The second, and possibly last album, from Electrophönvintage is going to be the soundtrack for this coming weekend. Well for me anyway. Delicious pop songs for the sunny days ahead. Facebook Continue reading Electrophönvintage – Play Harp In Yr Hair
The companion compilation to this years indietracks festival is now out and features a number of bands previously featured on these pages. There are 47 tracks which is one from each band at the festival and the whole thing can be yours for a minimum of a double nugget. You can get it from here. The festival itself takes place on the last weekend of July at the Midland Railway Butterley, Derbyshire, England. There are still tickets available. Continue reading Various Artists – Indietracks Compilation 2013
Just got home after visiting family to find news that Labrador have compiled a 12 track Summer Sampler and their first for a few years if memory serves. And if you don’t want to stream it you can download it for free from here. If you are new to the label or just want a reminder of some of their previous releases Labrador’s bumper free download of all the tunes on their download page is still available (622 mb). You can download that from here. Continue reading Labrador Summer Sampler 2013
On their last set of 7″ single releases Dufflecoat Records visited Nagoya, Japan. For this split 7″ release they head to one of my favourite cities Hamburg featuring two bands Tripping The Light Fantastic and Honeyheads. I have not heard of the former though but glancing at their photo on facebook I see that they share at least one member with the latter. Either way this EP features four slabs of excellent Teutonic (or should that be tune-tonic?) indiepop that should be geared towards your listening ears! The split 7″ is available from the label at the or buy digitally … Continue reading Tripping The Light Fantastic / Honeyheads – Split 7″
New single from, if I have read it right, the soon to be no more Catnaps which features guest appearances from Fred Thomas of Saturday Looks Good To Me and Kinsey Matthews of Us & Us Only. Pick it up for nowt or pay as much as you can afford. Homepage Facebook Continue reading Catnaps – Forget About It
Colour Me Wednesday release their début album I Thought It Was Morning towards the end of next month (Discount Horse Records). As a taster for the album they have released the track Shut as a free download single. I get pretty giddy on merry go rounds so if you do to don’t watch the video! Homepage Facebook Continue reading Colour Me Wednesday – Shut
Today sees the release of The Yearnings Still In Love EP. It’s available as a 10″ Vinyl EP or digitally and is out on Elefant Records. The band hail from the UK whilst their sound is pitched between Camera Obscura, The School and the classic girl band sound. Buy from the label Facebook Continue reading The Yearning – Still In Love
It’s a double one two from Dufflecoat Records. Also released on Monday is this 7″ single from The Moments, who like Old Lacy bed also hail from Nagoya, Japan. Judging by both these releases there is a big C86 influenced revival taking place in that city as this is vintage sounding indiepop. Order from the label’s website or via it’s bandcamp page. Continue reading The Moments – Shining Eyes
Vivid is taken from the new 7″ EP from Nagoya’s (Japan) Old Lacy Bed which will be released on Monday via Dufflecoat Records. Order via the labels site or via it’s bandcamp page. Continue reading Old Lacy Bed – Little Girl EP
New EP from The Very Most with a guest appearance from Liz Hunt (The School) who provides the vocals on a cover of It’s Not Unusual originally done by her countryman Tom Jones. Available as a 7″ single via manic pop! records. I haven’t heard anything by the band since their Year With The Very Most series on Indiecater Records a couple of years back. I have a few releases to catch up on judging by their bandcamp page! Homepage Facebook Continue reading The Very Most – Just A Pup EP
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