I must not use the word catchy to describe the new single from Linköping’s C86 revivalists The Slow Summits. Instead, I will cheat and use the dictionary definition to simply say that Then Again is an attractive and appealing song … Continue reading The Slow Summits – Then Again
Feathers, The new single from San Francisco’s Starry Eyed Cadet, is their first for their new label Lilystars Records. It’s a song about gun violence and how populist politicians use divisive rhetoric rather than solve the issue (s) at hand. … Continue reading Starry Eyed Cadet – Feathers
Walk Away From Hollywood is taken from Spearmint’s forthcoming, and ninth album, album Holland Park which will be released by Where It’s At Is Where You Are (wiaiwya) on September 16th 2021. The band returned in 2019 with their excellent … Continue reading Spearmint – Walk Away From Hollywood
Sendai’s Red Go-Cart really manage to capture that retro indie/twee pop sound of the late 1980s/early 1990s on their new single Jellyfish which will be released on flexi-disc (see what I mean!) on June 25th 2021. My first impression is … Continue reading Red Go-Cart – Jellyfish
Keep It Together from Amsterdam’s Pip Blom is the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album Welcome Break which is due out on October 8th 2021. If the tracks on that album are half as good as this … Continue reading Pip Blom – Keep It Together
As the sun burns down in London with Euro 2020 in town (a speedy recovery Mr Eriksen) here is another sampler playlist consisting of indie-pop and post-punk. Here is the Playlist: or listen on YouTube And here are the individual … Continue reading The Sweltering Sunday Sampler
I was listening to the latest episode of Emma’s House when Stephan played a track that stopped me from what I was doing at the time. I have not done that since hearing John Peel play Safety Net by The … Continue reading Poster Paints – Number 1
Chicago’s Lightfoil produced one of the finest moments of 2018 with their single Summer Nights which appeared in an even more wonderful extended form on that year’s Chambers long-player and that was er it. Until now that is as they return a new line up with another epic alt-rock/shoegaze track full of noisy guitars and trippy moments in the shape of Sunblind. It’s backed with a Vet Trip mix of Honeydew that appeared on said album. The shimmering guitars of the original are replaced with a steady drumbeat that highlights the female vocal which may or may not be the … Continue reading Lightfoils – Sunblind
Ohio’s Sungaze will be releasing their new album This Dream on August 13th 2021. The first single to be taken from the album is Storm Chaser which is an alt-rock track with 1970’s psychedelic tendencies. Ivory Snow’s heartfelt vocals are … Continue reading Sungaze – Storm Chaser
Paris based Pop Crimes have a new single out. Up To The Moon is a warm indiepop tune that also has 1960s garage and psychedelia characteristics woven throughout. It’s gentle but hypnotic with it and the listener is soon fully … Continue reading Pop Crimes – Up To The Moon
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