Escape before the mental hospital with the aid of Rolling Stones’ ex-manager

Maximo Claps arrived in London in 2008 on a one-way ticket from Buenos Aires, aided by former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who had produced a record by Claps’  Argentinian band, but the group had fallen apart in a mess of drugs and acrimony. In those days Claps’ family were attempting to intervene by sending him to a mental hospital. The only option seemed to be to flee the country. As Claps recalls, „The day before flying to the UK I got run over by a car and had to escape hospital in order to make it so I arrived with bandages and my head all stitched up.”
A few weeks later Max walked into the vintage clothes shop where James Hoare (guitarist of the great Scottish indie pop band Veronica Falls) sat behind the counter reading a book on The Velvet Underground, and attempted to make a diversion while his kleptomaniac girlfriend stole a pair of boots. The distraction was such successful as that since then they have been writing and playing psychedelic pop music together, taking inspiration from Berlin-era Lou Reed, Jesus and Mary Chains, Television Personalities and West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.

The Proper Ornaments – Wooden Head on Slumberland (US) and Fortuna Pop Records (UK)

Anyway: “She didn’t steal them in the end, they weren’t her size” – says Max.

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Kraut-like psychedelic space pop by Bear In Heaven from New York

Time Is Over One Day Old LP/CD/digital on Dead Oceans (US, buy here) and Home Tapes (US)

HAUNTED HEARTS are a psych indie pop band of DeeDee Penny (Dum Dum Girls) & her husband Brandon Welchez (Crocodiles). In this clip they’re with members of a New Yorker drag collective Chez Deep

UP IS UP BUT SO IS DOWN

from their debut album Initiation on Zoo Music (US)

Danish sextet is unknown, but the other two bands are familiar to me.
Hexenbrutal already played at RNR666 Party.
It’s Evereyone Else interview on RNR666.                    FB Event

The Fleshtones play surfy psych garage rock since 1976.

‘Wheel of Talent’ album by Yep Roc

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Fear of Men is a not too funny British indie rock shoegaze band. A 5″ flexidisc with a 20 page zine feature photos, words and lyrics on Art is Hard Records

Their debut album will be released by Kanine Records on the 21st April.

Vaadat Charigim is an Israeli shoegaze band. It’s Juval’s another band beside the TV Buddhas in a little different style. Odisea

from their debut LP „The World is Well Lost” (< listen to the full album!) on Anova (CD and digital) and Burger Records (cassette).

Euro tour is coming in spring. There will be a date for Budapest sure.

Vex Ruffin is musician, who don’t wanna be part of any community or any scene. He makes strange minimalist music with punk, new wave and hip-hop elements.

self- or untitled debut LP by Stones Throws Records 

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No Joy is a good noisy My Bloody Valentine like psychedelic shoegaze trio from Montreal.

Pastel And Pass Out EP by Mexican Summer

Angie aka Angela Bermuda is an Australian musician and video artist. She is member in a bunch of magnificent bands: Circle Pit (slowcore/shoegaze), Southern Comfort (lo-fi psychedelia), Ruined Fortune (punk), Straight Arrows (garage rock) and more. Her debut solo album is about wake and sleep, wine and coffee, confidence and paranoia

digital by Rice Is Nice, vinyl on Easter Bilby

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Surf N Turf – split 7″ by Natural Child and Guantanamo Baywatch. Natural Child is among the best rhythm’n’blues’n’rock’n’roll bands on the Earth. They are from Nashville so their music is spiced with country moreover. While the Guantanamo Baywatch plays slimy surf-thrash punk.

Suicide Squeeze Records

+ Natural Child – Live In Birmingham 12″ + 7″ vinyl by Shed House Records. Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama on May 17th, 2013.  Tracklist

First of all, Fuseism is not something you would call bad-ass music – the Budapest 5-piece is the musical equivalent of a shy and smart good-willing guy from the neighbourhood. Still, Fuseism has a lot to give not only to this kind of people – their music is basically for anybody who’s into indie, punk, shoegaze and catchy melodies. Yeah, the nerdy music fans, you might say but hey, what’s wrong with that..?! Nerdy people have a lot of soul, intellect and they are not afraid to say they care…

Fuseism has released a Demo tape and four short EPs so far (if you haven’t got it yet, save each of them on your hard disk – Downloading is freedom, you know) with their trademark guitar sound, thick bass licks and the unique chanting vocals about despair, pathfinding and self-reflection.

By the way, have you ever heard their semi-ironic song about video games being better than drugs?? I tell you it is worth checking whatever these guys release – and luckily enough they finally released a longer 6-track (with the two instrumental Ultrablast snippets it’s in fact 4 songs) EP yesterday titled Search and seek more.

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To do a spoiler, the new songs bring no novelty in terms of style but this style is absolutely theirs and it’s impossible to mistake these guys for something else. 90s and surf punk influenced noisy/dreamy shoegaze sound, energy, hints of dissonance but overall melodic harmony. And one day at a point of mediating with your own self,  you will find yourself mumbling these lines along with the vocalist Rádi who’s the guy responsible for the verbal delivery. Hey, you could do that at any of their shows, I bet you wouldn’t regret it as they are one of Hungary’s best live bands.

For me, the most amazing track on the EP is Comfort and conquer – it is like an early 90s noise rock piece fuelled with more intensity and more melody. It clearly has one of the best guitar tunes ever, it’s gonna give you the chills for sure.

Support the band by going to their shows or spreading the word about them, it’s time to be a believer of Fuseism!

NO Genre, NO Scene, NO Rules, NOBUNNY

He started his career as an animal Elvis impersonator.

Secret Songs LP by Goner Records

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I thought that shoegaze is dead, and I gave thanks to God. But maybe there was a little mistake about my thanksgiving, because here is the Vaadat Charigim (id est Exemptions Committee), an Israeli shoegaze trio’s debut album. Guitar/vocal: Juval from the great primal garage rock band, TV Buddhas. (TVB Bandcamp)

The World Is Well Lost, LP by Warm Ratio, cassette by Burger Records

Here is a free download live set.

Lord have mercy upon us, and put an end to indie rock! Please!