilesFromTheSun & Presents For Sally - "An Arms Reach Away/ Darkness Inside"

https://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/an-arms-reach-away-darkness-inside

The Auras - "Saturn Day"

https://theauras1.bandcamp.com/album/saturn-day

Black Nite Crash - "Distress EP"

https://blacknitecrash.bandcamp.com/album/distress-ep

Chatham Rise: KXLU in Studio Session With Part Time Punks

https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kxlu-in-studio-session-for-part-time-punks

Code Ascending - "What I Choose To Forget EP"

https://codeascending.bandcamp.com/album/what-i-choose-to-forget-ep

GDDLF - “Babd Catha”

https://guerradesuesdelafiesta.bandcamp.com/album/badb-catha-ep

LSD And The Search For God - "Heaven Is A Place"

https://lsdandthesearchforgod.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-is-a-place

Rise Of the Echo Drone - "Sage Of The Diviners"

https://riseoftheechodrone.bandcamp.com/album/sage-of-the-diviners

Teevee - "Teevee"

https://teevee1.bandcamp.com/album/teevee

The Valkarys - "Since I Was Fifteen"

https://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/since-i-was-fifteen

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Just Like Honey #3

Heya everyone,

I hope you're all doing great and still enjoying the music virus! Prior diving into the "best of the year" list adventure in the very near future, here's another "Just Like Honey" playlist for your ears to enjoy, once more filled with addictive tunes released this year ...  have a wonderful time, take care and keep enjoying and spreading the sound virus ...

Dead Rabbits - "Someday"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/someday

The Warlocks - "Lonesome Bulldog"

http://thewarlocks.bandcamp.com/track/lonesome-bulldog-2

The Confederate Dead - "Garden"

https://theconfederatedead.bandcamp.com/track/garden

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - "Balance"

https://captcharecords.bandcamp.com/track/balance

Newmoon - “Life In The Sun”

https://mayflyrecords.bandcamp.com/track/life-in-the-sun

Magic Shoppe - "Hearing Voices"

https://magicshoppe.bandcamp.com/track/hearing-voices

The Cult Of Dom Keller - "Ravens & Rockets"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/ravens-rockets

The Valkarys - "Since I Was Fifteen"

https://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/since-i-was-fifteen

Teevee - "Beneath My Stone"

http://teevee1.bandcamp.com/track/beneath-my-stone

The Orange Kyte - "Elasticity"

http://theorangekyte.bandcamp.com/track/elasticity

The Cherry Wave - "Softwater"

https://thecherrywave.bandcamp.com/album/softwater

Winkie - "Only The Night People Know"

https://winkie.bandcamp.com/track/only-the-night-people-know

The Third Sound - "Spiraling Downfall"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/spiraling-downfall

The Junkyard Liberty - "Crazy Bones"

http://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/crazy-bones

Rise Of The Echo Drone - "Skull Grinder"

https://riseoftheechodrone.bandcamp.com/track/skull-grinder-2

Chatham Rise - "Hollows" (KXLU In Studio Session For Part Time Punks w/ Jeff Levitz)

https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hollows-w-jeff-levitz

Maria False - "Spades"

https://mariafalse.bandcamp.com/track/spades

Strata Florida - "Lost In Space"

https://strataflorida.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-space

Celestial Bums - "A Spanish Trip"

http://celestialbums.bandcamp.com/track/a-spanish-trip

The Same Old Band - "Shot"

https://thesameoldband.bandcamp.com/track/shot-2

Johnson McCloud - "The Letter"

https://johnsonmccloud.bandcamp.com/track/the-letter

Tape Deck Mountain - "Loopers Of Bushwick"

https://tapedeckmountain.bandcamp.com/track/loopers-of-bushwick

Soft Kill - "Wake Up"

https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up

Plasticstatic - "In The Darkest Night"

http://plasticstatic.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-darkest-night

The Myrrors - "Liberty Is In The Streets"

https://themyrrorsbbib.bandcamp.com/track/liberty-is-in-the-streets

Flavor Crystals - "Von Trier Flakes"

https://flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/track/flavor-crystals-von-trier-flakes

