Bed Head is the sound of The Cocteau Twins if they appeared in 1989 and had a debut EP on Creation. Throughout the EP shimmering guitars clash with ethereal vocals with most of the tracks building up, reaching a crescendo. The exception is closer Acid Braids which sounds like a Seefeel demo! Thoroughly enjoyable. File alongside the aforementioned and the likes of Slowdive. Get it from here. Facebook Continue reading Lazy Legs – Tremor EP
Another week, another single by The Age of Colored Lizards. Tomorrow is the third single to be lifted from the forthcoming debut album of the same name and carries on in pretty much the same vein as the previous single If You Want Me Back. If Ride’s first couple of EP’s on Creation had more of a psychedelic influence they may have well sounded like this. The Age of Colored Lizards also remind me of long forgotten Swedish band Easy in a big way too and that isn’t a bad thing to these ears. Hopefully the album rather than another … Continue reading The Age of Colored Lizards – Tomorrow
Unfortunately the past ten days have seen me laid low by a viral infection hence the lack of posts. I have updated the playlist I had ready to go two weeks ago so it’s a bit of a bumper crop. Thankfully these tracks are more pleasant in their infectiousness than what I have been suffering with. Enjoy! Click on the image to start the playlist. More playlists can be found here and the Playmoss page is here. Continue reading Lost and Found – A Records I Like Playlist (April 2018 #1)
The latest single from Norwegian alt-rockers The Age of Coloured Lizards is far and away their best yet. Two tracks that err on the nosier side of shoegazing that encompass everything you want in fuzzy pop songs. The single itself is a taster for the forthcoming album Tomorrow that is due out later this year. In the meantime pick up the single digitally from here. Facebook Continue reading The Age of Colored Lizards – If You Want Me Back / Still Around
One for the stat fans. Come On My Baby by Canadian punk rockers Fashionism is my 1000th purchase on Bandcamp. Both sides of this excellent 7″ are bouncy, catchy with a distinctive 1970’s punk/pub rock meets glam sound. I am not sure why I am thinking of Canvey Island whilst I listen to this. Oh well…… Available on 7″ and digital formats from Drunken Sailor Records. Facebook Continue reading Fashionism – Come On My Baby
Here is a brand new playlist for the first Monday of month featuring the usual fare of indiepop, janglepop, dreampoop and shoegaze. Some I have written about, some not. As ever click on the image to start… Enjoy! More playlists can be found here and the Playmoss page is here. Continue reading Desert Plants – A Records I Like Playlist (March 2018 #1)
Raw, as erm fuck, demos from Madrid’s No Fucks spanning 2013-2017. Sometimes music , such as these noisy garage tracks, sound so much better in their rawer form which makes an old man like me very happy indeed. Play very loud! Available on CDR and digital formats from here. Facebook Continue reading No Fucks – 2k17 mixtape
And so here we go. The top 10 tracks of 2017. Well for me at least. 10. Port Sulphur – Orient Express 09. Youthmemory – City 08. OMD – Punishment of Luxury (Extended Version) 07. Factice Factory – Extinguisher 06. UK Cinema – English Girls 05. we. the pigs – Too Young 04. Major Leagues – It Was Always You 03. Closure – Would She Love Me 02. SLEEPiES – Barf Haus …drumroll….. 01. Say Sue For Me – Good For Some Reason And here is a fully comprehensive … Continue reading Records I Like – Best of 2017
Well I have covered a lot of ground in the past week and a bit so here is a handy playlist with a track each from (almost!) every release I have mentioned this month to date. That should tide you over whilst I try and work out my Top 10 for the year! Click on the image to start the music…. Have a great holiday/solstice/Christmas/well earned break……. Continue reading Constant Mind – A Records I Like Playlist (December #1)
No Vacation – Intermission Dreamy, laid-back music from Californian’s No Vacation. It’s easy to drift off and daydream to these tracks especially on opener Yam Yam which sets the tone for the EP. If indiepop clubs had chill out rooms this could well be the soundtrack. Available on vinyl, cassette and digital formats from here. Facebook Poppel – Hit It Staying with the dreamy vibe Hit It is the debut album from Belgian jangle poppers Poppel. These songs are short, sweet and very jangly with only one passing the 3 minute mark – by a second! Pleasure is my pick … Continue reading Ending 2017 #5
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