Originally found on last July’s Funeral Flowers, the album highlight (well, one of them!) Red gets a shiny new overcoat in the form of the wonderfully named Miserably Happy Mix. As the remix title may suggest, the original dark synths … Continue reading Hexheart – Red (Miserably Happy Mix)
Grateful For Another Day is a gloomy yet moving semi-acoustic indiepop track. The way Thierry Haliniak sings Carminda Loleng’s words reminds me in parts of The Psychedelic Furs song Sister Europe although musically it’s very different. The keyboards make a … Continue reading My Raining Stars – Grateful For Another Day
Wherever You Are by Fresno’s Paradise Blossom is an example of the shimmering dreampop that is spending more and more time between my listening ears. The guitars glisten despite their delicateness, whilst the hushed vocals sound like waves lapping at … Continue reading Paradise Blossom – Wherever You Are
Secret Postcards hail from Thessaloniki, Greece. They consist of Stella (vocals , guitar), Dimitris (guitar) , Nicholas (bass) and Christos (drums). Never Dreaming is their debut single and demonstrates their love for indie music from the 1980s and 1990s. It’s … Continue reading Secret Postcards – Never Dreaming
As per usual a few labels have released compilations displaying their wares over the past couple of weeks. Here are a number of free ones that stand out. Fuckin’ Indie Since 2006 (Alcopop! Records 2022 Sampler) The Oxford indiepop label’s … Continue reading Seeing off 2022 – Compilations/Samplers
Three songs from three forthcoming albums to kick start 2023! The Tubs – Dead Meat Dead Meat is the title track taken from The Tub’s latest album which will be released via Trouble In Mind Records on the 23rd of … Continue reading Three From Forthcoming Albums
Happy new year one and all. Records I Like now enters it’s 11th year which is way longer than my previous, and more successful effort, indie-mp3. I still don’t know who the wag is who purchased the domain name and … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2022 – The Other Stuff!
And it’s that time of year once again. What songs have grabbed my ears more than most in 2022? It was a great year for music and for those regular readers (all two of you) who have previously noted my … Continue reading Records I Like Best of 2022
This one caught my eye recently – or should that be ears? The reason being is that the band feature in their line up one Paul Brotherton who was the guitarist for “C86 legends”, The Bodines. Brotherton is joined by ex-members of the Bison and The Soil Brothers to complete the high peak district based band’s line up. Did You Keep The Humour? is the band’s second single and is a jangling alt-rock track. There are echoes of Brotherton’s guitar work for the Bodines whilst the vocals come across quite strongly. Chuck in some catchy melodies, which results in a … Continue reading Mamtor – Did You Keep The Humour?
Lower Than Underground Vol. 1 is a compilation that will be released jointly via Greek label Old Bad Habits and the UK label Shambotic Recordings. The compilation features 22 tracks, of which are all cover versions. The former describe some of these originals as being from artists “who invented indie pop”. Hmmmm. Anyway the compilations provides bands such as The Frenchmen, Boyracer, Manhatten Love Suicides, The Jasmine Minks, Horowitz, Davey Woodward and Wimpy Milkshake covering the likes of The Primitives, Talulah Gosh, Beat Happening, Velvet Underground, Television Personalities, The Turtles and The Shirelles to name but a few. It comes … Continue reading Lower Than Underground Vol. 1
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