The Brazilian band Terraplana are certainly making up for lost time after their recent return after almost two years away. Memórias is the band’s second single in as many months and is a noisy blend of shoegaze, post-rock and dare … Continue reading Terraplana – Memórias
Carsick – Runner Runner is punk-infused noise pop, which reminds me a bit of early Super Furry Animals in parts. Plenty of earworms yet the track does not even reach the two-minute mark. Less is more, eh? Runner is taken from the Salisbury based band’s debut EP Drunk Hymns which will be released via Alcopop! Records on June 30 2023. Fun With Ether – Spirit Kid Shoegazers Fun With Ether release their new album A Dirty Kind of Clean on March 01 2023. Spirit Kid is one of two tracks currently available for streaming, being a fuzz laden track with … Continue reading A Tuesday Trio
Well I certainly had a lot of emails to sift through this Bandcamp Friday. So much so, it was time to resurrect the unpopular sampler feature! Here are some of the tracks purchased today. Here is the Playlist: or listen … Continue reading The Bandcamp Friday Sampler
Rounding up tracks from the last six weeks or so, January’s mix features dreampop to alternative rock and shoegaze to post-punk. As ever, please enjoy! Track Listing: Silver Biplanes – Searching For Your Name The Age of Colored Lizards – … Continue reading Records I Like Mix January 2023
More shouty post punk from Paris based Frustrations, who are a band who once described themselves as “Warsaw meet Wire meet the Fall”. Nowadays is an attention grabbing track full of spiky and jagged post-punk guitars, with singer Fabrice Gilbert’s … Continue reading Frustration – Nowadays
A Tuesday trio! Darksoft – Only Time Will Tell Only Time Will Tell is taken from the current album Beigeification by Portland’s Darksoft. Some have likened them to The House of Love, others to New Order. It’s nice and jangly … Continue reading Da Da Da
As per usual a few labels have released compilations displaying their wares over the past couple of weeks. Here are a number of free ones that stand out. Fuckin’ Indie Since 2006 (Alcopop! Records 2022 Sampler) The Oxford indiepop label’s … Continue reading Seeing off 2022 – Compilations/Samplers
Three songs from three forthcoming albums to kick start 2023! The Tubs – Dead Meat Dead Meat is the title track taken from The Tub’s latest album which will be released via Trouble In Mind Records on the 23rd of … Continue reading Three From Forthcoming Albums
And it’s that time of year once again. What songs have grabbed my ears more than most in 2022? It was a great year for music and for those regular readers (all two of you) who have previously noted my … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2022
Mwxican indiepop/indie rock band Melted Ice Cream released a flurry (geddit?) of singles the other day. Some had been on YouTube for a while now but Volar is a recently new track as far as I can tell. It’s an … Continue reading Melted Ice Cream – Volar
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