Thankfully the music made by Shoe Shine Six is not as bad as their name. It’s excellent female fronted shoegaze that gets my head nodding whilst the guitars soar skywards competing with vocalist Katarina Voronina’s excellent voice for attention. Daze and Ocean are particularly delightful and worthy of your ears. and here they are in action: Facebook Continue reading Shoe Shine Six – Sunday
Swirlpool – now there is a shoegazing band name if I have ever heard one – hail from Regensburg, Germany. They make a sensual mix of indie and shoegaze that you can immerse and easily lose yourself in. Camomile is a taster for their forthcoming debut EP that will be released later this year on Reptile Music. Facebook Continue reading Swirlpool – Camomile
And so here we go. The top 10 tracks of 2017. Well for me at least. 10. Port Sulphur – Orient Express 09. Youthmemory – City 08. OMD – Punishment of Luxury (Extended Version) 07. Factice Factory – Extinguisher 06. UK Cinema – English Girls 05. we. the pigs – Too Young 04. Major Leagues – It Was Always You 03. Closure – Would She Love Me 02. SLEEPiES – Barf Haus …drumroll….. 01. Say Sue For Me – Good For Some Reason And here is a fully comprehensive … Continue reading Records I Like – Best of 2017
Well I have covered a lot of ground in the past week and a bit so here is a handy playlist with a track each from (almost!) every release I have mentioned this month to date. That should tide you over whilst I try and work out my Top 10 for the year! Click on the image to start the music…. Have a great holiday/solstice/Christmas/well earned break……. Continue reading Constant Mind – A Records I Like Playlist (December #1)
The Autumn Sighs – Green The Green EP is the latest release from German shoegazers The Autumn Sighs who stick to the template rigidly and deliver a beautiful, haunting EP reminiscent of The Pale Saints. Shoegaze at it’s finest. The EP is out on Dreams Never End. Facebook Your Friends Polymers – v chuzhoi strane Sticking on the shoegaze/dreampop theme we next head to Russia and the latest one from Your Friends Polymers who finally follow up 2015’s Chudesa EP. Thankfully their music is much better than their name and this is one of the best EP’s in the genre … Continue reading Ending 2017 #4
Some Christmas releases to catch the ear. Seafang – Happy When It Snows Actually this, like all of Seafang’s releases to date, is actually pretty good. Shoegaze (or should that be snowgaze) mixed with the sounds of C86 delivers one of the better holiday songs I have heard. They also cover The Primitives You Trashed My Christmas for good measure too. Facebook Girl Ray – (I Wish I Were Giving You a Gift) This Christmas Epic indiepop from Girl Ray. There is so much going on here you are going to have to play it a few times to take … Continue reading Christmas Single Jingles
Continuing with the series of round ups. Underwater Obstacles – Meet Me I have really been enjoying Underwater Obstacles morose offerings of late. Meet Me is the latest track and is a great alternative gothic song. An album entitled Ghosts Of Trees is forthcoming. Wintermilk – Sonnik Ethereal shoegaze from Russia. The band have released a few songs to date but this is the first sung in their native language. Sonnik, or Dream Book in English, reminds me of The Cranes mixing it up with The Sundays and is not too dissimilar to some of Ummagma’s recent work. Lovely stuff. … Continue reading Ending 2017 #2
As we hurtle to the end of 2017 I am trying to collate a number of releases over the next few posts. Sky Faction – Sky Faction Sky Faction have members of Starry Eyed Cadet amongst their ranks so if you are familiar with that band you may guess how this lot sound. If not then we have five indiepop tracks that may delight or annoy in equal measure. Whilst No One Else is an absolute delight I am pegged back by the over complicated Miss Solitary and the dreary Mar. Thankfully things pick up on Lactose Intolerant and the … Continue reading Ending 2017 #1
Vanishing Act is a taster for Air Formation’s new album Near Miss that is due for release next March via Club AC30. It’s a great fuzzy shoegaze track that leaves me wanting more! Facebook Continue reading Air Formation – Vanishing Act
Here is most probably the last playlist of the year barring a best of or two next month. Really enjoying the tracks from UK Cinema, Blacanova, Pony, Black Sea to name but a few. As per usual click on the image to start the playlist. Playmoss has made some changes so if the playlists do not work for you please leave a comment. Continue reading Out of Place – A Records I Like Playlist (November #2)
Records I Like 