Under the Bridge
They say you can never go back and, perhaps even more tellingly, that the past is a different country where they do things differently. Certainly …
Sugar World – Lost and Found
As you can probably see, Lost and Found’s cover features a picture of a roller coaster. Maybe it’s a clue as to the experience contained …
Letting Up Despite Great Faults – IV
Calling a song Gorgeous could be a desperate attempt at wish fulfilment or, very occasionally, simply a statement of fact. Letting Up Despite Great Faults’ first album …
Pale Blue Eyes – Dr. Pong
Motorik space travellers PBE return with intoxicating third single. So, now we know that Pale Blue Eyes can do ‘pop music’, both on an epic …
Sapphire and Steel – Snø
When Estella casually mentioned Sapphire and Steel were releasing a new ‘themed’ double A side in 24 hours’ time, fittingly it was during a conversation …
The Beths – A Real Thing
You’d be hard pressed to find many bands who could match the one, two punch of the Beths’ debut album the brilliantly titled, Future Me, Hates …
Are We Electric? – Some thoughts on the lack women in the music industry
In the midst of the “woke” era we find ourselves questioning a lot of things that were taken for granted, or simply left unquestioned, or …
Japanese Heart Software – Soft
New year: new music. If you’re struggling with the dark depths of January then Soft may be the antidote for your existential blues. Actually there’s …
Jesse D’Kora – The Fourth Day of November
I know, I know, how often have you heard a dream pop track eulogised in terms that could not so favourably be described as ‘purple …
Fadeawayradiate Yearlists 2021
Aah…we had so much hope for this year becoming the one where we would return to normality. Little did we know! Things would just progress …
The Hepburns (feat. Estella Rosa) – Architecture of the Ages & track by track
If we were playing word association, after a few listens to Architecture of the Ages the first word that would come to my addled mind …
Pale Blue Eyes – TV Flicker
I was recently asked what artists I was excited about for 2022. I was a bit embarrassed to immediately mention two bands with ‘blue’ in …
You’ll Never Get to Heaven – Wave your Moonlight Hat for the SnowFall Train
I often ramble on about the healing power of music, mainly because, idealistic fool that I am, I believe it. If you’re reading this, then …
Hazel English – Nine Stories
Sometimes you find an artist that has all you look for. It’s rare, but it happens. When that artist subsequently changes style and sound quite …
Ghost Orange & VHS Ghost – Night So Small
This track was released at the start of October but somehow disappeared into the mire of endless releases and I just wanted to bring some …
Swansea Sound – Live at the Rum Puncheon
When I was a teen, in the pre-internet days of information scarcity when facts and alternative facts existed but didn’t flood the ether, I thought …
Rachel Love – Picture In Mind
‘How did it all become so complicated lately?’ If you’ve not asked yourself that question recently I envy you. Estella has already highlighted Down the …
Meyverlin – Daily Events
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: there is always a place for shiny new indie pop like this. When someone makes it sound as easy …
Lunar Isles – Anchorage
I seriously hadn’t heard of Lunar Isles before, other than briefly brushing past them on Instagram, but hearing their latest single was enough to want …
Atlantic Canyons – See the Hue
Shape-shifting debut from Andrea Levesque. Do you ever have this experience: you come across a record with such a killer opening track that you press …
90’s Indie Dance Revival: Lunarette and Daisies
At the end of 2019, prolific and eclectic band/duo Daisies’ “What Are You Waiting For? album ended up in my top 5 albums of the …
TheCatherines – Sink Into Oblivion
Second album in a year from pop polymath and king of the ear-worm Heiko Schneider, outdoing Morrissey for creative song titling. I’m holding TheCatherines partially …
The Churchhill Garden – Grounded
Latest blast of sky-scraping glory from Krissy Vanderwoude and Andy Jossi Hey! This was a little unexpected! If you have some cobwebs that need removing …
The Hepburns (featuring Estella Rosa) – The Other Side Of Grey
You know those days, you’re hot, bothered, things are really not going your way.The light at the end of the tunnel is about as strong …
Blue Arcade S/T EP
Melbourne quartet climb higher with first self titled e.p. There’s an art to making the perfect e.p. Just think back, if you’re old enough, to …
