indie pop: Gloomy electronica from xorb

April 29th, 2009

Just something quick today from the Swedish electronic artist known as xorb and his new ep Tiny Sattelites. “Square Air World” is gloomy electronic with hints of doom and death. It’s perfect for the world we live in that is presently…

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powerpop: All the Young PMs

April 29th, 2009

From 1970 and their undervalued album Mad Shadows, please enjoy the incomparable Mott the Hoople and “Thunderbuck Ram.”


I’ve loved these guys for years, and by that I mean since way before David Bowie got his grubby little mitts on them;…

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indie pop: Afrobeat Movement - “Don’t Fake It”

April 28th, 2009

Afrobeat inspired soul/jazz/funk jamz from Sweden sounds like an impossible thing to hope for, but at this point, after many years of posting about Swedish music in all its various and sundry forms, I’m prepared to accept nearly anything. As…

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powerpop: Baby Scream and Great Northern

April 27th, 2009

Baby Scream “Ups and Downs”
Baby Scream is a London based band originally formed by Juan Mazzola in Argentina. Mazzola has an affection for several classic pop influences like The Byrds, John Lennon, and The Replacements. The album goes through many…

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powerpop: Charlie’s Good Tonight, Isn’t He?

April 27th, 2009

From 1971, please enjoy pretty much my all-time favorite Rolling Stones cover of a Chuck Berry song — a fabulous live version of “Let It Rock.”


This was the b-side of the Brit EP version of “Brown Sugar”; it also appeared…

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indie pop: The Popguns - Official Live Tape

April 25th, 2009

Genre: Indiepop / Guitar Pop
Based In…: UK
Label: Self-made
Year: 1989
My Rate: 10/10

Essa cassete foi distribuída pela banda em um dos shows que fizeram em Brighton na época do lançamento do clássico álbum Eugene, contem praticamente todas as músicas do disco em versões ao vivo mais algumas…

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indie pop: Together at last: Hajen, Euphoria, Tvärvägen and Winter Took His Life Tour Europe

April 24th, 2009

I’m generally not a cut and paste music blogger but I couldn’t resist telling you about this tour:

September - Tvärvägen
Scapegoat - Hajen

Finally Hajen, Euphoria and the Lazy Boy, Winter Took His Life and Tvärvägen made it. On the 05.05. the “Dirtfarming…

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indie pop: Weird pop from Rolf Fabian off of “It Kills” (Background Noise, June 9)

April 24th, 2009

Music bloggers love to compare artists to other artists. In the case of Rolf Fabian it’s quite difficult to get a handle on who exactly he sounds like and more especially who else structures their songs like this. Sure he may…

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indie pop: The Sounds’ New Sounds Sound Sound

April 24th, 2009

We’ve been enjoying this wavey Skåne län, Sweden quintet** for several years now and are quite excited their new Original Signal Recordings LP, Crossing the Rubicon, is due to launch 2 June. We’ve posted several by them previously; sadly the…

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indie pop: The Sounds New Sounds Sound Sound

April 24th, 2009

We’ve been enjoying this wavey Skåne län, Sweden quintet** for several years now and are quite excited their new Original Signal Recordings LP, Crossing the Rubicon, is due to launch 2 June. We’ve posted several by them previously; sadly the…

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