NEW INDEPENDENT POP/ROCK – AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST UPDATE

Melbourne outfit Monnone Alone, the project led by former Lucksmiths bassist and the founder of respected Australian independent music label The Lost & Lonesome Recording Co. Mark Monnone, kicks off our current update of our New Independent Pop Rock Playlist on Spotify with the breezy warmth of ‘Feeling Together Feels Alright’. Their fine new album […]
NEW INDEPENDENT POP/ROCK – AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST UPDATE

So chuffed to be sharing this unbelievably strong spotify playlist of 30 brand new independently released pop/rock tracks with our readers today. Every couple of weeks or so we share an update of each one of our seven New Music playlists giving the artists the recognition and respect they deserve. The new tracks have been […]
NEW INDEPENDENT POP/ROCK – AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST UPDATE

Our current Independent Pop/Rock Playlist on Spotify is front-ended with some superb new releases by female artists in honour of International Women’s Day. We begin with the Swiss artist Tanya Barany and the opening track ‘In Retrospect’ from her melodically glacial new album Lights Disappear. Melbourne singer songwriter Angie McMahon follows with her deliberative rock […]
NEW INDEPENDENT POP/ROCK – AN INDIE30 PLAYLIST USING SPOTIFY

Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould has released some 14 solo albums since that band’s acrimonious demise in the last 1980s. Sunshine Rock is his twelfth under his own name and Side Two track ‘Irrational Poison’ leads of our New Independent Pop/Rock playlist using Spotify as it stands today. Mould is followed by Charleston quintet Susto […]
FAVOURITE INDEPENDENT POP/ROCK TRACKS OF 2018

We’re doing an end of year list for each of our seven new music playlists on Spotify and today we present our favourite guitar based Pop/Rock tracks of 2018. It takes in a number of sub-genres including jangle, psych, garage, surf, power, revival and art. We were able to whittle things down to 140 tracks in […]
JACCO GARDNER SHARES FIRST TRACK FROM ALL INSTRUMENTAL SOMNIUM

Dutch psychedelic pop auteur Jacco Gardner has released the melodious sub two minute ‘Volva’ the first little taster below from his forthcoming album, the all instrumental Somnium. His first release since 2015’s excellent Hypnophobia, its gestation period saw Gardner move to Portugal’s City of Light, a development that heavily influences the album. Lisbon will do […]
ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS; TOY DROP DOUBLE A SIDE 12″

Last Friday English genre defying quintet Toy released two superbly diverse singles that come together physically to form a double A sided 500 copy limited edition 12″ on vinyl. ‘The Willo’ is a deceptive seven minute piece of disoriented somnambulist psychedelia while ‘Energy’ is thrillingly sludgy, melodious and motorik inspired. It’s their first release for London independent […]
OMNI ANNOUNCE MULTI-TASK, DROP NEW SINGLE

Atlanta trio Omni just dropped this blissfully angular new single, ‘Equestrian’ off their upcoming new album, Multi-Task. The announcement of the record comes just short of a year after their fabulous debut Deluxe and will be out September 22 on Trouble In Mind. How do you multi-task manic and the laid back? Find out below […]
HOLLOW SIDEWALKS RELEASE ALBUM TWO ON VINYL

During 2016 Portland band Hollow Sidewalks digitally released their second album Year Of The Field Mouse and last month saw the long player get a vinyl release. While staying true to its rock roots, its ten tracks traverse genre nicely containing elements of neo psych, garage and hook filled pop imbibed with an definite early […]