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Just Like Honey #2

Dear readers,

I hope you're all doing good. It's been a cloudy and grey Sunday, with some rain on the horizon ... and what's better when it's like that outside than relaxing on the couch and listen to music to warm up your soul. I ended up with doing this playlist, the second "Just Like Honey" edition. Other than the first one (http://clankforbreakfast.tumblr.com/post/132835828222/justlikehoney), today's list concentrates on new songs only ... songs with a release date in 2016. There's so much great music out there, and I could continue with this list easily. But I am planning on the third edition already, so there's more to come. I once more hope you all enjoy the pearls on the list as much as I do. If you do, please support the bands, buy their releases if you can and tell others about them… let the music virus go on and on ...

The December Sound - "Speaking From Tomorrow"

https://thedecembersound.bandcamp.com/track/speaking-from-tomorrow

The Third Sound - "We Got All You Need"

https://thethirdsound2.bandcamp.com/track/we-got-all-you-need

The Orange Kyte - "Morning Pages"

https://theorangekyte.bandcamp.com/track/morning-pages

Rancho Relaxo - "Who Says"

http://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/who-says

Matt Bartram - "Dissolve"

https://driftingfalling.bandcamp.com/track/dissolve-2

The Cult of Dom Keller - "Broken Arm Of God"

https://thecultofdomkeller.bandcamp.com/track/broken-arm-of-god

Magic Shoppe - "Interstellar Car Crash"

http://magicshoppe.bandcamp.com/track/interstellar-car-crash

I Am Your Captain - "I'll Hold You To It"

http://iamyourcaptain.bandcamp.com/track/ill-hold-you-to-it

Code Ascending - "I Wish I"

https://codeascending.bandcamp.com/track/i-wish-i

Tales Of Murder And Dust - "Black Reflections"

https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/black-reflections-2

The Citradels - "No Love For (Mike) Love"

https://thecitradels.bandcamp.com/track/no-love-for-mike-love

Chatham Rise - "Surf In G (Surf In Space Mix)"

https://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/track/surf-in-g-surf-in-space-mix

Mayflower Madame - "Upside Down (the death loop)"

https://mayflowermadame.bandcamp.com/track/upside-down-the-death-loop

Adama - "Levitate"

https://adamaband.bandcamp.com/track/levitate-2

The Black Delta Movement - "Charlie Don't Surf"

http://theblackdeltamovement.bandcamp.com/track/charlie-dont-surf-2

LSD And The Search For God - "Outer Space (Long Way Home)"

http://lsdandthesearchforgod.bandcamp.com/track/outer-space-long-way-home

The Cult Of Free Love - "Jaya Deva"

https://wrongwayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/jaya-deva

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Ear Candy 2015

Dear readers, I wish all of you the very best for the new year, I hope your start into 2016 was a great one. 2015 was an exciting year for music, filled with a lot of addictive releases by both known bands as well as new(er) talents. Like last year, I've made my personal "Ear Candy" lists, this time a top 25 for albums, and a top 10 for EP's, in alphabetical order. I look forward to another year with tons of great sounds. I hope you all enjoy the list ... take care everyone and happy music diving!

Top 25 albums:

93millionmilesfromthesun – "Fall Into Nothing" www.93millionmilesfromthesunofficial.bandcamp.com/album/fall-into-nothing

800beloved - "Some Kind Of Distortion" www.800beloved.bandcamp.com/album/some-kind-of-distortion-2

A Place To Bury Strangers - "Transfixiation" www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxv_JOjj4BiunhtH993o0oK4XyeIWKuBa

Black Lizard - "Solarize" www.blacklizardmusic.bandcamp.com/album/solarize

Cathode Ray Eyes - "Eyes In The Melancholy Palm" www.cful.bandcamp.com/album/cathode-ray-eyes-eyes-in-the-melancholy-palm

Cosmic Letdown - "Venera" www.cosmicletdownband.bandcamp.com/album/--2

Flavor Crystals - "The Shiver Of The Flavor Crystals" www.flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/album/the-shiver-of-the-flavor-crystals

