I will give you a guess to what La Casa De Emma translates as. Get that right and then you will have a good idea how this demo will sound. It’s far removed from the punk label they have tagged themselves with. Musically that is, maybe not in spirit. Four cracking songs with Rayito De Sol being the pick of the bunch. It’s out via Junko Records on a pay what you want basis. Continue reading La Casa De Emma – Demo Tape
I don’t normally write about the same band twice in a month but I will make a very big exception for Jeanines. This latest track is a terrific blend of indiepop, 1960’s girl bands and to a lesser extent garage. The vocals are very dreamy and all in all it’s an addictive, catchy track. Hits the bone? Well it certainly hits the spot…… Continue reading Jeanines – Hits The Bone
Grrrl Gang follow up their appearance on the recent Strawberry Punks compilation with a new track. It’s their best yet as they throw off the shackles of their influences, expanding their sound to great effect and the addition of male vocals works a treat. Whilst it could remind you of any number of tracks it still retains originality packed with the right amount of excitement. Another stunning indiepop track from Indonesia. It’s a free download from Kolibri Rekords but it’s worth a few bob at least. Instagram Continue reading Grrrl Gang – Dream Grrrl
Wonderful, jangling indiepop from a band who took their name from a Feelies song. Not much info about the band, song or other tracks aside from the following snippet “This tune is going to be released during spring ’18 in a 7″ record.”. Wonderful stuff and roll on that 7″ single. Continue reading The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness – Nervous Man
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
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