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Whatever Happened To Chin Up Chin Up?

20/08/17 at 1.50pm / by deepster19 / 21 Comments

A question many indie rock fans have been asking themselves for quite some time is….. whatever happened to the band Chin Up Chin Up?

To be quite honest with you, until last night, it never crossed my mind. However, from what I can gather, the avant-pop quintet opted out of the indie scene bubble back in 2009 with an announcement on their Myspace page. Kids, look it up.

They played a final show in their hometown of Chicago without much fanfare. At the final show, the band included some tunes that would later appear on a release by the newly formed band Vacations, a side project by three members of Chin Up Chin Up. If you’d like to take a listen to ‘I Was Bikini/Ran Affraid’ by Vacations, our friends over at the youtubes have it right here.

During a career that spanned roughly eight years, Chin Up Chin Up released three albums, I’ll assume all of them were met with critical acclaim. All three albums are available for streaming over there.

Apparently, all of this recent Chin Up Chin Up buzz is associated with the bands inclusion on the recent mixtape Indie 2004. Once DJ Deep gets around to making a Indie 2006 mixtape, rest assured, more Chin Up tunes will appear.

Chin Up Chin Up was one of those bands from the mid-aughts that had you hooked the first time you heard them.

I miss Chin Up Chin Up.

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Wolf Alice Announce Debut LP & Tour

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15/03/27 at 7.07am / by deepster19 / 1 Comment

A band that I’ve been keeping an eye on over the last three years is the North London folk-grunge band Wolf Alice. Considered by this blog, and a few other more reputable publications as a Band On The Come, the quartet has only teased us with 2 extended plays and 3 singles since 2012. The world I guess is now worthy enough, as the group announced this week that they finally plan to drop their debut full-length My Love Is Cool on June 22 in the U.K. One can only assume that means June 23 in the States, but I’ve seen no official word on that.

The band has been compared to the likes of Elastica and Hole, and even better, I once saw them described as – Yeah Yeah Yeahs meets The Xx, or something like that. However you want to describe them, I think their music is intriguing (along with their name) and have been wanting more since they first shared the single “Leaving You” back in 2012. Two more singles followed in 2013, “Fluffy” and “Bros,” both of which will be included on the My Love Is Cool LP. More recently, the band shared the EP’s Blush in 2013 and Creature Songs in 2014. As far as the name, it comes from a short story by Angela Carter.

The quartet consisting of Ellie Rowsell, Joel Amey, Joff Oddie and Theo Ellis will be touring North America in the upcoming months, including a stop at Soda Bar in San Diego on Saturday May 16. I will be there, who else is in?

Sample some more Wolf Alice below:
The first single from My Love Is Cool is “Giant Peach”

“Moaning Lisa Smile” is off the Creature Songs EP

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Artist Spotlight: Swim Deep

13/09/23 at 9.23pm / by deepster19 / 0 Comment

Almost every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist. This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on Swim Deep.

Swim Deep is the latest indie buzz band to emerge from the Birmingham, England B-Town music scene. The B-Town scene is a term given to bands that have risen from the Digbeth area of Birmingham over the last two plus years. Swim Deep joins fellow Digbeth groups such as Peace, Troumaca, and JAWS as bands on the come. Although all of these bands have different vibes, local journalists have run with this term to allegedly invented a music scene fad. Members of Swim Deep and Peace claim that they invented the term and are embarrassed that NME and other London based media outlets continue to use the silly term.

The Birmingham four piece consists of Austin Williams (vocals), Tom Higgins (guitar), Zachary Robinson (drums) and Cavan McCarthy (bass). The band formed in 2011 and credits The Stone Roses, Nirvana, and The Jesus and Mary Chain for the band even existing. In their short career, the indie dream pop band have released five singles along with their debut full-length Where The Heaven Are We. The critically acclaimed debut LP dropped back on August 5.

Fans of eighties dream pop, nineties shoegaze, or bands that have Deep in their name should already have Swim Deep in heavy rotation. As for the rest of the current B-Town music scene… everyone knows I’ve been singing the praises of Peace since late 2012 and if you like FOALS you’ll dig JAWS.

Check out the Swim Deep Videos below:
“King City”

“Honey”

“She Changes The Weather”

Download “Where The Heaven Are We” here:

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Artist Spotlight: Potty Mouth

13/09/09 at 6.57pm / by deepster19 / 0 Comment

Potty Mouth are an indie punk band that formed Northampton, Massachusetts in 2011. The all girl band consists of Abby Weems (vocals, guitar), Ally Einbender (bass), Phoebe Harris (guitar), and Victoria Mandanas (drums). The ladies took their name from an album by the seminal riot grrl group Bratmobile. Although they have association with riot grrrl bands from the feminist underground punk rock movement, they have denied their music has a political agenda.

