Kyson.

A mellow ambiance drips from Kyson's tracks. If you lend yourself to transportation you can hear the meticulous formation of atmosphere in each of the Berlin-based producer's precisely crafted glitch beat workings. Originally from Australia, Jian Kellett-Liew calls upon field recordings to create the sonic landscapes that you hear in this particular track titled 'Remi.' Watch out for Kyson over the next few years, his latest recordings are bearing some well ripened fruits and they're only getting better and better.  

Sinkane.

Sudanese native Ahmed Gallab has made big moves as a session musician and creative prodigy for bands such as Yeasayer, Caribou, Of Montreal and Born Ruffians and as indie prodigies do, they eventually wind up in Brooklyn. It was there that Gallab focused his talents into his project known as Sinkane where his multi-instrumental mindset and African rhythms led to the creation of some funky music. His new album "Mars" was just released and so far it blows my mind so I can only anticipate how it will sound after repetitious treatment. 

Local Natives.

Local Natives have been a casualty of the indie rock era. What I mean by this is that there are just too many bands out there that do this style of melodic, rhythmic and atmospheric rock music that Local Natives have just not received the accolades they deserve. Seeing them live is an experience in itself as every band member has an equally angelic voice making their harmonies so brilliantly satisfying. With their sophomore record on its way, the single 'Breakers' is a taste of what we are likely to hear - something along the lines of The Maccabees "Given To The Wild" we're hoping.

Flying Lotus.

Steve Ellison is incredibly creative. His compositions are essentially arrangements of obscure sounds, performed on a vast richness of instruments, constructed together to form a very palatable symphony of noise. I can admit that not all is easily digestible unless you crave some alternative to the western form of songwriting but it's roots are so diverse that tying the music of Flying Lotus down to a genre is very difficult. His new album "Until the Quiet Comes" has received plenty of hype but that's probably because it is in a direction of it's own.

The Babies.

It would seem as though Brooklyn is this pregnant woman that keeps popping out overly decent indie rock bands every nine months or so - sometimes with twins. The Babies are an amalgamation of other indie do-gooders but we won't go into what that meant for old Ms. Brooklyn. Just enjoy their new track it's called 'Get Lost'.

The Sheepdogs.

The Sheepdogs do catchy as hell blues rock. With fuzz straight out of the 70's this Canadian ensemble will remind you of the good old days when jeans were tight and hair was long. Co produced by Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, you can feel the simple goodness in The Sheepdogs' songwriting. Their 4th studio album came out last month but I bet you'll be listening to it for many more. Frontman Ewan Currie has possibly the most appropriate voice for his style of music, its a gosh darn potent combo.

The Kite String Tangle.

Strange name, but I guess over a century of popular music would be a tough mine to excavate for a nice chunk of name gold. That aside, The Kite String Tangle is a Brisbane based ambient electronic artist who is also known as Danny Harley to his friends and local grocer. . . hopefully. His song 'Commotion' is an nice piece of electronica. It has a calming vibe with its bouncy and syncopated rhythms accompanied by Harley's hazy vocals - but it is also very dance-able; especially through the chorus which erupts with many layers of crisp and dirty synths. 

Tame Impala.

I've posted about Tame Impala recently, I realise this, but shut up it's Tame Impala. "Lonerism" comes out in 5 days but tunemonkey has a live stream hookup for you just in case you couldn't wait. I couldn't. . .

Anitek.

Anitek is an American trip-hop producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Switzerland. He has a prolific output of tracks which makes his fan base happy chaps. His most recent release, "Calm & Collect Vol. 3", is a chilled out and beautifully composed 8 track album which preaches peace and harmony to some crispy beats - a surprisingly compelling mix; think DJ Shadow meets Bonobo meets Gandhi.