After spending the last week in the lovely Scottish Highlands and The Orkney Islands here is a mammoth playlist to bump start September. As ever click on the image to start. More playlists can be found here and the Playmoss page is here. Continue reading Fall For You – A Records I Like Playlist (#1 Sept 2018)
At one stage I thought I was going to have enough tracks to fill up two to three playlists this month so this one is a bumper crop. As ever click on the image to start. More playlists can be found here and the Playmoss page is here. Continue reading Summers Gone – A Records I Like Playlist (#1 August 2018)
Excellent double sided new single from Busan’s Say Sue Me. Just Joking Around is a slow burning ballad before suddenly exploding into a frenzy of guitar riffs. Plenty of Pavement and Pale Saint influences on this one. Flip side B-Lover on the other hand is a fuzzy C86 laden affair which sees the band returning to the sound that grabbed me in the first place. Say Sue Me show no signs of letting up whatsoever. Just Joking Around/B-Lover is available as limited edition vinyl plus the usual digital formats. Order it from here. Facebook Continue reading Say Sue Me – Just Joking Around/B-Lover
It’s been a bit quiet around here recently so let’s rectity that with a few tunes. Citrus Clouds – Golden Sun Reverb heavy indie/dream pop from Arizona and follow up to last years excellent Ultrasound LP. Facebook Deaf – Shards I really enjoyed Deaf’s Truancy single and Shards carries on in pretty much the same vein. It’s an enjoyable track with a strong retro feel yet sounds like something fresh. Another strong vocal performance from Luke Kavanagh whose voice has has a ring of Billy Mackenzie to it. Facebook СТОПКРАН & Please Tokyo – Split Interesting split cassette from two … Continue reading August Round Up #2
Value Void – Babeland Babeland is the second track to be taken from the forthcoming Sentimental album which is due for release next month. Unlike previous track Back in the Day which was a nod to the post-punk era Babeland is much more of a jangling affair and very effective it is too. Facebook Our Girl – I really Like It I have just realised that despite including them on a number of playlists I have yet to give Our Girl a written mention on the blog. Let’s rectify that now and mention their new album Stranger Today is due … Continue reading August Round Up #1
Well that’s the doors here shut for the next week at least, maybe two as I am off on my hollibobs. Here’s a playlist wrapping up much what I have posted about in July. As ever click on the image to start the playlist! More playlists can be found here and the Playmoss page is here. Continue reading Black Lagoon – A Records I Like Playlist (July 2018 #1)
London’s Foundlings, who are rockin’ harder than a nut roast (their words not mine), released two digital singles back in March and I have finally managed to scratch them both off my must listen too list. Whilst I enjoyed the rockier and unpolished sound of Misery it’s the more melodic Your Sister that I have been coming back to thanks to the catchy, infectious jangling guitars coupled with front woman Amber’s excellent vocals. Whilst their music obviously draws a lot from 1980’s influences they remind me of the now inactive Sky Larkin. Whether it’s the eighties or the noughties that … Continue reading Foundlings – Your Sister
The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records (TBTCI) specialises in producing compilation tribute album whether to an artist, label or even part of the world. This latest compilation is a roundup of the Asian Scene and includes both covers as well as new or recent original recordings. Musically the album contains indiepop, shoegaze and dreampop. Standout tracks come from Indonesian noise pop outfit See The Eye, Chinese Shoegazers Dear Eloise and Jaapn’s Fluffytails with a gorgeous cover of Lemon’s Chair’s SWallowtail. However Indonesian post-punk outfit Pullo win it for me Round The Bed complete with Ian Curtis style vocals. It’s a … Continue reading Compilation Week – TBTCI Dives Into Asian Sounds
The UK’s premier DIY-pop/indiepop festival is approaching fast as one of the Midland Railway Centre’s restored steam trains. There are over 50 bands playing, including two Sarah Records bands, with British Sea Power headlining on the Saturday night. As in previous years there is a cut price compilation available featuring 40 of the artists playing including the likes of Night Flowers, Melenas, Even As We Speak, Boyracer, LInda Guilala, Tinsel Heart and many more. I have not been for a few years now so this is the nearest I am getting – for now! Indietracks takes place between 27th and … Continue reading Compilation Week – Indietracks Compilation 2018
A right mixed bag this one and to be fair that’s what compilations should be about. The fuzzy and noisy pop contingent lead the way (Happy Accidents, Spook School) and Kississippi’s indiepop is a delight. There are also good efforts from itoldyouiwouldeatyou and Youth Man, both of which have post-punk elements about them. However the rest leave me a bit nonplussed and I don’t think I ever want to hear Tubelord again. Given the football themed sleeve this compilation is certainly a game of two halves. You can get it for nowt from here. Facebook Continue reading Compilation Week – The Spirit of ’82... Alcopop! Records Summer Sampler 2018
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