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Salt Lake Alley – What They “Forgot” To Tell You Swedish band Salt Lake Alley have just released the second single to be taken from their forthcoming album Always Out of Time. It's an incandescent track that builds upon the bands influences (they mention Felt and McCarthy on this one) resulting in…

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Josie – My Boy And I Danish indiepopsters Josie will be releasing their debut album A Life On Sweets Alone on September 26 2025 via perennialdeath and K Records (US | UK). They have just released the lead single from the album titled My Boy And I a nd it has all the elements of a punk infused…

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Dancer – Just Say Yes Glasgow's Dancer release their second album More or Less on September 12 2025 via the Madrid based Meritorio Records. Just Say Yes is the first single to be taken from the album and it's as arty and poppy as post-punk can get. Well minus the B52's I guess! It's comes with a…

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Bourgeois – Mattias The latest release on the Jakarta based label Disanorak is from Bourgeois and their new (debut?) single Mattias which may or may not have been recorded several years ago depending on how you interpret the Bandcamp page. The track is packed full of retro sounds and features some…

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Hidden Eyes – So Alive/Piranha Market Harborough's Hidden Eyes channel their inner Pains of Being Pure At Heart on new single So Alive. It's a fuzzy DIY indiepop track that should even get the dead moving. On the flip side we find Piranha which is a satisfying indiepop/shoegaze hybrid that is…

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Keepsake – Battlebots Another day, another ethereal dreampop/shoegaze track. Battlebots is the debut release from the Texan band Keepsake. They write that they take inspiration from artists like Cocteau Twins and The Cranberries and I can certainly hear the former here musically and at certain…

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Commemorate – Lights Lights is the latest single from the new to me Malaysian dreampop band Commemorate. The band, who consist of Sasha Ningkan (lyrics/vocals/ guitars), Irman Hilmi (guitars/sequencing), Wan Hafiz (bass), Tariq Hamzah (guitars) and Muhammad Naqi (drums), released their debut self…

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Paper Jam – This And That The debut album from the Texas based Paper Jam, sound wise at least, is a trip down memory Lane because of the retro tinged sounds that permanate throughout the ten tracks found on This And That. Opener Polka Dot Girl sounds like Taullah Gosh whilst the title track sounds…

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The “I Still Think About You” Sampler Another mix to end the week on featuring tracks that have grabbed my attention over the past week or so. Dreamy ethereal seems to be the main theme this week as tracks from Powder Pink & Sweet, Swallowtail and Yndling demonstrate. Draining and OutControlJoys…

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A Midweek Threesome – Three With Videos Three tracks I discovered via a spree on Youtube. Forty Winks - Liadfh Noisy and experimental stuff from this US based band. It's taken from the recently released Love Is a Dog From Hell EP. Fuzzy and distorted guitars with hushed ethereal female vocals.…

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Prepare My Glider (feat Gouachepaint) – Embrace the Tragedy The new single from Canadian shoegazers Prepare My Glider features voice and words from the Moscow based, and previous collaborator Senya aka Gouachepaint. Titled Embrace the Tragedy the band write that the track is inspired by epic…

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Heavenly – Portland Town Heavenly are releasing their first single in over 29 years. Titled Portland Town it's a vivacious track with cutting lyrics and catchy guitars whilst Amelia Fletcher and Cathy Rogers vocals bounce off each other. I mean what more do you want aside from the band's version…

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Records I Like Mix May 2025 As I mentioned on a previous post may has been a pretty hectic month here at RIL Towers. Well end of terrace to be fair. Not much posting but plenty of listening and enough to populate a new mix. As ever it's a fine combination of indiepop, shoegaze, tweepop and…

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‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art | Saint Etienne | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

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The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream – Velvet Distortion The Taiwanese shoegaze band The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream are back with their second EP and almost five years after their first. Velvet Distortion is a four track EP which features shimmering and ethereal shoegaze populated by sometimes hazy…

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Seven Hour Days – Set Free Australian shoegaze act Seven Hour Days' last single Down And Out was an astonishing track that will surely appear in my, and many others best of 2025 lists when that time comes. Following something that good would always present a problem but Seven Hour Days have…

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Scotland’s most reliable sunshine! Teenage Fanclub’s greatest songs – ranked | Teenage Fanclub | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

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Whitney’s Playland – Long Rehearsal Long Rehearsal is both the title and lead track from the forthcoming EP from California based Whitney's Playground. It's a short but lovely and addictive track that tells the story of a relationship revitalised by time apart. The jangling guitars coupled with…

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Three Post Punk Remixes Three remixed post-punk tracks is today's theme. Antipole & Paris Alexander - Sad Lover, Desolated (Dave Clarke Remix) The Baron of Techno (© John Peel) Dave Clarke gives this one a driving makeover which does not stop until it hits the dance floor. Parts of the original…

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The “Did You Hear?” Sampler There has not been a lot of posting this month but plenty of listening instead which means we have reached the third sampler of the month. That must be a new erm, "record" for me. However given the excellent music being released this month what alternative do I have?…

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Twee Patootie – An Intro For A Cartoon Show The songs that I have covered on these pages over the past decade (and more) have covered a range of subjects from unrequited love to anti-war. But I am not sure I have reviewed a song on the subject of continually dying, offspring eating cartoon…

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The Flight Of Maltanese / Marryanne – One Fine Day The latest release from the Jakarta based Lost Wave Records is a split release between The Flight Of Maltanese and Marryanne. The label describes the release as a collaboration between twee pop and shoegaze and rather than a hybrid of those sounds…

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Strawberry Whiplash – At The End Of The Day EP The new EP from Strawberry Whiplash is a four track indie festival in it's own right. The title track, which is taken from their forthcoming album People Like Us, is a guaranteed ear worm that encapsulates indiepop over the past four decades thanks to…

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The “Want Some Air” Sampler Another week of busyness that has meant I have not posted of late. However I have managed to carry on listening regardless so here is another sampler with the pick of the crop. A mix of indiepop and ethereal shoegaze that should entice your ears. And is it me or does…

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Pillow Fight – Jean Said Pillow Fight hail from Los Angeles and consist of Alice (vocals/guitar), Bre (vocals/bass) and Jorge (drums). If their Bandcamp page is to be believed Jean Said is only their second single and the first since 2022's Open Up although I am pretty sure I have heard them…

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I have been playing this to death since it came out in January. I cannot wait for the 7" from @precrecs.bsky.social to fall into my grubby mitts. It makes me feel so young agin!

