This is the 5th installment of the Independent Music Discoveries series- see also Issue #1, #2, #3, and #4. Recommend your favourite independent musicians in the comments!

Hugo Frusslinky - Indie Rock - Isle of Wight, UK
Featured in the NME as well as the fantastic music blog How Marvellous, Hugo Frusslinky is a fantastic new British group. With all the frantic rock energy and fierce bite they’ve managed to pack into their 2-track Fatty Boom Boom EP, I’m absolutely looking forward to whatever they cook up next! Listen to “Fatty Boom Boom” below and download tracks at their MySpace Music page!


Plastic Reverie - Rock - Massachusetts, USA
Plastic Reverie are a Boston rock band with a unique, cinematic sound based around poignant songwriting and sparse classical elements. Their Crooked Spine EP is avaialble for streaming below- especially notable is “Loaded Gun” for it’s dark, smoky cabaret vibe. See also Plastic Reverie on MySpace Music.


Joe ODonohoe - Alternative / Electroacoustic - Meath, Ireland
Drawing from both classic rock and electronic influences, Joe ODonohoe creates a blend of the two worlds in his music, impressively home recorded and arranged. Power Supply (for free download) collects 4 of his tracks- listen now to “Soot And Stars”, my personal favourite.

kazaamBLAM! - Electronic / Experimental - Wellington, New Zealand
Every now and again, a track comes along that is tricky to put in words other than “just listen to it”- kazaamBLAM!’s latest single “The Knucks” featuring Alphabethead matches that description. While sounding Space Invaderish and Cluster-like, with a minimal dark atmosphere, it is certainly a curious piece of music. Download two mixes of the track HERE!
kazaamBLAM! on MySpace Music

Victorian Halls - Indie / Garage /Powerpop - Illinois, USA
This Chicago garage rock band are influenced by the likes of Cursive and Death From Above 1979, and throw down crunchy numbers like “Tsk Tsk a crush is a crush” and “Neon Skies Light My Nerves Up”. Check out Victorian Halls on MySpace Music and their Big Cartel store. Plus, they have brilliant cover art.

The Forcefield Kids
Hip-Hop / Alternative / Electronica / Northeast, UK
The Forcefield Kids offer up smartly executed rhymes encased in a cool lo-fi atmosphere- have a listen to “Razorblades”, my favourite of the batch of tracks they have up at MySpace Music. They are offering a limited free download of “Little Miss Star” and are set to release an EP on July 6th.