2024-05-03 12:57
A great choice for an opener for Justin Sconza new LP ‘Campfire’ (out today May 3rd) because it takes us by the hand ever so tenderly, while all the while being very suggestive… Read More
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2024-05-03 11:29
When we asked for something big to shake our old frame from its slumber we had no expectation for a song so bedecked in the grunge formula it felt like we were smack bang in the middle of 1… Read More
2024-05-03 08:38
There won’t be many more pastoral pieces of music in 2024, haunting, innocent and childlike lullabying from Switzerland’s Meimuna (Cyrielle Formaz) that has hints of Nick Drake… Read More
2024-05-02 15:18
You can tell that London’s Human Interest have rustled around their innermost sanctum for this, the shape of a tune that makes for a lovely kind of listen because we need shelter from… Read More
2024-05-02 10:30
Seems like we’ve wandered right into mid funereal such is the laboured but impressive waltz that is ‘777’. A singer who is completely in time with all that horizontalism a… Read More
2024-05-02 08:07
Seeing Heavenly in the list of influences really made me happy for we need that indie pop sound creeping through on 21st Century efforts to give us some hope that all things indie and pop c… Read More
2024-05-01 14:52
There is a warmth to ‘How Time Flies’ to a degree that it leaves us in a better place than it found us. None The Younger have a boundless folk charm about their approach, this i… Read More
2024-05-01 10:45
The cooing and the aawhing are one thing but it is in that singer that we get to the heart of Babe Rainbow’s melodic intent and it reminded me of the Apples in Stereo and the Beach Bo… Read More
2024-04-30 16:06
In terms of putting engine in our route to the stars and beyond ‘Flood The Harbour’ does not hold back and in a manner that has more than a grain of the Cocteau Twins about it b… Read More
2024-04-30 08:38
Such gentle stirrings, the kind that is akin to a rub to the temple from a loved one so we feel at ease in Minor Moon’s company. Sam Cantor ever so gently ups the ante but not so that… Read More
2024-04-29 14:26
It had me thinking Gorkys Zygotic Mynci for the most part, a folk rock outing (that means ‘Happy Forever, From Tomorrow’) that has a hummability that is rare and something that… Read More
2024-04-29 11:44
A band that always see fit to leave us in a better place than they found us and Seattle’s La Need Machine have done it again on their coming of age opus ‘These Old Jeans’… Read More
2024-04-29 10:02
Oh my that percussion is quite something – I was feeling Jive Bunny of all things, arriving at our door and ready to break it down but when that brass arrived in tow it was clear that… Read More
2024-04-29 08:46
It was to Stereolab that I turned my comparison mind to but of course ‘Just Us’ was a little more conventional, but no less intoxicating, than all that in the shape of Men I Tru… Read More
2024-04-28 16:40
Like we’ve wandered into a seance, a track that has so obviously got its two feet firmly on the ground and tapping in directly into the world thriving all around. Hadn’t heard o… Read More
2024-04-27 12:08
Getting proper Twin Peaks pulses here, not as distant though because Bnny build a head of steam that can only be described as romantic to the core. That is because ‘Good Stuff’… Read More
2024-04-26 16:59
It might be quite and tender but ‘Dreamer’ is involving and that may well be down to the interweaving vocals (Diederik van den Brandt and Dési Ducrot) which allow us to… Read More
2024-04-26 15:32
Gushh always visit upon us an occasion of evocative, reminding as they do of Explosions in the Sky but always with a pounding heart that begs us to dream a little harder. In other words wor… Read More
2024-04-26 12:53
There’s a slacker quality to that opening but you’d be foolish to hang your hat on it staying that way for ‘Money’ sure does an ambition to fly and we’re talki… Read More
2024-04-26 10:08
There is most definitely a clever mind at the controls here, guitars that could have come from any of the last few decades and a singer who is most definitely high on life. And able to thro… Read More
