New single from Bubblegum Lemonade and a taster for their forthcoming third album Some Like It Pop. It’s backed with two tracks exclusive to this release. Have You Seen Faith? is also the first fruits of the bands new expanded line up. Available as a limited edition bubblegum pink 7″ vinyl single or digital formats and is out now on Matinee Recordings. Continue reading Bubblegum Lemonade – Have You Seen Faith?
The new single from Helen Love is taken from the forthcoming album Day-Glo Dreams which will be released on Elefant Records on the 22nd of this month. The band also play their first gig in 10 years at this years indietracks Festival at the end of the month. Facebook Continue reading Helen Love – Atomic
Debut single from the band who feature Leif Anders (ex Orca Team) in their line up. Out soon on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. You can also order it via the band’s bandcamp page. Facebook Continue reading Week of Wonders – Piggybacks
The second, and possibly last album, from Electrophönvintage is going to be the soundtrack for this coming weekend. Well for me anyway. Delicious pop songs for the sunny days ahead. Facebook Continue reading Electrophönvintage – Play Harp In Yr Hair
As the band’s name may suggest this is fuzzy and melodic alt rock. It’s an enjoyable romp across all three songs. The Cocteau Twins-ish cover ain’t bad either. Shortly after these demos were recorded bassist Michael Belcastro suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Whilst the demos are free to download the band are asking for a contribution to be made to assist with his medical bills. A cassette version is on offer for donations of $10 or more. Continue reading Darklands – Demo 2013
Nice, noisy and experimental. Features a cover of AR Kane’s When You’re Sad. Free to download or make a contribution. Facebook Continue reading The Julia Sound – Bash Her Head/When You’re Sad (Double B-Side)
The companion compilation to this years indietracks festival is now out and features a number of bands previously featured on these pages. There are 47 tracks which is one from each band at the festival and the whole thing can be yours for a minimum of a double nugget. You can get it from here. The festival itself takes place on the last weekend of July at the Midland Railway Butterley, Derbyshire, England. There are still tickets available. Continue reading Various Artists – Indietracks Compilation 2013
I have written a few times about Peter Hook now. What about his ex New Order band mates? Whilst Hooky may have gone Gillian has returned to the band and this apparently coincides with the band returning to a more electronic based sound after a decade of lad rock and the totally unnecessary release of Lost Sirens. So what is happening while we are waiting for new material? Last year the band headline Bestival on the Isle of Wight and by all accounts it was an outstanding performance. I have been enjoying some of it on you tube. They also … Continue reading New Order – Live at Bestival 2012
I mentioned the original version of this a few months back and now it gets a tasteful Balearic remix courtesy of Thierry Criscione which sees Hooky’s bass reminiscing over New Order’s Technique period. It’s out next month on Atal Music backed with an extended version. Continue reading Nova Nova & Peter Hook – Low Ends (Thierry Criscione Reconstructed Balearic Mix)
Just got home after visiting family to find news that Labrador have compiled a 12 track Summer Sampler and their first for a few years if memory serves. And if you don’t want to stream it you can download it for free from here. If you are new to the label or just want a reminder of some of their previous releases Labrador’s bumper free download of all the tunes on their download page is still available (622 mb). You can download that from here. Continue reading Labrador Summer Sampler 2013
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