Gunman & The Holy Ghost - "The Story Of Radiate & Novocaine" www.gunmanandtheholyghost.bandcamp.com/album/the-story-of-radiate-novocaine

Haunted Leather - "Gone So Long" www.hauntedleather.bandcamp.com/album/gone-so-long

Hurricane Heart Attacks - "Incredible Machine" www.hurricaneheartattacks.bandcamp.com/album/incredible-machine

Johnson McCloud & The Doobies -  "We Gotta Record Something" www.thefrozenborderline.bandcamp.com/album/we-gotta-record-something

Low - "Ones And Sixes" www.lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/ones-and-sixes

Magic Castles - "Starflower" www.magiccastles.bandcamp.com/album/starflower

New Candys - "New Candys As Medicine" www.pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/new-candys-as-medicine

Presents For Sally – "Colours & Changes" www.saintmarierecords.bandcamp.com/album/colours-changes

Rancho Relaxo - "White Light Fever" www.ranchorelaxo.bandcamp.com/album/white-light-fever-2015

Singapore Sling - "Psych Fuck" www.fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/psych-fuck

Sonic Jesus - "Neither Virtue Nor Anger" www.fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/neither-virtue-nor-anger

Soviet X-Ray Record Club - "Wake" www.sovietxrayrecordclub.bandcamp.com/album/w-a-k-e

Static Daydream - "Static Daydream" www.saintmarierecords.bandcamp.com/album/static-daydream

The Citradels - "A Night Of Contemporary Feedback Music" www.thecitradels.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-of-contemporary-feedback-music

The Grease Arrestor - "Volume 2" www.thegreasearrestor.bandcamp.com/album/volume-two

The Orange Revival - "Futurecent" www.fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/futurecent

The Underground Youth - "Haunted" www.fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/haunted

Yama Sun - "Alud" www.yamasun.bandcamp.com/releases

Top 10 EPs:

Air Formation - "Were We Ever Here" www.soundcloud.com/club-ac30/sets/air-formation-were-we-ever

All Your Ardent Rebels - "Exiled Shade" www.allyourardentrebels.bandcamp.com/album/exiled-shade

Chatham Rise / thelightshines - "We Are The Sun" www.pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-sun

Flying Cape Experience - "We’re All Gonna Die" www.elvalsdelconejo.bandcamp.com/album/were-all-gonna-die

Helicon - "Gehenna" www.heliconglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/gehenna-ep-2

Hyla - "Fever Calls Late" www.hyla.bandcamp.com/album/fever-calls-late-ep

Slows Down - "Slows Down" www.slowsdown.bandcamp.com/album/slows-down-ep-12-vinyl

Sun Mahshene - "On Blood EP" www.sunmahshene.bandcamp.com/album/on-blood-ep

The Foreign Resort - "The American Dream" www.theforeignresort.bandcamp.com/album/the-american-dream

The Valkarys - "Chloroform" www.thevalkarys.bandcamp.com/album/chloroform-2

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Just Like Honey ...

Dear readers,

it's been a while since my last blog post. I missed writing ... but sometimes there's times in life when there's dark clouds circling in your personal sky and you are just not able to do what you wish to do. In those times, apart from the support of good friends and loved ones, music is always a huge helper and great medicine. Music can at times cure things medication never will ... we probably all know about that one.  When I look for tonal consolation, I tend to listen to music I grew up with (Joy Division, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love And Rockets, The Chameleons, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, amongst others). But I also pick music by bands I discovered later in my life ...  music that offers a melancholic or dark twist that I want to drown in, music with a deep, haunting atmosphere and remarkable melodies. Emotionally challenging music gives me solace, it's like a comforting embrace. Below you'll find a playlist of seductive songs I've been diving into repeatedly in the past couple months. I'm in love with these songs, they are like sweet and soothing honey for my ears and for my soul (hence "Just Like Honey" as playlist title, apart from the fact that it's one of my all-time faves by JAMC). I hope you all enjoy the gems on the list as much as I do. If you do, please support the bands, buy their releases if you can and tell others about them... Thank you!

