Well I certainly had a lot of emails to sift through this Bandcamp Friday. So much so, it was time to resurrect the unpopular sampler feature! Here are some of the tracks purchased today. Here is the Playlist: or listen … Continue reading The Bandcamp Friday Sampler
Melbourne’s Dream Room last few singles has seen a union of ethereal dreampop and shoegaze, a union which has seen pretty effective results. New single Skin thankfully does not buck this trend, resulting in a haunting track packed full of … Continue reading Dream Room – Skin
By The Sea is a three-way collaboration featuring Indonesian acts Humsikk, The Cottons and Amy Amanda. I have not heard of the latter, but the other two acts have put out some fine indiepop singles in the past, although not … Continue reading Humsikk Feat. Amy Amanda & The Cottons – By The Sea
The Sydney based five piece Futureheaven were formed back in 2018 but have just released their debut single Tides. The band write that it was a long time coming, which has to be the understatement of the month! They also … Continue reading Futureheaven – Tides
Rounding up tracks from the last six weeks or so, January’s mix features dreampop to alternative rock and shoegaze to post-punk. As ever, please enjoy! Track Listing: Silver Biplanes – Searching For Your Name The Age of Colored Lizards – … Continue reading Records I Like Mix January 2023
Central Javan outfit Loca Polka are back after almost four years away – seems to be a lot of that these days! I covered them and their delectable single Surrender a few years ago, but I am sad to say … Continue reading Loca Polka – Solace
London based Deary emerged last year with their Fairground Demo EP which I compared to Trip-Hop meeting 4AD or The Cure meeting Electronica. Since then, the band have been signed by the London shoegazing label Sonic Cathedral and the aforementioned … Continue reading Deary – Fairground
Russian veterans Motorama are now in their 18th year and whilst their output slowly declines, the quality of their songs does not. The band have moved away in recent years from their original post-punk influences (Joy Division, coldwave etc.) to … Continue reading Motorama – Another Chance
It’s been almost three years since we last heard anything new from them, but The National Honor Society are back. The band recently announced that their second album To All The Distance Between Us will be released this spring. It … Continue reading The National Honor Society – In Your Eyes
When I am not listening to indiepop under all its various guises or post-punk whether it’s guitar or synth based, you well may find me listening to electronica. Whilst my ears cannot take the blunt full force in your face … Continue reading Three From Steyoyoke Records
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