2024-04-26 08:17
It rather bursts into a plume of indie rockness in a most melodic of ways. So we get the rough and the smooth and it feels like a potent combination because Jack Manley knows how to pull th… Read More
2024-04-25 11:07
The production sound ambitious, grandiose even and so ‘Burning All My Bridges’ had me tuned in completely from the first second. Helsinki’s Black Currants understand what… Read More
2024-04-25 08:41
We first featured English act Emmrose back in 2019 (‘Hopeless Romantics’) and the fact that in 2024 she is still only 20-years-old shows you the talent we are dealing with. And… Read More
2024-04-24 15:05
His His (he’s Aidan Belo from Toronto) do practice the fine art of feedback but ‘Outside’ shows us that it can be crafted in a tunesome way. In fact to some it could even… Read More
2024-04-24 10:53
We expect a minimum from Denmark’s Kindsight but the reality is that their output usually goes way beyond that. I mean where else would you get a rush of beats and flailing chords in… Read More
2024-04-24 08:24
Always a pleasure to welcome Molteno (Jess Molteno Murray) back in our lives because she always brings a heart swelling standard to proceedings. ‘Clouds’ sure is a fast mover to… Read More
2024-04-23 17:18
What really drew me into the Banh Mi La vortex were the clean electronic lines and Ooshmann just make good on the auspicious start to keep the groove ticking over nicely for several minutes… Read More
2024-04-23 14:43
You’d just have to remark on the heavy percussion first but that is not the main attraction on ‘More Than A Mountain’, no that comes in a singer who has the heft to take o… Read More
2024-04-23 11:55
Oh this is a dirty era Sonic Youth excursion alright, I could feel it in my rattling teeth and no better act than Conflict at Serenity Pools to act out ye olde slacker rock of yore. Things… Read More
2024-04-23 10:49
It is the changes of intonation that really had me curling up happily under a comfort blanket of soft retro slide guitars and so the effect of ‘Love and Plenty’ is encouragingly… Read More
2024-04-23 08:24
‘Guessing Game’ is our sort of indie vehicle, careering about the place with abandonment but with full attention given to having a song that will stand up to repeat plays. Tampa… Read More
2024-04-22 15:41
It is the vitality that I like most about Bantams, each one of their vignettes a bolt of lightning that comes prefit with a rare imagination. They are new wave but they are themselves too s… Read More
2024-04-22 14:43
Finger picked so naturally the mood softened all around and it helps that we’re in the company of a bard who knows how to articulate a way of being that is beyond mere mortals. In oth… Read More
2024-04-22 11:43
We’re all for something different and Finland’s UTU appear to be capable of generating it going by this folksy anthemic piece of aural yarn. Things move slowly initially, delibe… Read More
2024-04-22 09:44
Messages from the future it sounds like, an elastic synth and beats that replicate that lead. Add in a Beach Boys/Animal Collective giddy vocal line and ‘Should Be’ really does… Read More
2024-04-22 08:26
‘Station’ is bursting out all over, experimental zeal which is obvious from both the electronics and the early vacant but then full throttle vocals from Jenna Balfe. Yep, this i… Read More
2024-04-21 17:46
Now that is some serious punk rocking, not in the least bit willing to dial things down a notch or two and we love Portland’s Buddy Wynkoop for it. We have enough nicey nice, time eve… Read More
2024-04-21 16:12
What a behemoth of sound, hints of Alvvays but done with so much percussion Walter The Producer shift us several galaxies away from dream pop central. And in the process create a scene for… Read More
2024-04-21 15:09
You could definitely throw a bit of the Strokes at it but that would not be enough credit for this London trio for their real ambition is in jangle pop territory and delivered in a passion… Read More
2024-04-20 18:24
Oh how Calin Peters and Martin Earley keep things simmering over is one of the highlights on ‘Everything is Everything’ for it tells us that we are better to let things slide th… Read More
