Kites With Lights Return

Blending synth pop sonics with dream pop ideals, Kites With Lights melds 80's New Wave with 90's shoegaze using 21st century technology to create songs with a clean & clear aesthetic: Electro Pop with a purpose.

A focused extension of 2009's The Weight of Your Heart EP, the modern construct of Cosmonauts finds a place where dream pop becomes the soundtrack for a blissed out dance floor, a rainy introspective day at home or a late night drive with heads bopping to the beat. Soar to the stratosphere of your ear with Cosmonauts.

Download: Cosmonauts
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The Jezabels Search For An Endless Summer

The Australian moody-pop quartet The Jezabels have been all over the world and back. Upon completing their European tour in September, the four will be returning to the U.S. and Canada in November to tour with the Canadian indie rock band Hey Rosetta!

Somewhere between their relentless touring schedule and having a nervous breakdown, the band hope to put the final touches on their album, Prisoner. If the lead single, Endless Summer is any indication the album will be the best thing that the Cranberries never recorded. A perfect combination of 90's alternative and Ozzy pop the band are bound to cause a stir wherever they may roam.

Here's to the summer...and an endless one at that.

Download: Endless Summer
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Computer Blue Shuts Down

Is this the end of Computer Blue? Sadly, yes, but the story of Computer Blue has a happy ending which we will tell you about another day. Just look out for something new coming in their place.

Game Boy is the last and only original release that Computer Blue was able to put out before they called it quits. And if you're going to go out, you might as well go out with a bang.

Bang is exactly what Game Boy is all about...this dark throbbing mass of dance music pulsates into oblivion and that's a good thing. So enjoy the end of the Computer Blue revolution before they shut it down for good.

Download: Game Boy
Download: Game Boy (Ernest Miller Remix)
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Can I Get Your Digits?

Digits are a dark, minimalist synth pop project from Toronto, Ontario. Created as a one piece unit by Alt Altman, Digits began in late 2009 with the release of his first album Hold it Close.

He released the Lost Dream EP in April 2011, with the yet to be released, Only Affection EP to follow in September, and a second full-length, Get Through, scheduled for November.

Only Affection EP, when it is released will be done so as a free download on his website on September 6, 2011, with the first single "Because It's Wrong."

Broody and slightly spooky, "Because It's Wrong," will stalk you as it hypnotizes you with it's gorgeous minimalism. If this tune is any indication of what the EP is going to be like...we might all need to see someone come September.

Download: Becuase It's Wrong
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Get Into The Routines

Routines are an electropop band from Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Influenced by late 80s wave and house, a pinch of 90's house and Chicago basslines Kelly and Andre began Routines two years ago. Over the last two years the band have refined themselves from distorted raps to soulful vocals.

Earlier this year Routines found a drummer -Jimmi- and have since been working hard on developing a live show.

Bizarrely, Routines are currently unsigned.  Undeterred by this, they are working on a new EP to release early September.

Download: Young Hearts
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The Nocturnes Rise

The Nocturnes -- the band led by Red Sparowes guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle -- announce the forthcoming release of their second album, Aokigahara.

The Nocturnes are the folkgaze brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Emma Ruth Rundle. While the band began as a duo in 2007 and built a cult following prior to her joining Red Sparowes in 2009, Aokigahara is nonetheless a dramatic rebirth for The Nocturnes. Featuring a revamped quartet lineup, the 8-song album ventures into multiple textures of style and sound that create a lush haze of melody that blends hints of folk, shoegaze, chamber pop, goth and post-rock.

The Los Angeles based quartet has set up a Kickstarter account for special pre-orders, offering original artwork created by Rundle for larger donations in addition to immediate downloads of the album.

Download: The Road (via Bandcamp)
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Scenic Looks To Another Sky

Remember the early days of Creation, when they'd release records by Primal Scream and then release records by Pacific for some strange reason. They seemed as confused as to what they should release but whatever they released was good.

Scenic is much like early Creation. They can't decide what they want to be, but whatever they record seems to be fantastic. Based in Australia, Scenic create tunes that tend to be based around their namesake. They write dreamy, airy pop music that just happens to be danceable.

Scenic’s first EP for Future Classic features two blissed out songs ‘Another Sky’ and ‘Endless Days’ and a floor-friendly remix by TheMagician.  Judging by the title track, the single is bound to be great.

Download: Another Sky
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