Maida Rose – Within
I introduced Maida Rose in March this year, when they released their Beach-Housy “Where Do We Go“. Today they release the uptempo, almost poppy “Within“: psychey …
Orchid Mantis – Never Knows Best
New material from Atlanta based recording project Orchid Mantis (Thomas Howard) is basically always a “yay” from me, as most readers well know by now. …
Colatura – King Kalm
Pythagoras was clearly onto something when he linked music, mathematics and the very cosmos itself. The notion that harmony is at the heart of the …
Sofia Zadar – Children of Compost
When you play me a song that starts off with some 80’s synth-drums you’ve got my attention. When you add some dreamy guitar, translucent synth …
The Suncharms – Distant Lights
I guess I should declare an interest: once upon a time I played a gig with The Suncharms. Yes, o.k. it was thirty odd years …
Good Morning TV – Small Talk
I am supposed to be on a break but just I wanted to share this wonderful album with the world for a bit, because it …
Catenary Wires – Birling Gap
If only Morrissey had grown older and wiser like Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, perhaps he would still be able to make a record as …
Blue Arcade – Champagne on a Boat/Devil Wears Chanel
Australia’s Blue Arcade should not remain a secret. There are too many people out there who I’m sure would fall hard for their blend of …
Pâle Regard & McBaise – Fantasmagoria
The fabulous dream/psychpop band Pâle Regard, hailing from France, have recently hooked up with McBaise, a French indiepop artist living in London who has been …
Dreams on Tape – Nostalgia
As Johnny Rotten said, ‘never trust a hippy.’ As a child of the punk wars I’ve long been disdainful of the concept and apparent reality …
Oslo Oscillator – Original Sin
Norwegian indie-pop outfit Oslo Oscillator releases new single Original Sin on label Perfect Pop Records on the 3rd of May. It’s officially a “double single” …
Something Beautiful – A Sunday Records comp
Compilation albums, do they have a purpose in the age of ephemeral, playlist based music consumption? The answer based on Sunday Records’ contribution is a …
Ghost Tail – Hide Away
Ghost Tail is an LA-based dreampop-postpunk outfit that consists of Dove (vocals) and Shaun (guitars/programming), who share a love of 80’s band The Chameleons, old-school …
Stray Fossa – With You For Ever
Brothers Nick and Will Evans, along with their childhood friend Zach Blount, spent much of their youth writing and playing music together, but when they …
Phantom Handshakes – No More Summer Songs
Late April is either an apposite time to release an album called, ‘No More Summer Songs’ or it’s totally inappropriate, I guess it may depend …
Missing Image – Lemon Tree
I have to confess, Kirk Bentley has done a lot of my ‘work’ for me and, extra galling, in far few words than I would …
Lucid Express – Wellwave
Lucid Express are Wang, Wai, Andy, Kim and Sky: five young dreamers creating an airy blend of shoegaze and indie pop amongst Hong Kong’s skyscrapers, …
Temple In Man – Golden Sparks
Temple In Man is musical project from multi-talented songwriter and producer Oskar Jennefors who draws inspiration all the way from 60-70’s soul and artists such …
Calundé – Feathers
Some music shouts loudly at you, not necessarily in a literal sense, but more in the way it proclaims its greatness, and that’s fine in …
New Candys – Begin Again
Oh, didn’t my ears prick up quickly when this not so little beauty dragged me out of my daily descent into existential despair! Sound effects, …
Joseph of Mercury – Pretty Blonde Boy
Joseph of Mercury ( Joseph W. Salusbury in real life) is a singer-songwriter, and producer from Toronto who has done some impressive work behind the …
Memoryhouse – Mania
It’s been five years since Soft Hate, what’s Memoryhouse been up to during the long break? We got jobs, moved back to our hometown. I …
Love, Burns – Wired Eyes
We live in strange times, but wasn’t it ever thus? I suspect yes. But still, a world where there are people walking the earth who …
The Francine Odysseys – My Favourite Distraction EP
Love at first sight (or sound), is it real? Can something that deep be as swift and sudden as lightning striking? I’m no scientist so …
Romance Languages EP
Dane Di Pierro has been a co-writer of this blog for quite a while now. Not long ago his band Distant Creatures, a band that …
The Yellow Melodies – Sunshine Pop EP 3