2024-04-20 16:19
The combination of acoustics and Blake Watt’s singing spins a romantic tale that will never go out of fashion and especially when it is delivered in a manner where we feel we know the… Read More
2024-04-20 09:44
Oh so tropical from LA at Strawflower and with it coming into summer it’s to tracks such as ‘Tiki Bar’ that we’ll turn to. It is resplendent in sixties qualities but… Read More
2024-04-20 08:55
Oakland’s Spurts do have the punk aesthetics about them and while you’d never have Wilco in such company that doesn’t stop Jeff Tweedy from hollowing out our insides when… Read More
2024-04-20 07:39
London’s Ex-Giant reminded me Belly and the Breeders and I see they’ve put the Pixies down as an influence which makes sense because they have an off-kilter kind of way about th… Read More
2024-04-19 20:51
‘1997’ doesn’t really wait for us to settle into the piece, instead it takes off with the kind of spirit of a track reaching a crescendo. That being said it reminded me of… Read More
2024-04-19 20:05
There sure is a twee quality to ‘Blocked U Back’, it is the indie way and Impulsive Hearts know the power of a fast beating heart set to music. But what they are also clearly ca… Read More
2024-04-19 16:08
Have to admit to not being surprised in the least by the jaunty jolt that is ‘A Place in the Sand’ because it originates from the sunshine heart that is ØZWALD (Jason Wad… Read More
2024-04-19 12:45
What an interesting kind of opening sequence, wonder being the thing I felt for the most part. That and a big reminder of the much missed Frightened Rabbit who could also say so much by say… Read More
2024-04-19 09:59
A song that goes way beyond mere Bon Iver comparisons because after those early stages it proves to be more important than that. And for me it feels like the kind of construct that has us u… Read More
2024-04-19 08:24
What a compote of sounds this is, country/psych/jangle/rock and all put together in a sumptuous arrangement that is deserving of a headphone berth so all the finer details can be examined… Read More
2024-04-18 11:04
I am not sure if it is a banjo but it gave me banjo vibes and that’s a good indication for what comes along the folk path and in the shape of vocals that marry introspection with an i… Read More
2024-04-18 09:02
It is the jangle that hits you first, the indie qualities with a hint of twee but Canada’s the Dwindles make it so that the sense of romance feels like we’re part of the plot. A… Read More
2024-04-17 16:11
There is just no denying its 90’s credentials, a dirty squall of feedback, percussion from the depths of a cavern and a lost figure of a vocal in the middle do their best to hold cour… Read More
2024-04-17 10:13
Not sure about the moniker but the list of influences certainly got me on board (Grandaddy, Islands and the Beach Boys et al), but then none of that would have mattered were the music not u… Read More
2024-04-17 08:30
Unless you are pressed up beside the speaker you could miss out on ‘Xavier’ because it is a most quiet work. The close contact is rewarded though for there are subtleties in the… Read More
2024-04-16 15:53
I am not sure everyone will be at it but I would suggest that a large quotient of people who take in ‘Everything, Everything’ will be in floods of tears given how beautifully it… Read More
2024-04-16 11:41
The first thought that formed in my head was that Liverpool’s Pet Snake could be what Aimee Mann might have been if there was a little more love in her creative soul. And by that I me… Read More
2024-04-16 10:06
The kind of bass that reminds of Peter Hook and ‘Like A Hammer’ isn’t all that removed from all out New Order at times but Dobré have their own ace up their sleeve… Read More
2024-04-16 09:06
Memorial (Ollie Spalding and Jack Watts) are the kind of act you’d expect good things from, they just ooze with class and new song ‘Silver’ is no different. It may have re… Read More
2024-04-15 16:11
There is a grandeur to ‘the War’, profanity notwithstanding you feel you are in the company of individuals who have a keener view of how the world works and are well worth liste… Read More
