The Catenary Wires, the outfit featuring Amelia Fletcher, Ian Button and Rob Pursey, have collaborated with the acclaimed poet Brian Bilston for the forthcoming album containing 13 song-poems titled Sounds Made By Humans. It’s preceded by the first single Alexa, … Continue reading Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires – Alexa, What Is There To Know About Love?
The Outsiders Music Show is something of a recent discovery courtesy of Mixcloud thanks to a comment from Dave Fennessy who runs the show. To say our musical taste is practically the same when it comes to indiepop and post-punk … Continue reading Jumping Someone Elses Train #6
The sun is finally out in London Town and this playlist reflects that in the shape of slumbering dreampop, shimmering shoegaze, sparking indiepop and Swedish pop! The highlight of week for me is the 1960’s inspired retro sounds of In … Continue reading The “Kindred Soul” Sampler
Has it really been over a decade since we last heard from London based Sunny Intervals? The project of ex-Pocketbooks member Andy Hudson last stepped into view (hearing range?) on 2014’s Step Into Spring album. Well a new album is … Continue reading Sunny Intervals – I’ve Been Looking Over My Shoulder For Too Long
Glitter On The Mattress is a Gateshead based act and seems to be the pseudonym of one Esmé Newman – that Shop Assistants reference will be come clear in a mo’. Love Songs is the second EP released in as … Continue reading Glitter On The Mattress – Love Songs
Ear To Ear is a small label records from Palembang, Indonesia. The labels new compilation Harness Your Pop rounds up tracks from the label’s releases over the past few years. Whilst I am familiar with some of the artists here … Continue reading Various Artists – Harness Your Pop : It’s Just a Bunch of Obscure Tracks
I think I blinked and February whizzed by. Luckily I had a soundtrack to accompany me most of the time and a number of tracks can be found on this mix. A lovely return from The Royal Landscaping Society can … Continue reading Records I Like Mix February 2025
The year is not yet two months complete but one band who have caught my ear somewhat thoroughly is the Indonesian act The Interpretation Cultures who are based in based in Makassar. The band consists of Fadhli Rafq Al-Fath (guitar, … Continue reading The Interpretation Cultures – The Interpretation of Indiepop Cultures EP
Caen’s Beach Youth are hardly what you call prolific but who doesn’t mind waiting five years between albums when songs are as good as their new single 7am. The band describe the song as “a founding memory from our early … Continue reading Beach Youth – 7am
I have previously described the music of Indonesian band Moongazing and Her as having elements of Sarah Records, Rock N Roll and Surf Pop. I am glad to hear nothing has changed, well not that much, on the new single … Continue reading Moongazing and Her – We Pop Your Party
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