Recorded at their upstate New York home during lockdown garage rock duo Basic Bitches have released an album of songs inspired by the classic movies they set about watching while there wasn’t much else to do. It may have been born out of boredom but it’s damn fine garage rock meaning Go To The Movies …
Hitting 2021 hard from the start Leceister-based queercore artist Kermes release double A-Side Peeling Off The Rind and Terms. It’s their first new music since 2018’s We Choose Pretty Names and released exclusively on Bandcamp via their own label, Amateur Pop Incorporated. Artist: Kermes Tracks: Peeling Off The Rind / Terms Label: Amateur Pop Incorporated …
Hailing from the Netherlands garage punk / Riot Grrrl band Get Jealous deal with attacks on identity on new single Lipstick – check out the video which goes alongside. Artist: Get Jealous Track: Lipstick Label: Radicalis Music Release: 24 December 2020 Find it: Spotify There’s a nuanced sneer simmering with the joy of liberation and …
If you’re looking for a new listen – any of these Albums of the Year comes recommended from editor Sarah Lay (there’s no-one else here at Popoptica right now so the choice was always going to be subjective). In what has been an unusual (yes, unprecedented if you must) year there has continued to be …
Taken from the first of three EPs set for release through Lost Map, Firestations invite us to sink into their woozy alt-pop sound on single Small Island. Artist: Firestations Track: Small Island Label: Lost Map Released: 2 October 2020 Find it: Spotify | Bandcamp In mythology, there was a race of islanders who forgot themselves …
Hearts Beating In Time has just signed to Reckless Yes and the first release with them is dreamy and dark electropop single Simone’s. Artist: Hearts Beating In Time Track: Simone’s Label: Reckless Yes Released: 30 October 2020 Find it: Spotify | Bandcamp Everything has its own heart beat. We each expand and contract around our …
Ahead of the release of their debut album next month Californian garage pop band Suzie True release single Carmen. Artist: Suzie True Release: Carmen Label: Get Better Records Released: 20 October 2020 Find it: Spotify | Bandcamp Describing themselves as a ‘cry baby pop punk band whose goal is to have you crying about your …
Following her debut EP released in early 2020 Berlin-based Eilis Frawley has released a second EP, Adult Life, of brilliant and brave avant-garde electropop through UK independent label Reckless Yes. Artist: Eilis Frawley Release: Adult Life EP Label: Reckless Yes Released: 23 October 2020 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Eilis Frawley’s path to solo artistry …
Derbyshire electronic trio Haiku Salut release the second of their recent film scores – commissioned by Live Cinema UK – with Portrait in Dust scoring 1920 short ‘Nude Woman in Waterfall’. Artist: Haiku Salut Track: Portrait in Dust Label: Secret Name Released: 16 October 2020 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify When Haiku Salut play it …
A change in tone for Brighton duo ARXX on latest single Call Me Crazy as they showcase an alt-pop sound with all the power we’d expect from them, plus added reflection and shimmering harmonies. Artist: ARXX Title: Call Me Crazy Label: self-released Released: 14 October 2020 Find it: Bandcamp | Spotify Some days it is …