Tag Archives: indie

Talking Skull Records – Early Fall 2014

Talking Skull Releases for September 2014 Les Zerreurs – s/t – cassette Montreal’s own wild punk-indie-explosive rockers Les Zerreurs deliver a solid, loud and relentless tape featuring four tracks. I loved it straight away.  Slightly reminiscent of We Are Wolves, … Continue reading

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Spring’s Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records Showcase

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME RECORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Tunabunny – Kingdom Technology Tunabunny never disappoint.  This LP is a bit noiser than their previous album, complete with a full employment if distortion in spots and strange, almost hypnotic vocal harmonics in … Continue reading

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New Rock Reviews – Mid March 2014

Quailbones — Lord Dion’s House of Discovery 7” – Self-released Glorious lo-fi and wild punk-pop-garage-psyche!  Could we call it some form of post punk?  Three tracks on this 7” and each one is a trip in itself.  Seriously, this is … Continue reading

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The Rok Lok Records Showcase!

Kind of Like Paris — S/T EP — cassette Here’s a sweet little cassette EP packing in three tracks.  This is some dreamy lo fi indie pop, reminding me at times of REM, Silversun Pickups, and perhaps a tiny bit … Continue reading

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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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