I noticed an EP titled Rock Paper Scissors! has just turned up on Bandcamp with a release date of a couple of months ago. Despite being on the Japanese label Galaxy Train Darlivie are an Indonesian outfit based on the … Continue reading Darlivie – Rock Paper Scissors!
The latest release from those Heavenly Punks, Disanorak Records, is a split between two bands regularly featured on these pages. Maisonette provide Polite that is a nice slice of harmonious indiepop that sees them slowly moving away from their Mighty … Continue reading Maisonette / The Sensitive – Split
Indonesian post-punk band Doust have released their first single since 2023’s Strange Places single. It’s a gloomy goth synth driven track full of classic 1980’s sounding hooks, deadpan and shouty vocals with a fusion of The Cure and Killing Joke … Continue reading Doust – Alone In This Room
Japanese shoegazers Kildren have released their first single in exactly a year and it’s the kind of female fronted shoegaze I am a sucker for. The slow burning guitars make for a dark and sometimes haunting spectacle. In places it … Continue reading Kildren – Nocturnal
Unexpected Feelings is the debut EP from the relatively new Indonesian act Texas Two and this release features the vocals of Polar Tree’s Anya on a couple of the EP’s four tracks. If last December’s I Die For You , … Continue reading Texas Two – Unexpressed Feelings
German indiepoppers Brideshead are back after ten years away. The band, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary resplendent with a new drummer, have announced the release of a new album. Titled You Are The Light it’s their fourth album and … Continue reading Brideshead – Satellite
Makassar’s The Interpretation Cultures write that the two songs found on this release “inspired by some of releases indie label disanorak/heavenpunks from Jakarta, and surrounding areas. in which we think has a raw style“. The first track Suicide Prevention has … Continue reading The Interpretation Cultures – Ignored Notifications
The attention grabbing blurb accompanying Salt Lake Alley’s new single states that Always Out of Time “captures the band’s deep love for classic indie pop, drawing inspiration from the likes of Felt, Orange Juice, Teenage Fanclub, and The Wedding Present”. … Continue reading Salt Lake Alley – Always Out of Time
Like me I am sure you spend your time thinking about the question of life, the universe and everything and questions like what if the Cocteau Twins came from the Basque region rather than Grangemouth? Apparently the answer to the … Continue reading Verde Prato – Un Sol Claro
What do you get if you cross Komische with Dreampop? No it’s not my attempt at a funny joke honest. Krautpop? Dreamrock? See I told you it wasn’t funny Actually you possibly may get something well like Night Ride, which … Continue reading Vov Vov! – Night Ride
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