The Chesterfields will be releasing their new album New Modern Homes on September 23rd via Mr Mellow’s Music. The album features 12 tracks including the recent single Our Songbird Has Gone. The band will also be releasing a limited edition … Continue reading The Chesterfields – Mr Wilson Goes To Norway
So I am back after a wet but still fun packed week in England’s Lake District – London is still burning mind you. Unusually for me I did not listen to a thing whilst away so have spent the day … Continue reading The Post Raining In The Lakes Sampler
It’s a bumper playlist this month as there was so much to choose from. Alongside the usual monthly dose of dreampop and indiepop there are three tracks taken from the BBC sessions re-issued by Precious Recordings of London including efforts from This Poison!, Hurrah! and Marine Research. No exclamation mark there. There is also vintage sounding Power Pop from The Lunar Towers and The Prize alongside two recent releases from matinee Recordings. And a few more besides. As ever, enjoy! Full Tracklisting: Hurrah! – This Boy (Jensen session) Theatre Royal – 1994 Silver Biplanes – Parallel World Moon In June … Continue reading Records I Like Mix July 2022
Chorusgirl release their first album in four years this October. Titled Colapso Calypso it’s the follow up to 2018s Shimmer and Spin. It features ten tracks including the lead single Don’t Go Back to ’89 which is a reflective, thoughtful … Continue reading Chorusgirl – Don’t Go Back to ’89
Decomposing is the second single to be taken from Teens In Trouble’s forthcoming EP. Just like the previous single I’m Not Worried the track errs to the side of the early 1990s and bands like The Pixies and The Breeders. … Continue reading Teens in Trouble – Decomposing
Deary are a new band describing themselves as “dream pop from London”. No surprise then that recently released Fairground EP Demo is their debut release and it contains four tracks which are all worth exploring. The title track combines trip … Continue reading Deary – Fairground EP (Demo)
Hazel hail from Jakarta and currently comprise of Prima (vocal/guitar), Rio (guitar), Wawan (guitar), Peter (bass) and Ade Kris (drums). The band originally formed in 2005 taking their influences from the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Pale Saints, Chapterhouse and … Continue reading Hazel – Over My Head
London’s burning in record breaking sunshine once again – literally on the commons near where I live which have caught fire more than once this past week. Here is a selection of tunes to cool me, and you, down. Here … Continue reading The Hiding In The Shade Sampler
The Shop Assistants revival continues – well just look at that album cover for a start! Alongside Star Party, Artsick and Jeanines New York’s Ribbon Stage now re-join the mix two years after their debut EP My Favorite Shrine. The band, who feature vocalist Anni Hilator alongside Mari Softie (Ratas del Vaticano/Tercer Mundo/Exotica/Pobreza Mental) and Jolie M-A (Juicy II/Boys Online), will be releasing their debut album Hit With The Most later this year. Playing Possum is the first single to be lifted from said album and it’s a short fuzzy indiepop song which is guaranteed to get my ears tingling. … Continue reading Ribbon Stage – Playing Possum
London’s Bleach Map have just released their new single. Titled Take It Slow the band write that it’s “a song about being present and trying to live in the moment”. It’s a slice of ethereal and dreamy indiepop and Jenna … Continue reading Bleach Lab – Take It Slow
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