The new single from Swedish indie-pop veterans Easy is a new version of Golden Birds which originally appeared on the excellent Radical Innocence album that was released earlier year. The new Early Morning Version is shorter by a minute has … Continue reading Easy – Golden Birds (Early Morning Version)
The new single from Swedish band The Slow Summits is a beautiful piece of music inspired by retro twee and indiepop. I have compared their sound to that of 1980s British indie bands and their ilk previously and there is … Continue reading The Slow Summits – Not the One
The new track from Aiko El Grupo has been taken from their forthcoming debut full-length release Va Totalmente En Serio… which will be released in December 2020 as a 10″ vinyl mini-album. Like their previous effort Truchita (Nunca Volveré!!!!) it’s … Continue reading Aiko El Grupo – Quiero Conocer (Por Tu Actitud)
Swedish band Salt Lake Alley consist of Gustav Tranback (Paper Hearts, Dismal Plight) and Mikael Carlsson (The Honeydrips, Dorotea). They will be releasing their debut album The Way It Feels via Spanish label Kocliko at the end of the month. … Continue reading Salt Lake Alley – The Way It Feels
Dummy’s first EP was something of a triumph as it blended various styles together to create a telling moment. Can they keep it up on their second EP? Why of course they can! EP2, which is mostly home-recorded using freeware … Continue reading Dummy – EP 2
The Wellington – Playmaker Indonesian band The Wellington have just released their new (debut?) album. Titled Playmaker it features nine tracks including the singles Lost In Cario and It’s So Fine. The band’s sound embraces indiepop, shoegaze and dreampop. It’s … Continue reading A Trio of Albums
Kindsight – Terminal Daze Danish band Kindsight are the first band from outside of Sweden to sign for that Rama Lama Records label. Given that the retro indiepop sound on new single Terminal Daze echoes to Labrador Records and early … Continue reading I Have Had Worst Starts To A Week……
Another round-up of post-punk, synth-pop and goth-rock via a YouTube playlist. Maybe I should have kept some of these tracks back for the end of the month and for the Halloween kitchen/living room dancefloors! BlakLight – Unknown Love (Facebook – … Continue reading Pandemia
Candy Opera are a 1960’s inspired pop band who originally formed in Liverpool as far back as 1982. Despite interest from a couple of labels nothing came to fruition and the band disbanded a decade later with demo recordings preserved … Continue reading Candy Opera – These Days Are Ours
Hero No Hero hail from Southern California and consist of The Francine Odysseys founder/writer Gretchen DeVault on vocals whilst Ken Aki, who has played live with Starry Eyed Cadet, provides the words and instruments. They write that their music “evokes … Continue reading Hero No Hero – Hero No Hero
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