Pale - Too Much

Just discovered Pale through friend Mark's recommendation of Astral Pattern (featured yesterday).  After just these 2 songs, I'm in love.  They don't have a lot of output but I will anxiously be awaiting more!

Astral Pattern - Sitting in the Sun

Here is some dreampop magical synth loveboogie!
Astral Pattern are from London and they dig Kraftwerk.  Their former band was called S.C.U.M. but I haven't heard them yet!  Maybe I should because Astral Pattern's debut EP "Light Poems" (released last month on 37 Adventures) is AMAZING!!

Annie - Back Together

YES YES YES!!  "A&R EP" by Annie collaborating with Richard X is near perfection!  "Back Together" isn't even the best song from the EP but it is soooo damn goooood!!  The whole thing is soooo damn good!!
And I love how this video sneaks in Mannie's track "Invisible" in the #5 spot on the countdown!  "Invisible" is the best track on the EP!!

Belle and Sebastian - Your Cover's Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Mix)

Taken from Belle and Sebastian's new B-sides compilation "The Third Eye Centre", this is a great remix of an already fantastic song!!
Sissy boo Crystal, Happy Birthday Month!!

CHER - Woman's World

Yes, that's right...I just had to because it's CHER BITCHES!!!

Porcelain Raft - The Way Out

Porcelain Raft has returned with his sophomore album "Permanent Signal" released last week.  "The Way Out" is one of the many lovely tracks and its video is quite dark & superb.

Richard Simmons - Hair Do

Richard Simmons has had a bit of a resurgence in the past couple years, not that he ever truly disappeared.  Now he's making music!  This video is hilarious!  My favourite moment happens at the 2:28 mark!  Perfection!

Dispositivo Sueños - It Seems Perfect

Dispositivo Sueños are from Peru!  They are awesome!  I love their debut EP "Cotton Clouds" and their live EP "En vivo para BarrioBEAT"!  I want more!!

Mood Rings - The Line

While Mood Rings' debut album "VPI Harmony" may venture a bit too much into shoegazey territory for me to deeply love, it's still a pretty good album.  "The Line" sits right in the middle of the album and is a piece of pure pop perfection!

Psychic Twin - Strangers

Dreamy synth-pop lovebugs Psychic Twin truly warm my ears!  They've only released a couple singles thus far, but I'm sure there is an album coming soon...an album we will all dance to!

Emilíana Torrini - Speed of Dark

It's been 5 years since Emilíana Torrini released the excellent "Me and Armini".  But alas, she is back with a new album called "Tookah" and it is coming out in a few short weeks on Rough Trade!
Our first sampling here is mighty fine!!

The Bronson Brothers - 1970

The Bronson Brothers released "1970" as a single last week.  It is summer pop goodness!!  Hopefully we'll get a new album soon!

The Boy Least Likely To - The Dead Dogs' Memorial Song

Not only have The Boy Least Likely To released a fantastic new album this year, they are also doing songs for charity!  They recorded this new song for their radio host friends, who wrote the song in honor of their listeners' dogs who had passed.  The song is super cute if not just a little macabre, but that is totally why we love The Boy Least Likely To!  They are masters of the craft!
The song is available for purchase on iTunes and all proceeds go to The Dog's Trust.

New Young Pony Club - Hard Knocks (video)

I posted about "Hard Knocks", the latest single from New Young Pony Club back in early July.  Now they've just released the video for it and it's pretty great!

Week of Wonders - Piggybacks

So sad to hear of Orca Team's break-up, but very nice to see that their lead singer has already formed a delicious new band known as Week of Wonders!  They've already released the "Failures" EP and now their new single "Piggybacks" is freshly released on Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records!
I had a great fetish for piggyback rides back in high school and this song title certainly brings back good memories!

Summer Camp - Fresh

Summer Camp are releasing their self-titled sophomore album next month and this is the first single, "Fresh".
PLUS, BEST LYRIC VIDEO EVER!!

Erlend Øye - La Prima Estate

So nice to see that Erlend Øye is back with a solo album!  While I like Kings of Convenience, I've always been much more impressed with his solo work!  This first single is the title track from his upcoming album and is sung entirely in Italian!  Nice.

