http://blog.shelflife.com Shelflife Records. C86, Indiepop, Shoegaze, Twee, Britpop, New-wave, 80s, early 90s, vinyl, music music you never heard of. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:27:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is The Holiday Crowd's brand new music video for their single "Pennies Found." The video, directed by visual artist Matthew Sitler, was filmed entirely on his iPhone. Order their debut "Over the Bluffs" on limited 12" vinyl, cd or digital formats in the US on Shelflife and ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2012/01/24/the-holiday-crowd-pennies-found/ I can't believe it's already mid-December and already time for top 10s of 2011. This year has been a complete blur. In putting this post together, I completely forgot about so much music that came out this year. I'm sure it's no surprise that I've reformatted this list ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2011/12/15/podcast-5-top-20-songs-of-2011-by-ed/ The debut single "Two Rings" from the Ice Choir is officially released today in the UK/EUR through Yesboyicecream and in the US through Shelflife. Here's the official video for the track directed by Ryan Louie. Order here! http://blog.shelflife.com/2011/11/15/ice-choir-two-rings/ Days celebrated their very first US performance this last weekend at the NYC Popfest. The show was simply incredible. As a bonus, they were invited to do a live studio session and interview for Grey Skies at WNYU. Thanks Brian for setting that up. The entire ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2011/05/26/days-live-on-wnyu/ Burning Hearts debut the title track and video from their upcoming EP "Into The Wilderness", out June 21 on Shelflife. Preorder the EP now! The Alaskan tundra and the wild bears I am returning to that nightmare Life and death are given a different meaning in grizzly kingdom above the treeline ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2011/05/04/burning-hearts-into-the-wilderness/ We're now carrying two new cds from Fastcut Records Japan. The excellent new Kuryakin album "A New Day" and the Suede Crocodiles compilation "Stop The Rain" (previously available on vinyl only from Accident Records). Both are $16 each and available right now in the Shelflife shop. http://blog.shelflife.com/2011/01/24/new-kuryakin-and-suede-crocodiles-cds/ I recently discovered this hidden gem of a band. They hail from Russia, you may recognize them from their main project Motorama. They are quite tricky though, they offer the album for free from their website, if you can find it of course ;) [dewplayer: http://www.shelflife.com/mp3-bin/ytro-sad.mp3] http://blog.shelflife.com/2011/01/23/ytro/ I'm sure it's no real surprise that Caribou is getting my top spot this year. It's been on my highly recommended list ever since it came out in April. "Swim" is just brilliant and seeing them play it live twice this year just solidified my decision. I ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/12/13/podcast-4-top-25-songs-of-2010-by-ed/ Soda Shop - Farewell from Drew Diver on Vimeo. In celebration of our first 7" single here on Shelflife, I decided to put together a simple little music video for the A-side "Farewell." This is my first ever video edit and both of us were  actually happy with how it turned ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/12/10/soda-shop-farewell/ Long time, no post.... Drew (Horse Shoes) turned me onto Motorama.  This is track is from the album Alps. The band has generously the whole album for download here. Download Listen to Motorama - Ships: [dewplayer: http://www.shelflife.com/mp3-bin/b_motorama_ship.mp3] http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/12/03/motorama-ship/ Our dear friends (and old label mates Champagne Riot) gave us the honor of remixing their single "A Friend Of A Friend." We hope you have as much fun listening to it as we did making it! Champagne Riot - A Friend Of A Friend ( Horse Shoes Remix ) http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/11/29/champagne-riot-a-friend-of-a-friend-horse-shoes-remix/ Thieves Like Us - Lisboa Lisboa (Mix) by tlu Jackie Mittoo - Ayatollah Deutscher Wertarbeit - Auf Engelsflugeln Timmy Thomas - Africano Touch - Love Hangover (Breaking Down) Steel An' Skin - Reggae Is Here Once Again Virgo - Do You Know Who We ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/10/20/thieves-like-us-lisboa-lisboa-mix/ Burning Hearts are back with a free download single for their cover of Arthur Russell's "The Letter". The band is currently working on a new EP and LP coming in 2011. Also be sure to check out Jessika's other project Le Futur Pompiste. Download Listen to Burning Hearts - The Letter: [dewplayer: ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/10/13/burning-hearts-the-letter/ Here's the official video for "Divided" from Tears Run Rings' second album "Distance". Laura Watling fans take note as she's on lead vocals on this one. You can purchase "Distance" on cd/digital right now and the LP version is coming very soon -- hopefully just in time for ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/09/24/tears-run-rings-divided/ I figure it's time to share what has been keeping us so busy and away from updating this blog regularly over the past year. Our new Tears Run Rings album "Distance" is finally finished! It's out now in Japan on Quince Records and will be released for ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/07/21/tears-run-rings-forgotten/ After London Popfest we shot a short session with a production company in Brixton called Blindeye Films. We think they did a nice job! Hope you enjoy! I Can't Decide ( The Brixton Session ) http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/05/28/horse-shoes-i-cant-decide-brixton-session/ I've been super excited since I heard that Deep Space Recordings was planning to release The Fauns debut LP on vinyl. Well, today is the day! Their double LP version is now available in a lovely gatefold sleeve. I've loved this band ever since I heard their ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/05/11/the-fauns-lp/ More info here: www.myspace.com/asaar http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/05/05/a-smile-and-a-ribbon-us-tour/ Fastcut Records in Japan have come to our rescue and reissued The Suede Crocodiles "Stop The Rain" 7". For those who aren't already fans of this obscure Glasgow band, you can catch up here on the NoStrings site. The original 7" was released in 1983 and to ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/04/08/the-suede-crocodiles-stop-the-rain-7-reissue/ I must say I'm super impressed with the Tim and Sam "Life Stream" deluxe edition. It features a wooden box (apparently handmade) that has a painted feather on it done up by the band and includes both the CD and LP versions of the album, a t-shirt, a Tim ... http://blog.shelflife.com/2010/03/24/tim-and-sams-life-stream-deluxe-edition/