This EP from the Pooches came out at the beginning of the year, but its sweet pop pleasures are still swimming around in my head. Nice cover of the Cascades’ Rhythm of the Rain to boot!
So many good soul records this year. Just as I was overdosing on the new Nicole Willis album, along comes Portland, Oregon’s Liz Vice with here debut LP There’s a Light.
(Source: SoundCloud / Liz Vice)
Parisian punks with a penchant for the Buzzcocks and Television Personalities Cheap Riot follow up last year’s excellent Part-Time Vacancy single with a full length called Ballroom Portraits. Cop it from Requiem Pour Un Twister.
(Source: cheapriot.bandcamp.com)
I’ve long been looking forward to this album. After a handful of single, Melbourne’s Terrible Truths are ready to unleash self-titled debut LP on Bedroom Suck. The Coast Is Clear features everything that’s great about this trio: a little funkiness, a jagged guitar riff, twin vocals and general all around coolness!
(Source: SoundCloud / bedroom suck records)
Seattle duo Pony Time are readying their third LP for release on September 11. It’s called Rumours 2: The Rumours Are True. The first single Time Tells Me is a scorcher that sounds nothing like Fleetwood Mac (thankfully).
(Source: SoundCloud / Pony Time)
Redspencer are from Melbourne. They sound like early Blur with some XTC, Chills and La’s thrown in to even things out. Classic pop sounds abound on their four song debut EP. Sunny pop for summer time in the northern hemisphere. You can stream and buy their EP on Deaf Ambitions’s bandcamp page.
(Source: store.deafambitions.com)
6/16/15.
The Cathy’s are yet ANOTHER Australian band. This one is from Sydney, and as far as I can tell have no relation to other Aussie bands. The vocals are in the background and not necessarily melodic, but the music is definitely pop. This is their debut 7″ (although there is a nice digital EP on Bandcamp as well).
The cover and the band name don’t really fit this music at all.
Good single! Singer sounds a bit like Laurence of Felt.
Drinks is Tim Presley and Cate Le Bon. Between the two of them they’ve released some impressive music. So when you hear the beginning of Hermits on Holiday you might be a little underwhelmed at first. It starts out spartan and minimalist. It’s catchy and a bit angular, but you start to wonder if this was really worth the effort. Not to fear though, because midway through it gets funky and playful and lives up to expectations.
(Source: SoundCloud / Heavenly Recordings)
