So back from another week away with some catching up to do! Again a lack of time prevents me from posting about these tracks individually so here is another “Sampler” that has served me, and you I hope, so well … Continue reading The Latest Post Holiday Catch Up Sampler!
Chicago’s Lightfoils give another example of epic shoegaze in the form of 306. It’s dreamy and hypnotic as the psychedelic tinged shimmering guitars and the delicious voice of Laura Boton wash all over you. It’s backed with a remix of … Continue reading Lightfoils – 306
Parisian label Howlin Banana Records have released their annual summer sampler. It features a large number of bands featured on these pages including Pop Crimes, EggS, Gloria, Tapeworms, Siz and Hoorsees to name but a few. There is no point … Continue reading Howlin Banana Records – Summer Sampler #8
The new single from Japan’s Stomp Talk Modnstone sounds like it’s straight from a time capsule containing all the ingredients that made shoegaze so exciting the first time around. Fast-paced fuzzy guitars coupled with some wonderful joint vocals with the … Continue reading Stomp Talk Modstone – Supercar
A Girl is taken from the new extended EP/Mini album by the Japanese band Letniy. The band, who formed in February 2020, consist of Suzuko (Vocals/Guitar), Shoko (Bass/Vocals), and Naoya (drums). The EP titled Same Here consists of newly rerecorded … Continue reading Letniy – A Girl
The second “sampler” of the weekend rounding up a number of new releases from the past two weeks or so. A number more were not on You Tube so I hope to cover those at some point in the week. … Continue reading The Post Holiday Catch Up Sampler #2
So after my first break away since December 2019, I have come back to a pretty full inbox and have started to catch up on releases from the past two weeks alongside tracks I did not have a chance to … Continue reading The Post Holiday Catch Up Sampler #1
It’s almost the end of a very busy month so, as compensation for being so late, this means a bumper mix of indiepop, dreampop, noisepop (more pop than a pop factory!), shoegaze and alt-rock. Play loud and as ever, enjoy! … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2021
Chicago’s Lightfoil produced one of the finest moments of 2018 with their single Summer Nights which appeared in an even more wonderful extended form on that year’s Chambers long-player and that was er it. Until now that is as they return a new line up with another epic alt-rock/shoegaze track full of noisy guitars and trippy moments in the shape of Sunblind. It’s backed with a Vet Trip mix of Honeydew that appeared on said album. The shimmering guitars of the original are replaced with a steady drumbeat that highlights the female vocal which may or may not be the … Continue reading Lightfoils – Sunblind
Ohio’s Sungaze will be releasing their new album This Dream on August 13th 2021. The first single to be taken from the album is Storm Chaser which is an alt-rock track with 1970’s psychedelic tendencies. Ivory Snow’s heartfelt vocals are … Continue reading Sungaze – Storm Chaser
Records I Like 