No one can accuse Spain’s Yellow Melodies of false advertising. This IS resolutely and emphatically ‘Sunshine Pop’. Big bold songs that run towards you, deliver …
Maida Rose – Where Do We Go
Maida Rose is a relatively new dreampop duo from The Hague, here in The Netherlands. The project is the outlet for the songwriting partnership of …
Remington Super 60 – Nouvelle Nouveau EP
There’s a jaw dropping scene in Right Here, the documentary detailing the rise, fall and rise of the alt-Fleetwood Mac, the Go-Betweens. Robert Forster and …
Catenary Wires – Mirrorball
Mirrorball, is the new single (and video) by The Catenary Wires, indie project of Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey (ex Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Pooh Sticks), …
No Suits In Miami – Make You See
Many years ago I met Spanish girl. One day, as things do, talk turned to music and with a tragic lack of self-awareness I shamelessly …
Redspencer – All I Do
I adore Redspencer – seriously is there anything more awesome than their Tell track/video? – and we haven’t heard anything from them for a while …
Real Estate – Half A Human
If I said I like surprises you may guess I’m lying, but when they’re as reassuringly lovely as this one I’ll make an exception. As …
Elephants and Dogs
Elephants and Dogs is a new solo project from Toronto based artist Joe Narducci of the band Jimbo.You Won’t be Seeing Me Around, (lead track …
Rachel Love – Down The Line
My discovery of Rachel had a bit of a detour, to be honest. Having been a huge Birdie fan – the super retropop duo consisting …
FadeAwayRadiate Update 7
No idea why but this week’s vibes seem to be very sunny and danceable, which goes hand in hand with the improving weather, and better …
Letting Up Despite Great Faults – I Hear You Drowning But I’m Tied
Apparently the world is divided, I know, no great shock. Thankfully this is a schism that hopefully won’t end in senseless violence, although it does …
Piper King – October Sun
Following the release of her debut single “My World” in January, Piper King worked hard to follow up with second single “October Sun“, a mellow …
Sullen Eyes – S/T EP
Some bands are blessed with an assured identity right from their inception and manage to greet new listeners with an air of familiarity like the …
FadeAwayRadiate Update 6
As opposed to last week, the releases seemed to have ground to a halt this week, so it needed some digging but it’s well worth …
FM Towns – Goddess of the Season
6:04 AM That’s when I first listened to Goddess of the Seasons. Some of you may be familiar with that time of day, others not. …
Swansea Sound – Indies Of The World
We introduced Swansea Sound here in September last year when they released their first single “Corporate Indie Band“. Now they release a 3rd single named …
Margot – Falling In Between Days/Walk With Me
I’ll let you into a secret, I don’t approach music from relatively new bands expecting to be blown away, or possibly even entertained. I know, …
FadeAwayRadiate Update 5
I was very pleased to find a new Men I Trust release in my inbox this morning, especially since it didn’t let my hopes down, …
The Catherines – Drenched
It’s the simple pleasures that get you through, unless I guess your taste extends to caviar and gold encrusted palaces… but then our target audience …
FadeAwayRadiate Update 4
My goodness, it looked like everyone just decided to release a new track today, so this week’s page is chock-a-block with new indie recommendations/releases! We …
FadeAwayRadiate Update 3
This week, as opposed to the last, was full of great releases. It feels like we are working ourselves back to a life we once …
Pale Blue Eyes – Motionless/Chelsea
Back in the dim and distant pre Covid world, where gigs were things you took for granted, I saw a support band. Yes, I know, …
Fadeawayradiate Update 2
A change in the air! Trump is gone and the days are getting longer. I had a hard time finding releases as there weren’t that …
Tenant From Zero – This Can’t Wait til Later
I sometimes wonder why I love music that makes you ache? It must be some kind of pleasure/pain thing. Is everyone the same? I’m going …
Subsonic Eye – Nature of Things
The last year has been referred to by some in politics and the media as “the great reset”, and whether or not you agree with …
Fadeawayradiate Update 1
Since we get quite a few submissions but cannot take everything on, or can’t for whatever reason do a complete write-up, we decided to make …
Nathaniel Paul – Songbird
Nathaniel Paul is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter born in Michigan City where he grew up playing classical and acoustic guitar. He began his music …