Moloko Velocet - Solitude http://skittlebraurecords.bandcamp.com/track/solitude

Magic Shoppe - Shangri La In Reverse http://magicshoppe.bandcamp.com/track/shangri-la-in-reverse

Flavor Crystals - Adult Contempt http://flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/track/adult-contempt

Rise Of The Echo Drone - Shot By Me https://riseoftheechodrone.bandcamp.com/track/shot-by-me

The Myrrors - Burning Circles In The Sky http://themyrrors.bandcamp.com/track/burning-circles-in-the-sky

Tales Of Murder And Dust - Tremblin' http://talesofmurderanddust.bandcamp.com/track/tremblin

Rancho Relaxo - Stars http://ranchorelaxo.bandcamp.com/track/stars

The December Sound - Reminder https://thedecembersound.bandcamp.com/track/reminder

The Blue Angel Lounge - Rising End https://theblueangellounge.bandcamp.com/track/rising-end-3

Haunted Leather - Beyond The Wall http://hauntedleather.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-wall

The Grease Arrestor - In Sense http://thegreasearrestor.bandcamp.com/track/in-sense

The Spyrals - Helping Hand http://thespyrals.bandcamp.com/track/helping-hand

Sonic Jesus - Lost Reprise https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/lost-reprise

The Cult Of Dom Keller - This Is What It Feels Like To Live Your Life Dead http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/track/b4-this-is-what-it-feels-like-to-live-your-life-dead-2

Cathode Ray Eyes - I Woke Up This Morning And The World Was On Fire https://captcharecords.bandcamp.com/track/i-woke-up-this-morning-and-the-world-was-on-fire-2

Dead Rabbits - It's All In  Her Head https://deadrabbitsuk.bandcamp.com/track/its-all-in-her-head

Helicon - Seraph https://heliconglasgow.bandcamp.com/track/seraph

His Name Is Codeine - Carve Me Out In Stone https://soundcloud.com/hnic-2/carve-me-out-in-stone

The Underground Youth - Persona https://the-underground-youth.bandcamp.com/track/persona

Flying Cape Experience - Always http://elvalsdelconejo.bandcamp.com/track/always

The Third Sound - For A While https://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/track/for-a-while

The Citradels - Another Dream Theme http://thecitradels.bandcamp.com/track/another-dream-theme

The Valkarys - Don't Worry About It (It's Just A Moment In Time) http://thevalkarys.bandcamp.com/track/dont-worry-about-it-its-just-a-moment-in-time

Gunman & The Holy Ghost - Broken Mirrors https://gunmanandtheholyghost.bandcamp.com/track/broken-mirrors

Singapore Sling - Guiding Light https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAAh1KuVigo

Blue Mountain Expansion - Survive https://bluemountainexpansion.bandcamp.com/track/survive

The Koolaid Electric Company - Dreams https://soundcloud.com/the-koolaid-electric-comp/dreams

Static Daydream - Another Rainy Night Without You https://moonsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/track/another-rainy-night-without-you

Chatham Rise - Oncoming Daze http://pictureinmyearrecords.bandcamp.com/track/oncoming-daze

Air Formation - Adrift https://soundcloud.com/air-formation/adrift

Her Vanished Grace - Fade Away http://hervanishedgrace.bandcamp.com/track/fade-away

Mazzy Star - Into Dust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep50EOiicJ8

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Album review: 93MillionMilesFromTheSun  "Fall Into Nothing"

93MillionMilesFromTheSun - "Fall Into Nothing" (White Light Recordings, May 15th 2015)

