The Underground of Happiness

A couple of great Thrill Jockey releases to kick off this week. Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler play Dublin soon when they'll presumably roll out some of these beautiful spiralling harp arpeggios (harpeggios?) with ambient electronic backing. And Circuit des Yeux is American Haley Fohr with a landmark singing voice. Speaking of great singers, Daniel Knox would make your heart melt. Arborist with Kim Deal on guest backing is another beauty. Virginia Wing with a wonderful post-Stereolab intervention, danceable. Lower Dens brilliantly smuggling unsettling observations into electro pop. Jean Jacques Perrey & David Chazam , a superbly playful addition to the Moog library genre. Colleen plays Cork next weekend, spacious dub explorations. And Rozi Plain (pic) with folk drones and kosmische synths which are glorious and uplifting. More on these pages. Apr 28 2015 w/ Circuit des Yeux,Arborist,Daniel Knox,Virginia Wing,Lower Dens,Polar Bear,Colleen++ by The Underg...

A couple of great new things this week from female artists. Laetitia Sadier is back with a new album. It's great, the track we played has an unexpected and beautiful Burt Bacharach flavour. And Jennifer Castle is doing folk with another gorgeous string arrangement. Also, new music from Ariel Pink , always great to hear from that mad genius; Cork band The Vincent(s) being remixed by the guy from The Dandy Warhols; The Asteroid #4 playing Liverpool Psych Fest this w'end; Paul Smith & Peter Brewis with an intoxicating chamber pop piece. Broderick & Barnes "singing on the radio" and Anthony Reynolds making a torch song out of loneliness. More on the blog. Sept 23 2014 w/ Laetitia Sadier,Jennifer Castle,Rachael Dadd,NLF3,Ariel Pink,The Vincent(s),Jim Noir by The Underground Of Happiness on Mixcloud The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergrou...