Deary are a new band describing themselves as “dream pop from London”. No surprise then that recently released Fairground EP Demo is their debut release and it contains four tracks which are all worth exploring. The title track combines trip … Continue reading Deary – Fairground EP (Demo)
I don’t listen to the radio much these days but one programme I do try and listen too is the Freak Zone Playlist on BBC Radio 6 Music. It features guests, mainly musicians, who play some of their favourite experimental … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three Experimental Electronica Releases
Cœur-Joie is the project of Martin Meilhan-Bordes who I know from his involvement with Bootchy Temple. Meilhan-Bordes is joined by a few of his bandmates too and a number of the psychedelic elements found in Bootchy Temple have made their … Continue reading Cœur-Joie – Allumettes Au Bout Des Îles
Here are a few 2021 samplers I have been listening too. All are available as free/pay what you want downloads so you have nowt to lose (except some bandwidth perhaps!). If there are any 2021 Samplers you have come across … Continue reading 2021 Samplers
Geneva Drive are a UK based outfit. They describe their music as “Lo-Fi Dream Pop/Shoegaze made in a bedroom” and that is an apt description. First Light, recorded on an ancient four track, is a soothing guitar lead track with … Continue reading Geneva Drive – First Light
Today’s post leads on nicely from yesterdays. Hamburg based Choir Division write that they are “probably the world’s first and one and only choir to worship the music of Joy Divison and New Order”. We have not heard from them … Continue reading Choir Division – Passover/Blue Monday
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
The wonderfully named Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators have band members with an impressive pedigree who have performed with bands such as Pop Threat, The Manhattan Love Suicides, The Blanche Hudson Weekend and more recently Girl One And … Continue reading Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators – The Day The Earth Caught Fire/They’ll Fix You (They Fix Everything)
Dummy’s first EP was something of a triumph as it blended various styles together to create a telling moment. Can they keep it up on their second EP? Why of course they can! EP2, which is mostly home-recorded using freeware … Continue reading Dummy – EP 2
The new release from Jakarta based Let’s Kiss a Secret is a split release from The Sensitive and To Die. The former has been mentioned previously on this blog and the post-punk influences found on earlier works have been replaced … Continue reading The Sensitive/To Die – Split
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