I admit that I'm usually very careful when it comes to expectations and hopes with regard to a band's new release. Disappointment showed its ugly face way too often over the years. In this case though, it was kinda different. Doncaster, UK’s 93MillionMilesFromTheSun have three studio albums, a compilation (unreleased songs plus remastered and complete new versions of known tracks) and a good amount of EP’s under their belt, and the whole lot of them managed to seduce our ears in an irresistible way. So admittedly, I was kinda expecting the shoegazers to continue their path of seduction on their fourth studio album, "Fall Into Nothing". What can I say - they did it again, all the way. First of all I gotta mention it’s one of those albums that should be inhaled from start to finish, because the reward when you listen to it like it’s meant to be - an album - is high: the intensity you’ll feel from song to song, the depth you’ll just love to drown in, the whole tonal picture's charisma, including three interludes as suitable connection between songs. Recorded, produced and mixed by singer Nick Noble, "Fall Into Nothing" is a trip for everyone who loves an excursion into an amalgamation of whirring, fuzz-driven guitar riffs, reverb-drenched streams, acoustic colors, drone-laden injections, psychedelic clouds and crisp edges with catchy, highly addictive melodies. You love a certain melancholy brought into the mix? And reverberant but likewise emotional and thoughtful vocal colors? Well, you'll feel at home all the way when exploring this journey, brought to you by Mr. Noble, Kenno and Jase Burns (plus Robb Hogg playing additional bass on "Sunshine Girl"). During your dive into the soundscape, you'll face a big amount of details that are cleverly bedded into the layered outcome. All of the songs are remarkably tasty, but if I would have to pick highlights for a mixtape, I'd (at least this very minute) go for the aptly titled, slower paced "Flying" with its mesmerizing, yearning atmosphere, the dynamically circulating "Watch Her Fall" with a guitar melody to die for, and "See Forever" with its kickin' drum injections and sweet'n'noisy JAMC fragrance. Magnificient album, and highly recommended! Available as digital version and as deluxe 6 sided digipack CD (limited to only 100, so be quick).

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Album review: Venera 4  "Eidôlon"

Venera 4 - "Eidôlon" (Requiem Pour un Twister, March 2nd 2015)

After seducing our ears with several EPs and singles, Morgane Caux (lead voice, rhythm guitar), Annabelle Chapalain (voice, keyboards), Yann Canévet (lead guitar, voice) and Frédéric Tronel (bass guitar) aka Venera 4 return with their first full-length adventure. The French musicians continue spreading their bouquet of catchy hooks that are cleverly bedded in a swirling sea of shoegaze, dream pop and indie and accompanied by distinctive, beautiful and varied vocal colors. On your trip, you'll amongst others meet the frisky opening track "Pygmalion" with its refreshingly fuzz-driven riff injections, the groovy midtempo treat "Black Paws" with its addictive reverb spirals and My Bloody Valentine fragrance, the charming energizer "Some Girls" with its sun-drenched chorus, the smooth'n'sweet' cloud "Eidôlon" with French angelic vocal accompaniment, or the romanticly whirring dream pop jaunt "Colored Fields". Venera 4 once more showcase great songwriting skills and a knack for magnetic, magnificent melodies. They manage to create distinctive soundscapes that run the gamut from pop sensibility to reverberant atmospheres to crashing wall-of-sound spirals that beg to be played at high volumes, with a result that’ll make our ears smile. The album is available digitally, as limited edition LP (500 copies, white vinyl) and limited edition CD (300 copies, digipack). Delicious. 

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7" single review: Contrast "Sidewalk"

Contrast - "Sidewalk" (Moontown Records, March 17th 2015)

Melbourne, Australia's Contrast are back with a new sound cocktail. Already the previous releases by this 2012 formed band - two singles and the EP "Less Than Zero" (2014) - were highly seductive trips, and the two new songs are no exception. Jack Crook, James Thomson, Nathan Brown and Thomas Smeets continue to passionately cook their delightsome ear food made of shoegaze, post punk and indie, with ingredients such as skyhigh, catchy melodies, crunchy guitar riffs, swathes of fuzz and reverb, shimmering acoustic splinters, and nonchalant, charismatic vocal colors. The title song is a dynamically circulating, pulse-quickening treat that spreads kinda nostalgic and uplifting atmosphere and makes you wanna dance while a beautiful sunrise is happening. The second song, "Construction", is slower paced, with a quite romantic, yearning and epic fragrance. The flirt between blissfully, lushly groovy rhythms and luscious riffs make for a perfect tonal accompaniment while watching the stars in the sky at night. The single is available digitally and on vinyl 7" (edition of 200, in polybag). Mesmerizing must-have!

