I am off to Lisbon for a few days so here is another playlist to tide you over. As ever click on the image to open the playlist and enjoy another helping of indiepop, shoegaze, jangle pop and dreampop. The main playlist page can be found here. Continue reading Losing The Light – A Records I Like Playlist (February 2018 #1)
Old Town is the first single taken from the forthcoming album Say Sue Me titled Where We Were Together. It’s a fuzzy, sometimes invoking rock n’ roll, track with sombre lyrics. Well that’s me sold. Cannot wait for that album! The album is due for release on April 13th via Damnably. Pre-order it from here. Facebook Continue reading Say Sue Me – Old Town
Two short but promising tracks from New York’s jeanines that manage to pack more in their one and a bit minutes than some of the other tracks I have been listening too recently which last 2-3 times as long. The singer sounds like a young Aggi from The Pastels (or on Buba & The Shop Assistants debut) and that may suggest to you that this is indiepop which sounds like it came from Scotland between 1983-1986. Well you would be right. I am getting impatient to hear more from this lot – more so than waiting for the next season … Continue reading Jeanines – Demos
Brazilian label The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records specialises in releasing tribute albums which are either awful or great depending on your point of view. Popkiss is the latest volume and features tributes to tracks released on Sarah Records. It’s the obvious tracks that are covered here although the lack of any Sea Urchins covers come as a surprise. Whilst some of these covers are note for note versions (and to be fair the originals are perfect) there are some good efforts by Battery Point, Waving Blue amongst others. However the standout for me so far is the Glass Arcades … Continue reading Various Artists – Popkiss
This is the first I have heard of Oaska’s The Poetry Book (I think!) and there are a number of releases on their Bandcamp page going back to 2015 which I will need to delve into after listening to this EP. Out Of Love is lovely, graceful swooning indiepop whilst Forever has a touch of The Radio Dept. about it with vocals that fade in and out of the steady beat. Not sure what the purpose of the instrumental track is and this single with have been more effective without it as a double A sided release – can you … Continue reading The Poetry Book – Out Of Love / Forever EP
Sushi Backpack’s label are spot on when they say the first band you may think of when hearing this EP is Tullycraft. In fairness you could reference a few more bands than that but from the jangling Apokalypse to the shambling Grapefruit this EP is a delight. Twee as fuck. Er yeah…. Sour is out now on February Records. Bandcamp Continue reading Sushi Backpack – Sour
Strawberry Punks is a compilation compiling five Indonesian bands who contribute a track each. This EP demonstrates how strong the Indonesian indiepop scene is. Go back a few years and whilst the music was good in most cases it was note for note copy of a any number of Sarah Records bands you could care to name. On this compilation however bands are now coming out of their comfort zone and expanding far from their influences none more so than The Whistling Possum and their track Them Are Pigs which fuses some of the danceable elements of post punk together … Continue reading Various – Strawberry Punks
So here is the first playlist of 2018 covering indiepop, C86, dreampop, janglepop and shoegaze. As ever click on the image to start the playlist via playmoss. More playlists can be found here. Continue reading Fall Into Place – A Record I Like Playlist (January 2018 #1)
This two track single with a tongue in cheek title from Jakarta’s Dismantled label is not a bad way to start 2018. Sugarsting’s Chasing Pony is a pretty damn effective and infectious track that pulls in both indiepop and indie rock complete with wonderful female vocals. Flip side Larry by Ache is a far rockier affair that took a couple of plays for me to appreciate but I certainly appreciate it now. Available from here. Dismantled Continue reading Dismantled – Single of The Year
And so here we go. The top 10 tracks of 2017. Well for me at least. 10. Port Sulphur – Orient Express 09. Youthmemory – City 08. OMD – Punishment of Luxury (Extended Version) 07. Factice Factory – Extinguisher 06. UK Cinema – English Girls 05. we. the pigs – Too Young 04. Major Leagues – It Was Always You 03. Closure – Would She Love Me 02. SLEEPiES – Barf Haus …drumroll….. 01. Say Sue For Me – Good For Some Reason And here is a fully comprehensive … Continue reading Records I Like – Best of 2017
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