Auckland’s The Beths has just released their new single Watching The Credits which was recorded during the sessions for the band’s last album Expert In A Dying Field. The band write that the song “was born out of songwriter Elizabeth … Continue reading The Beths – Watching The Credits
Cable Ties release their new and third album All Her Plans towards the end of June 2023. The Melbourne based outfit have also just released the second single to be taken from said album in the shape of Time For … Continue reading Cable Ties – Time for You
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
Onwards and Upwards is the debut single from the Hollywood based Londoner Billy Tibbals. You cannot get a more “alright” name than that eh? The song itself is a very entertaining mix of glam, pub rock, new wave power pop … Continue reading Billy Tibbals – Onwards and Upwards
Two massive volumes (54 tracks each) of Christmas themed songs compiled by the Welsh music journalist Kevin McGrath with support from the Subjangle label. All monies raised from the sale of these digital compilations, and the limited edition 16 track … Continue reading Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volumes I & 2
Rangiora’s Best Bets revisit April’s debut album On An Unhistoric Night for their latest single the Minor Leagues. It’s an edited version of the original track shaving well over a minute from the album version making more effective and accessible … Continue reading Best Bets – The Minor Leagues
As another month slowly draws to a close let’s recap some fine releases from this month the previous month too. Encapsulated in this mix is another selection of indiepop, dreampop, shoegaze alongside some power-pop and post-punk thrown in for good measure. Thanks for listening and as ever enjoy! Track listing: Desmond Doom – I Hope I Never See Your Face Again Laveda – Surprise Love Dance – Parallel Lines Delivery – Baader Meinhof Oceans – High Swiss Portrait – Hideout Roller Derby – Only You UJU – We Should’ve Walked But We Ran Lilac – Scatterbrain Lasitud – [Triste Pop … Continue reading Records I Like Mix September 2022
London’s The Lunar Towers have impressed me with their two singles to date which mixed elements of punk, power-pop and new wave. I previously wrote that the bands music would not have been out of place on the wonderful Messthetics … Continue reading The Lunar Towers – Southern Love
Bloody Knuckles is the third single to be taken from the forthcoming latest album from New York’s Petite League titled Thrill Seekers. It’s a fuzzy, noisy and, many at times throughout, pretty disordered lo-fi alt-rock song. Lorenzo Gillis-Cook’s voice also … Continue reading Petite League – Bloody Knuckles
The Crystal Furs & Pennywhistle Park cover each others songs on this new 7″ from the new label Emperial Sugar Records. The former covers Dashboard, which was originally found on the latter’s 2001 album The Build-Up for the Big Let … Continue reading The Crystal Furs – Dashboard/Pennywhistle Park – Like You
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