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EP review: The Underground Youth "Beautiful & Damned"

The Underground Youth - "Beautiful & Damned" (Fuzz Club Records, October 25th 2014)

It's no secret that Manchester, UK's Underground Youth have a knack for creating compelling, absorbing spirals of psychedelia, post punk, space rock and shoegaze. The latest four track cocktail offers everything you love about this band: whirring guitar riffs, reverb-tinted clouds, acoustic colors, psychedelic kisses, post punk twists and melancholic, alluring night melodies. "Beautiful & Damned"  is a very suitable companion for those moments when you watch the sun set and let your mind travel. The slow paced jewel "Behind" starts the journey with a deeply thoughtful, epic vibe and bittersweet, embracing acoustic guitar accompaniment, followed by "Damned", a midtempo song with ghostly swirling psychedelic waves and a sharp-edged rhythm that step by step accelerates and gets more powerful. Then we dive into "Naked", a ballad with a sweet'n'yearning, seductive melody and overall a dreamy, romantic charme.The final song, "Shadow", rounds out this voyage in a worthy way: a fragile, calm and haunting lo-fi gem with kinda Joy Division fragrance and a beautifully dark piano chaperonage that adds depth and a lot of intensity. Craig Dyer does an incredible vocal job on this menu, his voice is filled with passion, emotions, vulnerable sensibility, and suitably supporting the different moods of the songs. Very addictive EP.

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Album review: The Cherry Wave  "Avalancher"

The Cherry Wave - "Avalancher" (Saint Marie Records, December 23rd, 2014)

Glasgow, Scotland's The Cherry Wave are not afraid of letting out the fuzz'n'noise. Already with their self titled demo EP (2012) and their "Blush" EP (2013), Paul (guitar, vocals), Adam (drums), Billy (bass) and Ryan (guitar) managed to seduce fans of deliciously gritty wall-of-sounds and fuzzed-out dissonance that are connected with irresistibly sexy melodies, swaths of reverb and bittersweet atmospheres. "Avalancher" has everything on board that made us fall in love with the band's psychedelically swirling shoegaze crunchiness. From the opening uptempo rocket "Culture '90" with its Sonic Youth meet Nothing fragrance to dynamic gems like "Blissbomb" with its epic, yearning atmosphere as well as a sharp-edged riff mountains to tonal caffeine kicks like "Harvest Summers" with a remarkably catchy melody line bedded in raucous riff waves. The album's last adrenaline injection, "Fuzzthrower", is quite aptly titled and a 09:09 mins trip that step by step evolves from a melodic shoegaze energizer into a full-on noise and feedback outburst that completely blows your mind ... what a monster firework! "Avalancher" is an addictive thriller from start to finish (and one of the 10 albums in my 2014 Ear Candy top list) ... highly recommended!

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EP review: 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - "Watch Her Fall"

93MillionMilesFromTheSun - "Watch Her Fall EP" (released digitally February 2nd 2015)

As an appetizer for their upcoming, fourth studio album "Fall Into Nothing", Doncaster, UK’s 93MillionMilesFromTheSun serve us this EP trip.  After a dive into the four songs it can be stated: it's a highly seductive journey. The shoegazers once again manage to knit their irresistible sound spirals which blend atmospherically, psychedelically swirling streams with pleasantly raucous, fuzz-driven riffs and mesmerizing drone splinters in a pretty captivating way. Additionally, higly mellifluous, memorable melody lines and kinda reverberant but likewise emotional and thoughtful vocal colors find their way through the speakers. You’re gonna experience that the arrangements and details on this EP are incredibly well thought out and carefully placed, with each listen you discover new elements and how absorbing every small piece of the cake effects. Once you enter the door to this EP and the dynamically circulating, epic title track with its dangerously catchy melody wave starts, you don't wanna leave this sound island anymore. Harmonies and edges, power and silkiness, heart and soul. A passionate four track voyage from start to finish. I'm eagerly awaiting the new full-length adventure.

