UJU hail from Dumaguete in the Philippines. However if I had not read that I would have sworn that they came from Sweden given how this track sounds. Give it a listen and think Agent Blå or Hater then you … Continue reading UJU – We Should’ve Walked But We Ran
Laveda are one of those bands who pop up on a regular basis in my Bandcamp feed due to friends and contacts buying their songs. To be honest the band have not grabbed me as much as my friends and, given the amount I listen to or purchase, I have not ventured further. That is until now and the release of their latest single Surprise. A surprise? It certainly was thanks to the shimmering, soaring dreampop and upbeat sound that beguiles the melancholy of the words that deal with loss and loneliness. There are so many bands producing this sort … Continue reading Laveda – Surprise
The Other Two, aka New Order’s Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, have remixed Lone Lady’s 2021 single (There Is) No Logic. Given that LoneLady covered New Order’s track Cries and Whispers a few years back the choice of remixer seems … Continue reading LoneLady – (There Is) No Logic (The Other Two Remix)
I have just finished reading Nige Tassell’s excellent book Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids? The premise is that, after rediscovering the tape in his loft, the author tracks down one (or more) members of each band on the NME … Continue reading Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids?
This week’s pack of three features singles taken from forthcoming and recently released albums/EPs. Virgins – Signalling Virgins are from Belfast and Signalling is the second track to be taken from the forthcoming EP titled Transmit A Little Heaven. It’s … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three To Be Found Elsewhere
The new double a-sided single from The Jeanines provides two short and sweet indiepop songs that clock in at ninety seconds each. The band’s retro inspired sound still manages to be distinctive, well they cannot fail to be otherwise given the voice of Alicia Jeanine, but can still send the old timers like me back to the 1980s and the days of fanzines and flexis. Of course American bands later picked up on that twee inspired sound so whether it’s Talulah Gosh or Henry’s Dress that floats your boat you will want to get your indiepop mitts on one of … Continue reading Jeanines – Latest Light/After All
Another slice of miserabilism from the London based Lisboa exile Natasha Simões. It’s a theme she has stuck too, carrying on over from July’s excellent Softly single. Musically is a gentle lo-fi affair but as Simões sings “yeah I’d like … Continue reading Maripool – This Time Again
Continuing the series of posting albums and/or EPs as and when they are released (or usually a bit after!) as a follow up to the initial new tracks/singles posts posted on this blog. Sample the release via the You Tube … Continue reading Recommended Releases 08/09/2022
London’s The Lunar Towers have impressed me with their two singles to date which mixed elements of punk, power-pop and new wave. I previously wrote that the bands music would not have been out of place on the wonderful Messthetics … Continue reading The Lunar Towers – Southern Love
Ah. This is good. Edinburgh’s Swiss Portrait have produced the best jangling single I have heard since Atmos Bloom’s Daisy earlier this year. In fact the two of them share much of the same DNA in how the song is … Continue reading Swiss Portrait – Hideout
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