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 11/02/2022
Best Bets, the Rangiora based band, will be releasing their debut album On An Unhistoric Night on April 29 2022. Olympic Sprinter, which is the third single/track to be taken from the album, has just been released and it’s another … Continue reading Best Bets – Olympic Sprinter
The Beths return with a melodic and catchy (that chorus) track in the shape of A Real Thing. Highly excitable guitars engaging with the words and voice of Elizabeth Stokes, which standout once more, results in a bursting and vibrant … Continue reading The Beths – A Real Thing
Alice Greaves are a 4-piece post-punk/shoegaze band from Madrid. On this, their second EP, I can certainly hear the post-punk influences but the latter is lacking. Based on a fusion of the two I have heard previously I am not … Continue reading Alice Greaves – Bow & Arrow
Mental Map are a Moscow based band consisting of Evan (guitar), Lina (vocals, guitar), Max (bass) and Nick (drums). They write that they are “inspired by 80s/90s indie scene blending indie rock, shoegaze, twee and emo with sad, vulnerable and … Continue reading Mental Map – In And Out Of Place
Star Party, who impressed with their Demo 2000, will be releasing their debut album next month. The band, who consist of Carolyn Brennan and Ian Corrigan (Gen Pop, Vexx) will release the eight track album Meadow Flower on March 11th … Continue reading Star Party – Push You Aside
Go With Strangers is an alternative-rock band, founded by one Eugene San. During 2021’s lockdown and determined to face his social anxiety head-on (his words, not mine) which included picking up the mic for the first time in his life. … Continue reading Go With Strangers – Slow Down, Wild One
Time to revisit three acts from Russia & Ukraine. No, not a social commentary piece. Kondratie – Cadavre Pounding darkwave from Perm, Russia with deep, sometimes unrecognisable, vocals. One for dancing in the Bat Cave. Instagram Toska Po Domu – … Continue reading Post Punk Tuesday
The Athens (the Greek capital, not the US city) based band Sugar For The Pill, who no doubt took their name from the Slowdive song of the same name, consist of Vana Rose (vocals), Spyros Mitrokotsas (guitars), Elias K (guitars), … Continue reading Sugar For The Pill – Falling Back To You
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 06/02/2022
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