Only one of the four songs here manages to get past the two minutes but it all makes for exciting and explosive garage punk inspired indiepop, none more so on Drag It Out. Most excellent! The Wrong Side Of History EP is out now on Grave Mistake Records (US) and Drunken Sailor Records (UK/EU) in both 7″ and digital formats. Facebook Continue reading Earth Girls – Wrong Side Of History EP
Tyrannosaurus Dead and Joanna Gruesome release a split 7″ single on Oddbox Records later this month. The former provide a brand new track in the shape of Post Holiday Dead Song whilst the latter provide Anti Parent Cowboy Killers which is taken from last years excellent Weird Sister album. Both tracks are fuzzy and noisy indiepop of the highest order. Pre-order it from here. Continue reading Tyrannosaurus Dead / Joanna Gruesome Split 7″
I have bookmarked a lot of music to mention but time prevents me from writing about them all individually so this post is a round up of them all serving as my must buy list too! Note: if you want to listen to a companion playlist to this post head over here. The Hundredth Anniversary released their Wreckers EP back in March. Not sure why I didn’t mention it then as it’s great. Another great release on Oddbox Records. Spanish indie poppers Band A Part have a compilation of their early material and demos out on Elefant Records. It’s a … Continue reading Clearing The Decks
The annual indietracks compilation is out. It features a track from each of the 55 artists playing this years festival including the likes of The Hobbes Fanclub, Joanna Grusome, Dean Wareham, The Popguns, Nightflowers and many more. Yours for just two quid. The compilations for the past two years are also available. Indietracks takes place on July 25th – 27th at the Midland Railway Centre in the heart of the Derbyshire countryside. More info at the festival site. Facebook Continue reading Various – Indietracks Compilation 2014
Guatemala is the first I have heard from self styled “twee-punk” band Amanda X since their debut Ruin The Moment EP. It’s taken from the band’s debut album Amnesia due for release later this month on Slitbreeze Records. It’s a pretty good track and hopefully a good pointer to the album. Homepage Facebook Continue reading Amanda X – Guatemala
French label Beko have released a free (or pay what you want) digital compilation titled Summer 2014. It features tracks from the likes of Pale Spectres and Finnmark! amongst others. Get it from here. Facebook Continue reading Various – Summer 2014
Back in February I mentioned Grubs and their Dec 15th track. Well it’s now going to be released a single sided flexi disc split release on Cool Your Jets and US label Aloe Music. It also includes a new track Gym Shame. Get it here. Facebook Continue reading Grubs – Gym Shame/Dec 15th
Amida have been plugging away for a few years now with their excellent singles and live shows. They have finally released their debut album and despite the fact it contains 13 tracks it’s all over just over the half hour mark. Now that’s my type of album. Excellent jangling and melodic indiepop invoking everyone from The Chills to the Wedding Present. It’s out now on Jigsaw Records or buy digitally from the band. Facebook Continue reading Amida – Boring Birth
Colour Me Wednesday have followed up their I Thought It Was Morning album with a split album on Lauren Records with Spoonboy. You can buy it physically from here or digitally from the respective bandcamp pages. Colour Me Wednesday Spoonboy Continue reading Colour Me Wednesday/Spoonboy – Split LP
Univers hail from Barcelona and on their debut album L’Estat Natural they initially suggest to me that they are a Catalan version of a Sea Monsters era Wedding Present. However subsequent listens suggest they are poppier than that with more than a state side slant. The sulky vocals, crashing guitars and the pulsating drive in each song more than make up for the fact that, unless you speak Catalan, you have no idea what they are singing about. Music is a univers (al) language indeed. Excellent stuff. Buy on vinyl from the label or digitally from the band. Facebook Continue reading Univers – L’Estat Natural
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