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  • irishtimes.com - Posted: January 20, 2011 @ 3:30 pm

    New Music – The Northern Drones, Kyla La Grange, The Suzan

    Jim Carroll

    The latest New Music selections from the On The Record column in tomorrow’s edition of The Ticket. All tips for future New Music picks welcome below.

    The Northern Drones

    Dublin-based, The Northern Drones specialise in ramshackle, headspinning psych-ramalama with a grand sense of fecklessness to the sound. Their self-titled debut album was apparently recorded in a cubbyhole under a set of stairs and sounds all the better for it.

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    Kyla La Grange

    If Jessie J is the sound of 2011, chalk Kyla La Grange down as the sound of 2012. With a magnificent belter of a voice and bewitching, soaring, infectious tunes (we’re loving her forthcoming double A-side single “Walk Through Walls” and “Courage”), La Grange is set to be a name to be reckoned with.

    The Suzan

    Fun, fun, fun with Japanese all-grrrl combo who mix garage rock, pop, punk and surfedelica into one big mess of sound. It shouldn’t work but, as debut album “Golden Week For the Poco Poco Beat” shows, it often does.

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    • 7 Comments

    1.
    January 20, 2011
    3:50 pm

    The Suzan did a fun cover of Moskow Diskow a few months ago, if you didn’t know already.

    In other news, Body In The Thames just put out a free EP on Bandcamp – it’s pretty great. http://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/album/moonbass-011-ep

    Comment by haido
    2.
    January 20, 2011
    4:08 pm

    hes been here before but fantasic mr fox has a great mix over on vice

    http://www.viceland.com/music/2011/01/fantastic-mr-fox-made-us-a-mix-and-hes-gonna-play-our-party/

    Comment by xdeletiax
    3.
    January 20, 2011
    4:30 pm

    Warning: That Suzan track will be on constant rotation in your head morning, noon and night after just one listen, like it has been for me the last few weeks. This is the official video: http://bit.ly/hU60HC

    Comment by Quint
    4.
    January 20, 2011
    7:20 pm

    the suzan – a ridiculous yes, great stuff

    kyla la grange – meh..

    the northern drones – no..

    Comment by halandor
    5.
    January 21, 2011
    12:45 am

    Kyla la Grange is the biz, good team behind her too

    Comment by daver
    6.
    January 21, 2011
    9:14 am

    The Suzan do a very good cover of Miike Snow’s Animal

    Comment by Ciaran Dunne
    7.
    January 21, 2011
    9:27 am

    Haldo/xdeletiax – will check ‘em out

    Quint – it was YOU who tipped me off to them in the first place – thanks!

    daver – I agree with you in full – v good team working with her but the talent is there to begin with

    ciaran – yep, was going to link to that but went with what’s above instead

    Comment by Jim Carroll

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