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Scottish trio Lylo emerge from a six year hiatus today with news of a new album, Thoughts of Never, a pristine body of work built on foundations of vulnerability and cinematic pop sensibilities, set for release May 10th, 2024 via El Rancho Records. The announcement comes paired with a first look into the album through a fusion of downbeat pop-club, Balearic beats and soul grooves in the form of ‘Hush’, featuring Esmé Dee (The Orielles), along with a string of UK live dates.

Thoughts of Never, engineered and co-produced with friend Joel Patchett (Billy Ocean, King Krule), was written with the members residing in both Berlin and Glasgow, directly affecting the album's motifs.

Present in the album are topics of emotional communication, melancholy in metropolis and the willingness to (re)connect, which are all explored through a wonky Japanese inspired pop soundscape, with new and obvious nods to R&B soul intertwined with ambient pads. The album is littered with an abundance of influences from musicians and movies alike, stretching from names such as Sade, The Blue Nile, The Pet Shop Boys, Eddie Chacon to The Great Beauty (2013) and Hana-Bi (1997), the latter in which the band would mute and play their songs over each day, “treating the album mixes as a soundtrack”, which in turn, heavily influenced the tracklisting composition.

The album includes several features and collaborations from artist friends, with the likes of Cassandra Jenkins (Lylo were Cassandra’s backing band on her last Uk/eu album tour), Gerard Black (Babe), Esmé Dee Hand-Halford (The Orielles) and spoken word poet alore,, all making an appearance on the captivating new record.

Singer-songwriter Hiro Takahashi, known for "Unbalance na Kiss wo Shite" and "Taiyo ga Mata Kagayaku Toki," the ending theme for the anime series "Yu Yu Hakusho," took his first professional steps in 1987 when he joined Tulip. After the breakup of the group (which later reunited), Takahashi made his solo debut on November 19, 1993, with the simultaneous release of the single "Itsumo Jokigen" and the album "Kimi ja nakerya imi nai ne". "Taiyo Ga Mata Kagayaku Toki" became a big hit, reaching the top 10 of the hit charts. The song is still loved today and has been covered by popular voice actors and young artists. Hiro Takahashi (real name: Hiroyuki Takahashi) passed away on November 4, 2005. He was 41 years old. His untimely death has been regretted by many, who feel that his great talent has been lost.

‘San Vito’ is the new album from the Ivor Novello award-winning & multi-platinum selling UK indie-pop band The Feeling.

The album was written and recorded in Southern Italy and saw the band decamp there to self-produce the record as a band together. What began as a short writing trip, turned into a full album project with the Italian sun, food and culture seeping through into the sounds on the record. The band brought in local brass, strings and pizzica / tarantella percussion players – the result being very much an album by The Feeling but with a subtle Salento flavour mixed-in.

The title ‘San Vito’ is influenced by the name of the local town San Vito Dei Normanni where the band spent their time off from the studio soaking in the local culture, food and pizzica music. Highlights include lead single ‘The Right Wrong’ – a driving indie-pop anthem about freeing yourself from judgement, a gorgeous duet with US-based country singer Lucie Silvas & plenty of the flamboyant, upbeat 70s-inspired harmonised indie-pop that the band are adored for.

Coming-of-age heartbreak madness in 90s indie rock style from the Ruhr area! Here come EAT THEM, ladies and gentlemen. Behind it is the musician Johannes Hofmann, who has recorded more than 20 albums single-handedly to date. And don't worry, Johannes is only in his mid-20s, he just started recording music at the age of 14, which he then burned onto CDs for his grandma to play. A little later: The own Bandcamp account.
Now a kind of best-of collection from the first 10 years of his creative work will be released at the end of June: EAT THEM ALL!

12 tracks on vinyl with a small art zine included. Everything designed by Johannes Hofmann himself.

All songs remastered by Norman Nietzsche. Lo-Fi becomes Hi-Fi Lo-Fi in no time!

The LP is intended as an introduction to the inexhaustible EAT THEM multiverse. Because there is about as much to discover here as on the legendary Shimmy Disc label or the Guided By Voices: indie rock, lo-fi pop, shoegaze, krautrock, math rock, punk rock or heartbreaking power ballads! In the meantime, Johannes has found two colleagues to bring EAT THEM live on stage. Please don't miss this!

As (Tocotronic discoverer) Myriam Brüger recently said so beautifully after the first EAT THEM show in Berlin: “Finally a really uncool band again!” That was actually meant as a big compliment!

In keeping with the holistic aspect of the project - and complementing the band name - titled "ALL", the album covers the full spectrum: from drum machine and sonic youth guitar melange, nervous post-funk to anthemic lo-fi indie -Rock, everything an indie heart desires can be found here.

The first single released today is “Do You Love Me When I’m Dead?”, a catchy song that takes place sonically where it is most beautiful in the rich history of suburban pop: in the garage. The piece reflected the live line-up, which was expanded to include bass and drums. The beat clatters happily and the open guitar chords flow! However, Hofmann transcends the suburbs with reverberated singing about an emotional urge to move and flies into the city, the disco or even through clouds and the landscape.

Friction is one of the first Japanese punk bands and formed by Reck, Chiko Hige and Lapis in Tokyo in March 1978, and now the band is still keeping active. Reck and Chiko Hige had previously been on the NY no wave scene as founding members of James Chance and the Contortions, and brought back the experience and influence to the Japanese music scene. It's no exaggeration to say that the band laid the foundation for alternative music in Japan. P-vine is proud of reissuing all of their albums on vinyl.

79 Live" captures Friction's live performance at a venue in Kyoto, called TakuTaku in December 1979, four months before the release of their debut album "Friction" which is known as a masterpiece of the history of Japanese punk. This live performance has widely been regarded as the best performance in their career and Reck himself referred to it as "it was like a miracle,".

Nur bei HHV: die Platte mit unterschriebem Plakat.

Unangenehm nervöse Zeiten erfordern angenehm nervöse Musik - neonfarbene Hymnen gegen das Dauergrau, unbeschwerte Statements gegen die tägliche Dosis Abfuck. Paula Carolina hat im Laufe der letzten Monate etliche solcher Hymnen geschrieben - ein ganzes Album voll. Es trägt den griffigen Titel "extra" und konserviert den selbstgeschaffenen Kosmos, in dem Paula Carolina seit 2021 kreativ aufgeblüht und in der Zwischenzeit vom Supportact zur Stilikone avanciert ist. Dieser Kosmos ist längst ein Safe Space geworden - für einen beachtlich breitaufgestellten Kreis an Menschen mit Herz am linken Fleck und unerschöpflich positiver Energie. Zwischen Indie-Pop, Nndw und Future-Punk, Moshpit und Gruppen-Kuscheln, Dorfanekdoten und Großstadtkamellen gelingt es Paula wieder und wieder, zwischen statt über den Dingen zu stehen. Ihre Kunst ist meinungsstark, aber nie spaßbefreit; ist rotzig, aber nie dogmatisch oder gar parolenhaft; ist Mainstream, ohne je in Richtung Mainstream geschielt zu haben; ist laut, ohne zu poltern. Paula-Carolina-Musik lebt von Beobachtungsgabe und Begeisterungsfähigkeit, von assoziativem Gedanken-Ping-Pong, schrillen Ohrwurm-Momenten und erfrischenden Frechheiten.

Unangenehm nervöse Zeiten erfordern angenehm nervöse Musik - neonfarbene Hymnen gegen das Dauergrau, unbeschwerte Statements gegen die tägliche Dosis Abfuck. Paula Carolina hat im Laufe der letzten Monate etliche solcher Hymnen geschrieben - ein ganzes Album voll. Es trägt den griffigen Titel "extra" und konserviert den selbstgeschaffenen Kosmos, in dem Paula Carolina seit 2021 kreativ aufgeblüht und in der Zwischenzeit vom Supportact zur Stilikone avanciert ist. Dieser Kosmos ist längst ein Safe Space geworden - für einen beachtlich breitaufgestellten Kreis an Menschen mit Herz am linken Fleck und unerschöpflich positiver Energie. Zwischen Indie-Pop, Nndw und Future-Punk, Moshpit und Gruppen-Kuscheln, Dorfanekdoten und Großstadtkamellen gelingt es Paula wieder und wieder, zwischen statt über den Dingen zu stehen. Ihre Kunst ist meinungsstark, aber nie spaßbefreit; ist rotzig, aber nie dogmatisch oder gar parolenhaft; ist Mainstream, ohne je in Richtung Mainstream geschielt zu haben; ist laut, ohne zu poltern. Paula-Carolina-Musik lebt von Beobachtungsgabe und Begeisterungsfähigkeit, von assoziativem Gedanken-Ping-Pong, schrillen Ohrwurm-Momenten und erfrischenden Frechheiten.

Limited to 100 copies. Only available at HHV.

Lossapardo's new album "If I Were To Paint It" releases on May 17th. Known for blending art and music, Lossapardo has caught the eye of big names like The New York Times Magazine or Netflix and building a strong artist community around him (FKJ, Luidji, Bas, Joseph Solomon, Montell Fish, Olivia Dean…).
His music, filled with feelings of wonder and a bit of sadness, tells stories that connect with people everywhere. From painting to composing music, every piece of his work is a journey into emotions. His album invites listeners into a world where every note and color creates a vivid picture of life's ups and downs. Lossapardo crafts experiences that speak to the soul, promising an album that continues to share his unique vision with the world.