The Devil's Round Up 22nd May 2011

This weeks round up of the tracks that I haven't had the space to post...

King Dude
From: Seattle, Washington, United States

King Dude makes folk music from the dark side.

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MP3 - King Dude - My Beloved Ghost
This track is published with the permission of Bathetic Records so please don't claim breach of copyright

Mechanical Bride
From: Brighton, United Kingdom

Mechanical Bride's version of Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ has to be heard to be believed. It sounds like it's sprinkled with icicles.

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Mechanical Bride - "Umbrella" (Rihanna Cover) by CoopMusicFrance

Johnny Boy
From: Paris, France

Electro punk that reaches the parts other bands cannot reach.

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Johnny Boy "Modern Idol" by Laitdbac Records

Petrels
From: London, United Kingdom

Post rock doesn't come more post, or more beautiful, than this. The new Petrels album, Haeligwielle, was released on 9th May on Tartaruga Records and is available to stream on bandcamp here.

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Petrels - Silt by cerinusapodemus

Motorboater
From: Kansas City, Missouri

Odd, disturbing electro that sounds like two different songs welded together by a mad musical scientist.

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MP3 - Motorboater - Left Limb
This track is published with the permission of Banter Media so please don't claim breach of copyright

The Qualia
From: Brooklyn, United States

Electro pop with more energy than a Duracell bunny injected with rocket fuel.

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MP3 - The Qualia - Guess I Lied
This track is published with the permission of Green Light Go so please don't claim breach of copyright

I Swim With Sharks
From: Leeds, United Kingdom

Rock smothered aggro pop from Leeds, the UK's aggro pop hotbed, apparently.

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Just Be Good by iswimwithsharks