RED RED EYES – Horology (Where It’s At Is Where You Are, 2018) L’estate è anche la stagione nella quale si può dedicare maggior tempo al recupero di uscite che, nel corso dei mesi passati, si sono trascurate o alle quali, per un motivo o per l’altro, non si è riusciti a dedicare l’attenzione che…
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[streaming] Young Scum – Wasting Time
“Wasting Time” is the opening track of the self titled mini album by Young Scum, out on cassette via Citrus City Records and on vinyl via Pretty Olivia Records. Young Scum is a jangle pop fun from Richmond, VA, made by Chris Smith (vocals, guitar), Ben Medcalf (guitar) and Brian Dove (bass). Getting old is…
[streaming] Peel Dream Magazine – Shenandoah
Peel Dream Magazine is the nom de plume of New York City-based musician Joe Stevens. A nod to BBC Radio 1 legend John Peel, arbiter of all things underground, Peel Dream Magazine is highly evocative of a certain strain of independent music. Stevens harkens back to the early 1990s, when The Velvet Underground resurged as…
THE SMITTENS – City Rock Dove (Fika Recordings, 2018) Rientra forse nella mutevolezza connaturata all’indie-pop la presentazione da parte degli Smittens del loro sesto album come il frutto di un momento di transizione. Curioso, anche perché la medesima definizione era stata alla loro ultima testimonianza discografica, il mini “Love Record Breaker“, risalente ormai a quattro…
[streaming] Sea Pinks – Watermelon Sugar (Alcohol)
“Watermelon Sugar (Alcohol)” is the first track out of “Rockpool Blue”, releases September 28th, 2018. “Rockpool Blue” is the seventh album by Sea Pinks, Belfast’s finest purveyors of bittersweet guitar pop since 2010. At 28 minutes, it’s a short record about the pressure of taking on adult responsibilities when you still feel like a kid,…
[video of the week] The Goon Sax – Make Time 4 Love
Taken from the fothcoming album, “We’re Not Talking” (out Sep 14 on LP, CD and digital) via Wichita Recordings and Chapter Music (Aus/NZ). “Make Time 4 Love” is the thrilling new single from Australian teen trio The Goon Sax, which is taken from their forthcoming album We’re Not Talking, due out on Wichita on 14…
MASSAGE – Oh Boy (Tear Jerk, 2018)* Dieci anni fa, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart potevano considerarsi un vero e proprio fenomeno indie, sulla cresta dell’onda della (ri)scoperta dei classici del pop chitarristico britannico tra anni ’80 e ’90, più o meno improvvisamente allargatasi a macchia d’olio in particolare al di là dell’Atlantico….
[streaming] Jetstream Pony – Self-Destruct Reality
“Self-Destruct Reality” is the title track of the new 5 track EP, released 13th July on limited 12“ vinyl by Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten of Augsburg in Germany. It follows on from last year’s sold out debut 7″ single “Like You Less/Had Enough”, which received great reviews and radio play around the world, including BBC 6…
SUN JUNE – Years (Keeled Scales, 2018) La storia che presiede al debutto dei Sun June sa un po’ del coronamento di quei sogni che qualsiasi appassionato avrà fatto almeno una volta nella vita di trovarsi nelle vesti del proprio campione preferito, dall’altra parte del microfono o della macchina da presa. Le note di “Years”…
[streaming] Smokescreens – Used To Yesterday
Smokescreens began as a love letter to the Flying Nun scene of the 1980’s and it’s outlying bands. Chris Rosi and Corey Cunningham had become friends when the pair toured together in their bands Plateaus and Terry Malts in 2011. By 2015 both had moved to Los Angeles where they began the band in earnest…
[video of the week] Melbourne Cans – Heart Turned Blue
Neo-noir nocturnalists Melbourne Cans are back with ‘Heart Turned Blue’ the second single from their upcoming album “Heat of the Night”, out on July 13th via Lost and Lonesome Records. In their premiere of the video for the song, ace blogmeisters Austin Town Hall say some lovely things, for instance: “I’m absolutely in love with…
CUT WORMS – Hollow Ground (Jagjaguwar, 2018) Giornate luminose, sole sulla pelle e quel desiderio di evasione che, almeno ogni tanto, coinvolge persino animi inclini alla solitudine e alla nostalgia: in queste sensazioni universali può riassumersi l’album di debutto di Max Clarke, alias Cut Worms, radicato nella contemporanea dimensione creativa solitaria ma innervato da uno spiccato…
[streaming] Soft Science – Sooner
Soft Science is back with a double sided single. The first song, “Sooner”, is the second single from their upcoming album “Maps”, to be released in early June via Test Pattern Records. The B-side is a wistful-blue cover of Northern Picture Library’s (NPL) 1994 track “Paris”. This single evokes emotion as the band pulls from…
[streaming] The Goon Sax – She Knows
Freshly signed to Wichita Recordings, Australian teen trio The Goon Sax announce a brand new album, “We’re Not Talking”, due out on 14 September worldwide. They will be heading to Europe for shows at the end of May supporting Frankie Cosmos, including a date at Gorilla in Manchester on 28 May as well as their…
ROBERT EARL THOMAS – Another Age (Captured Tracks, 2018) Mentre lo scorso anno pubblicava insieme a Molly Hamilton il quarto disco del duo Widowspeak, Robert Earl Thomas aveva già raccolto buona parte delle canzoni che formano oggi il suo debutto solista. L’assenza del timbro suadente della Hamilton, che pure ricompare in un cammeo nel brano conclusivo,…
THE DECEMBERISTS – I’ll Be Your Girl (Rough Trade, 2018) Si sono fatti conoscere e apprezzare quale stravagante orchestrina folk, si sono cimentati nel musical e hanno rispolverato codici rock classici, prima di rispolverare le loro radici, filtrandole attraverso la maturità. Cosa dunque attendersi dall’ottavo lavoro sulla lunga distanza dei Decemberists? Un primo indizio lo forniscono…
[video of the week] The New Spring – There Is No Life On Other Planets
On February 2nd The New Spring releases the album “Wholly Wholly” via Tambourhinoceros Records. A new song from it is out – and it is accompanied by a video made by the Danish artist Nanna Rosenfeldt-Olsen. The song is the sixth track on Bastian Kallesøe’s fourth album as The New Spring. An album where Bastian…
GHOST MUSIC – I Was Hoping You’d Pass By Here (Arlen, 2018)* Possiede la piacevole confidenza del ritrovarsi tra vecchi amici la nuova avventura che torna a vedere insieme Matt Randall e Lee Hall, a vent’anni di distanza dall’esperienza di culto dei Beatglider. Benché cominci adesso, la storia di Ghost Music viene dunque da lontano, così…
[streaming] Jessica’s Brother – Overnight Horror
Jessica’s Brother release their first ever track “Overnight Horror” on the 29th of December, ahead of their full length debut album in the spring of 2018. Jessica’s Brother first started playing together in October 2016 when Jonny Helm (drums, also of The Wave Pictures) asked Charlie Higgs (bass, previously of Ramshackle Union Band) to come…
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