Precious Recordings of London are known for their releases of classic BBC sessions. They then started releasing what they term us “Unmissable new stuff” which now includes a trio of 7″ singles they have tagged the International Pop Underground. These … Continue reading International Pop Underground
Skep Wax have announced that they will be releasing new albums from Jeanines and Lightheaded, with both being a joint release with the US label Slumberland Records, as well as announcing details of a joint UK tour. Jeanines will be … Continue reading Skep Wax News – Jeanines & Lightheaded
I noticed an EP titled Rock Paper Scissors! has just turned up on Bandcamp with a release date of a couple of months ago. Despite being on the Japanese label Galaxy Train Darlivie are an Indonesian outfit based on the … Continue reading Darlivie – Rock Paper Scissors!
The latest release from those Heavenly Punks, Disanorak Records, is a split between two bands regularly featured on these pages. Maisonette provide Polite that is a nice slice of harmonious indiepop that sees them slowly moving away from their Mighty … Continue reading Maisonette / The Sensitive – Split
Unexpected Feelings is the debut EP from the relatively new Indonesian act Texas Two and this release features the vocals of Polar Tree’s Anya on a couple of the EP’s four tracks. If last December’s I Die For You , … Continue reading Texas Two – Unexpressed Feelings
Regular followers of these pages may have gathered the impression that I am a big fan of fuzzy and sometimes shambolic indiepop sounds reminiscent of my youth. You would be right! One of my favourite purveyors of such a sound … Continue reading Crayon Cats Are Singing Songs About You
Three releases that grab your attention thanks to the wonderful female vocals. Vein Blue – Dandelion EP Los Angeles based Vein Blue have called in a day after a decade of making music but they have signed off in style … Continue reading Pack Of Three – Three Female Fronted Ear Grabbers
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
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