File this under artists you may have missed, though it was the @indiesongaday in May of ’14. German band Brace/Choir released Turning On Your Double in 2014. It’s a solid alternative/indie release that blends experimental, shoegaze, and krautrock. Opening tune Biond is reminiscent of early 90s shoegaze/dream pop. It was released on vinyl and is … read more ➜
Norwegian indie pop, dream pop, shoegaze outfit Sweam have released their debut album, Lounge Music For Cat People. It was recorded/mixed by Morten Øby, at Taakeheimen Lydrike, Oslo. It was engineered by Espen Høydalsvik who worked with fellow shoegazers Serena-Maneesh. It was released on Bandcamp in 2020 and they printed up a very limited run … read more ➜
Seatle based Spirit Award have announced their 3rd LP, Lunatic House, and it’s up Bandcamp for pre-order now. Available on Limited Edition gold vinyl (100 copies), black vinyl, cd, or digital. The cover art was done by artist Joe Rudko. (http://www.joerudko.com) Lunatic House was in part a collaboration between Daniel and Producer Trevor Spencer (Fleet … read more ➜
Shoegazers Sciflyer, from the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda), have released their next full-length The Illusion of Unlimited Choice. “There had been a few reunion gigs since 2014 featuring original members from various mid-2000s lineups including Roger Chandler (2001-2004) and Scott Eberhardt (2006-2008) but different times and priorities demanded a different configuration. That new lineup … read more ➜
Dream Pop artist Meadowlake has released their sophomore release, Wait For Me, on CD. It’ll be available for pre-sale on vinyl next week for Bandcamp fee-free-Friday. https://meadowlake.bandcamp.com/
Via Géographie Records: After a debut EP that got noticed in France and rippled overseas in 2016, Indie Pop band Good Morning TV finally unveils a new single “Insomniac”, taken from their first album Small Talk to be released early 2021 on Géographie (Marble Arch, Paper Tapes, Born Idiot). If the sonic imprints seem familiar, it’s with … read more ➜
Philadelphia Shoegazers Highspire are pressing their debut Your Everything on vinyl for the first time and it’s up for pre-order now. “This release will mark the first time Highspire’s Your Everything has been put on wax. Your Everything is Highspire’s debut album and was originally released via Clairecords and Alison Records (Europe) nearly 20 years … read more ➜
Young Jesus, out of Los Angeles, have released their 4th album Welcome to Conceptual Beach. It reminds me of Talk Talk or even some Tim Friese-Greene touched albums like Catherine Wheel’s great 1997 release Adam & Eve. https://youngjesus.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-conceptual-beach
The Knees, a post-punk band out of Chicago, have released their debut 4-track EP, Posture, on cassette. Recommended if you like: Deeper, Mush, Wire, Preoccupations, Fews, Mush, Omni, Parquet Courts, Protomartyr, Shame, Silverbacks, Ought, Corridor, Television https://theknees.bandcamp.com/
Swervedriver has released on Bandcamp the previously unreleased, original recording of their debut Son of Mustang Ford EP. Also, pressed on vinyl! The versions/recordings of these four songs on this EP have never been released before except for one. It’s a must for any fan of SWD or late 80s / early 90s guitar heavy … read more ➜
Last year British alternative band Doves teased that they would be releasing a new album in 2020. The current economic/coronavirus environment likely delayed it a bit but they’ve finally released the first track, Carousels. There is also a video on Youtube but it may be blocked in your country. https://doves.lnk.to/CarouselsFA
Silverbacks, from Dublin, have put their debut LP Fad up for pre-order, available July 17th on Central Tones. Pre-order here https://silverbacks.bandcamp.com/
Swedish post-punk, indie rock band FEWS are releasing a new EP called Dog on July 3rd however a teaser track Heaven was released today. Available on Bandcamp. FEWS official site Heaven by FEWS
Chicago Post-Punk outfit Deeper has released their sophomore full length called, Auto-Pain. It continues on their path of early Post-Punk inspired Indie Rock in which I hear similarities to artists like The Cure, Wire, and The Chameleons. It was written mostly after guitarist Mike Clawson had left the band but before his suicide months later, … read more ➜
Tame Impala has released their (really his) 4th full length, The Slow Rush. Out on 2/14. The closest something gets to average it offends fewer and fewer people. Budweiser is a good example of this. It appeals to the most while offending the fewest. While this may come across as nonsense it’s what I think … read more ➜
Finnish dreampop band Mumrunner has put their debut full length, Valeriana, up for pre-sale on Bandcamp. It’s being released by Shelflife Records (along with Through Love Rec) which has put out releases by Airiel, Flyying Colours, Pia Fraus, and Pinkshinyultrablast as well as many others. The album cover has a slight resemblance to DIIV’s latest … read more ➜
Do Nothing, a new band out of Nottingham, UK. Recommended if you like: The Fall, Arctic Monkeys, Ought “Pop culture is cyclical, and every now and then a generation of bands coagulates around a particular strain of influences, whether it was Blur and Oasis channeling The Kinks, Wire and The Beatles to create Britpop, or … read more ➜
As many of you who followed the 90s British alternative rock scene know, many of the great bands from that era have reunited and released fantastic new music. (Ride, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine) Some have simply reunited for a weekend in order to, “rewrite their ending.” (Adorable) There is one band, The Catherine Wheel, that … read more ➜
I attended 4 of the 5 Adorable reunion shows last week, only missing the first one on Wednesday night in Hebden Bridge. I instead spent that Wednesday night in Manchester and saw the Leeds’ band Mush, which are quite good. (Recommended if you like Television, Velvet Underground, Pavement) I arrived into Hebden Bridge early afternoon … read more ➜