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A right mix bag this month featuring tracks culled from indiepop, alt-rock, noise pop, dreampop and post-punk releases from over the last month or so. As ever, enjoy! Track list: Robert Sekula – Pamela Dummy – Mono Retriever Detects – … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2022
Another day and another band who have sidestepped the usual shoegazing template. Amour, which is the new single from Mancunians Wilt, features cinematic spoken word and heavy guitars that sound like constant thunder claps over a vast, frozen wilderness. Somehow … Continue reading Wilt – Amour
The Shop Window have released a third single from the forthcoming album A 4 Letter Word…. Eyes Wide Shut, and it’s flip side Low, feature guest backing vocals from Beth Arzy (Jetstream Pony & The Luxembourg Signal to name but … Continue reading The Shop Window – Eyes Wide Shut
I recently wrote that the Too Good To Be True label were releasing a compilation of songs by English Summer titled Dénouement: The Art of English Summer. The label has now released a video for one of the tracks, Tall … Continue reading English Summer – Tall Stories
I can’t say I was too keen on February’s Buttercup single from Austin’s Glaze which left me somewhat non-plussed with it’s alt-rock meets baggy stance. That said I gave Wave Runner a listen and I am glad I did as … Continue reading Glaze – Wave Runner
My attention was grabbed straight away at the beginning of this track with it’s Future Sound Of London/Deep Forest sampling meeting the Cocteau Twins vibe. The song then leads us down an ethereal shoegaze path with snippets of the aforementioned … Continue reading Slo Moon – Please Don’t Wake Me, I’m Dreaming
Robert Sekula (14 Iced Bears) has just released his second solo single. Mixing influences from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80s Sekula has produced once of the catchiest singles of the year to date in the shape of the melodic, and … Continue reading Robert Sekula – Pamela
The new single from Oslo’s Veps is a slice of quirky indiepop. It’s a bit like Devo if they were on the NME C86 tape. The tinfoil headgear certainly helps! UFO is out now via Kanine Records. Facebook Continue reading Veps – UFO
Detects – Pretend To Change It’s sometimes hard to describe post-punk tracks to those who have yet to hear this type of music because it’s origins are rooted a generation ago i.e. when I was a nipper. I am as … Continue reading Post Punk Tuesday
Hot Car is the latest single (I make that four so far) to be taken from Why Bonnie’s forthcoming album 90 In November which is due for release in mid August. It’s a gentle but darker track. The band write … Continue reading Why Bonnie – Hot Car
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