Cigarette is taken from the forthcoming album Chimères by French band Blind Delon. It’s an atmospheric slab of danceable coldwave with melodic bass and dark vocals. Chimères will be jointly released via Manic Depression (Digipack CD & Digital formats) and … Continue reading Blind Delon – Cigarette
Japanese label EM Records are reissuing Kiyoaki Iwamoto’s rearranged version of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart. Originally recorded in 1983 and released on the now very rare Sougi single the label is reissuing the track as part of … Continue reading Kiyoaki Iwamoto – SOUGI+
This week’s pack of three `features three new singles hot off the Bandcamp press. So I started the working week with a post mentioning The English Summer so let’s end the working week on the same note! New track A … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three New Singles.
I am not sure how I missed this one last month but hey better late than never. Songwriter and producer David Newton is best known for being the bass player and co-songwriter in The Mighty Lemon Drops and has also … Continue reading David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels feat. Eddie Argos – The Songs That Changed Our Lives
This weeks pack of three concentrates on three new or recent post-punk releases. The City Gates – Siegfried 1969 Montreal post-punk band The City Gates have released their new single Siegfried 1969. It’s a pulsating and addictive coldwave/gothic rock song. … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three (More) Post-Punk
This weeks pack of three features three releases from French label Howlin’ Banana Records. Cloud Factory – Cloud Factory #1 Cloud Factory are a Pop/Post punk band hailing from Toulouse. They consist of Alice (keyboard/vocals, Ben (bass), Bruno (drums), Robin (guitar) and Romain (guitar). This self titled EP is their debut release. The music is mainly inspired by garage rock but there other influences such as indie pop and a punk attitude also running through. The sound has a fuzziness about it and the female vocals stand out too. A pretty good debut methinks. Cloud Factory #1 is available on … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three From Howlin’ Banana Records
A round-up of some of the albums to catch my ears this past couple of months or so. I noticed my no reviews rule I implemented a couple of weeks ago is starting to waver again so I am implementing … Continue reading Latest Album Releases
The Dreams Never End are from Lisbon and this song was originally recorded for the Polis Noire compilation by Portuguese label Z22 which, not for the want of trying, I cannot find anywhere. Vai is a slice of synthpop that … Continue reading The Sunday Post-Punk Session
Blue Tomorrows, who feature Sarah Nienaber from Candace in their line up, have released a new single and it’s their first in almost a year. Violet Shine mixes psychedelia and dream pop with the result sounding a bit like a … Continue reading The Post Last Bandcamp Friday Saturday Mix
Robin Guthrie has recorded and mixed The Fawns Of Love track Someday from last years Permanent album which I said was ripe for a remix when it first came out! It is somewhat ironic as I have always thought that the band had a bit of The Cocteau Twins about their person. Guthrie has always been one of my favourite remixes and he slows the track right down turning it into a dreamy, swirling ethereal track that highlights the lovely voice of Jenny Andreotti. It’s backed with a new track Never Sing For Joy which features resplendent Peter Hook style … Continue reading Fawns Of Love – Someday (Robin Guthrie Version)
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