kkvtz are a Madrid based indie rock band and they write they create their own unique sound which is influenced from a range of genres such as alternative, retrowave, shoegaze and dreampop. The Opening Ceremony EP is their debut release. … Continue reading kkvtz – Opening Ceremony
The second “sampler” of the weekend rounding up a number of new releases from the past two weeks or so. A number more were not on You Tube so I hope to cover those at some point in the week. … Continue reading The Post Holiday Catch Up Sampler #2
So after my first break away since December 2019, I have come back to a pretty full inbox and have started to catch up on releases from the past two weeks alongside tracks I did not have a chance to … Continue reading The Post Holiday Catch Up Sampler #1
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It’s almost the end of a very busy month so, as compensation for being so late, this means a bumper mix of indiepop, dreampop, noisepop (more pop than a pop factory!), shoegaze and alt-rock. Play loud and as ever, enjoy! … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2021
Following quickly in the footsteps of the previous single Storm Chaser Sungaze have lifted another single from their forthcoming album This Dream. Body in the Mirror is another dreamy affair as the vocals glide across the glistening guitars. The band … Continue reading Sungaze – Body In The Mirror
After just over a year away Malmö’s Hater return with their new single Bad Luck. Vocalist Caroline explains that “The song is about some kind of social awkwardness between myself and new faces. Feeling left out due to not knowing … Continue reading Hater – Bad Luck
Ontario’s Capitol release their new EP All The Rest Of My Heads on September 15th 2021. As is the case these days, and something I still cannot understand, the band have released the first single from the EP in the … Continue reading Capitol – Always Saying Nothing
Keep It Together from Amsterdam’s Pip Blom is the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album Welcome Break which is due out on October 8th 2021. If the tracks on that album are half as good as this … Continue reading Pip Blom – Keep It Together
Chicago’s Lightfoil produced one of the finest moments of 2018 with their single Summer Nights which appeared in an even more wonderful extended form on that year’s Chambers long-player and that was er it. Until now that is as they return a new line up with another epic alt-rock/shoegaze track full of noisy guitars and trippy moments in the shape of Sunblind. It’s backed with a Vet Trip mix of Honeydew that appeared on said album. The shimmering guitars of the original are replaced with a steady drumbeat that highlights the female vocal which may or may not be the … Continue reading Lightfoils – Sunblind
Kælan Mikla – Ósýnileg The new single from Icelandic post-punk band Kælan Mikla is a thing of beauty. The combination of the sound and vocals is incredible. The video only supplements the visuals created in your mind as you listen … Continue reading Post-Punk Sunday
