Below The Moon is the Athens based (that’s the original one, not it’s US namesake) Get Violet’s fourth single over the course of the past 15 months or so. Like it’s predecessors it’s a hazy dreampop experience that’s delivered with … Continue reading Get Violet – Below the Moon
Wow. I did not realise YAY! Records returned last year. And even more amazingly it’s also heralds the return of the Sea Lions with their new single Out Alive on said label after 14 years away. It’s a cracking C86 … Continue reading Sea Lions – Out Alive
Ready To Forget is the third single to be taken from Hamburg based Roller Derby’s forthcoming debut album When The Night Comes that is due out at the end of February next year. It’s a slice of assured, polished and … Continue reading Roller Derby – Ready To Forget
It was only last week that I picked up Parisians Alvilda’s Negatif 7 EP albiet 3 and a half years too late – only kidding it’s timeless. It did have me thinking oh I wonder what happened there then? Well … Continue reading Alvilda – Angoisse
I don’t normally respond to messages in my inbox but I am glad I did here as I discovered not only a new band, well a few actually, but a previously unknown to me label. The line that perked my … Continue reading Maisonette – Last Cig
The Memories Postcard is Eko (Guitar), Zah (Guitar), Ridwan (Vocals), Alip (Bass) and Jaya (Drums). They are members of The Lousy Pop Group, Fantastic June and Poplar Tree to name but a few. The band’s label suggest that ” the … Continue reading The Memories Postcard – Closer To Your Smile
Most Indonesian indiepop groups take Bristol’s Sarah Records as their source of inspiration. Crayon Cats go back to a label from the same city that was established a few years earlier in the shape of the Subway Organisation. I hear … Continue reading Crayon Cats – Songs About You!
A Brighter Summer Day is the first release from Well Whale in four years. Unsurprisingly there is some change in musical style with a departure from the indie stroke jangle pop/c86/creation records influences of the past and a move into … Continue reading Well Whale – A Brighter Summer Day
I have been on a retro indiepop trip of late and if I did not know better I would have said that Mingling With The Thorns was a long lost classic from the C86/Sarah Records (insert own lazy cliche here) … Continue reading WUT – Mingling with the Thorns
Cœur À L’Index hail from Brussels and consist of Julia Stravato (vocals/guitar), Charlotte Lobert (Bass) and Louise (drums). They caught the ear with last years demo (still available here) and will now be releasing their debut album Adieu Minette on … Continue reading Cœur À L’Index – Minette
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