Vandals Let Loose In Leeds!

Word reaches indie mp3 of a new record label (and that’s a label, not company as they are keen to point out) being set up in Leeds.
“The VANDAL label is run by Choque Hosein, the Mercury award Nominated producer, former frontman of Black Star Liner and man behind the old 48 crash label which released [...]

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The Lieutenants Mistress – Free Download EP!

Brighton based indie rockers The Lieutenants Mistress have released a new EP. They write that “It has taken 1 year, 2 sessions at Lumen Studios and 3 drummers but it has finally arrived… WIRED.” They add that “after a number of discussions and events that I won’t bore you with, we have decided to release [...]

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Doggy – Mon Colonel

Doggy are a French indie pop band with an obvious love of Subway, Sarah and Matinee Records. In fact Mon Colonel is packed with tunes that would grace any of those labels despite me not knowing what they are singing about as they sing in their native tongue throughout. That makes my decision to skip [...]

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The Lodger – New EP!

The Lodger released their new single the I Think I Need You EP today on Elefant Records. The EP is available on 7″ vinyl and digital formats. The band are expanding in numbers and have now added the adding trumpet, saxophone and viola to their repertoire. They are currently working towards their third album.
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Godsmania – Tyre Kicker EP Free Download

I reviewed Godsmania’s Tyre Kicker EP back in April. It has now sold out so the label, Spanner Records, have made it available as a free download. It’s well worth getting hold off  for tracks like Thanks But No Thanks and All Gone Wrong Today.
The next release on the label will be a free download [...]

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Juni Järvi

I daresay Juni Järvi is one of the more interesting artists to emerge from the Swedish indiepop scene lately, and you really should be taking notice of him. His near-perfect popsong “If we just want to” features maracas, tambourine, ukulele, banjo, violins, and more birds chirping than you can shake a stick at. A few weeks ago he released [...]

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Pinkshinyultrablast – Self Titled

Pinkshinyultrablast are a band from Russia whose debut EP captures their obvious love of late 1980’s shoegazing. Blaster does just that, providing an adrenaline rush of fuzzy guitars complete with the dream pop trademark ethereal vocals which are desperate to be heard. It’s a great song but there is not much in the way of [...]

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Pack Of Three #2

Three more tracks made freely available by bands/labels on the net for you to enjoy:
Pocketbooks – Footsteps Forthcoming single taken from their debut album Flightpaths which will be released on How Does It Feel To be Loved
Acid House Kings – This Heart Is A Stone French version with vocals provided by Suzette of Les Très [...]

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Manhattan Love Suicides – Longer & Louder

The Manhattan Love Suicides are re-releasing their début album complete with an extra CD of tracks released since the original version came out plus a DVD of promo videos. The track listing is:
1. Things You’ve Never Done
2. Skulls
3. Evil Side
4. Crush Whatever
5. Thinking Is Killing Me
6. (The Guy On The) 14th Floor
7. Home
8. Suzy Jones
9. [...]

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Thieves Like Us – New Release

The latest release on Shelflife Records is by Thieves Like Us. It’s a 12″ release called Really Like To See You Again and the label have made the track available as a free download. It’s very 1980’s synth pop sounding. Who would have guessed that with a name like theirs eh?
Thieves Like Us – Really [...]

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