KCRW's Jason Bentley Plays The Diogenes Club's "Tie Ourselves Around"

KCRW musical director and tastemaker DJ Jason Bentley played the new Diogenes Club track "Tie Ourselves Around" this morning on his Morning Becomes Eclectic show.

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January 2010 Mix!

Happy New Year. In the tradition of great promotional mixes, I wanted to send you all a mix of the artists we at New City have been working with over the last few months.

I remember the days in college being pumped to get a free label sampler at a concert or a music store (remember those?!). I discovered so much great new music through those compilations. My hope is that in some small way we can do the same with our monthly samplers.

There really is something on the January mix for everyone, from folk rock, to electro-pop to jazz-infused indie rock. Artists are represented from Los Angeles to Brighton to Moscow.

For more info on any of these acts (interview requests, photos, tour press, etc) please contact me.

Thank you for all of your continued help getting the word out about all of the New City artists!

DOWNLOAD JANUARY 2010 MIX

Tracklist:

1. The Diogenes Club - The Ageless
2. :Kinema: - My Girls (Animal Collective Cover)
3. Red Cortez- Fell On The Floor
4. Satellite Crush - Paris To London
5. Relation - Here Comes Your Man (Pixies Cover)
6. Dazzler - Yesterday's News
7. Big Moves - My Room Became A Forest
8. The Diogenes Club - Early May
9. Relation - Your Tiny Mind (Lifelike Remix)
10. :Kinema: - Circles
11. Xuman - Panic
12. Red Cortez - Seasick Brigade (Demo)
13. Dazzler - Your Love (The Outfield Cover)
14. Eat More Cake - Red Sky (The Diogenes Club Remix)
15. Big Moves - Lanterns


More Info:

:Kinema:
"A band with a lot of blog buzz and online chatter suggesting they are leading the current pack of impossibly catchy, fearless, intelligent pop bands." - The Recommender

Red Cortez
“One of the best unsigned bands on the planet” – Local Vertical

Relation
“England has once again produced electro pop genius! I haven’t heard anything this polished and true to its nature in a very long time.” - Off The Radar

Satellite Crush
"Fashioning the dreamy, misty-eyed pop that could have accompanied thousands of lonely, late-night rides on the Tube in the 1990s.....the songs are fleshed out, echoing, at moments, warm and familiar material from the Cure and the Dandy Warhols." - Buzzbands LA

The Diogenes Club
“This is really a landmark for emotional-driven electronic music. I’m impressed, really impressed.” – Danger! Danger!

Xuman
“Panic” is a triumph of electroesque-discotingued-house that should be bumped throughout parties across the globe this weekend.” - Blastercase

Eat More Cake
""Red Sky" Its one of those tracks that just locks you in and puts you in the zone, either that or makes you want to make sweet, sweet love.” – Boom Boom Chik

Big Moves
"My New Favorite Band" - DJ Garth Trinidad, 89.9 KCRW

Dazzler
"Queen-like vocoder work and some excellent little keyboard parts are just some of the elements that suck us in."-Subservient Experiment

The Diogenes Club Named To Binary's Best Of 2009 List

Josh and Kyle over at Binary both named The Diogenes Club song "The Ageless" to their Favorite Songs of 2009 lists:

Josh's Picks

Kyle's Picks

Josh said "Debut EP BLEW Kyle and I away one day earlier this year. Its the perfect example of a song that SOUNDS like a band but is obviously made by a couple of skilled electronic producers."

Check out the song below:

The Diogenes Club - The Ageless

The "Do You Know How To Feel It EP" is available now:
Urban Torque Recordings
Pias
Amazon

Satellite Crush Release "Arrows of Eros" EP, Mp3 For Download

A backwards British Invasion....

After graduating from art school in Ohio, Elliot moved across the Atlantic to London, England with hopes of starting a band. Heavily influenced by British music, and determined to follow this path, he barely made ends meet by bar tending at a nearby pub and busking on the streets. In the extreme loneliness that followed, he spent much of his spare time writing songs in his small studio flat in central London. Having just left the girl with whom he was in love with, naturally she became the subject of many songs to follow.

