The Blue Herons – Take Them Back Take Them Back is the latest offering via the project of Gretchen DeVault and Andy Jossi. It’s a shimmering dreampop track that is jointly dominated by DeVault’s sweeping vocals and Jossi’s musicianship that … Continue reading Take Them Back!
Mexican one man band En Mi Mente release their second single of the year titled Girasolestelar (Sunflowers). Like the dogs named after the region they come from (Chihuahua) this one bites and snaps away at your heels with it’s blend … Continue reading En Mi Mente – Girasolestelar
I have been playing these tracks tonight. Now it’s your turn to do the same! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube Nobody’s Flowers – Mountains out of Broken Men Sounding more like The Smiths than Northern Portrait ever … Continue reading The Saturday Sampler
Parisian label Howlin Banana Records have released their annual summer sampler. It features a large number of bands featured on these pages including Pop Crimes, EggS, Gloria, Tapeworms, Siz and Hoorsees to name but a few. There is no point … Continue reading Howlin Banana Records – Summer Sampler #8
The latest EP from The Umbrella Puzzles features a set the band recorded for their appearance yesterday at Alternatrip’s All Our Friends Online Music Festival. The EP features four acoustic songs with three songs taken from the recent A Slowly … Continue reading The Umbrella Puzzles – All Our Friends Acoustic Session
The new single from Palembang’s Lazy Eye certainly uses the voice of bass player Isabella Maulidya to great effect. Her vocals move from the sweet from ethereal whilst the guitars sparkle as a perfect accompaniment. The drums stand out on … Continue reading A Bank Holiday Sunday Saunter
The Last Night From Glasgow label re-released The Bluebells Sisters album towards the end of last year. They are now repressing it in four additional colours and as part of these celebrations they are also releasing an album of Bluebells … Continue reading The Muldoons – Cath
As mentioned previously Phantom Handshakes release their debut album next month. Titled No More Summer Songs it will be released via Z Tapes. The band have released a new video for one of the tracks on the album called Cricket Songs. Like it’s predecessor No Better Plan it’s a dreamy indiepop affair with hazily sung words whilst the instruments towards the end of the song are some of the lovliest sounds I have heard this year. No More Summer Songs can be pre-ordered from Z-Tapes in cassette and digital formats. Facebook Continue reading Phantom Handshakes – Cricket Songs
Yesterday I mentioned some of the blogs I read in order to discover new music. Today I want to mention one of the regular mixes I listen to. I have been following Stephan’s Emmas House Music (named after that song) … Continue reading Jumping Someone Elses Train #2
I was impressed by Vienna based three-piece The Laundromat Chicks contribution on last years Ramonescore Radio presents... What the fuck is Twee? compilation so much so I ended up buying their output so far. Luckily they don’t let me down … Continue reading The Laundromat Chicks – Have You Ever Seen a Ghost?
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