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The “We Danced Once” Sampler It's been such an amazing start to May weather wise here in the UK and I have to say music wise too. None more so after my inbox was flooded by emails this past Bandcamp Friday. A comeback single from Off Models, a new album alert from Autocamper, the return of The…

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Records I Like Mix April 2025 An action packed twenty tunes in under 58 minutes or so this month. Alongside a shedload of tunes from Indonesia there is a bit of a focus on Skep wax Records, with three tracks taken from forthcoming releases. We have two tracks from Precious Recordings of London…

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Three For Listening Too With Your Eyes Closed There was a time I was heavily into the very good but horribly named Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) especially if it was tinged with Ambient. I would buy everything on the Warp label whether is was Black Dog or any of their aliases, B12, Polygon Window…

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Brian Bilston and the Catenary Wires – Every Song On The Radio Reminds Me Of You Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires have made a video available for one of the tracks from their forthcoming album Songs Made By Humans. Titled Every Song On The Radio Reminds Me Of You it's a gentle indiepop song…

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International Pop Underground Precious Recordings of London are known for their releases of classic BBC sessions. They then started releasing what they term us "Unmissable new stuff" which now includes a trio of 7" singles they have tagged the International Pop Underground. These three singles are…

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A Post Punk Gang Of Four Four great post-punk tunes that I have been digitally spinning much of late for your perusal. Glass Chapel - Snow Snow is the second single this year from the Jacksonville based coldwave/post-punk band. They remind me of the likes of Forever Grey and Cold Cave. Snow hints…

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Tales from the Eostre Sessions #2 A much more gentler affair today spent listening to(and buying!) experimental electronica and ambient. Deary have remixed last years The Moth single delivering two different interpretations with the Pump Mix and the Chrysalis Mix. The former is full of repetitive…

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Amelia & The Housewives – Maybe I mentioned Amelia & The Housewives last month before they had even released their debut single and now that single is out it's time to mention them again. Maybe is a very catchy and addictive thanks in no small part to the attention grabbing vocals. That voice, and…

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The “Day After Days” Sampler I started putting this sampler together a fortnight ago and just when it was ready another track came along and I had to include it. Still I managed to impose a limit or I would have been here to the end of the month minimum. That said I was still adding tracks as I…

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Recommended Releases 14/04/2025 Continuing (reviving) the series of posting albums and/or EPs as and when they are released (or usually a bit after!) as a follow-up to the initial new tracks/singles posted on this blog. Sample the release via the YouTube track (s) then dive in to the full release.…

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Darlivie – Rock Paper Scissors! I noticed an EP titled Rock Paper Scissors! has just turned up on Bandcamp with a release date of a couple of months ago. Despite being on the Japanese label Galaxy Train Darlivie are an Indonesian outfit based on the recording blurb and I suspect this EP is their…

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Maisonette / The Sensitive – Split The latest release from those Heavenly Punks, Disanorak Records, is a split between two bands regularly featured on these pages. Maisonette provide Polite that is a nice slice of harmonious indiepop that sees them slowly moving away from their Mighty Mighty and…

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Doust – Alone In This Room Indonesian post-punk band Doust have released their first single since 2023's Strange Places single. It's a gloomy goth synth driven track full of classic 1980's sounding hooks, deadpan and shouty vocals with a fusion of The Cure and Killing Joke to complete the mix. A…

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Kildren – Nocturnal Japanese shoegazers Kildren have released their first single in exactly a year and it's the kind of female fronted shoegaze I am a sucker for. The slow burning guitars make for a dark and sometimes haunting spectacle. In places it sounds like a heavier version of Lush…

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Texas Two – Unexpressed Feelings Unexpected Feelings is the debut EP from the relatively new Indonesian act Texas Two and this release features the vocals of Polar Tree's Anya on a couple of the EP's four tracks. If last December's I Die For You , which is included here, tickled your fancy then…

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Brideshead – Satellite German indiepoppers Brideshead are back after ten years away. The band, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary resplendent with a new drummer, have announced the release of a new album. Titled You Are The Light it's their fourth album and will be released on May 23 2025…

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The Interpretation Cultures – Ignored Notifications Makassar's The Interpretation Cultures write that the two songs found on this release "inspired by some of releases indie label disanorak/heavenpunks from Jakarta, and surrounding areas. in which we think has a raw style". The first track Suicide…

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Salt Lake Alley – Always Out of Time The attention grabbing blurb accompanying Salt Lake Alley's new single states that Always Out of Time "captures the band’s deep love for classic indie pop, drawing inspiration from the likes of Felt, Orange Juice, Teenage Fanclub, and The Wedding Present". Well…

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Verde Prato – Un Sol Claro Like me I am sure you spend your time thinking about the question of life, the universe and everything and questions like what if the Cocteau Twins came from the Basque region rather than Grangemouth? Apparently the answer to the former is 42 (or is it 42 and a bit?) and…

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