A look at what has been grabbing my ears for the first five and a bit days of 2025! Bloom Effect – Portents Brighton’s Shore Dive Records have collated the output of the Vancouver based Shoegaze trio Bloom Effect who … Continue reading The “Welcoming in 2025” Round Up
Firstly happy new year one and all. Secondly this post is far later than planned due to a rather hectic Yuletide break and I initially created it in Spotify whilst I was away. Whilst some tracks are missing (these will … Continue reading Records I Like – Best of 2024
So the weeks are rushing by once more and is it really that long since I updated the blog? Blimey. Here is a playlist rounding up tracks from the past few weeks. If you do not have Spotify links to … Continue reading The “Better Things To Do” Sampler
Before my hiatus I was posting “samplers” via You Tube of tracks that I did not have the time to write about but I reckoned they needed a listen. To be honest hardly anyone listened to them which is a … Continue reading The “Its Grey Outside” Sampler
Blimey. October already. Time flies eh especially with the amount of quality releases the past month or so. There is a focus on Yay! Records who provide three tracks to the mix. Spain, France & Indonesia (where else eh?) provide … Continue reading Records I Like Mix October 2024
The new single from Seattle’s Beach Vacation stays on track with the bands mix of surf and indie pop. You can imagine the sun rising in a destination as of yet unknown as the guitars jangle alongside the hazy and … Continue reading Beach Vacation – Stuck Here
Wow. I did not realise YAY! Records returned last year. And even more amazingly it’s also heralds the return of the Sea Lions with their new single Out Alive on said label after 14 years away. It’s a cracking C86 … Continue reading Sea Lions – Out Alive
Don’t despair if you did not manage to get any Oasis Quo tickets. Why? Well here is a mix combining shoegaze, dreampop, janglepop, twee and indiepop to take your mind off the Gallagher brothers (delete as appropriate) tax bill/divorce settlement(s)/one … Continue reading Records I Like September 2024
A bit earlier than usual mix as I am heading off for my longest break in years! This mix includes dream pop and shoegaze and I am still wondering if Australian “outfits” Dream Pop and Shoegazer are having us on. … Continue reading Records I Like Mix August 2024
July’s mix is more dreampop/shoegaze centric than the past few mixes that have been published which also features two tracks taken from the recent Delve Indistinct: Thai Shoegaze and Related Genre Compilation, Vol. 3 which is well worth a listen. … Continue reading Records I Like Mix July 2024
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