İstanbul’s Viçamahiç (Nothing At All) return with a new single and one which is also the title track of their forthcoming album that will be released later this year via Mevzu Records. Vazgeçme (Do Not Give Up) is an attention … Continue reading Hiçamahiç – Vazgeçme
Continuing the series of posting albums and/or EPs as and when they are released (or usually a bit after!) as a follow up to the initial new tracks/singles posts posted on this blog. Sample the release via the You Tube … Continue reading Recommended Releases 19/03/2023
London’s Panic Pocket bring the sound and the style of the female fronted acts who recorded for Cherry Red Records in the early 1980s right bang up to date. The way they dress in the video for their new single, … Continue reading Panic Pocket – Mad Half Hour
New York’s Laveda have been a bit of a marmite band for me. Depending on the track, it’s either a love or hate relationship. Troy Creeps, the fourth single to be taken from the forthcoming album A Place You Grew … Continue reading Laveda – Troy Creeps
Manchester’s Sumos are back after a few years away with the announcement that they will be releasing their new album Surfacing on May 12 2023. The band have also released the first single to be taken from the album in … Continue reading Sumos – Finding a Way
mmmarkos! is an Indonesian band comprising Angelina Paskali (vocal), Fadhullah Hamid (guitar) and Ivan Reza (bass). The band were formed via the Surabaya Dynamics University scene and like many of their peers they are inspired by UK/US indiepop. However, carbon … Continue reading mmmarkos! – Live in My Head
Cotton Candy Clouds is the second single to be taken from the Manila based Cinéma Lumière’s forthcoming album, What’s Life Without Whimsy? Like its predecessor Sunday the track is inspired by twee pop circa post punk/C86. It’s appropriate the word … Continue reading Cinéma Lumière – Cotton Candy Clouds
Back in January I mentioned that Fairground, Deary’s debut single, reminded me of big beat and trip hop. Well, they have only gone and solidified that opinion by getting Saint Etienne, and their collaborator Augustin Bousfield, in to remix the … Continue reading Deary – Fairground (Saint Etienne meet Augustin Bousfield at the Top of Town Mix)
I wonder what goes through the minds of a band when they create a song? I know, “let’s write a song about the true story where two brothers board up their countryside house to protect themselves from a breakout at … Continue reading Kindsight – Madhouse Breakout Multitool
Slowly discarding their 1990s influences, London’s Bleach lab return with their new single. It’s the sound of a band bringing their influences and subsequent interpretations up to date in order to stamp their own authority/identity on their music. The result … Continue reading Bleach Lab – Indigo
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