New York’s Phantom Handshakes will be releasing their new album No More Summer Songs on April 30th 2021 and it will be released via the Slovakian label Z Tapes. The band, which is a collaboration between Matt Sklar (Exiles) and … Continue reading Phantom Handshakes – No Better Plan
A quick run through some of my recent “post-punk” fixes. A bit of a lazy post (sorry!) but gives me a chance to try out some of the other Bandcamp widgets as well as clearing some outstanding bookmarks! I have … Continue reading Post Punk Saturday Soundtrack
This weeks pack of three includes three tracks from genres not generally associated with this blog. Dense & Pika – Oxbow Back in the day (very far back considering it was the early 1990s!) I was a massive fan (er … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three Completely Different Tracks
Texans Tele Novella release their new album Merlynn Belle today. The band have been around for a few years now although this is their first new music since 2016’s House of Souls long-player. The band (and label Kill Rock Stars) … Continue reading Tele Novella – Merlynn Belle
Modesty Blaise will be releasing their first album in twenty years on March 26th 2021. Titled, somewhat imaginatively, The Modesty Blaise it will be released via the German label From Lo-Fi to Disco!. The album is being preceded by the … Continue reading Modesty Blaise – Girls Just Wanna Dance
Gloria will be releasing their new album Sabbat Matters on March 5th 2021. Amongst the 10 tracks on the album are the two singles the band released last year titled Global Warming and You Had It All respectively. The Lyon … Continue reading Gloria – Sabbat Matters
Pale Blue Eyes are a three-piece from Devon who may, or who may not, have been named after the Lou Reed/Velvet Underground song. I wrote last year that it was good to hear kosmische Muzik creeping into indiepop and on … Continue reading Pale Blue Eyes – Motionless/Chelsea
The Florida based band Catherdal Bells released their second album last week. Titled Ether it features eight tracks including the recent single Dark Aura. There are a lot of different elements that comprise the band’s music ranging from synthpop to … Continue reading Cathedral Bells – Dark Aura
The new single from Andy Jossi and Krissy Vanderwoude aka The Churchhill Garden is a slow-building, melodious affair. The shimmering guitars and ethereal vocals draw their influences from both post-punk and shoegaze whilst the words tell a tale of regret, … Continue reading The Churchhill Garden – Fade Away
Live with Excuse is taken from Still Dreams forthcoming mini-album Make Believe. It’s the second single released on Elefant Records for the Minoh based act. As is their usual way Elefant quote a range of acts in their press release … Continue reading Still Dreams – Live With Excuse
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