Netflix, your favorite companion on a rainy cold Wednesday night in July. According to The Internet their latest treat Stranger Things is among the finest things the global videothèque yet put out. And it was reason enough for old mates Kirrin Island and Billion One to join forces and record an atmospheric homage to this piece of post television history. So while Netflix automatically loads yet another episode you originally had no intention of viewing, hit that pause button, and binge listen through the three tracks they strapped together on Soundcloud. The steaming Eleven is attached below. Team Poule says, haven’t seen the show, but I can vibe to this.
Ah, it was so hot today, walking to Poule d’Or headquarters I saw a bird putting sunblock on his worm! Surreal, but then again, it’s August. In the meantime The Linedots happened. The UK duo went ahead and pulled this giant of a rabbit out of their hats. Small Talk has great driving vocals and perfectly stacked layers of synths that make it hard to believe that there are less than 160 persons on this planet that hit Like when visiting their facebook page. So good this. Team Poule says, this is a big one.
Just weeks before their biggest headline show to date comes this new kicker from London group Hunck. A driving ode to the journey of finding “The One”, waiting All Dressed Up. The show then will see them performing their arts on time on the stages of The Lexington on August 16th, with support from Lupo and Physic Markers. What a great dreamy parade. Team Poule says, deal me in.
Have you ever eaten Sardines straight from the can? If so, you will be familiar with that sudden and happy feeling of surprise finding ever one or two more of the salty delicacies hiding inside that from outside seemingly small aluminum colosseum. Salty delicacies then, are just what Poule d’Or is all about. And just like a can of oily fish comes along this new playlist covering no less that 24 songs. Quite the heavy weight. But bear with me just a second. It is a carefully selected collection of the hottest tunes out there, no less.
Featuring Los Angeles’ fast breaking Small Forward, smooth forwards Fiancé from Delaware, old mates Art Bloc and Castlebeat, Canadian producer Benjamin Munoz, flawless Jordan Dean Riddle out of Portland, US diamonds Sibling, London’s high flying Poté, KOWL who makes Bill Clinton blush, Brooklyn’s Kent Odessa, smooth operators Minden, as well as banging indie pop by Swiss Antipods and Germans Pool, just to name a few. So, in absence of a new compilation, please enjoy this careful SoundCloud curation. Team Poule says, the key is, to always spread the love.
Read somewhere that the weight of all bacteria on the planet added up comes down to more than what all people taken together weigh in. So weird. In the same vein, listening through new musics day in day out, the amount of awful music out there is truly amazing. It’s just too much. On the upside though, it is even more fun to find a total gem like Castlebeat. Warm riffs, driving melodies and fuzzy vocals, good old bedroom productions. What dreams are made of. The 22-year-old Castlebeat just released his debut album this Friday, July 22. The mad second single Rope off that album is attached below for you to goûter. Team Poule says, I can vibe to this all day.
Yup, there you have it. He has said it. He did it. Canadian native and Berlin resident Sway Clarke has an all new video out for his hit single I Don’t Need Much. And if you think, yadda yadda yadda I heard that song before, hold to your wigs and keys just a minute and wait this one out because Mr. Clarke has hidden something rad and new in there for part two.
The video then, is attached below and does accompany the release of his new EP titled Bad Love: five mad tracks, a perfect companion to your average July twilight ride or just when hanging out in front of you favorite sunset. Also, if you enjoy a bit of urban perspectives from Germany’s capital I Don’t Need Much will have you covered as well.
On top of that, Mr. Clarke has announced an evening live in concert at the end of the month – featuring a full-on band! Note that down in your Moleskines, Keller in Neukölln, July 29th. Be rude not to. Team Poule says, what more DO you need, really.
