Star Tropics – The Other Side of Midnight

Mar 4, 2019Mar 5, 2019 Tom

The Other Side of Midnight is the first we have heard from Star Tropics since their 2017 album Lost Worlds. And it’s well worth the wait as they return with a charming indiepop song despite the maudlin lyrics. The band take their cues from the jangling (shambling?) C86 bands and the subsequent Sarah Records roster before applying their own delicious take across the indiepop board. Most marvellous! Facebook Continue reading Star Tropics – The Other Side of Midnight

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Perfect Strangers – Unlikely Partners

Feb 25, 2019 Tom

Unlikely Partners is a collection of songs that flirt with the sounds of C86 and the jangle pop of the Paisley Underground. The band, who feature members of The Drums and Violens, deliver an album which doesn’t give us one standout track or wasted fillers but instead treats the listener to eight consistently strong songs. These include the short and poppy Deborah, the psychedelic-tinged Suds and the jangling Psychic Self-Defense. Entertaining stuff. Continue reading Perfect Strangers – Unlikely Partners

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Enids – Worriers

Jan 28, 2019 Tom

Enids hail from København and make punk inspired diy tweepop. There are four songs on this EP and none make the 2 minute mark being brash, fuzzy and noisy. Now that’s the type of music I love! Imagine The Ramones being on the C86 tape being fronted by The Flatmates Debbie Haynes. Play loud! It’s out digitally here whilst cassette formats will follow on Funeral Tapes and Rusted Teeth. Facebook Continue reading Enids – Worriers

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Records I Like Podcast January 2019

Jan 19, 2019Feb 15, 2019 Tom

This month’s podcast features a selection of the best tracks to be released in January plus a few from the end of 2018 that slipped through the net. A glorious mix of indiepop, garage, janglepop and shoegaze if I do say so myself. Enjoy! Full Track Listing 01. Beauty Parlour – Chance On You Taken from the Fall In Love EP 02. Bobkat’65 – Four Times A Fool The new single out now on Get Hip Recordings. 03. Westkust – Swebeach Lead single from the forthcoming slef titled album. 04. Strange Passage – Shouldn’t Be Too Long Title track from … Continue reading Records I Like Podcast January 2019

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Mirror Decay – Mirror Decay EP

Jan 16, 2019 Tom

Barcelona’s Mirror Decay open this, their debut EP, with a pretty damn jaw dropping moment in the shape of Radio. It’s a beautiful track that reminds me of Talulah Gosh’s finest moments. The singers voice is just beautiful over the jangling guitars which at points sound like Blondie’s Dreaming. The backing vocals are pretty damn perfect too. I had better stop gushing now! The rest of the EP gives the band a chance to show that the opener was not a flash in the pan. It’s not. They even come close to matching it on Wrong and the slow and … Continue reading Mirror Decay – Mirror Decay EP

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples – Work It Out While You Can (demo)

Jan 13, 2019 Tom

Another month and another demo from The Reds, Pinks & Purples. I am running out of things to say about the band’s lovely indiepop tunes and I am now focusing on where all these demos are heading. One can only hope for a debut album but until then I had better press play and focus some more. Continue reading The Reds, Pinks & Purples – Work It Out While You Can (demo)

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The Blank Room – Cornershop

Jan 13, 2019Jan 14, 2019 Tom

New Brazilian duo The Blank Room write that they listen to a lot of Everything But The Girl and Orange Juice. I certainly hear echoes of the latter’s postcard era guitars on here as well as flip-side Totenkopf. It will interesting to hear the band when they develop further but for now these bedroom pop/DIY tracks will do just nicely. Facebook Continue reading The Blank Room – Cornershop

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Beauty Parlour – Fall In Love

Jan 1, 2019 Tom

Fall In Love is the debut EP from the band that features ex members of the Fungi Girls and Vacations. The EP contains four slices of dreamy indiepop that will warm the cockles of any indiepop and C86 fan’s heart. Jangling guitars and boy/girl vocals rule the roost here and both Chance On You and Jamais Vu would have made my end of 2018 lists if I had heard it the EP in time. Exceptional. Continue reading Beauty Parlour – Fall In Love

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Records I Like 2018 – The Capsule!

Dec 29, 2018Jan 29, 2019 Tom

If the 55 tracks in the Best of 2018 mixes/playlists were not enough I have compiled a track each from most of the releases featured on Records I Like in 2018 in a handy Spotify playlist. If you use Deezer don’t worry as here is a link to an almost identical playlist on that service. Have a great new year and I will “see” you all in 2019! Continue reading Records I Like 2018 – The Capsule!

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Records I Like Podcast December – Best of 2018

Dec 27, 2018Jan 18, 2019 Tom

55 tracks in my best of this year. Were they the best tracks in 2018? For me yes as they gave me plenty of plays, thoughts, meaning and enjoyment. Looking at the 55 choices my tastes have certainly changed this year. I have listened to Techno a lot more this year. Almost as much since I started listening to it 25 years plus ago and I was amazed that artists from then are still making some amazing tunes. Coldwave influenced post-punk gets stronger or maybe it’s because I am listening to and discovering more. Epic Shoegaze has also featured highly … Continue reading Records I Like Podcast December – Best of 2018