I'm quite fond of this serbian synth pop band Bitipatibi...found them on last.fm a few months ago, now they have their album out..check them out here: (might be something you like, D.) plus, their singer is hot :D
http://bitipatibi.bandcamp.com/album...le-nici-divlji

Are you familiar with the Swedish synth pop artist iamamiwhoami?

haven't checked them out yet, I will do that now

Did you check out iamamiwhoami? What do you think?

1. tamaryn- tender new signs
2. scott walker- bish bosch
3. led er est- the diver
4. the soft moon- zeros
5. linea aspera- linea aspera
6. and also the trees- hunter not the hunted
7. 2:54- 2:54
8. swans- the seer
9. silent servant- negative fascination
10. martial canterel- empire
11. duchess says- in a fung day t
12. liars- wixiw
13. diiv- oshin
14. a place to bury strangers- worship
15. lebanon hanover- the world is getting colder/why not be solo

solid tracks (singles/one-offs):

savages- 'flying to berlin'
tropic of cancer- 'the one left'
merchandise- 'in nightmare room'
kiss the anus of a black cat- 'let things drift'
void vision- 'one'
deathday- 'dropped into obscurity'
inhalt- 'walking on glass'
the kvb- 'until i'm cold'
liz and laszlo- 'rien a paris'
hot guts- 'edges'

The videos are great, but i don't like her singing, it reminds me of björk. Also there is no guitar in any of the songs, which might make them even better. The melodies aren't bad though. "clump" has a cool dark vibe.

Check out a band called The Birthday Massacre. They are synth pop / darkwave with a truly great singer whose voice goes perfectly with the music.

I like Birthday Massacre, too.

So we're shoegaze bros and darkwave bros. Have you heard the new one by TBM? It's much better than Pins and Needles. Definitely a return to form. Almost as good as Walking With Strangers.

You think I should recommend him Purity Ring also?

BIGBANG - Still Alive

thanks...and I have to agree

best of 2012
 

no thread?

lower dens - nootropics
kaki king - glow
diiv - oshin
colin stetson & mats gustaffson - stones
frank ocean - channel orange
sharon van etten - tramp
gybe - hallelujah don't bend

If Frank Ocean is the new Stevie Wonder does that make the Weeknd the new Michael Jackson?

...

BUMP.

browsing discogs collection for a list of 2012. looking back my taste for exploring for new music was diminished by the need to sell the majority of my collection of tapes/records i've only jammed a few times before forgotten about or maybe i really don't have a personal connection to the project or the people involved idk this list might be kind of lame

favorite project: digital natives

LPs:

symmetry - themes for an imaginary film
peaking lights - lucifer in dub
gengras - test leads
opn/rene hell - split
An Anthology Of Cincinnati Blues 1924-1936* - Play It Like You Did Back To George St.
chromatics - kill for love
emeralds - just to feel anything (fuck you)
inner tube!
dolphins into the future - canto archipleakljdfdasl
jon porras - black mesa
outer space - akashic record
godspeed - don't bend ascend
sun araw & congos
monopoly child - garnet toucan

singles

dirty beaches - dune walker & tarlabasi 7"s
king krule - rock bottom 12"
kills - last goodbye 10"

tapes

digital natives - what's doing there/two see everthing/let three be light
seziki tetrasheaf split tape
lx sweat - sweat(3)
sparkling wide pressure - slowed down footage of farming
kevin greenspon - maroon bells
cankun - isalo waterfall
feminielli - carte aux blanche reissue on night people
dolphins into the future - star maker etc tape on nna

mixes:

DJ Road Chiefs 2012 3-Part mix Series
sun ark edit bay's ' we've got telephones $ the label under the label - 2 mixes
chromatics - running from the sun
johnny jewel - black and white
veracom - thug hug
luxury elite

Godspeed You! Black Emperor -Allelujah! don't Bend! Ascend!
Chelsea Wolfe - Unknown Rooms
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
Mars volta - Noctourniquet
First Aid Kit - the lions Roar
Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
Swans - the Seer
Grizzly Bear - shields
Earth - Angels of Darknes Demons of Light 2
Jk Flesh - Posthuman
DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams
Om - Advaitic songs
Port St. Willow - Holiday
Mewithoutyou - Ten Stories
Rolo Tomassi - Astraea
Davids Lyre - picture of our youth
Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner
AU - Both Lights

Himanshu - Nehru Jackets
Collarbones - Die Young
How To Dress Well - Total Loss
The Weeknd - Trilogy
Jessie Ware - Devotion
Com Truise - In Decay
Purity Ring - Shrines
How To Destroy Angels - An Omen
Alpha - Eleventh Trip
Zulu Winter - Language
Paul Banks - Banks
The Walkmen - Heaven
Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
Beach House - Bloom
Tamaryn - Tender New Signs
Tame Impala - Lonerism
Melody's Echo Chamber - Self Titled
Deftones - Koi No Yokan