Category: Noise Pop

Alt Rock, Noise Pop, Shoegaze1 Comment

Trauma Ray – wmd/grind

Tom

Texan band Trauma Ray deliver two contrasting variations on the shoegazing theme on their latest single. wmd errs on the side of traditional sounding shoegazing until the noise-rock guitars kick in. Grind features a tasty blend of shoegaze, post-rock, psychedelia and also includes some hardcore punk guitars as the band refuse to be constrained. It’s entertaining stuff whichever way you want to look at it. wmd/grind is available from Dreamy Life Records. Facebook Continue reading Trauma Ray – wmd/grind

Alt Rock, C86, Dream Pop, Dreampop, indiepop, Jangle Pop, Noise Pop, ShoegazeLeave a comment

The Records I Like Mix May 2019

Tom

A bumper crop this month featuring healthy doses of indiepop, janglepop, shoegaze, dreampop and any other number of made up genres you could desire! I try to keep within a time and track limit but that has not proved possible this month so enjoy this extended mix! Full tracklisting: The Blue Dress – The Perfect Moment The Perfect Moment sounds like a track given away on a flexi-disc via fanzines of yesteryear. Dreams of Empire – Northern Lights Is Northern Lights Dreams of Empire’s poppiest moment yet? Film School – Go (But Not Too Far) I really like the deadpan … Continue reading The Records I Like Mix May 2019

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Structure – Convo

Tom

The new track by Structure reminds me of the Captain Beefheart influenced bands who recorded for Ron Johnson Records, a label which had the most artists on the C86 tape (no it wasn’t all twee despite what the internet revisionists tell you) and who released some of the nosiest pop music known to man/woman kind. Convo has that jerky, jangling post-punk guitar sound and it sounds not to dissimilar to A Witness which is a big thumbs up in my book. Crank this one up. Continue reading Structure – Convo

indiepop, Noise Pop, Rock1 Comment

Бадди Психолли – Нойз​-​поп для начинающих

Tom

Or as the label, Pow! Pop Kids, kindly translates Noise-pop for Beginners by Buddy Psycholly. It’s more than simply noise pop though and a lot of it is very clever indie and jangle pop that’s packed with ideas. There are plenty of rock ‘n’ roll hooks for one. Opener Молодость и красота (Youth and Beauty) starts off like Tommy Roe’s Sheila before turning into an indiepop dancefloor staple. It continues on Беги (Run) which could be the sound of the forbidden Soviet rock ‘n’ roll underground. There is also surf pop in the shape of the band’s cover of The … Continue reading Бадди Психолли – Нойз​-​поп для начинающих

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The Wendy Darlings – Always Late

Tom

Always Late is taken from the forthcoming album The Wendy Darlings Against Evil that will be released on Oddbox Records in May of this year. It is a short, shouty garage number that has me questioning myself asking have The Wendy Darlings always been this loud? I will reserve judgement for when the album is released but in the meantime crank up that volume and press play. Facebook Continue reading The Wendy Darlings – Always Late