Elliot began playing open mic shows around the city, eventually playing several solo gigs before forming a small band with several other Londoners he met at a show. Despite some promising success this however, proved to be short lived following some members' habits. In an attempt to escape the loneliness and addiction that London so warmly embraced, Elliot moved back to the states eventually planting himself in Los Angeles.

Shortly after moving to L.A, Satellite Crush was formed, basing their material around the songs that were written in London. The name came from a reference to the subject of the songs, the girl left behind, who he had minimal contact with while in London through emails, and occasionally a phone call, she was his "satellite crush".

Press:

"fashioning the dreamy, misty-eyed pop that could have accompanied thousands of lonely, late-night rides on the Tube in the 1990s.....the songs are fleshed out, echoing, at moments, warm and familiar material from the Cure and the Dandy Warhols." - Kevin Bronson, Buzzbands LA

“clean, heartfelt, well produced and a nice departure from the deluge of cooler-than-thou post-punk emanating from LA right now.” – Richard Thomas, Indie Music Examiner


Satellite Crush's debut EP Arrows of Eros is available now on iTunes and Disk Faktory.

Download the single "Paris To London" below:

SoundCloud (preview & download)

Mediafire (download)

Live:
Catch Satellite Crush live in Los Angeles:
1/29 Club Underground @ The Echo
2/8 The Dragonfly

Links:
Satellite Crush Myspace
Satellite Crush Facebook

Satellite Crush

We'd like to welcome our newest clients, Los Angeles' own Satellite Crush. Kevin Bronson (Buzzbands LA, LA Times) described their unique sound as "misty-eyed pop that could have accompanied thousands of lonely, late-night rides on the Tube in the 1990s.....the songs are fleshed out, echoing, at moments, warm and familiar material from the Cure and the Dandy Warhols."

Check your inboxes next week for info on their new EP Arrows Of Eros and an mp3 of the single "Paris To London."

More Info:
Satellite Crush Myspace

The Diogenes Club's New EP '979' Streaming And Video Premiere

Following their thrilling success, the Diogenes Club returns for its second release combining Dob and Paul's effortless partnership. Their first EP 'Do You Know How To Feel It?' gained outstanding reviews online through portals such as Pitchfork, Sound Advice, Pop Stereo and The Hype Machine as well as being played by Pete Tong on Radio 1 and being described as 'the best I've heard in ages' by Andy Warburton (Nu Cool Show, Galaxy). Once again, it results in an excellent EP combining flair, tenacity and charm.

The '979' EP gathers 3 new exciting compositions. Spacey and hypnotic 'Tie Ourselves Around' woos a storm of emotion with bass-like resonances. Highs and lows are characterized by unfathomed, meaningful lyrics. The moodiness is broken by 'I Could Try To Explain' - an instant balearic feel-good track. It's driven and happy-go-lucky tempo are embellished with lush vocals striding with rhythm. Finally, 'Tete' is an atmospheric lullaby with eerie and delicate patterns that provoke a subtle, yet compelling uplift.

Stream the 979 EP here:

http://urbantorque.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=215

Check out the hauntingly beautiful video for 'Tie Ourselves Around'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsHNHDOckwo

'979' will be released on February 22, 2010 and be available online:

Beatport
iTunes
Juno
Amazon

Links:
The Diogenes Club Myspace- www.myspace.com/thediogenesclub
Urban Torque Catalog- www.beatport.com/label/urbantorque

Kinema Single Release Party - Brighton 1/23

Xuman's "Panic" Named To Best of 2009 Lists

The ride just keeps getting sweeter for Xuman. His song "Panic" was named to 2 Best Of 2009 lists:

No Harm No Fowl's Top 20 Songs Of 2009

Electro Queer- Top 200 Tracks Of 2009

Congratulations and here's to bigger things in 2010!