I got tagged in a post on Twitter the other week. I could not see the actual post I was tagged in (I hope it was complimentary) but the post that started the thread was from someone who wrote that … Continue reading Ten Track Sampler
Die Zärtlichkeit have impressed these ears with their two self-released EP’s to date. They have now signed to Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten home to the likes of Jetstream Pony, The Golden Eaves and Pale Lights to name but a few. The … Continue reading Die Zärtlichkeit – France Gall
Celestial Bodies is the debut EP from London based Lemondaze. I have enjoyed their two tracks to date and one, Art Form, appears here. Whilst shoegaze is the core behind their sound there are plenty of references to 1990’s noise … Continue reading Lemondaze – Celestial Bodies
Los Lucha hails from Glasgow and is comprised of just the one fella Samuel Fawkes who writes, performs and produces the songs. Fawkes writes that he is “heavily influenced by Dean Wareham, the Velvet Underground, Beat Happening and the C86 … Continue reading Los Lucha – Los Lucha
It’s almost three years since we last heard from Boston’s Gold Muse a band that features members of the Swirlies, Soccer Mom and Elephants. The new single is Lucid Angular is a dreampop delight featuring ethereal vocals, shimmering guitars and … Continue reading Gold Muse – Lucid Angular
UV-TV have just released their new single after raiding their forthcoming album for the third time in as many months. This time it’s the title track that gets the single treatment. Always Something is not initially as accessible as the … Continue reading UV-TV – Always Something
I did have to chuckle yesterday. Further to my Spotlight Kid post where I wrote that “there isn’t scope for variation when it comes to the traditional shoegazing sound” Ben over at Did Not Chart covered the new compilation from … Continue reading The Earth Earth – Peel Slowly & See
Toronto’s Tough Age are using that “riff” I have heard in so many indiepop songs of late on new song Giuseppe Pizzeria. It’s one I have heard the likes of Pastel Coast and Morning Arcade, to name just a couple, … Continue reading Tough Age – Giuseppe Pizzeria
Magic Pierrot is the name of a small restaurant in Japan where band members Margot and Théo found themselves in as they travelled back to France as the first lockdown hit that country last year. It was obviously a magical … Continue reading Tapeworms – Magic Pierrot
I am not sure I am going to beat the blurb for this release as it sums it up entirely. That’s lazy I hear you cry. Maybe it is but play the tune and read the words and see if … Continue reading Dentist – Let Me Let Go
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