Up until this point the band has released the EP Sun Damage in 2012, along with numerous singles throughout 2013. The bands debut full-length Hell Bent is expected in record stores on September 17. You can find the most recent single “Black and Studs” on the GoINDEEpMusic August Mix Tape.
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Artist Spotlight: Pure Bathing Culture

13/08/25 at 9.28pm / by deepster19 / 0 Comment

PureBathingCulture_608x457 Every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist. This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on Pure Bathing Culture.

The Portland, Oregon based indie pop duo of Daniel Hindman (guitar) and Sarah Versprille (keyboards) have been the talk of the town since moving to the Pacific Northwest from NYC in 2011. Their 80’s soft rock sound has been compared to Fleetwood Mac and Cocteau Twins.

This past Tuesday these rising stars released their much-anticipated debut full-length Moon Tides. The LP Moon Tides was preceded by a four song self-titled EP that was released back on May 7. Earlier this summer the indie buzz escalated when the band shared the single “Pendulum” (listen to it below). Prior the forming in 2011, the duo were members of the indie folk outfit Vetiver.

The name Pure Bathing Culture was chosen from the Switzerland spa Therme Vals Spa. Hindman explains, “The final session of the day is called ‘pure bathing culture’ (in English). It took place at night and you waded through a series of pools and no one was allowed to talk,” says Hinderman. “I liked the combination of the three words together and what it sort of implied. When you research it, these really beautiful images of bath houses and women and children bathing in the Ganges come up and it sort of opened this whole idea of rebirth and spiritual cleansing and transforming. It totally refueled the project and kind of functioned as a muse for us.”
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Artist Spotlight: Jagwar Ma

13/08/18 at 9.45pm / by deepster19 / 0 Comment

jaguar-ma-image-replacement-2-545 Every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist. This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on Jagwar Ma.

Jagwar Ma are an indie dance band from Sydney, Australia. The three piece formed in 2011 and consists of Gabriel Winterfield (lead vocals, guitar, loops), Jono Ma (guitar, synths, drum machine, samples), and Jack Freeman (bass, backing vocals). The group’s name is derived from Jono’s surname and a painting of a jaguar passed on to them by a friend. Their debut full-length Howlin’ is kick-ass, and has received nothing but praises since it dropped on June 11. The band’s sound is heavily influenced by groups from the Madchester scene of the late-eighties and early-nineties such as Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, and The Stone Roses. Combine the Madchester sound with a hint of chillwave, and what you’re left with is Jagwar Ma. It only takes one spin of Howlin’ and you’re hooked, trust me.
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Artist Spotlight: HAERTS

13/08/11 at 9.10pm / by deepster19 / 0 Comment

elle-haerts-band-de Every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist. This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on HAERTS.

HAERTS, yes HAERTS, no misspelling there folks. The indie pop band led by frontwoman Nini Fabi hail from Brooklyn, NY and Germany. The band set the blog world buzzing late last year when the single “Wings” surfaced. The infectious synth-pop vibe of “Wings” will have you hitting repeat, trust me. This week the band announced the soon-to-be released debut EP Hemiplegia on September 17. The five piece will soon embark upon a tour that has them supporting Washed Out.
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Artist Spotlight: Bleached

13/08/05 at 8.45pm / by deepster19 / 0 Comment

backstage-balloons-v-JQ0enp-mdn Every Sunday we take an INDEEp look into an emerging indie artist.

This week we Shine the Sunday Spotlight on Bleached.

Bleached are a Los Angeles based indie pop-punk band comprised of the sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin. The duo formed Bleached in 2011, two years after their former band Mika Miko disbanded. Between 2009-2011 Jennifer spent time as the keyboardist in the band Cold Cave, while Jessica played with The Cold Showers. In 2011 the band released a series of well-received 7-Inches: Francis; Carter; and Searching Through The Past. The ladies released their debut full-length Ride Your Heart back on March 25.

Ride Your Heart will definitely be on my list of the best albums of 2013, as well as Bleached should be mentioned as the best new buzzband of the year.

Say hello to your new favorite band.

Enjoy!

Check out the video “Think Of You” from the 7″ Carter here:
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