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
Salt Lake Alley have covered The Clash 1980 single Bankrobber. The band write that “we tried to approach it like The Byrds approached Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man. In the end, it probably sounds more like the UK circa 1989 … Continue reading Salt Lake Alley – Bankrobber
Last November, Skep Wax Records reissued Heavenly vs Satan as part of a series of vinyl album reissues featuring the band. The label have now announced that Le Jardin de Heavenly, which was originally released in 1992, will be next … Continue reading Heavenly – Le Jardin de Heavenly
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 05/03/2023
It’s Bandcamp Friday and this sampler covers my travels so far. I have not spent as much as I normally do as I got stung by the dentist this morning! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here … Continue reading The Bandcamp Friday Sampler
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