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SEE: The Close Lobsters have still got the guitar shimmer nailed – ‘Godless’

STRAIGHT outta Paisley on the back of the C86 guitar pop wave, Close Lobsters were a little unfortunate to fly under the radar compared to some of their contemporaries. The…

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Track: Swansea’s Mojo Jnr make hazy bedroom pop with Miles Away

SWANSEA’S Josh David-Read might just be Cymru music scene’s latest little treasure. The nation that brought us Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Cate Le Bon will have…

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Track: Even as we speak – Blue Suburban Skies

Out right now as part of the brilliant Optic Nerve Sevens 2.0 reissue series is this rather lovely slice of jangly indie pop from Australia’s Even as we Speak. After…

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Track: Wildhoney – Naive Castle

Slumberland Records have been a mighty presence within the independent community since their formation 30 years ago. This is a label who have worked with such indie luminaries as The…

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Track: The Hit Parade release Happy World / Otaku Boy for RSD 2018

One of the UK’s most cherished indie bands The Hit Parade releases its thirteenth single on JSH Records tomorrow to mark Record Store Day 2018. The Hit Parade was formed by…

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Track: Flowertruck – Good Enough for Now

For those of us who remember the famous C86 cassette release from the NME, Postcard Records and bands like The Go-Betweens, Orange Juice, Jonathan Richmond and Prefab Sprout, hearing Flowertruck…

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Track: Close Lobsters – Under London Skies

It’s been more than two years since we heard anything from indie pop legends (I think its fair to use that term) Close Lobsters, but Shelflife will be releasing the…

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Album Review: McCarthy – I am a Wallet (reissue)

Trust me, there was a time before you’re average indie band shied away from politics, because it might affect their ‘careers’. Today it seems that more bands are worried about…

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Album Review: St. Christopher – Evermore Starts Here 1984-2000

This is weird. Me and St Christopher have history. I bought, direct from Sarah Records, that beacon of all things indie and (in some cases) twee, All of a tremble,…

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Album Review: Various Artists – A Sunday Matinee

Where would we be without Matinee Recordings? The Santa Barbara label is celebrating its fifteenth year of releasing indie pop, and have just released this compilation of track as a…

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