The music of Contre Jour

Imagine Cut The Rope meeting Angry Birds Space somewhere in French children's literature, and you're getting close. If you've got a smart phone, you owe yourself a copy of Contre Jour for several reasons,...

^{free download:} Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

^video: “Same Old,” by Audioley

TMIM regulars are already familiar with Francois Peglau, who has been releasing a track-by-track follow up to The Imminent Failure of since December 2010. His singalong verse, campy wit and upbeat revolutionary politics are...

^{video vault:} “Snow,” by Pooma

How is this for degrees of separation? Desiree's new Finnish obsession leads us to a month-thence Soundcloud upload of a toddler-aged remix of a five-year old track. It's "Snow," by Pooma, from their...

^profile: John Harrison of Cedar Lines

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:45am John Harrison can’t find a kit that he likes. The drum line is already written: a smudged, industrial arrangement that summons Cleveland, not Cincinnati. It would work just fine on its own,...

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[MySpace Music Mining] Mission #1: UK Psychedelia

January 30, 2009 | by J. Tobias Reuel

Welcome to the first installment of the MySpace Music Mining feature on The Muse In Music. As the title suggests, I’ll be mining MySpace for (mainly) unsigned and indie acts from all over the world. Each “mission” will focus on one genre in one geographic location. Most of the selections I make will be either musical acts that are unknown to me or all-time favorites. That’s the plan, anyway. I imagine this thing will mutate and evolve into who knows what. I just hope to keep it interesting for you. Now click on those links and enjoy the music!


FOALS Minimalist / Psychedelic / Pop Oxford, United Kingdom	Neil Halstead Indie / Folk / Psychedelic Newquay, United Kingdom

Electric Mystical Soul Vibration Psychedelic / Electroacoustic / Experimental Ashington/ Gosforth/ Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE United Kingdom	The Ray Summers Pop / Psychedelic Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom