The new track from Aiko El Grupo has been taken from their forthcoming debut full-length release Va Totalmente En Serio… which will be released in December 2020 as a 10″ vinyl mini-album. Like their previous effort Truchita (Nunca Volveré!!!!) it’s … Continue reading Aiko El Grupo – Quiero Conocer (Por Tu Actitud)
Swedish band Salt Lake Alley consist of Gustav Tranback (Paper Hearts, Dismal Plight) and Mikael Carlsson (The Honeydrips, Dorotea). They will be releasing their debut album The Way It Feels via Spanish label Kocliko at the end of the month. … Continue reading Salt Lake Alley – The Way It Feels
The Wellington – Playmaker Indonesian band The Wellington have just released their new (debut?) album. Titled Playmaker it features nine tracks including the singles Lost In Cario and It’s So Fine. The band’s sound embraces indiepop, shoegaze and dreampop. It’s … Continue reading A Trio of Albums
Kindsight – Terminal Daze Danish band Kindsight are the first band from outside of Sweden to sign for that Rama Lama Records label. Given that the retro indiepop sound on new single Terminal Daze echoes to Labrador Records and early … Continue reading I Have Had Worst Starts To A Week……
Hero No Hero hail from Southern California and consist of The Francine Odysseys founder/writer Gretchen DeVault on vocals whilst Ken Aki, who has played live with Starry Eyed Cadet, provides the words and instruments. They write that their music “evokes … Continue reading Hero No Hero – Hero No Hero
Another busy month in the land of Bandcamp. The latest mix sees epic shoegaze, alt-rock, dreampop and indiepop collide to great effect if I do say so myself. Please use the search function to find out more and if you … Continue reading Records I Like Mix October 2020
Family Mart – Starlite Texans Family Mart follow up their addictive My Anarcha-Feminist Crush single with a new song Starlite. The track encompasses a clash of styles from range from New Order style guitar to C86 indiepop. Now that truly … Continue reading The Thursday Quartet
Flying Fish Cove have just released a new four-track EP titled Viridian. They have also released a video to accompany the title track and it’s “a playful remake” of the video which accompanied Cyndi Lauper’s 1984 hit Time After Time. … Continue reading Flying Fish Cove – Viridian
The Sound of Young Sumatera is a new compilation, alongside a play on words, from Shiny Happy Records. As the title suggests the compilation features twelve bands from the Indonesia Island of Sumatera playing indiepop, dreampop and indierock. Thankfully the … Continue reading Various Artists – The Sound of Young Sumatera
Letchworth Garden City is home to some fine things including Dave’s and the Garden Brewery. Now I can add The Chickpea Darlings to that small list. Bitter Lemon is their second album and they write that it’s a “bucket of … Continue reading The Chickpea Darlings – Bitter Lemon
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