rolling indie-pop (lo-fi or otherwise) 2018

"Out of My Mind" by Brooke Bentham, it's the first '90s ripoff this year that I've liked :-) https://youtu.be/KI2dRYA52KU (You won't)

Her other stuff's good but quite different.

This has been my obsessive-repeat-listening favourite this past week or two. that melody!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ubAA_I1T4

New album is out from Broncho, world’s most underrated power pop band.

"Out of My Mind" by Brooke Bentham, it's the first '90s ripoff this year that I've liked :-) https://youtu.be/KI2dRYA52KU (You won't)

Her other stuff's good but quite different.

I like the 2nd song ("I Need Your Body") a lot! Gonna check out more of her stuff. (The "'90s ripoff" song kinda sounds like a less distinctive Courtney Barnett to me.)

No idea if it fits best here, but A Beacon School (never heard of them before) are really good. They've got an LP out, 'Cola': beachy dream/samplepop. Think Air France, Beach House etc.
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Ordered this cd last week off the bandcamp page. "It's Late" cropped up after Still Corners' "The Trip" on a YouTube jaunt, and I played it a few times in a row, then listened to the whole album on bandcamp. It's the highlight for me, but the album's worthy as a whole.

Tim that's very nice

Frøkedal is great. Discovered them by way of Thea and The Wild, due to Thea being a part time member.

I've been enjoying Farao's second album Pure-O, which came out on Friday - see here: https://open.spotify.com/album/3DZ4iN0Rqw8iAK4w3hRGlg. She's Norwegian but lives in Berlin now and the new record is heavily influenced by Soviet disco (I understand she made a lot of it with Soviet-era synths) and kosmische. I hear Sundfør in goth-ABBA mode at times, though that could just be the accent. I'm most of all enamoured by the crashes of glitter that come in about two and a half minutes into "Lula Loves You", and the ascendant finale to "Marry Me".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pr6pTDutJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYVp3AGShfw

this Farao is amazing stuff

The whole Farao album is a jawdropper.

STOVE
MOR kinda emo heavy guitar jamz, good drummer
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Ox0oeU8LjmhiZWKAP8Er4?si=jjmHxfLkRyaDLQp22aH7KQ

This group released my favorite album of the year and no one's talking about it. Listen! It's great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Ro3CHtILY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIEKmPL7ArM

This is heroically unfashionable. They have the swagger of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

GZM are one of my favorite bands! What are the odds?

this strikes a good balance between dreamy and spiky

https://soundcloud.com/the-rungs/want-you-to-know

The new Stephen Steinbrink is great! Just saw him open for Advance Base, and it was just him, an acoustic, and an odd fellow who sang beautiful harmonies and held an unplugged bass in his arms the whole time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXaGPPqbnDE

This is great - Blades of Joy (S/T): https://meltersmusic.bandcamp.com/

Don't know if this thread is still operative, and this is more straightforward indie-rock than "indie-pop," but I like it:

Patio - Essentials
https://patio-bandcamp.bandcamp.com/

Please help me find more records that my partner will enjoy for home/coffee/crossword puzzle listening. The last big discovery (still in heavy rotation) was The Ophelias' album from last year, which is fantastic (produced by Yoni from Why?):
https://open.spotify.com/album/4H0S3BMWhtwjd5besGIBqN?si=y2uAllbVTFOg6L4ly4Fjow

Extremely tuneful, pretty/non-abrasive, nice vocals that are in tune and not nasally/whiny. Recommendations in this mode?

Recent records with vocals that she does not enjoy:
Big Thief
Why?
Faye Webster (although it may just have been the album cover that was a deal breaker)

try the new Bedouine, it's pretty good

maybe the dear nora album from last year? https://dearnora.bandcamp.com/album/skulls-example

Both great suggestions, thanks!

That Ophelia’s record has a great drum sound

Ya for sure. Indie bands have really mastered the muted snares + played quietly + heavily compressed sound.

Checked their twitter and they're recording a new album as we speak, so that's cool.

Jordan's partner, meet Joseph:

https://thebandjoseph.bandcamp.com/album/good-luck-kid

this ^ is the first single from their new album (just announced today). their last album is good, too:

https://thebandjoseph.bandcamp.com/album/im-alone-no-youre-not

I really like that Dear Nora record.

(it's passed the home test, except for the tracks that sound more '80s-influenced, and it was pointed out that the singer sounds a lot like the woman from The Waitresses)

cool. they have older albums that are good too ("mountain rock" is great)

Pauline en la Playa's album from last year is pretty great. they've been around for 20 years and their style is sort of a continuation of the bossa/folk/chamber-poppish indie that bands like La Buena Vida and Le Mans were putting out in the late '90s

https://paulineenlaplaya.bandcamp.com/releases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSGv6CFNXRE

their last three albums have been completely amazing, I've always wanted to see them live!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-U14qVyWEk

yeah, that song is one of my favorites. I also love their debut EP (and spent ages trying to figure out which Softies song sounds exactly like Titubeas...apparently none). too bad they never seem to perform outside of Spain and haven't gotten the same level of international recognition as some of the bigger Spanish indiepop groups

The guitar line in Titubeas is something like Brighter's Inside Out, but overall that song makes me think of the Marine Girls!

Really been getting into the Tourist Activities EP lately.

post about it here!
Rolling Indiepop/Twee/Jangle 2020

ah, I see. thanks