Jangle Pop Archives

Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaJuly 5, 2021

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 ... Read More

Real Estate – The Main Thing (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaFebruary 28, 2020

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 ... Read More

The Sundays – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Turns 30

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaJanuary 15, 2020

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 ... Read More

The Rembrandts – Via Satellite (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaAugust 19, 2019

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 ... Read More

The Ocean Blue – Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves (Album Review)

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaJune 19, 2019

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 ... Read More

The Lotus Eaters’ No Sense of Sin Turns 35

ALfie Vera MellaALfie Vera MellaMay 1, 2019

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 ... Read More

Jangle Pop

Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting (Album Review)

Real Estate – The Main Thing (Album Review)

The Sundays – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Turns 30

The Rembrandts – Via Satellite (Album Review)

The Ocean Blue – Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves (Album Review)

The Lotus Eaters’ No Sense of Sin Turns 35

Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting (Album Review)

Real Estate – The Main Thing (Album Review)

The Sundays – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic Turns 30

The Rembrandts – Via Satellite (Album Review)

The Ocean Blue – Kings and Queens / Knaves and Thieves (Album Review)

The Lotus Eaters’ No Sense of Sin Turns 35

This Week In Horror – Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

This Week in Horror Movie History – The Horror Show (1989)

This Week In Horror Movie History – Gothic (1987)

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Smoke Trigger

Developing Artist Showcase – Black Hibiscus

Developing Artist Showcase – Return to Dust

Interview – UFO’s Phil Mogg

Interview – Clayne Crawford & Summer Shelton

Interview – Bishop Briggs

Skid Row – Live in London (Live Album Review)

Caddo Lake (Movie Review)

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Movie Review)