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
Bloody Knuckles is the third single to be taken from the forthcoming latest album from New York’s Petite League titled Thrill Seekers. It’s a fuzzy, noisy and, many at times throughout, pretty disordered lo-fi alt-rock song. Lorenzo Gillis-Cook’s voice also … Continue reading Petite League – Bloody Knuckles
San Francisco’s Aluminum, who were founded by members of Wild Moth, are releasing their debut EP on October 07 2022. Titled the Windowpane EP it features six track including the title track that has just been released as a lead … Continue reading Aluminum – Windowpane
Welcome Strawberry have just released their self titled debut album via Too Good To Be True Records (FR) and Cherub Dream Records (US). It’s available on CD at the former and cassettes at the latter. The band have also just … Continue reading Welcome Strawberry – The Stream Guides Me Along
Blimey. September and Autumn already! Time flies when you are having fun eh? Here are some tunes to start the month with a bang. Or a foot tap or two! Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube. April June … Continue reading The Pinch Punch Sampler
A post-punk diatribe against the Irish Church about it’s abuse of women under it’s cough erm care, in the Magdalene Laundries. The words, angry vocals and the bass driven sound certainly stand out and what more do you want or … Continue reading Italia 90 – Magdalene
I must admit that the previous offerings from Rhode Island’s Strawberry Generation were a bit too sugary sweet for my tastes. I can now counter that by saying that the new single Miss Me is a mighty fine indiepop tune … Continue reading Strawberry Generation – Miss Me
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