2024-04-15 14:00
Nat Harvie does have us torn, one part of me has a slowed down heartbeat because of all that thoughtful wordage but all the while dancing feet are encouraged because percussion aspects boun… Read More
2024-04-15 11:16
There’s a fluidity to Steve Stout’s effort, a tropical manner but one that has the fuel to operate as a driving soundtrack such is its sunny demeanour. And we’re talking t… Read More
2024-04-15 09:03
I must say that ‘All Gone’ had me reminded of ‘La Femme D’argent’ by Air – a classic electronic instrumental and something I return to time and again. So… Read More
2024-04-11 11:30
The scent of folk is strong on this one, a voice from Travis Rue that will break hearts such is its earnest but true quality and all around a growing stature in the arrangement means that … Read More
2024-04-11 08:17
The chords they do cut a swathe through our day, the kind of indie rock scene setter that we’d choose every time because it is a notice of intention for what is coming down the track… Read More
2024-04-10 15:51
That opening is so fulsome and so fluid at once, the kind that genuinely might take a couple of listens to get to the bottom of all the ideas that Lucy Francesca Dron throws into the mix. F… Read More
2024-04-10 11:12
We’ve been here before with Seattle’s Beach Vacation and we were relieved to hear that they’ve stuck to the template that has served them so well to date. Namely a fast dr… Read More
2024-04-10 09:42
‘Meet Me in Montauk’ exists in a dream, lots of playing early doors but nothing we can put our finger on. So English bard Ewan Samms appears that kind of singer, one for whom th… Read More
2024-04-09 15:40
I couldn’t but not hear Frightened Rabbit on ‘The Harvest’, a folk quality that is both endearing and affecting. A bit of an off-kilter Divine Comedy to proceedings too so… Read More
2024-04-09 11:06
Complicated People makes for an arty kind of pop/rock anthem and for me it has the cut of a song that is made for the upcoming summer shenanigans. A hint of the Killers, the Weeknd and Two… Read More
2024-04-09 08:40
A warm breeze of melodic action, this time from Ontario’s Chris Minielly, will always go down well when a boost of the aural kind is required. Jaguar Sun appear positively overflowing… Read More
2024-04-08 17:05
Does feel rather tropical at first, before mid take us down a more jangle chord led route to remind of the Byrds but only if they were led by a broken hearted bard. To be fair to this singe… Read More
2024-04-08 10:32
I had this track on in the background at first, not quite out of ear range but requiring some effort to pick out its subtleties all the same. And little by little it drew me in, the craft l… Read More
2024-04-08 08:56
I’ve been shirting around the edges of rhapsody when it comes to this duo’s music – always with an eye and ear trained on which track will be the one to truly send us over… Read More
2024-04-07 17:10
Has that all encompassing shoegaze sound alright, the drifts coming from deep within so you could close your eyes and be pelting through the stars. Very much reminded me of Slowdive with a… Read More
2024-04-07 14:55
The one thing that you can’t take away from Copenhagen’s Swash is their sense of adventure, you might even say they are positively swashbuckling on ‘Beard of Bees’ a… Read More
2024-04-06 08:00
The words don’t matter, at least for me because I don’t understand them but that is rather unimportant when it comes to the enjoyment that ‘Hey, Artefakt’ bring to t… Read More
2024-04-05 15:32
Oh the jangle of it all, the clearest invocation of the chiming kind too so we were drawn to ‘Anyway’ like a bee to pollen. No sting to what Nashville’s Sundaes offer eith… Read More
2024-04-05 11:11
Sure does bound into our lives with purpose, like it had been several hours on the ale and the sing-song is in full flight. Didn’t take us long to catch up, not drink wise, because &l&helli…Read More
2024-04-05 08:24
What an exotic moniker and you’d be expecting something beyond the pale as a result. And to be fair ‘Back in the Saddle’ has a heady psychedelic pop routine that reminds o… Read More
2024-04-04 18:56
