Tokidoki, the boy/girl duo formed by Nora O Conner and Peter Schaefer, first release came in 1996. I didn t know that. I was always only aware of their 2000 self-titled album on Sunday Records. I guess I should do my homework and do a little digging about them. As mentioned, they released a 7 EP in [ ]
Amber is a band I know very little about. I found about them on an Instagram post by an account called diversesvenkst and got me curious. Then I notice the great David Chalé had posted one of their songs, Yatzy , on Youtube and well, it is time then too try to find any details we [ ]
Kumla is a locality and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with a population of 21,640 as of 2018. The name Kumla is renowned for its prison ( the Kumla Institution , or Kumlaanstalten, commonly known as The Bunker ), which is the largest prison in the country. I don t think I ve ever written about a [ ]
When I did a few CDRs called The Sound of Young Java, I had considered calling the series The Sound of Young Bandung. The impressive amount of quality bands coming from that city in Indonesia has always surprised me. How come they produce that? I must visit Bandung some day. I hope. And try to [ ]
Thanks so much to Julie for the interview! I ve always been very curious about The Crimson Mints. I have heard one of their songs, Makes Me Want To , that appeared on the compilation Positively Teenage that came with the This Almighty Pop! fanzine back in the day. I thought it was brilliant. So I wrote [ ]
Molasses had two periods. One in Perth, Australia, with Paul Williams, Andrew Britten and Mia Schoen. And one in Melbourne where Andrew was replaced by Chris Gorman. I m going to try to figure out when this change happened. Mia is a musician I have always enjoyed. She has been in great bands, among them a [ ]
Thanks so much to Darran McCrann for the interview! Some months ago I discovered a couple of songs on Soundcloud. There was no band name, but the credits of the two songwriters, McCrann and Firmager. I found they had been based in Ireland and Australia. Lots of things weren t clear. But the songs were good. [ ]
Sendai, Japan. The first time I heard about Rain Paints was thanks to a tape released by the very fine Japanese label Miles Apart Records in 2014. It was a tape that was part of their Cassette Tapes Club, and this one was the third release. It was showcasing 2 songs by Rain Paints, Funeral [ ]
Many times in Germany. But never in the south of Germany. Munich remains a place I would like to visit. That s where we are heading today on the blog. It is possible that the band Bismarck Idaho best known fact is that Momus produced four out of 5 tracks of the band s one and only [ ]
The Kate Rays is Kim Floyd s current project. You can find the music she makes with Tony Chance on bass and Mark Hubbard on drums on Bandcamp. I recommend it. But I discovered some tracks on Soundcloud that predate The Kate Rays and that got me curious. Kim who usually sings and plays guitar is [ ]