So it’s that time of year again where I start assessing what I have listened to this year. This first mix is pretty diverse and reflects that working from home since mid-February has had an impact on my listening habits … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2020 Part One
Blimey. You do not normally get a single this good released at this time of year but that’s just what Seville’s Martes Niebla have done with Reykjavík. It’s the follow up to 2018’s debut EP as well as being the … Continue reading Martes Niebla – Reykjavík
The definition of beautiful includes “having qualities that delight or appeal to the senses and often the mind” and that description sums up the new EP from Russian band Малыш Камю in its entirety. I normally berate the use of … Continue reading Малыш Камю – Луна
The final Monthly mix of 2020 which rounds up indiepop, dreampop and shoegaze releases from the past month or so. Please use the search function to find out more and if you can please support the artists in this mix. … Continue reading Records I Like Mix December 2020
An indiepoptastic start to the weekend courtesy of this week’s pack of three. The Blue Herons – Go On Since Gretchen DeVault has permanently come on board The Blue Herons have taken a poppier approach and new single Go On … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three Spanking New Indiepop Singles
Sunday Records have/are releasing (depending on the format) a new compilation titled Beautiful Noise. The album features 10 tracks, all instrumentals, that border on the ethereal (Fawns Of Love, The Proctors) to ambient electronica (Memory Fades). Also featured are the … Continue reading A Monday Trio
Here is a list of 2020 indiepop/janglepop/dreampop Christmas singles I have started to compile. Have you found any more worth a listen? Then let me know via the comments, please. Jetstream Pony – Grief of a (Frozen) Sailor/Hit the … Continue reading Jingle Jangle Bells
A round-up of singles I purchased on the last Bandcamp Friday of the year. Pastel Coast – Dial Dial sees (hears!) the french indie-poppers heading onto the dancefloor as this blend of Saint Etienne and New Order testifies. Synth-pop-tastic! Facebook … Continue reading (Bandcamp Friday) Singles Going Steady
Subsonic Eye – Unearth Unearth is an extremely catchy song with a gloriously over-indulgent ending from Singapore’s Subsonic Eye. It’s taken from the band’s forthcoming third album Nature of Things which is due for a split release via Fastcut Records … Continue reading Something For The Weekend – Three with Videos
Catalonia’s Lost Tapes return with a new EP. And you know it ain’t a bad collection of songs! Opener the Brilliance of a Language is a shimmering delight accompanied by lovely string sounds courtesy of the synths. The vocals hover … Continue reading Lost Tapes – Quoting Salter EP
