I was glancing through an old copy of The Guardian Playlists book the other day when I noticed there was a playlist about poverty. Given the age of the book, it was published in 2008, I was wondering what songs … Continue reading Maisonette – Money
Another month and a new sampler. October ran away from me quite quickly and I did not get as much posted as I would had like hence starting this new series of Spotify samplers. Not sure any of these tracks … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? The “Why Do You Care?” Sampler
Another day, another stonking dreampop/shoegaze EP this time in the shape of Melbourne’s Rocket Rules self titled debut EP. It opens with the pop-fuzz rush of Daisy Chain before the vibrant Slip with it’s shimmering sounds and ethereal vocals kick … Continue reading Rocket Rules – Rocket Rules
Before my hiatus I was posting “samplers” via You Tube of tracks that I did not have the time to write about but I reckoned they needed a listen. To be honest hardly anyone listened to them which is a … Continue reading The “Its Grey Outside” Sampler
Cloud Over You is not as immediately in your face as the songs found on the recent Songs About You! EP. However it’s mellow indiepop charms, resplendent with the wistful female vocals, soon win me over especially with the guitars … Continue reading Crayon Cats – Cloud Over You
Attic Ocean hail from Düsseldorf, Germany and have been making music for a couple of years now. The new Retriever EP is the first I have heard of them and based on it’s contents it sounds like I have missed … Continue reading Attic Ocean – Retriever
I may be wrong but I think this self titled effort from Indonesian act Anti is their debut release. It features two tracks with the addition of a demo version of each. Faster is well just that. A noisy guitar … Continue reading Anti – Anti
I Hate Summer hail from Bandung, Indonesia and this double sided digital upload seems to be their debut single. And it ain’t a bad way to start with these two noisy songs. Drawing on influences from shoegaze, dreampop and the … Continue reading I Hate Summer – Don’t Mind/Nothing
There has been so much attention grabbing music released over the past six weeks or so that many did not make the cut for this months mix. Rather than let them just sit there I cobbled thirteen tracks, unlucky for … Continue reading Records I Like Mix – October 2024 Extra Trax
In another one of those blow me down moments Alpaca Sports are back with their first new music in five years. Tomorrow I’ll Be Fine is the first single to be lifted from the forthcoming new album Another Day which … Continue reading Alpaca Sports – Tomorrow I’ll Be Fine
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