The Science of Words, the band who feature ex-members of The Rosehips, Horowitz and Jack In The Green, release their self-titled debut album later this month. As well as both sides of 2022’s brilliant Day Crash/Weekend Away single, the album … Continue reading The Science of Words – Girl Like Me/Volunteer
Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators were founded from the ashes of Girl One And The Grease Guns and the Edible Eyes a few years back. They also feature ex-members of The Blanche Hudson Weekend and The Manhattan Love … Continue reading Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators – Song For Jennifer
New Greek band The Vaxtones are somewhat of a supergroup as they comprise members of The Last Drive, Scopitone, The Hi Rollers, Raindogs, Xaxakes, Film, Maximum High and The Earthbound. Never Ending Story is the band’s debut single, and it … Continue reading The Vaxtones – Never Ending Story
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 19/03/2023
Lower Than Underground Vol. 1 is a compilation that will be released jointly via Greek label Old Bad Habits and the UK label Shambotic Recordings. The compilation features 22 tracks, of which are all cover versions. The former describe some of these originals as being from artists “who invented indie pop”. Hmmmm. Anyway the compilations provides bands such as The Frenchmen, Boyracer, Manhatten Love Suicides, The Jasmine Minks, Horowitz, Davey Woodward and Wimpy Milkshake covering the likes of The Primitives, Talulah Gosh, Beat Happening, Velvet Underground, Television Personalities, The Turtles and The Shirelles to name but a few. It comes … Continue reading Lower Than Underground Vol. 1
After hearing their 2019 single In A Space I gave the The Science of Words output a wide berth despite the band containing one of the nicest people I have ever met in indiepop circles. However when their new single … Continue reading The Science of Words – Day Crash/Weekend Away
Karen, the band who feature Davey Woodward (The Brilliant Corners), Hugo Owen Morgan (Loop) and Tom Adams (Secret Shine) will be releasing their first and most probably last album (their words, not mine) next month. Self titled, it features eleven … Continue reading Too Late For Karen
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 25/05/2022
This week’s pack of three comes from Old Bad Habits which is a record label from Greece that specialises in vinyl singles. Based close to Athens their early releases were in an indiepop vein with released from The Flatmates, Stars … Continue reading Something For The Weekend? Three From Old Bad Habits
The wonderfully named Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators have band members with an impressive pedigree who have performed with bands such as Pop Threat, The Manhattan Love Suicides, The Blanche Hudson Weekend and more recently Girl One And … Continue reading Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators – The Day The Earth Caught Fire/They’ll Fix You (They Fix Everything)
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