One can only keep finding new music. Maybe one day I’ll find the next Cloudberry 7″? That’d be cool.
The Umbrella Puzzles: not too long ago I was raving about Ryan Marquez’s new project. The ex-Apple Orchard and Sodajerk had made a beautiful mini-album with 6 tracks. It didn’t take long for the Subjangle label to notice and so we have good news. On November 14th the mini-album will be released on CD and it will include an extra track, “Leave the City”!
Christmas Pavilion – Natale ai Mirtilli: the Blue-Very label has been releasing top quality music this year. The latest is a Christmas-themed CD that includes 11 tracks! Bands include Three Berry Icecream, Pot-Pourri, Vacation Three, Small Garden and more. It sounds GREAT!
Oxy: well this sounds really good! From Brazil comes this duo formed by Blandu Correia and Sara Cándido and I am really impressed by their last track “Don’t You Think the Air is Stuffy?”. Top shoegaze here. I should keep an eye on this band.
Full Power Happy Hour: Australia keeps producing top indiepop. The latest finding is this Brisbane band formed by Alex, Grace, Caroline, Joe and Finn. “The Fun EP” is their second release after the EP “Complicit” released earlier this year. It comes with 3 tracks, with the standout one being “Fun”.
Soumbalgwang: wow! this new track by the Busan, South Korea, band sounds terrific! It is called “Gwangan Surf” and I am really hoping it gets released on 7″ or something. It is a fun fuzzy upbeat pop song with boy/girl vocals. Just how I love them. And it only lasts 1 minute. You are left hoping for more!
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“Lie to Me: A Compilation of Guitar Use and Abuse” (UCD 1) was released by Umbrella in 1989. This compilation was released on both CD and vinyl and from what I understand, from the liner notes written by Anthony H. Wilson, the idea originally was to do a compilation of the independent scene of the time, combining guitar based music and electronic music. In the end the label decided to release two separate compilations. The one I am interested of course is the guitar based one.
This comp featured lots of well known bands like The Heart Throbs, The Parachute Men, McCarthy and even The Wedding Present. There’s Red Harvest too who I’ve interviewed in the past. One of the interesting bands that was new to me was The Counting House.
The Counting House is terribly obscure. I have no clue whatsoever who they are. They contributed the song “Walking By” to this record.
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