Blue Sky On Holiday (but it's out today)

I thought I posted about Annemarie before, but apparently not. So, Annemarie are a six-piece pop outfit from Indonesia. "Bubblegum" seems to be stuck to them like glue, and if you play "Bubblegum I See" off their Myspace, you'll see why. I got a nice little email the other day saying they're working on a new album, and it looks like they're going to make a slight departure from the usual "bubblegum pop" sound. Something about infusing some jazz and Latin sensibilities to it, and that's just fine with me (as you might gather based on my last post). I'm not sure exactly what that's going to sound like, but I am sure that the two new tracks I've heard are pretty ace.

Spring Bus .mp3

I'm awake. Asia's Half Dreaming.

I just found out about the Half Dreaming "Asian shoegaze compilation" that came out on Quince Records back in August. It has contributors from China, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. All the tracks are noise-a-licious, but I'd say my favourite is the track by Perfect Angel. I don't have any of the .mp3s yet, but I do have a tracklist (and the country where each band is from).

1. The Majestic High See Her Fall (Korea)

2. burrrn Song Without Words (Japan)

3. Perfect Angel Cataclysmic (Indonesia)

4. Hideka Echoes (Japan)

5. Elemental Gaze Unperfect Sky (Indonesia)

6. Monocism Seisou (Japan)

7. Daixiaole Satellite Boy (China)

8. Oeil Strawberry Cream (Japan)

9. Witherspoon Tingles And Everything (Malaysia)

10. The Evening Primrose Stargazer (Hong Kong)

11. Caucus Sing (half dreaming version) (Japan)

12. Candyaudioline Felt So Fine (Philippines)

13. Sharesprings Fix Your Eyes On (Indonesia)

14. Nanocycle Great Little Ones (Japan)

15. Everybody Loves Irene Love Is So Strange (Indonesia)

16. cryv April And You, March And I (Japan)

You can go to the Quince Records Myspace and link off of that to hear all the different bands.

If you live in America, you can pick it up here, which I'd recommend.

I also have some more stuff from that side of the world that I'll be posting about soon.