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Album review: The Grease Arrestor "Volume Two"

The Grease Arrestor - "Volume Two" (self-released, January 20th, 2015) A pretty rough day, so some good tunes were needed. Perfect timing: "Volume Two" by Australia's The Grease Arrestor just surfaced. Already with last year's debut "What Was, Is" (one of the 10 albums in my 2014 Ear Candy top list) the Sydney crew managed to orchestrate a seductive trip for everyone who loves a dive into an amalgamation of whirring guitar riffs, reverb-drenched streams, acoustic colors, drone-laden injections, psychedelic clouds and crisp edges with catchy, addictive melodies. On "Volume Two", Richard Snowden (guitar, vocals), Ryan Lloyd (guitar, bass, vocals),  Samuel Potter (guitar, bass, vocals), Elizabeth Tillman (organ, percussion, vocals) and Joshua Hutchins-Smith (drums, percussion, vocals) continue with their distinctive sound path. A remarkable and in my book very good thing is that their music can't be pigeonholed. The five piece juggle with various influences and elements from neo-psychedelia to garage, from shoegaze to drone, with a highly luscious rhythm grooviness thrown in, and both male and female vocals accompanying the shimmering mix. Imagine a movie soundtrack with music by Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Velvet Underground, The Warlocks, BRMC, Spacemen 3, The Citradels, Lou Reed and The Black Angels ... The Grease Arrestor and would fit right in while at the same time adding to the diversity. The journey showcases a  varied face, from acoustic campfire songs ("Dharna (for Olivia))" to kickin' summer road trip tunes ("In Return"), from pleasantly melancholic rides with a Velvet Underground meet Lou Reed scent ("Fool") to darkly tinted groove hymns ("Are You In?"), from yearningly circulating pearls for mind travel time at sunsets ("Hangover") to pulse-quickening, jauntily swirling energizers ("Girl"). There is a lot to explore and discover on this passionately done album. I'm in love with it. I'm sure you will be too. www.facebook.com/thegreasearrestor www.thegreasearrestor.bandcamp.com/album/volume-two www.clankforbreakfast.tumblr.com/post/108782198057/reviewthegreasearrestor www.facebook.com/ClankForBreakfast

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Breakfast Revelations ... with Nathan Smith (The Virgance)

