Happy new year one and all. Records I Like now enters it’s 11th year which is way longer than my previous, and more successful effort, indie-mp3. I still don’t know who the wag is who purchased the domain name and … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2022 – The Other Stuff!
And it’s that time of year once again. What songs have grabbed my ears more than most in 2022? It was a great year for music and for those regular readers (all two of you) who have previously noted my … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2022
This one caught my eye recently – or should that be ears? The reason being is that the band feature in their line up one Paul Brotherton who was the guitarist for “C86 legends”, The Bodines. Brotherton is joined by ex-members of the Bison and The Soil Brothers to complete the high peak district based band’s line up. Did You Keep The Humour? is the band’s second single and is a jangling alt-rock track. There are echoes of Brotherton’s guitar work for the Bodines whilst the vocals come across quite strongly. Chuck in some catchy melodies, which results in a … Continue reading Mamtor – Did You Keep The Humour?
It’s a definite mix of two halves contained in this month’s mix. The first 11 songs feature the best, well to these ears anyway, dreampop, shoegaze and all things indie from the past few weeks or so. On side two, … Continue reading Records I Like Mix December 2022
This is the first I have heard from Washington’s Day Aches for a couple of years now and I had almost forgot about their brand of grunge influenced shoegaze. By the time Wish ends my memory has come flooding back … Continue reading Day Aches – Wish
Two massive volumes (54 tracks each) of Christmas themed songs compiled by the Welsh music journalist Kevin McGrath with support from the Subjangle label. All monies raised from the sale of these digital compilations, and the limited edition 16 track … Continue reading Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volumes I & 2
Cosmopaark are a dreampop band from Bordeaux and consist of Baptiste Sauvion, Clément Pélofy, Jonathan Blacas. They have released two EP’s to date on Flippin’ Freaks Records and Pasta Rocket Records. Haunted House is the lead track from their forthcoming … Continue reading Cosmopaark – Haunted House
Leading on from the main post here are some more Christmas ditties for your listening pleasure. Silver Biplanes – Silver Bells The Happy Somethings – Kind of True (a ‘C’ word song) Facebook The Age of Colored Lizards – Snow … Continue reading More Christmas Jingle Jangles
The latest mix rounding up all things shoegaze, dreampop and indiepop with releases from the last month or two. As ever, enjoy! Track Listing: Blanco Tranco – Take Care Of Yourself Spool – (Image For) Drawing On Canvas Flores de … Continue reading Records I Like Mix November 2022
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 25/11/2022
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