OutControlJoys is a band hailing from Pokhara, known as the City Of Lakes, which is in the country of Nepal. The project seems to be the work of one individual named Samn and this demo EP looks like it’s the … Continue reading OutControlJoys – Division (Demo EP)
Canadian band Sicaya have just released their second EP. Self-titled it features four tracks including the lead single Deeper In. Prior to this EP, the band were at the noisier end of the shoegaze spectrum but the sound here is … Continue reading Sicayda – Sicayda
Thai band Traveling With Monika carry on with the gothic-tinged shoegaze they first unveiled on last months Creeping single. Through the Wind is a slow-building affair with ethereal vocals leading into a crescendo of dark and atmospheric guitars. Is goth-gaze … Continue reading Traveling With Monika – Through the Wind
Midnight Flowers – Never You Never You is the second release in as many months from this new band comprising of in-laws Tatiana and Charles. Their music blends indie-rock and indiepop with the female vocals delicately poised over woven layers … Continue reading Hit Me With Your Rhythm Six
Bangkok based Traveling With Monika have had a busy month and Creeping is the third single they have released in December. They certainly are not pigeon-holed when it comes to their sound and this track is an epic, sometimes goth-tinged, … Continue reading Traveling With Monika – Creeping
Just some rambling notes……. I have never compiled as many best-of mixes as I have done this year. Given that I have been based at home since the middle of February and listened to tons of music I should not … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2020 Part Three
London based Damnably Records recently released a free compilation to celebrate their 14th birthday. The label, which is home to the likes of Otoboke Beaver, Say Sue Me, Grrrl Gang and Drinking Boys and Girls Choir to name a few, … Continue reading A Midweek Quintuple
The second part of Records I Like Best of 2020. To be honest I have listened to so much stuff this year that a third volume is more than likely so the words I had prepared for this volume will … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2020 Part Two
The final Monthly mix of 2020 which rounds up indiepop, dreampop and shoegaze releases from the past month or so. Please use the search function to find out more and if you can please support the artists in this mix. … Continue reading Records I Like Mix December 2020
Sunday Records have/are releasing (depending on the format) a new compilation titled Beautiful Noise. The album features 10 tracks, all instrumentals, that border on the ethereal (Fawns Of Love, The Proctors) to ambient electronica (Memory Fades). Also featured are the … Continue reading A Monday Trio
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