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Indie pop


Album Review: Impulsive Hearts – Cry All The Time

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Track: Requin – ‘Rules That Won’t Be Broken’

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EP: Margot – Margotzeko

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Emerging in a crowded field with fellow indie nouveau goth bands like Interpol and Editors, White Lies have been, in my view very underrated over the years. Their 2019 album ‘Five’ has been just re-released with the addition of two new songs, ‘Falling Out Without Me’ and ‘Hurt My Heart’, recorded with US producer Andrew …

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Originating from the inner west of Sydney, Youth Group achieved a modicum of global attention for their exquisite cover of Alphaville’s ‘Forever Young’, a song so steeped in rosy-tinted nostalgia and yearning it made even to most hardened cynic tear up. Yes, I did. But as is often the case, Youth Group are much more …

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I’ve been meaning to write about Sydney band Bland for ages and time keeps slipping by. Their new release ‘Steel Park’ is so good that I’m not going to let this one pass by without a mention. Think of the archetypal Australian indie band of yore – The Go-Betweens, Died Pretty and The Triffids and …

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Well this is a delightful surprise. After the release of TC&I‘s welcome ‘Great Aspirations’ EP last year there were murmurings that the project was finished for the moment following some well received gigs last year. It now seems these gigs were recorded, and ‘Naked Flames’ is the result. TC&I is, on record, the legendary Colin …

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Like a Norwegian happy pill, Remington Super 60 are back with a new release titled Indie pop for kids vol.1. Its joyful, bouncy and almost childish in the way that only Europeans can be. With titles like Robo learned to whistle and Plastic Duck, it’s not music to take seriously, but has a lovely DIY …

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Bubblegum Lemonade – Heaven With You EP ‘Heaven With You’ is the second single from Bubblegum Lemonade’s smash new album ‘Desperately Seeking Sunshine’. It is a radio hit featuring a chiming Byrds-like guitar intro, an infectious hi hat, glockenspiel, and backing vocals from Sandra of fellow Scottish band Strawberry Whiplash (another great band worth checking …

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Backseat Mafia has been following with great delight the prolific releases of The Raft for the last few years – a series of brilliant EPs that somehow capture an unique Liverpudlian pop sensibility. The Raft have released a full album, containing the previously released single ‘Xanadu’, and it represents a glorious evolution and development of …

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Following a brilliant debut last year with one of my favourite singles of last year, ‘Always Settling’, Peckham’s Imperial Daze are back with another fantastic single ‘People are Animals’. Of the release, the band says it “hints at the glaring contradiction that, although we are ever more digitally connected, these digital connections can ultimately be …

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The Catenary Wires - 'Til The Morning'

The Catenary Wires are Rob Pursey and Amelia Fletcher, named after the overhead wires on tram systems.  If their names are not familiar – their voices might be. They’ve been working in various bands together since the 80’s including legendary indie pop bands Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Tender Trap, and Marine Research (all worth checking out).  The …

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As part of Slumberland records 30th anniversary, the label have recently launched the SLR30 Subscription Series, featuring 12 singles to be released over the course of the year, the final installment being planned for the labels actual birthday in December. Out on June 28th, is Bay Area’s band Smiles second 7″ – Gone For Good, …

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