With "Hiko Shrine", Sudbury, Suffolk based musician Nathan Smith aka The Virgance unleashes his second album adventure. He once more opens the door to his layered, instrumental shoegaze universe which seduces via epic atmospheres with post rock splinters thrown in, psychedelically swirling streams, pleasantly fuzz-driven riffs, and embracingly melancholic, beautiful melody lines. A varied, exciting and passionately knit trip between fragile, dreamy clouds and powerful kicks. Nathan took the time for the Breakfast Revelations Q&A. What was the first/last record you bought? Nathan: I think my first record as a kid was a 7" of Musical Youth's "Pass The Dutchie"! The last one was "Hardwick Manor" by So Called Humans. What record did influence you the most, and why’s that? Nathan: When I was learning guitar in my early teens there were three records that I played more than anything else. "Sticky Fingers" by The Rolling Stones and "Live at Leeds" and "Who's Next" by The Who. The Stone Roses' debut was a big one and "A Northern Soul" by The Verve rubbed off quite a bit. More subconscious influences going on were things like my older brother putting Slowdive or Julee Cruise on the stereo, or my best mate introducing me to the latest Warp Records releases. What classic/cult record or band in music history did you for some reason never get into? Nathan: Fleetwood Mac "Rumours". Unquestionably a classic, but not for me. How much music can we find in your collection? Nathan: Not the biggest collection in the world, it has been streamlined over the years. You will find something decent from many genres. My pride and joy is the 60's vinyl. What do you prefer: cassettes, vinyl, CD's, digital? Why? Nathan: Vinyl, for the warmth of sound, the size of artwork, the crispy static when you take the record from its sleeve, the act of handling, caring for it, putting the needle down is all special. I like how vinyl is a piece of work in two halves. It is conducive to patient listening. You are more likely to take in the entire work once the needle is dropped, unlike digital where there tends to be a temptation to hastily click through tracks if they are not immediately gratifying. Your most important or best music experience? Nathan: Finally finishing the solo debut "Lost Continent" has to be the most important, as it had been so long since I was last involved in any kind of release, and even when I really got going again it still took nearly 3 years to get the material I wanted together. The best experience is the new one, "Hiko Shrine", because it represents a new level for me in terms of work ethic and application. 6 months from getting ideas to mixing. A very happy time and the result is a brighter, more upbeat record than the first. The sunshine on the cover is meant to be representative as was the murky underwater feel of the first one. Your worst music experience? Nathan: I remember a 90's gig in Islington, which was pretty high-pressure as we supposedly had important people coming. At the time I was playing a Les Paul type with a Bigsby tremolo, I was quite into Bernard Butler then. I broke a string and the others sprung so far out of tune it was as though I'd been smashing the thing up like Townshend. I had no spare guitar. We had already been playing poorly because the monitor mix was useless. My panic spread across the stage. After what seemed like an age I managed to get another guitar off of someone. It's funny, I cannot recall doing the rest of the set, but we did. Proper nightmare gig and not a nice memory. I've never used a tremolo-arm guitar since. What kinda music do you love/hate? Nathan: I love noisy, dirty rock'n'roll with chunky rhythm sections, usually in the form of shoegaze, psych, space rock, post-punk or whatever. Old soul stuff, early blues, rhythm'n'blues, big band stuff with ace drummers. I love electronica. Dream pop. Ambient, ethereal, atmospheric, cinematic. I have always hated those death metal bands with that vocal style which sounds a bit like a furious zombie... and most mainstream pop/chart music of the 21st century. Each to their own. The worst/best album artwork? Nathan: Difficult! Best, right now I’m thinking Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here". Worst I'm going for is "Metallica", stolen from Spinal Tap! Sort of like a black mirror... If you'd have to compile a mix tape, what artists/bands would be on it? If you could cooperate with any musician or band, who would that be? Nathan: Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys, Hendrix, Who, Floyd, VU, Kinks, Small Faces, Otis Redding, Doors, John Barry, Love, Can, Bowie, Eno, Neu, Broadcast, Slowdive, Verve, MBV, Stone Roses, Ride, Air, Boards of Canada, FSOL, Aphex Twin...and I will jam guitar with David Lynch please! First/last concert you went to (except your own band’s)? Nathan: First gig of a band I can actually remember the name of was Queen + guests at Wembley in '92. Last gig was So Called Humans, a good while ago now. What’s your preference as visitor & band - club gigs or festivals? Nathan: As mine is a solo recording project, I don't currently play live gigs and haven't done for years now, so as a visitor I would say it depends on the genre of the act and the nature of the sound you're trying to achieve. One of my all-time favourite gigs was Super Furry Animals at Glastonbury, a great open air show and spectacle with a very good sound mix and lightshow, which would not have been as great in a small-ish venue. And I've seen punk rock bands at festivals who have sounded awful, obviously more suited to a club-size venue with tighter acoustics where the sound is more direct, and the whole experience is closer, more intimate, better contained for the audience member. Horses for courses. Favorite music movie or live DVD? Nathan: "The Kids Are Alright" Thank you! www.facebook.com/thevirgance www.thevirgance.bandcamp.com/album/hiko-shrine

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Rocking New Year!

Heya all, it feels like it was yesterday. The moment when I wrote the Clank For Breakfast New Year's message for 2014. Now the year 2015 is around the corner, and I'm wondering how quickly the past 12 months went by. It was an exciting year for music, filled with a lot of great releases and live (reunion) gigs. Personally, I enjoyed seeing The Underground Youth, Slowness, and Crippled Black Phoenix on stage, and chat with the band members before/after their gigs. Very nice, down-to-earth people who do damn tasty music. Like every year, music was an important part of my daily life. No matter if it was a positive and sunny or a negative and sad period of time, music accompanied me 24/7. Some of this year's release highlights are listed in my "Ear Candy" selection. Alright, the countdown for 2015 is on, time for me to dive into an extensive music orgy. I'd like to say THANK YOU to all of you readers, bands, and labels out there, and wish everyone of you a ROCKING NEW YEAR with tons of addictive music. If you look for tasty tunes to celebrate New Year's eve, I recommend the always excellent DKFM Shoegaze Radio or The Reverb.

Cheers & take care,

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