It was all the way back in 2011 that when we last featured this band (‘Dreamers’) on mp3hugger so it is great to see the good ship Savoir Adore (Paul Hammer and Lauren Zettler)… Read More
2024-04-04 13:50
There is clarity in the dreamy tones that is for sure, a jangling chord and fey vocals trying to work out what it is all about will always help in creating the mood. So we are treated to th… Read More
2024-04-04 08:22
Exuberant is how I’d describe it for ‘The Dance’ has all the hallmarks of a folk troupe who have left the leash far behind and instead want to make like Los Campesinos! an… Read More
2024-04-03 16:44
I don’t think I’d ever have expected such a mature kind of reflection from the New York based Glom but that is eventuality with maturity I guess. Thankfully and most importantly… Read More
2024-04-03 13:12
There is a form of setting out its own stall on ‘Lights in the Sky’, a little post-rock but also more traditional song in nature and especially in the way the vocals breeze into… Read More
2024-04-03 10:32
What a beacon of light ‘Dwelling’ proves to be, the swirling electronic element the key to snagging our attention immediately but there is more wonder to lap up elsewhere. Not l… Read More
2024-04-03 08:26
That voice of his is what sets Home Remedies apart, a touch of innocence but also the makings of a bard who has a catalogue of songs that will keep us entertained for years to come. And if… Read More
2024-04-02 12:54
In terms of volume, in terms of raw noise ‘Find A Face’ takes some beating. For the first time in some time I had to take breaks in a song so as to exhale and come back a little… Read More
2024-04-02 09:27
What a romantic mood piece this is as ‘Dollar Slice’ moves slowly and in the manner of a waltz that is headed by Iris James Garrison who knows how to take the fury out of the d… Read More
2024-03-29 12:26
The pulse doesn’t take all that long to appear and it had me thinking of Public Service Broadcasting and their orbit around the other side of the moon. Germany’s Angela Aux thou… Read More
2024-03-29 09:49
Little Oil are a little more slick in the folk department than most because there is an engine, albeit lolloping as it goes, to ‘Fig Leaf Crown’. Not only that but there is a ch… Read More
2024-03-28 20:43
Had me back in a time when Lemon Jelly were adept at filling the gap and ‘Lost in the Lips Pt. 2’ has a similar electronic manner if slightly more woozy in the extremity of its… Read More
2024-03-28 15:31
The clue was in the title of course and so ‘Coast’ has been turned out to wash all over us like a Candy Claws standard from yesteryear. New Delhi’s Green Park do operate i… Read More
2024-03-28 09:18
A collection of mintues that is bursting out of its skin, a weirdly retro James Bond soundtrack initially but then ‘Cool Kids’ has a pop turn going for it in those subtle change… Read More
2024-03-27 18:07
Such a stereophonic sound, starts in the left ear before filling the right one and the joy didn’t end there for we are talking about a singer who successfully channels Elliott Smith w… Read More
2024-03-27 14:04
The setup was such that we were thinking a classic indie sway, chords like Lou Reed but with a more straight ahead melody vocal line to add a sweeter cherry on top. There were times when &l&helli…Read More
2024-03-27 10:16
There was bit of Damien Rice going on for sure, a little Nick Drake too and perhaps leaning in the latter’s direction because of the orchestration and vocal tact. ‘Aida’ m… Read More
2024-03-26 15:37
I am a big fan of closing tracks because that is often where you get the band’s epic squall that they reserve for the encore and the curtain closer and by the sounds of ‘No Dagg… Read More
2024-03-26 12:23
How could you not invest some quality attention on ‘How Long Until Dawn?’ I mean it is folk, it is trad and it is the sound of a man who has opened up to an extent that there ar… Read More
2024-03-26 08:43
Oh the romance of it all, the kind of drift that reminds of Spiritualized and Galaxie 500. And that is because we get the jangle and the Jason Pierce drifts but to be fair to Glitter Etique… Read More
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