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
Just some rambling notes……. I have never compiled as many best-of mixes as I have done this year. Given that I have been based at home since the middle of February and listened to tons of music I should not … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2020 Part Three
Indonesian label Shiny Happy Records have just released a mammoth 78 track compilation entitled Our Secret World: Quarantine Session 2020. Due to the size I am not even going to attempt to review it so the label’s press release follows. … Continue reading Our Secret World: Quarantine Session 2020
The second part of Records I Like Best of 2020. To be honest I have listened to so much stuff this year that a third volume is more than likely so the words I had prepared for this volume will … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2020 Part Two
Films On Song have impressed these ears over the course of the year with their take on a retro indiepop sound. I Enjoyed July’s True EP which doffed it’s cap to Creation Records, the pop sensibilities of The Housemartins and … Continue reading Films on Song – False Starts EP
The final Monthly mix of 2020 which rounds up indiepop, dreampop and shoegaze releases from the past month or so. Please use the search function to find out more and if you can please support the artists in this mix. … Continue reading Records I Like Mix December 2020
An indiepoptastic start to the weekend courtesy of this week’s pack of three. The Blue Herons – Go On Since Gretchen DeVault has permanently come on board The Blue Herons have taken a poppier approach and new single Go On … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three Spanking New Indiepop Singles
Sunday Records have/are releasing (depending on the format) a new compilation titled Beautiful Noise. The album features 10 tracks, all instrumentals, that border on the ethereal (Fawns Of Love, The Proctors) to ambient electronica (Memory Fades). Also featured are the … Continue reading A Monday Trio
Here is a list of 2020 indiepop/janglepop/dreampop Christmas singles I have started to compile. Have you found any more worth a listen? Then let me know via the comments, please. Jetstream Pony – Grief of a (Frozen) Sailor/Hit the … Continue reading Jingle Jangle Bells
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