Aiko El Grupo have raided their recent mini-album Va Totalmente en Serio... and lifted their dazzling new single from it. Amigos Para Nunca (Confía Y Te La Lían) is another one of those shouty pop-punk tracks the band seem to … Continue reading Aiko El Grupo – Amigos Para Nunca (Confía Y Te La Lían)
If I said to you describe what you think post-punk sounds like I bet pretty much that the description would be similar to the music True Faith have delivered on their debut (mini?) album As Much Nothing As Possible. Slow … Continue reading True Faith – As Much Nothing As Possible
FrailruR come from the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany and, as the title may suggest, this is their debut release. On the evidence here it seems the band have a penchant for creating fine coldwave tunes which inspire references to … Continue reading FrailruR – I. EP
Aside from coming from Chicago and being the name that one Nikki Navarro writes, performs and records under I know nothing about Tijeras. However, this debut single is a good place to start as any. In the Darkness is a … Continue reading Tijeras – In the Darkness
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
Palembang’s Lazy Eye impressed ears with last year’s Digital Primavera EP. They write on their Bandcamp page that they are “mostly influenced by 90’s music” but on Inconsistent Borderline those influences surely must come from a decade earlier given the … Continue reading Lazy Eye – Inconsistent Borderline
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
I first heard Jakarta based Irfandy Hamzah aka Darryl Wezy and his brand of indie-pop this time last year via the Our Secret World 2 compilation courtesy of Shiny Happy Records. He has been around for a while now and … Continue reading Darryl Wezy – Parallel Universe
If you listened too or read the accompanying post for Records I Like Best of 2020 Part One you may have gathered that I fell in love again with music inspired by Kraftwerk, and electronica in general, in 2020. And … Continue reading Waves From Signals – Delusional Machines EP
