The Outsiders Music Show is something of a recent discovery courtesy of Mixcloud thanks to a comment from Dave Fennessy who runs the show. To say our musical taste is practically the same when it comes to indiepop and post-punk … Continue reading Jumping Someone Elses Train #6
Glitter On The Mattress is a Gateshead based act and seems to be the pseudonym of one Esmé Newman – that Shop Assistants reference will be come clear in a mo’. Love Songs is the second EP released in as … Continue reading Glitter On The Mattress – Love Songs
Ear To Ear is a small label records from Palembang, Indonesia. The labels new compilation Harness Your Pop rounds up tracks from the label’s releases over the past few years. Whilst I am familiar with some of the artists here … Continue reading Various Artists – Harness Your Pop : It’s Just a Bunch of Obscure Tracks
Almost a year since the last volume was released the Disanorak curated Strawberry Punks reaches volume five. Gauntlet open proceedings with some tongue in cheek DIY pop on I Listen to The Pastels (More Than You) and The Sensitive follow … Continue reading Various Artists – Strawberry Punks Vol.5
I delayed this mix to the final day of the month as there was so much great music coming this past week. Plenty here (hear?) from Indonesia with releases from the middle of last month and this. There is plenty … Continue reading Records I Like Mix January 2025
Firstly happy new year one and all. Secondly this post is far later than planned due to a rather hectic Yuletide break and I initially created it in Spotify whilst I was away. Whilst some tracks are missing (these will … Continue reading Records I Like – Best of 2024
I’ll Die For You by the new to me Texas Two is a short blast of fuzzy indiepop that just runs slighty longer than Primal Scream’s Velocity Girl. The label mentions that the band are “An introverted grind-pop band inspired … Continue reading Texas Two – I’ll Die For You
So the weeks are rushing by once more and is it really that long since I updated the blog? Blimey. Here is a playlist rounding up tracks from the past few weeks. If you do not have Spotify links to … Continue reading The “Better Things To Do” Sampler
Indonesian’s band Poplar Tree follow up last year’s Me vs You single with their debut EP Whisper Of Heart. It features four twee pop influenced song that are exquisite in their simplicity. The title track and My Stupid Girl are … Continue reading Poplar Tree – Whisper Of Heart
I was glancing through an old copy of The Guardian Playlists book the other day when I noticed there was a playlist about poverty. Given the age of the book, it was published in 2008, I was wondering what songs … Continue reading Maisonette – Money
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