Category: indiepop

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Closure – Journey EP

Tom

This EP has been one of my most loved discoveries of the past couple of months. It’s certainly one of the best debut releases I have heard for a while – well since Strange Passage last year.  Indie pop with a heavy post punk influence and some fantastic vocals to boot combine to make this a fantastic EP. Check out the jangletastic Would She Love Me and Slow Drive and try to deny you have heard better this year (and if you have tell me!). Essential listening……. Available on CDR from O Pamela or digitally from Let’s Kiss A Secret … Continue reading Closure – Journey EP

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Pale Spectres – Pale Spectres

Tom

More excellent indiepop from Parisians Pale Spectres who musically transport the listener back to the 1980’s. If they were around in those days they could well have been signed to a certain Bristol based label. There are four songs spread across this EP and they all delight in equal measure. The jangling guitars and the morose vocals combine to great effect none more so than on the closing track Goodbye which is flippin’ great! Er buy! Available on 7″ from Cloudberry Records or digitally from the band. Facebook Continue reading Pale Spectres – Pale Spectres

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Not The One – A Records I Like Playlist (June 2017 #2)

Tom

I think I may have solved the problem of embedded playlists (wordpress.com does not support iframe) but with two steps instead of one. A tip on the wordpress.com support boards got me thinking about having a clickable image which brings up a pop-up player. So there you have it and this is a good post as any to try it out so without further ado here is a mix featuring of tracks previously mentioned or soon to be mentioned on this site. It covers a mix of indiepop, post-punk, shoegaze, garage and jangle pop. Enjoy! Alternatively head over to our … Continue reading Not The One – A Records I Like Playlist (June 2017 #2)

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Something For The Weekend? Three New Indiepop Releases

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This week’s pack of three features three recent melodic indiepop releases. The Golden Rail – Oh My! The Golden Rail are a new band but there is pedigree in their ranks as band members have been involved with the likes of The Palisades and The Rainyard amongst others. Oh My! is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album Electric Trails From Nowhere. And what a catchy single it is too, ticking all the right boxes along the way. Jangling indiepop at it’s finest. Available in CD and digital formats from here. Facebook Tomiji – Tomiji EP Tomiji … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Indiepop Releases

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Something For The Weekend? Three from Shelflife.

Tom

This week’s pack of three focuses on three current & imminent releases from Shelflife Records. Love Dance – All The Time I haven’t heard anything from Love Dance in an age and then I heard this and I thought it was a completely different band. Long gone is the jangling indie pop which is now replaced by pulsating synth pop beats. Hell it even sounds like Bizarre Love Triangle towards the end. Excellent. Available digitally from here. Facebook Homepage The Luxembourg Signal – Laura Palmer More shimmering dreampop loveliness from The Luxembourg Signal who deliver the goods once more. Musically … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three from Shelflife.

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Jetstream Pony – Out Of Reach

Tom

Here is a demo from Brighton/Croydon based Jetstream Pony. It’s the project of Shaun Charman (Wedding Present/Popguns/Fireworks) and also in the line up also features Beth Arzy (Trembling Blue Stars/Luxembourg Signal/The Fireworks) on vocals, Matthew Rimell (The Fireworks) on additional guitar, Kerry Boettcher (Turbocat) on bass and Sara Boyle on drums. Nice bit of cut and pasting that. So what’s it sound like you say. Well (if you cannot be bothered to press play) it mixes indiepop and post-punk which gives the track a strong retro vibe but also manages to give it a new coat of paint so that … Continue reading Jetstream Pony – Out Of Reach

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The Popguns – So Long

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It’s been a quiet couple of years for The Popguns since 2014’s Pop Fiction album and subsequent singles especially if you ignore last year’s side project The Perfect English Weather and the hit & miss album Isobar Blues. The good news is that they are back and June will see the release of the new album Sugar Kisses. So Long is the first single taken from the album and it features their trademark, infectious jangle pop sound. What’s not to like? It’s currently available as a free download so hurry! Sugar Kisses will be out on Matinee Recordings. Pre-order it … Continue reading The Popguns – So Long

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Port Sulphur feat. James Kirk – Orient Express

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On their last release Port Sulphur enlisted Davy Henderson (Fire Engines, Win plus more!) and Vic Godard (Subway Sect). On this release they are joined by James Kirk, once of Orange Juice, who co-wrote the track, plays guitars and sings. He is joined by Ken McCluskey (The Bluebells) who plays harmonica to great effect. It’s a brilliant song that harks back to the golden age of Scottish post-punk in a triumphant manner. The oriental sounding guitars and the Kirk’s vocals draw the listener straight in. Everything else is a bonus. I didn’t think they could top January’s The Lane single … Continue reading Port Sulphur feat. James Kirk – Orient Express

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Kidsmoke – And Mine Alone

Tom

I cannot say I have really been grabbed by Kidsmoke. Maybe I expect more from a band who write that “the band play indie-pop inspired by The Smiths, Joy Division”. I found tracks like previous single Waves to be a bit turgid (for the want of a better word) but I persist because their recent cover art is so eye catching. Now they have made a track that has caught my ears too in the shape of And Mine Alone. Twisting and mesmerising guitars combine with effortless, sometimes dreamlike, vocals resulting in a damn fine indiepop tune. Good things come … Continue reading Kidsmoke – And Mine Alone

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Something For The Weekend? Three From Shadowonthewall

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I recently joined Playmoss and have been exploring other users playlists. The one name that keeps cropping up is a user who goes by the name of Shadowonthewall who collates weekly playlists concenrating on indie-pop. Here are three tracks I have discovered after sifting through his/hers playlists. Marble Gods – Big Baby Catchy, quirky and enjoyable indiepop from Glasgow. Facebook Silver Liz – One and Twenty Luscious dream-pop with a hint of shoegaze from Chicago’s Silver Liz. Facebook Grrrl Gang – Stop This Madness Two slices of indie pop from Indonesia dealing with unrequited love and one night stands. Instagram … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three From Shadowonthewall