Day Aches – Fever Dreams
Heavy, hostile and noisy shoegaze from Washington, D.C. Fever Dreams is the follow up to last year’s self-titled debut EP. My pick of the bunch – Fluorescent Facebook Continue reading Day Aches – Fever Dreams
Category: Alt Rock
Sua – Hormak Apurtzea
I cannot say that I have heard of Sua before. The band, who are based in the Basque Country, already have an album and EP under their belts. The new single, which translates as Breaking The Walls, has been recorded during the current lockdown and the band write “we claim the opportunity to be in places where we can’t physically be with our imagination”. The song itself is a hybrid of alt-rock and synths and with the latter driving the song forward. The female vocals are very dominant and powerful with it too. The moment in the song where the … Continue reading Sua – Hormak Apurtzea
Records I Like Mix June 2020 The Bonus One
An extra mix for you this month based on the two rounds posts which were blogged earlier this week. The Tuesday Session The Wednesday Mix Tracklisting: The National Honor Society – Be Gone (alternate version) Capitol – Weathered Lizzy & the Fanatics – Far Away Johny Nocash – The Ballad Of Richard Leap The Yearning – Only When I’m Dancing Ghost Transmission – Get Me High (Make Me Lose My Will) Hatchie & The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Sometimes Always Bathe Alone – In Deep Mashmellow – Heaven is You Teen Idle – In the Morning Stomp … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2020 The Bonus One
The Wednesday Mix
The Yearning has gone all ABBA on us as the new single Only When I’m Dancing demonstrates. The flip side Moonlight Fantasy errs on the side of disco. It all brings up images of wide lapels, flares, tassels, sparkling dresses and glitter balls. It’s very nice and fun too – check out the video. I wonder if they will move onto the 1980s next? When I’m Dancing is out now in digital formats via Elefant Records. Atlanta’s Bathe Alone has released six tracks since last September with new track In Deep being the latest. It’s an indie-rock track that tells … Continue reading The Wednesday Mix
The Tuesday Session
My inbox is still full of emails from the latest Bandcamp Friday fallout. Anyway here is a round-up post of sorts highlighting tunes that have got me through the day Russian bandMashmellow have released the second single to be taken from their forthcoming EP Someday Club which is due for release at the beginning of next month. Can you take a single from an EP? Oh well. Anyway Heaven is You still has that New Order guitar sound coupled with female vocals. A nice pop song! Brighton’s (or is it London now?) Empire of Dreams released a limited edition cassette … Continue reading The Tuesday Session
Spunsugar – Happier Happyless
After 60 seconds of their new single Happier Happyless you may have thought that Swedish band Spunsugar has abandoned the fuzzy guitars in favour of programmed beats. That’s true in certain respects but as the chorus starts the fuzzy shoegazing guitars crash in once more. As the band continue to switch from one musical style to another during the songs progression, the strong vocals dominate the drum machine whilst the words pay homage to the 2001 slasher movie Valentine. The band are currently working on their debut album but for now, you can get Happier Happyless from here. Facebook Continue reading Spunsugar – Happier Happyless
The Flatmates – The Flatmates
The Flatmates only existed between 1986-1989 the first time around but, like most artists on band member Martin Whitehead’s The Subway Organisation label, they have had a lasting impact. Since reforming with a new line up in 2013 they have released a couple of fine singles and played some excellent gigs – the one at London’s 100 Club a few years ago lives on in my memory! However, despite their long history, they have never released an album aside from a couple of compilations on Claire Records and Cherry Red respectively. Well until now that is and on this self-titled … Continue reading The Flatmates – The Flatmates
bdrmm – A Reason To Celebrate (GLOK Remix)
I described the original version of A Reason To Celebrate as “a blistering track that alternates between alt-rock, shoegaze and has a bit of a Brit-pop swagger about its person too”. GLOK, who is Andy Bell from Ride, removes the brash sounding guitar, replacing them with Kosmische influenced beats which enhance the vocals. Bell does an excellent good job and removes from my mind all the horrors of late 1980s, early 1990s two a penny remixes of “indie” bands in one swoop. I would go one step further and say this version actually surpasses the original. Facebook Continue reading bdrmm – A Reason To Celebrate (GLOK Remix)
Hater – Sift
Swedish band Hater are currently working on the follow up to 2018’s Siesta longplayer. Sift was originally recorded in order for the band to support their now postponed US tour with the Radio Dept. – wow, that would have been great. The band have always had a dark side to them and that’s evident on Sift which is a brooding, melancholic track. Indiepop at it’s most epic – and sullen! Facebook Continue reading Hater – Sift
Jimmy Knows – Pilot
Jimmy Knows are a new band from Athens (Greece) and comprise of Giannis Vranas (Vocals & Guitar), Nikos Anagnostopoulos (Guitar & Backing Vocals), Kimon Shot (Bass Guitar) and Jason Gavalas (Drums). Pilot will be their debut release. The track itself reminds me of that art school sound that ranged from Josef K to Franz Ferdinand. Pilot, which is backed with Eye Of The Storm, will be released via the Old Bad Habits label on June 29th June 2020. You can pre-order it here in limited edition 7″ solid cream vinyl and digital formats. Facebook Continue reading Jimmy Knows – Pilot
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