I remember Flannel from their releases on Cloudberry Records and the short-lived German label Edition 59. They have released records since then but they dropped off my radar years ago and when this released on Shiny Happy Records dropped through … Continue reading Flannel – Preface
Spunsugar – (You Never) Turn Around Spunsugar’s new single did not appear on their recent Drive-Through Chapel long-player. It is, however, the final part of a trilogy which includes two tracks from the aforementioned album Time Enough at Last and … Continue reading A Sunday Trio
So this mix sees off the last of 2020 and welcomes in 2021. Despite the ongoing lockdown, there is still plenty of music old and new to discover. Of course, this mix focuses on the new. There are plenty of … Continue reading Records I Like Mix January 2021
This week’s pack of three features three hot off the press singles that arrived in my inbox this morning. Axolotes Mexicanos – Que Te Pires A nice slice of punk-pop to kick us off. Que Te Pires is the first … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Singles
Aiko El Grupo have raided their recent mini-album Va Totalmente en Serio... and lifted their dazzling new single from it. Amigos Para Nunca (Confía Y Te La Lían) is another one of those shouty pop-punk tracks the band seem to … Continue reading Aiko El Grupo – Amigos Para Nunca (Confía Y Te La Lían)
Aside from coming from Chicago and being the name that one Nikki Navarro writes, performs and records under I know nothing about Tijeras. However, this debut single is a good place to start as any. In the Darkness is a … Continue reading Tijeras – In the Darkness
Palembang’s Lazy Eye impressed ears with last year’s Digital Primavera EP. They write on their Bandcamp page that they are “mostly influenced by 90’s music” but on Inconsistent Borderline those influences surely must come from a decade earlier given the … Continue reading Lazy Eye – Inconsistent Borderline
I first heard Jakarta based Irfandy Hamzah aka Darryl Wezy and his brand of indie-pop this time last year via the Our Secret World 2 compilation courtesy of Shiny Happy Records. He has been around for a while now and … Continue reading Darryl Wezy – Parallel Universe
Midnight Flowers – Never You Never You is the second release in as many months from this new band comprising of in-laws Tatiana and Charles. Their music blends indie-rock and indiepop with the female vocals delicately poised over woven layers … Continue reading Hit Me With Your Rhythm Six
The Umbrella Puzzles is the project of Ryan Marquez who also appears in Apple Orchard and the Golden Teardrops. Marquez’s low key indie/janglepop under The Umbrella Puzzles moniker has impressed these ears and the three tracks here are no exception. … Continue reading The Umbrella Puzzles – Slip Through The Cracks
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