Best Of MySpace 108

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Holiday Romance – Detachments
www.myspace.com/detachments
This chillingly stark,spaced out synth punk will get under your skin like ringworm. They’re heading out on tour and the album promises to be huge.

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Hiding Places – Union Sound Set
www.myspace.com/unionsoundset
From the ashes of Prego rises an epic post rock beast with the heart of (a) Frightened Rabbit and the balls of frisky Mogwai.

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Rain of Gold – Young Empires
www.myspace.com/youngempires
Canada is having yet another moment, and these guys reinforce that. Kinda like Jack Penate wigging out with Friendly Fires whilst tropicalia swirls around and some dude plays a pan pipe.

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When the Night Comes In – I said yes
www.myspace.com/ofcourseisaidyes
What sounds like a kinda folky, wiggy Inkspots soon evolves into an accomplished slice of lo fi bucolia.

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Is This Love? – Rubicks
www.myspace.com/rubicks
This band are rapidly evolving into contenders. Think Metric with larger beats and a more spacey feel.

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Comfortable Shoes – The Musgraves
www.myspace.com/themusgraves
A janglier Ben Folds, with the piano being replaced by poppy strings, handclaps and glock.

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Close Your Eyes – Sweet Jane
www.myspace.com/officialsweetjane
Dreamy sub Velvets classic guitar pop all Raveonettes meets The Byrds in a Soho dive bar circa 68.

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If Only – The Boy I Used to Be.
www.myspace.com/theghostiusedtobe
Jings, this chap’s only 17 but he already sounds like Conor Oberst on a bad day with his songs of love and loss.

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Headstones – Un Cadavre
www.myspace.com/ryevskiredoute
This band are good scary – lay preaching over an industria soundtrack with a whiff of Joy Division but really, a sound all their own.

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Linstigator – Disclosure
www.myspace.com/disclosureuk
Yay, another sub genre, please step forward tech step and all it’s floatily ominous beats and samples. It will invade you.

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