Tag Archives: indie

More Musical Reviews and News for March, 2013

Sans Nom “Self Obsessed” (self-released) Spacey indie shoegaze magic from Winnipeg! This is a collaborative project, featuring recordings with many of the artist’s friends.  The end result is something rather unique, electrical and captivating.  Songwriting with brilliant indie and space … Continue reading

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TAPE//STRY Reviews

Leo Robinson, of Cult Party, runs a small cassette label out of Newcastle under Lyme.  Having had a chance to listen to an earlier Cult Party release via Correspondence Tapes, I was quite excited to see he had his own … Continue reading

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Lockets – “Camera Shy”

Artist: Lockets Title: Camera Shy Released: Dec 3rd, 2012 Label: Beautiful Strange Format LP (500 copies – 250 on grape black and 250 on frosted clear) Genre: indie, shoegaze, synth pop, ethereal Shortly after the release of Big Wave’s “Only … Continue reading

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Updates for Mid-October

At last, some music news and other stuff! -          Fjords ii is a band from Munich, Germany, consisting of members Eduard Demacek and Alex Strazdins.  What makes this band interesting is their use of ukuleles and four string guitars to … Continue reading

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This Will Be Our Summer Showcase, part 2

Artist: Dead Dog Title: Dead Dog Released: 2012 (reprint from 2008) Label: This Will Be Our Summer Format: LP Genre: Punk, indie If I’m not mistaken, this is Dead Dog’s third release (first two are available via cassette and vinyl … Continue reading

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This Will Be Our Summer Showcase, pt 1

Here, we’ll be taking a look at the Athens, GA label, This Will Be Our Summer Records.  We’ll scope out a few of their new releases and explore the label itself a bit.  Here’s part one!  Enjoy! Artist: Madeline Title: … Continue reading

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The Story of Blue Metal Bomb

I met Sean Holmes during my senior year of high school, and despite sharing the same English class, we rarely spoke to each other.  It wasn’t until we wound up auditioning for a musical alongside mutual friends that we actually … Continue reading

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Button EP by Dott

Artist: Dott Title: Button EP Released: May 17th, 2012 Label: Popical Island Format: CD, Download Genre: garage pop, indie Dott formed in January of 2012, making them one of the newest acts I’ve stumbled upon, except for maybe Mountain Cult.  … Continue reading

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7″ of Love, ep. 9 – Aaron Roche

Artist: Aaron Roche (w/ R Stevie Moore and Shahzad Ismaily) Title: Cyclocardoray / Synthessiah Released: 2012 Label: La Station Radar Format: 7” vinyl, edition of 300 Genre: psyche, folk, indie Here’s something interesting.  The legendary R Stevie Moore and the … Continue reading

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Days Without End

Artist: (various) Title: Days Without End Released: 2012 Label: Clock Tower Nine Format: cassette Genre: pop rock, post punk, dream pop, psyche, garage, instrumental rock, alt rock Days Without End is a cassette compilation of many emerging artists and bands, … Continue reading

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