February 26, 2023
The Church – Hypnogogue (Album Review)
One the pioneers of Ethereal/Psychedelic-tinged New Wave / Jangle Pop music genres, The Church are back with their 26th overall full-length studio album. Yes, that is right the 26th...
Jangle Pop Tag
December 28, 2022
Alvvays – Blue Rev (Album Review)
Five years after their 2017’s album Antisocialites, the Toronto-based Canadian band Alvvays return with another Indie Pop delicacy, Blue Rev. Became commercially available on October 7th through Polyvinyl, Blue Rev took a long process to get finalized… counting in the hassles and inconveniences that the pandemic...
June 27, 2022
Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts 1-4 (Album Review)
Johnny Marr has been very prolific since his post-Smiths collaborations with a diverse number of musicians, from Billy Bragg to Hans Zimmer. That in mind, it was only in 2013 when Marr came out officially as a solo artist, and he has so far been...
July 5, 2021
Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting (Album Review)
Dreams are indeed not over! Catapulting to commercial popularity in the late '80s with the strength of the Neo-acoustic single "Don't Dream It's Over," and trickled into the ensuing decade via Alternative Rock staples such as "Locked Out" and "Four Seasons in One Day," Crowded...
February 28, 2020
Real Estate – The Main Thing (Album Review)
Formed in 2009, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York, Real Estate concocts a musical style taken after the swirl and subtle fuzziness of Dreampop and then topped with a glaze of Shoegaze for good measure. Currently consisting of Martin Courtney IV (vocals, guitar), Alex...
January 15, 2020
The Sundays – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Turns 30
Long before the emergence of female-fronted bands whose music may be classified as Indie/Jangle Pop the likes of The Cranberries ("Linger"), The Cardigans ("Rise & Shine"), and Camera Obscura ("Eighties Fan"), there was already the far softer and more fragile sound of The Sundays. Formed in...
August 19, 2019
The Rembrandts – Via Satellite (Album Review)
Emerging from the ashes of the ’80s-forming band Great Buildings of which both of them were former members, Danny Wilde and Phil Solem got together in 1989, in Los Angeles, California, United States, to form The Rembrandts. Releasing their self-titled debut record in 1990, despite...
June 19, 2019
The Ocean Blue – Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves (Album Review)
Be it in the realm of New Wave, Jangle Pop, or Indie Pop, the name The Ocean Blue never fails to splash its waves of sweet serenity and mellifluous musicality to the initiated. What with saccharine songs like “Between Something and Nothing,” “Drifting, Falling,” “Don't...
May 1, 2019
The Lotus Eaters’ No Sense of Sin Turns 35
For enthusiasts of what is widely recognized now as New Wave music, to not have No Sense of Sin by The Lotus Eaters in their record collection is certainly a grave sin of omission. Why not, when the album is an epitome of what truly...
September 14, 2018
The Chills – Snow Bound (Album Review)
Formed in 1980, in Dunedin, New Zealand, The Chills was the creation of Singer-Songwriter Martin Phillipps, aided by a revolving door of musicians who came and went during the band’s entire career. The struggles that Phillipps and his band faced took them seven years before they...
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