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Synthpop reviews: Cloud Spell, Cavendish Laboratory, Seaofsin (2017).

25 January, 201725 January, 2017 Goth, Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Minimal synth dreampop, extended instrumental noodling and EBM dancefloor.

Links: Slowdive return, GRIDI, Tetris on a Launchpad, BitTorrent Inc.

13 January, 201713 January, 2017 Indie, Links, mp3, Musician 0

But Lauren won’t budge; she likes what she likes, and Spotify understands that.

Links: Selling yourself as a streaming artist, vacuum tubes, indie conspiracy theories.

11 January, 201711 January, 2017 Indie, Industry, Live, Musician 0

BOTTOM VIEW: Basing diagram, JEDEC 9A.

Reviews: The Pineapple Thief, Trance To The Sun, Scandinavia (2016).

8 January, 201729 March, 2017 Goth, Indie, Pop, Prog, Punk, Record 0

Let’s get the guitars out again.

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. How to hip-sing!

25 December, 2016 Indie 0

“Yup, all $9.24 from monetization is going towards the wedding. There will be ice sculptures.”

The Celibate Rifles: Merry Xmas Blues (1983).

24 December, 201625 December, 2016 Indie, Record, Rock 0

Then give ’em all the turkey and tell ’em to get stuffed.

Reviews: Soviet Soviet, Fossey, Nórdika (2016).

11 December, 201611 December, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Shoegazy post-punk, synth pop and futurepop.

Reviews: Pass-Ages, Embrace The Crisis, Tombaugh Regio (2016).

7 December, 20167 December, 2016 Indie, Pop, Record 0

Synth-based indie pop, with some stomping jangle too.

Ganser: relentlessness by guitar.

5 December, 2016 Indie, Post-Punk, Record, Rock 0

Taut indie guitar rock, sparse but weighty; machine music by a guitar band with the proper relentlessness.

Flying Nun revival and reissues, Roger Shepherd autobio.

24 November, 201626 November, 2016 Indie, Record 0

Roger Shepherd, founder of Flying Nun Records, is now embarking upon a reissue programme. And has written an autobiography.

Reviews: Karlo, Moon Mask, Aseasita (2016).

21 November, 201622 November, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Today, some pop and some electroclash.

Synthpop: Mlale, Clintongore, Digital Logic (2016).

11 November, 201611 November, 2016 Indie, Pop, Record 0

Some super-accessible pop, some more experimentally-leaning synthpop and more Digital Logic vaporwave.

Blue Plutos: Moon Language (2016).

29 October, 201629 October, 2016 Indie, Record 0

The sort of guitar jangle pop that was our bread and butter in the late ’80s.

Reviews: Nápoles, Damsel in the Dollhouse, Digital Logic (2016).

26 October, 201628 October, 2016 Dance, Esoterica, Goth, Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

So I use the Bandcamp new arrivals as a radio, so what, so should you. Jangly guitar indie, goth-industrial dance and some straight-up vaporwave.

Reviews: The Royal They, Unity One, Graveyard Love (2016).

24 October, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Pre-grunge-style indie rock, EBM synthpop and disorienting synthesizer-guitar landscapes.

A note on A. C. Temple.

15 October, 201616 October, 2016 Indie, Post-Punk, Rock 0

Who else remembers late ’80s Blast First band A. C. Temple?

Deerful: Home (2016).

14 October, 201614 October, 2016 Indie, Record 0

The vocal on “Moon Maps” is so gorgeous, and the chiptune actually makes this even clearer than on the excellent original. The first chiptune record I’ve ever had a minute for, let alone three.

Reviews: Magana, Night Club, Cybercide, Brandenburg (2006, 2016).

9 October, 201610 October, 2016 Dance, Indie, Industrial, Post-Punk, Record 0

Acoustic songwriter guitar rock, new wave disco, pounding futurepop EBM and Russian post-punk revival.

Reviews: Möss, Ladylike Lily, Faderhead (2016).

7 October, 20167 October, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Soundscapes with songs, indie pop with synth and guitar, and industrial gone synthpop. Three excellent finds today.

Reviews: French Concession, Novie, Golden Graves, The Decliner (2016).

2 October, 20161 October, 2016 Indie, R'n'B, Record 0

Dreampop, shoegaze, synth landscapes … and in-your-face rap.

Reviews: Növö, District 13, Adhere to Form, Seattle Fix (2016).

28 September, 201629 September, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Record 0

Industrial atmospherics, EBM synthpop, ’80s old synth work and dreampop on real instruments.

Hey, ho! Let’s go! Punk rock links.

23 September, 201624 September, 2016 Indie, Links, Post-Punk, Punk, Writing 0

Pavarotti’s “Blitzkrieg Bop”, Kill Your Pet Puppy retrospective, a contemporary punk novel, Manchester punk history, Czechoslovak punk history, Scottish post-punk history and a children’s picture book on punk. The secret histories.

Reviews: Arsia Line, The Primary Colors, Lindy Vision (2016).

20 September, 201621 October, 2017 Goth, Indie, Post-Punk, Rock 0

Black Native angular post-punk, psychedelic garage and some straight-up witch house.

All guitars: No Sister, Dot Dash, Susan, Strange Passage (2016).

8 September, 2016 Indie, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Record 0

Post-hardcore indie rock, punk pop, power punk pop and jangle punk.

Pel Mel have a live album and a best-of coming out.

7 September, 201618 March, 2017 Indie, Post-Punk, Record 0

Pel Mel were an Australian post-punk indie-pop band who formed in Newcastle in 1979 and split in 1984. Like so many old post-punk bands, they’ve reformed in recent years, and have a collection and a live album out soon.