On Surabaya Indonesian band Crayon Case pen a tribute to their home city. The band say it’s also a love letter to Cherry Bombshell, the cult Indonesian band named after the colour of Miki Berenyi’s hair when she fronted Lush … Continue reading Crayon Case – Surabaya
A couple of years back the Jacobin magazine wrote that “However, twee — particularly in Britain — has a much longer and more complex political legacy, tied to punk, opposition to Thatcherism, and a fledgling attempt at carving out a … Continue reading Yes Minister – The Big Chair
As London sweats, laying down and listening to music seems to be a good way to allay the heat although some of these tracks may get temperatures rising! A mix of dreampop, indiepop, jangle pop and shoegaze to welcome a … Continue reading The “Cotton Mouth” Sampler
As the UK wilts under intense heat two fans for me and one for the computer sees me manage to put together another mix of indiepop and shoegaze. Skep wax are heavily featured one more with one single and two … Continue reading Records I Like Mix June 2025
Every so often I come across a track that develops into a fixation requiring constant plays. Beyond by the London based These Sleeping Hands is one of those tracks. It’s a hypnotic shoegazing track, interwoven with so many textures and … Continue reading These Sleeping Hands – Beyond
Jakarta’s self styled “unskilled pop unit” Splitz follow up last years No Bye Bye single with a new slab of indiepop goodness with their new single Felix. It’s a catchy and bouncy pop single despite our protagonist being spurned. Some … Continue reading Splitz – Felix
Swedish band Salt Lake Alley have just released the second single to be taken from their forthcoming album Always Out of Time. It’s an incandescent track that builds upon the bands influences (they mention Felt and McCarthy on this one) … Continue reading Salt Lake Alley – What They “Forgot” To Tell You
Danish indiepopsters Josie will be releasing their debut album A Life On Sweets Alone on September 26 2025 via perennialdeath and K Records (US | UK). They have just released the lead single from the album titled My Boy And … Continue reading Josie – My Boy And I
Glasgow’s Dancer release their second album More or Less on September 12 2025 via the Madrid based Meritorio Records. Just Say Yes is the first single to be taken from the album and it’s as arty and poppy as post-punk … Continue reading Dancer – Just Say Yes
The latest release on the Jakarta based label Disanorak is from Bourgeois and their new (debut?) single Mattias which may or may not have been recorded several years ago depending on how you interpret the Bandcamp page. The track is … Continue reading Bourgeois – Mattias
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