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 second “sampler” of the weekend rounding up a number of new releases from the past two weeks or so. A number more were not on You Tube so I hope to cover those at some point in the week. … Continue reading The Post Holiday Catch Up Sampler #2
So after my first break away since December 2019, I have come back to a pretty full inbox and have started to catch up on releases from the past two weeks alongside tracks I did not have a chance to … Continue reading The Post Holiday Catch Up Sampler #1
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It’s almost the end of a very busy month so, as compensation for being so late, this means a bumper mix of indiepop, dreampop, noisepop (more pop than a pop factory!), shoegaze and alt-rock. Play loud and as ever, enjoy! … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2021
I have to be honest and say that on their two previous tracks Australian band Bridge Dog haven’t exactly set my ears on fire. But it’s early days for the duo and I persevere as they keep appearing in my … Continue reading Bridge Dog – Lemon
As the sun burns down in London with Euro 2020 in town (a speedy recovery Mr Eriksen) here is another sampler playlist consisting of indie-pop and post-punk. Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here are the individual … Continue reading The Sweltering Sunday Sampler
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
Is it really two years since we last heard from Saint Petersburg based Blankenberge? Thankfully they are back with a bang with their new single No Sense that takes the basic shoegaze template adding all sorts of wonderful noises including … Continue reading Blankenberge – No Sense
Tonight Matthew we are going to be My Bloody Valentine said Stomp Talk Modstone never but, somewhere in an alternative reality, I am pretty sure it must have happened based on the evidence provided via their new single My Birth. Given the band has slowly established their own identity over the course of their excellent singles to date I am not sure there is any need to produce a track that is like for like MBV. Yes, it’s a great track but, at the end of the day, there is nothing new here and not just for me either I … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – My Birth
Daegu’s skate-punks Drinking Boys and Girls Choir will be releasing their second album Marriage Licence via London’s Damnably Records on July 21st 2021. It consists of 11 tracks and the label state that “Marriage License reflects a band who don’t … Continue reading Drinking Boys and Girls Choir – Odoby
