Appleseeds!: “Anything Goes” is the new single by this Copenhagen combo that have a PO! inspired band-name. The song sounds so good. You wonder when they will be releasing a record or something…. and yes, they do tell. This new single will be part of their debut album that will be released in the fall and that will include 10 songs!

Swiss Portrait: another fantastic band that knows how to craft quality indiepop is Swiss Portrait from Edinburgh. This solo project by Michael Kay Terence has the perfect pop sensibility if you ask me. His latest single is a great example of it. Check out “Hideout”, I totally recommend it.

Tall Dwarfs: there is a new compilation on CD and LP by the classic band from New Zealand formed by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate. “Unravelled: 1981-2002” is out now thanks to Merge Records and includes 55 songs by this legendary duo! Must have!

The Golden Rail: “Silver Linings” is the first single from the new album, the 3rd album, by the Melbourne combo that features Ian Freeman, Jeffrey Baker, Dave Chadwick and Saki Garth. In the past I have done interviews with Ian about the legendary bands he has been in like Mars Bastards or The Palisades.

Mt. Misery: and lastly a new EP from this great Hartlepool band! “The Times it Takes” is already out in its digital format and has 4 songs, including a cover of the smash hit “You & Me Song” by The Wannadies.  A very strong release that I hope you will enjoy as much as I did.

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Five guys, a four-track, in a basement, in 1991. That’s how Paul Dain, guitarist of Simple Simon, describes the recordings by this East Lansing, Michigan, band.

One year ago he uploaded the only demo tape recorded by Simple Simon to Soundcloud. This demo had 8 songs, “A Reason”, “Fool to Think”, “Mary Winndham”, “Mind Collapsing”, “Little Memory”, “Wasting it All”, “A Reason (Muzak mixx)” and “No Words”.

The five guys in the band were Cameron Jamieson on vocals, Darren Tibbits on drums and vocal, Curtis Larkin on acoustic guitar and keyboards, Brad Barnard on bass and Paul Dain on guitar.

There is not much more info here about the band, but we know Paul and Darren had been in a band called No Big Deal previously in 1989 when they were freshmen at the Michigan State University.

I don’t have much more info. I do believe Darren Tibbits is nowadays a creative director at his own company Skully Rebels and used to be a copywriter. He is now based in Minnesota.

I also think Curtis is nowadays in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area. He is involved in digital marketing. I am not sure about Brad Barnard, MAYBE he is now an executive director at Raytheon Missiles & Defense in Arizona? But could be another Brad I stumbled upon. And Cameron, could be an strategic account manager at Henry Schein in Detroit. Linkedin are the top results for their names… no Soundcloud or other related music websites.

Anyways, I do hope we find out more info about them soon. They had some quality songs and you wonder what happened to Simple Simon!

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Simple Simon – Fool to Think