Empress Of - Hat Trick

The beautifully voiced Empress Of released her "Systems" EP earlier this year.  "Hat Trick" is the lead track and I've included it 2 ways, for your listening pleasure...very pretty!!

Outfit - Performance

Just discovered Outfit and that their debut album "Performance" was just released yesterday.
Here are a couple of very nice samples taken from the album which I must definitely buy now!

Jessie Ware - Imagine It Was Us

Fun party time with Jessie Ware for one of the bonus tracks from the US release of her excellent album  "Devotion"!  She is such a delight!

Oh Land - Renaissance Girls

Yay for the return of Oh Land!  Her upcoming album is called "Wish Bone" and this is the new single!  Very fun all around!  The album comes out in late September.

Prince Innocence - Golden Hour

Prince Innocence are another awesome synth pop band out of Canada!  LOVE!

Lace Curtain - Falling

What is this deliciousness??  It is Lace Curtain's latest single "Falling"...ohhhh yummy!!  The single was released in June on Mexican Summer.

Austra - Painful Like

Austra were awfully good at Latitude Festival a couple weeks ago, playing right before the amazing Ooberus-favourite iamamiwhoami.
They played "Painful Like" and it sounded awesome live.



This is turning into "O Canada" week!

Sally Dige - Forget Me

Discovered Sally Dige whilst looking through Terror Bird's Facebook posts, and I am so glad I did.  This is lovely 80's-tinged electro rock!  Sally is releasing "Forget Me" as a 7" single at the end of the month.  Limited edition, I must have!

Terror Bird - The Wrong Way

Terror Bird is awesome!  And it looks like she's friends with Molly Nilsson!!  Double oooh-oooh!

She has recently released her third album "All This Time" and it is good!  I will be delving into her back catalog very soon!

(Shout out to my just returned long-lost cyber buddy Mark for the awesome tip!!)

And here is an awesome collaboration between Terror Bird and Cyan Kid called "Seven Mirrors" from their joint album "Cut-Outs"!

Maglia Rosa Group - Nighthawks

Maglia Rosa Group were a surprise highlight for us at Latitude Festival a couple weeks ago.  As we entered the festival on Saturday, the first stage we came across had lovely music pouring from behind the trees so we scurried over and found MRG playing.  Oh that voice, so lovely!  The rest of their set was just as good as what we heard at the beginning and I look forward to more loveliness from them in the near future!  You can get their "Nighthawks" EP over at Bandcamp.

Au Revoir Simone - Somebody Who

Au Revoir Simone are returning with a new album next month, their first in 4 years.  The track is lovely and full of synth pop gentleness!  The album is called "Move in Spectrums" and will be out on 9/23!

Cut Copy - Let Me Show You

Here's an excellent new treat from Cut Copy!  They pressed a few of these to vinyl at the Pitchfork Music Festival last month.  It's from their upcoming album, for which no details are yet to be found.

Woog Riots - From Lo-Fi to Disco!

Yay for new Woog Riots!  They've just released their fun new album "From Lo-Fi to Disco!" and this is it's lead-off track.
We got to see Woog Riots live at Indietracks last weekend and they were AWESOME!  Great story afterwards too:  When I went to buy all their albums, I mentioned that none of their music could be found here in the US.  Silvana then said that some guy in LA sometimes blogs about them and I said "Ooberus Oblivious?" and she said YES!!  So, Ooberus Oblivious has been randomly recognized in person by an awesome band!  Awesomeness!!

The Magic Theatre - I Got the Answer

Oddly, this is only my 2nd post on Ooberus Oblivious about either The Magic Theatre or Ooberman (from whom the name of this blog is derived).  Considering combined, they are my favourite musical acts, that's a bit odd.
Now that I am fresh back from vacation and starting the posts back up, it is supremely befitting to start with The Magic Theatre's new video for their 2nd album's first single "I Got the Answer"!  This is sunshine pop perfection and life-affirming magic!  I can bounce to this chorus for days.
On a side note, just this past Saturday, I was present for The Magic Theatre's first official gig at Indietracks in Derbyshire.  Needless to say, they were amazing and I hope they play more shows soon.
Their 2nd album "The Long Way Home" is due for an October release on the awesome Elefant Records.