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 …
Category: indiepop
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Funny, when I heard both songs I thought, are these scenes from the same life? Thanks to Eva’s impressionistic lyrics they feel like observations made …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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) …
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. …
Sapphire & Steel – Assignment 1
How did you spend your lockdown? Big plans, minimal results?? Yeah, me too… Not so Estella, it seems she’s been busy adding the finishing touches …
Hero No Hero EP
For those who missed it: today an excellent new project/EP saw the light of day. Indiepop project Hero No Hero are So Cal based Gretchen …
Found Space – Shadows
We introduced Found Space here in May with debut single “Don’t Let Go“. For those who missed: Found Space is the project of Spencer Smalley, …
Nah… – album & interview
It’s pretty tough reaching consensus on anything these days, but one thing we can probably all agree on: there have been better years… As a …
The Very Most – Do I Have To Do My Best All The Time?
Once in while, something comes along that is so good, it makes you wonder why you have never heard of it. Especially when you hear …
Swansea Sound – Corporate Indie Band
Back before the world was turned upside down ( I’m trying not to say, ‘pre-internet’) some bands were content to remain a mystery, any facts …
The Hepburns – Electric Lliedi Land
In the late 1990’s I had an obsession with a small indie record label in Spain called Siesta Records, a label with a very specific …
RÊVERIE – Life
RÊVERIE are an all girl trio from my native Amsterdam, who look like Billie Eilish (when she still had cool hair), Sonya Madan from Echobelly …
Join A Comp!: an indiepop compilation
In locations across the world, curves are flattening, lockdowns are loosening, and brave souls are venturing into the open. It’s too soon to know if …
Maddie Jay – Shakes
Los Angeles based / Canadian born Maddie Jay is one of those girlies that make bedroompop. There seems to be a lot of them these …
Emmett Kai – Marigold
Since the album “Baby Hits” ( February 2019), Emmett Kai, who according to himself is a freak pop novelty, has been knocking out songs at …
TheCatherines – Bingo
“We both like ‘Honey.’” “Always good to find common interests! What other foods do you both enjoy?” “We both like ‘Honey,’ the Bobby Goldsboro song.” …
Soccer Mommy – Color Theory
Sophie Allison has been releasing music under the moniker Soccer Mommy since her late teens, but it wasn’t until her breakout 2018 album Clean that she …
Wild Nothing – Laughing Gas
It’s hard to believe that in 2020 Wild Nothing, the musical vehicle of Jack Tatum, has been around for eleven years. In that time the …
Remington Super 60 – I Don’t Wanna Wait
In July last year we introduced and featured the first fresh material in a while from Norwegian retro indiepop outfit Remington Super 60 (Remington Super …