New Greek band The Vaxtones are somewhat of a supergroup as they comprise members of The Last Drive, Scopitone, The Hi Rollers, Raindogs, Xaxakes, Film, Maximum High and The Earthbound. Never Ending Story is the band’s debut single, and it … Continue reading The Vaxtones – Never Ending Story
Vancouver’s Tough Age release their new album Waiting Time on June 16 2023. It’s been preceded from the first single to be lifted from the album titled Time & Again. The song itself is a 1960s inspired harmonic indiepop track … Continue reading Tough Age – Time & Again
Athens based Royal Arch return with their new single Why Don’t You? (Let It All Go). The band, who sing in English rather than their native tongue, deliver a melodic track that sounds so much like what has gone before … Continue reading Royal Arch – Why Don’t You? (Let It All Go)
Continuing the series of posting albums and/or EPs as and when they are released (or usually a bit after!) as a follow up to the initial new tracks/singles posts posted on this blog. Sample the release via the You Tube … Continue reading Recommended Releases 19/03/2023
London’s Panic Pocket bring the sound and the style of the female fronted acts who recorded for Cherry Red Records in the early 1980s right bang up to date. The way they dress in the video for their new single, … Continue reading Panic Pocket – Mad Half Hour
mmmarkos! is an Indonesian band comprising Angelina Paskali (vocal), Fadhullah Hamid (guitar) and Ivan Reza (bass). The band were formed via the Surabaya Dynamics University scene and like many of their peers they are inspired by UK/US indiepop. However, carbon … Continue reading mmmarkos! – Live in My Head
I wonder what goes through the minds of a band when they create a song? I know, “let’s write a song about the true story where two brothers board up their countryside house to protect themselves from a breakout at … Continue reading Kindsight – Madhouse Breakout Multitool
Five years after volume 2, we finally get a new Strawberry Punks compilation, which is a series that showcases Indonesian indiepop past and present. Opener Catch Up was originally found on the now defunct twee pop duo Sex Sux’s 2010 … Continue reading Various – Strawberry Punks Vol 3
Hot Coppers is the solo project of Gareth Parton who is a music producer and who has produced bands such as Breeders, The Go! Team, Foals, The Beta Band and many more. The double-sided Molecule/Soft World is his second single … Continue reading Hot Coppers – Molecule/Soft World
As She Slips Away is the second single to be taken from the forthcoming second album To All The Distance Between Us. It’s an expansive indiepop song that gets its influences from the past yet manages to make them sound … Continue reading National Honor Society – As She Slips Away
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