The Line Managers come from England’s second City Birmingham and Nothing Seems To Work is the band’s debut single. Mixing power-pop with folk/skiffle tinged indiepop that was a staple fixture in the indie charts of the mid to late 1980s … Continue reading The Line Managers – Nothing Seems To Work
Costa Rican dreampop/shoegaze band Adiós Cometa release their new EP La Isla Que Somos early next month. It’s being released by the Californian label Velvet Blue Music and features five tracks including the recent singles Norte and Franco. I noticed … Continue reading Adiós Cometa – Luces
The latest single from the Japanese band Stomp Talk Modstone sees them abandoning their familiar noisy fuzz-laden shoegaze in favour of a gentle rock and roll ballad. Goodbye, False Friend could easily be on the soundtrack of one of that … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Goodbye, False Friend
I noticed the other day on Hype Machine how much love there is for Swedish band ViVii’s new single One Day. Despite the promising Joy Division/New Order like opening, I must admit the track did not grab me as it … Continue reading ViVii – One Day (Zoo Brazil Pop Remix)
Mexican band Melted Ice Cream had a busy January. Aside from the obligatory Christmas single, they released a live session EP Verano en Casa that featured tracks from 2019’s debut album Beach Love and an acoustic version of Nothing Wrong … Continue reading Melted Ice Cream – Morir de Amor
Hot on the heels of their recent Sabtu Sore Bersamamu EP Indonesian indie popsters Oktober86 have released another new track. I am not sure if the title or the untranslated words hint at Indonesia’s colonial history or just a love … Continue reading Oktober86 – De Oranje
As lockdown continues so does my exploration of music. The UK indie scene shows signs of growth. Swansea Sound and the returning Lodger keep the flag flying. Foundlings have renamed themselves Hadda Be and deliver a punchy slab of alt-rock … Continue reading Records I Like Mix February 2021
Yogyakarta’s Grrrl Gang release their new single today and it’s their first for their new label, the London based Damnably. Honey, Baby is also their most mature sounding track to date with some telling lyrics, grungy guitar and a well … Continue reading Grrrl Gang – Honey, Baby
Death Instinct – Silhouettes Pittsburgh’s Death Instinct fuse shoegaze and post-punk in order to produce their dark landscapes. Silhouettes has a bit of New Order’s In A Lonely Place about its person as barely audible vocals move in and out … Continue reading Post Punk Tuesday
The Lodger, who are back after a decade away, release their new album Cul-De-Sac of Love on a range of labels next month. It features 13 tracks (unlucky for some) including the first single to be taken from the album, … Continue reading The Lodger – Dual Lives
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