Foreign Correspondent – The First One EP
Foreign Correspondent is a relatively new indie-pop outfit from Melbourne, Australia. The band was formed in 2017 when Chris Haggerty (lead guitar), Kepler Ryan (keys) …
Blue Arcade – Hello Yellow
I hate the Internet, or to be more accurate, what we’ve done with it… But then a link to a happy sad gem like Hello …
Abe Anderson – Pushing Me Under
Cannon Falls-based musician Abe Anderson makes and produces songs in his garage studio. We introduced him on here in November with his single “Love You …
Remington Super 60 – I Won’t Change My Mind
I Won’t Change My Mind is the 2nd single from Norwegian retro indiepop outfit Remington Super 60‘s upcoming EP, which will be released in February …
Orchid Mantis – Far From This World & Interview
Orchid Mantis needs no introduction on this blog. The experimental dreampop project of Atlanta-based Thomas Howard, described as “found sounds, tape collages, and pop songs …
Wa’el – Come by and We’ll Talk All Night
We introduced Wa’el, a Swedish multi-instrumental bedroom-pop artist, here last September when he released his debut single “I Love You Why Would I Ever Leave?”. …
There’s Talk – Golden
Within the dreampop or shoegaze genre, vocals are a sensitive thing. Originally the vocals in this genre were meant to function more as an instrument …
FadeAwayRadiate Lists 2020
It’s been quite a year. It seemed to start off really great and then something happened that basically traumatised the whole world in one go. …
Beautiful Noise Compilation (Sunday Records)
As we haul ourselves, shellshocked and weary, to the end of a brutal year the artists featured on Beautiful Noise give us a refuge from …
Mt. Misery – I Was Wrong
Hartlepool-based jangle pop band Mt. Misery have been evolving as a band since early 2019, and are one of the North East (UK) indie favourites. Their …
The Shop Window – Sad Eyes
We introduced The Shop Window here in April this year when they released their debut single “Mannequin Lies”(https://www.fadeawayradiate.com/2020/04/the-shop-window-mannequin-lies/) The Shop Window are a 4-piece indie/janglepop …
Subsonic Eye -Unearth
Five-piece Singapore-based indie band Subsonic Eye release single “Unearth” today. “Unearth” is the lead single and closing track from Subsonic Eye‘s third full-length release, Nature …
Debris Discs – Save My Live
Debris Discs is the solo project from former Coves & Caves and My Side of the Mountain frontman and songwriter James Eary. Following a well-received …
Abe Anderson – Love You More
Based in the Twin Cities, Abe Anderson may be better known as the bassist of the Minneapolis-based band Niiice or occasionally seen playing guitar with …
Lost Tapes – Quoting Salter E.P.
Just as 2020 begins to finally wind down and the music business pumps out pop froth and supermarket shelf greatest hits, Sunday Records and Kocliko …
KALI – Back To The Start
KALI is a 16-year-old singer, multi-instrumentalist and bedroompop producer who began writing and recording her indie-surf sounds with her first band Big Wednesday, who drew some …
The Churchill Garden – Reality
Today, following the release their first double vinyl record, shoegaze/dreampop duo The Churchhill Garden, is releasing their single, “Reality“. We are normally treated to the …
Orchid Mantis – Never Know Why
Orchid Mantis is an experimental recording dreampop project by Atlanta-based multitalent Thomas Howard. The project inhabits the border regions between ambient sound collages and dream-pop, employing odd/lo-fi …
In conversation with The Hepburns, Nah…
Today The Hepburns and Nah… are both releasing a cover of one of their favourite bands!! The Hepburns have covered a Vic Godard track and …
Sunstack Jones – Golden Repair & Interview
Earlier this month British band Sunstack Jones released their fourth album with Mai 68 Records. The band traces its origins back to 2011 when they …
Benedict – Finish The Wine
In March, Amsterdam musician Martijn Smits debuted under the moniker Benedict with an album full of personal songs, partly about being a stabbing victim 20 …
Andrey Azizov – Back Of The Car
Andrey Azizov working as a graphic designer as well as music producer of indie electro music. For his forthcoming EP “Before It’s All Over“, he …
Stephen’s Shore – Brisbane Radio
Following 2018’s “September Love” album, Stockholm’s jangle-pop outfit Stephen’s Shore are back with a brandnew EP entitled “Brisbane Radio” that will be released on January …