Black tape for a blue girl are in the middle of a Kickstarter for a deluxe edition of their 1989 release, ashes in the brittle air.

Ethereal ambient band, black tape for a blue girl, isn't a band that rests on their laurels. New recordings frequently appear but the band has also taken the odd look back at past efforts. In this case 1989's ashes in the brittle air is being remastered and the final release will include six unreleased songs from the era.

Fans of ethereal, dreamy, music should take a look at this fundraising project. You can do so HERE.

Mames Babegenush, from Denmark, bring their Balkan-klezmer jazz to the USA for eight shows. The dates begin August 25 and are listed below.

The band creates a unique fusion of styles from their Scandanavian roots to dance music to klezmer and jazz. There is a mix of exuberance and melancholy in the work. Every few years bands try to ressurect Klezmer music with varying levels of success. This band is perhaps, musically, the most successful of them all. They've even played at Carnegie Hall.

And well all know what it takes to get there.

A new LP is in the offing. Listen to some music below and keep up to date at  www.mames.dk.

Nobody's Girl, out of Austin, touring to support Waterline EP in November 2018. Current dates below (you can also check for updates at www.nobodysgirlmusic.com).

The trio is made up of songwriters: Rebecca Loebe, Grace Pettis and BettySoo. Each is a songwriter and performer in their own right.

The three met at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 2008 and remained friends. Each of them wound up becoming a "New Folk Competition" winner over the next three years. Joining together as Nobody's Girl, was a logical next step. They signed to Lucky Hound Records in January of 2018 and released the EP in September, 2018.

A European tour in 2019 is in the offing so be sure to keep an eye open across the Atlantic.

Black Tape For A Blue Girl have a new Kickstarter for their upcoming release, To Touch The Milky. Like many underground artists the group is funding the
release (as they've funded other recent releases) via crowdfunding. Some bemoan the new state of the music industry and its finances but btfbg's Sam Rosenthal sees an upside.

"I did a radio interview at Portland’s Xray.fm on Monday; I haven’t done an in-the-studio interview in a while. DJ Bob Ham asked about getting to know so many of the backers over the course of my nine crowdfunding campaigns. In the 90s, when Black Tape For A Blue Girl’s Remnants of a deeper purity was the most successful release on Projekt, the CDs shipped out to Projekt’s distributor, out into the void," he says. "I felt disconnected from the people who loved what I create. Now I know their names, and answer their questions. It was great selling 16,000 CDs back in the day, but it’s also great being directly in touch with people who value the art at $50 or even $500. That’s pretty great, too."

Like many btfbg records this one is a first person narrative of an individual in conflict.

"I see the characters in the seven songs as being at a point where something has to give, something has to change, they are sort of hitting a wall in life and they need to try to get beyond that. There’s also this other thematic idea: one of the song’s is Samsara, which is a Buddhist idea that life is a cycle where you come back again and again to live this existence and maybe you understand a little bit better how to get through life, or how to get out of the sorrow of life. I picture the photos I’m shooting with Mercy for the cover and art cards as displaying this characters coming back again and again."

The title, to Rosenthal, reflects a feeling of longing and hopefulness balanced agains the recognition of the absurdity of actually "touching the Milky Way."

You can help out with the Kickstarter HERE.

Black Tape For A Blue Girl is having a record release/ listening party for their latest LP, these fleeting moments, Saturday, December 12 at Deja Vu Audio South (4040 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 412, Miami). The band, founded in 1986 in South Florida, features singers Oscar Herrera and his daughter Danielle. Black tape founder, Sam Rosenthal, and the vocalists will be oh hand for the listening party.

The audio store will be playing the band's new record on their analog tube system. You can check out the record on Bandcamp or Spotify.

Black Tape For A Blue Girl's These Fleeting Moments limited deluxe edition of 500 is set to ship in August. The band have been making their brand of goth tinged ambient-y music for over three decades. This release sees the return of Oscar Herrera after a decade and a half absence. You can order HERE.

The package includes a CD in a 7 by 5 inch over-sized digipak, a 12 page booklet, signed on the back cover. There were 500 of these made and over 200 have already sold.

The group has had many creative divergences in their eclectic career. This 11th record is a return to the early days.

Teeel is set to release his third LP, Hydrostatic, September 9, 2014. You can check out the track, Disk Go, below. Think a mix of Tom Tom Club and Chromeo. It is a bit more on the house-y side of things.

Teeel (aka Jim Smith) , out of New Jersey, creates music that refers to some of the greats in electronic music. It really sticks to no specific sub genre. Give a listen.

There is a new music project out there called Mysteries. They have a, New Age Music Is Here, coming October 28, 2014. In the spirit of the name they band is keeping the members of the group anonymous. It is a time honed gimmick. People start wondering; WHO are these guys?

Of course if it turns out they are not Bono and Jay Z people are a tad disappointed. The music isn't new age...its more a vaguely pop rock n roll vibe.

Listen to the track, Newly Thrown, and engage in wild speculation!

Los Angeles' The Mercy Beat have a new remix single, Sweet, out for your perusal (you...you personally). The track is from the band's recently released, self-titled, debut. This Soto Voce remix is by Miguel De Vivo of Villains. I am unsure if Soto Voce is his remixing name or the name of the remix version (or both). I leave that to you.

The band includes Sam Endicott (ex frontman of The Bravery), Matty Bennett and Ian Smith.

The Turtles 45 RPM Vinyl Singles Collection comes out September 16, 2014.  Everyone knows the breezy, summery #1 hit that is Happy Together but how about the almost Velvet Underground-y Outside Chance?

Then there are the hits from back when that you don't hear so much these days (Elenore and She'd Rather Be With Me).

Vinyl enthusiasts and fans of the era should be joining fans of the latest 60s revival in snapping up copies of this box set.