Sunday 18 December 2022

***post modern ... top 20 albums 2022***


*here's the top 20 list of our most essential albums from 2022* 


      #indierock #britpop #shoegaze #dreampop #madchester



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The Shop Window - A 4 Letter Word

(Spinout Nuggets Records)

https://theshopwindow.bandcamp.com/album/a-4-letter-word 

https://open.spotify.com/album/7LnwecGfTvBmEe9jxoVLUq

Genre : Indie / Britpop / Jangle Pop / Psychedelia

 

 

 

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Lightning In A Twilight Hour - Overwintering

(Elefant Records)

https://lightninginatwilighthour.bandcamp.com/album/overwintering

https://open.spotify.com/album/52AK5lF28WewmqRiYGlSUj

Genre : Indie / Ambient Pop / Sarah Records

 

 

 

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Dress Thèque - House Hymns

(Self Released)

https://open.spotify.com/album/0BvkAKxNAgma0axpClBRS1

Genre : Indie / Madchester / Britpop / Psychedelia





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Daniel Avery - Ultra Truth

(Phantasy Records / Mute Records)

https://danielavery.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-truth 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5M6dgtsmCnatYzHCHVOAYX

Genre : Electronica / IDM / Ambient / Techno




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Hatchie - Giving The World Away

(Secretly Canadian)

https://hatchie.bandcamp.com/album/giving-the-world-away 

https://open.spotify.com/album/2TwATR1G07ckXIDydjPKsw

Genre : Dreampop / Indie Pop

 

 

 

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Dubstar - Two

(Northern Writes)

https://www.dubstarofficial.co/two

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Wv3hPA9qYT7yC9AFY6iWe 

Genre: Electropop / Indiepop / Britpop

 

 

 

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xPropaganda - The Heart Is Strange

(Universal Music)

https://xpropaganda.lnk.to/TheHeartIsStrange

https://open.spotify.com/album/1fSFgmvRFtrsezbIlp5zSw 

Genre: Synth-/Electropop / 80s 

 

 

 

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Real Lies - Lad Ash

(UNREAL)

https://real-lies.bandcamp.com/album/lad-ash 

https://open.spotify.com/album/2UOJiguEycRRWLZj6O4bRc

Genre : Electronica / Electropop / Rave Pop

 

 

 

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The Big Pink - The Love That's Ours

(Project Melody Music) 

https://open.spotify.com/album/1Npaa5w16w5LetiFIpmKiU 

Genre: Indie / Electropop / Dreampop 

 

 

 

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SHADER - Everything Is Connected

(Run On Records / Modern Sky UK)

https://shader.tmstor.es/

https://open.spotify.com/album/1eDn2r2NRMGoP1ibK2lqIK

Genre : Indie / Britpop-/rock

 

 

 

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Baby Strange - World Below

(Icons Creating Evil Art) 

https://babystrange.bandcamp.com/album/world-below

https://open.spotify.com/album/0rxXVzueM7PnAjecoPYg2i

Genre : Indie Rock / Post Punk 




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Sally Shapiro - Sad Cities

(Italians Do It Better)

https://sallyshapiro.bandcamp.com/album/sad-cities

https://open.spotify.com/album/4ll76TPTcsmHrpY3HPQqst 

Genre: Electropop / Italo Disco / 80s 




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Beach House - Once Twice Melody

(Sub Pop / Bella Union)

https://beachhouse.bandcamp.com/album/once-twice-melody 

https://open.spotify.com/album/79NySyjxJ8xric31mXKMAo 

Genre: Dreampop / Psychedelia




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Dominik Eulberg - Avichrom

(!K7 Music)

https://dominikeulberg.bandcamp.com/album/avichrom 

https://open.spotify.com/album/41ipvn1E4Mbcetr3Wgs2oP

Genre: Electronica / IDM / Ambient / Techno




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Helen Love - This Is My World

(Alcopop!)

https://alcopop.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-world

https://open.spotify.com/album/4XIvgzLMPLEBx1LCukYgEe 

Genre: Indie Pop / Bubblegum Pop

 

 

 

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Thus Love - Memorial 

(Captured Tracks) 

https://thuslove.bandcamp.com/album/memorial

https://open.spotify.com/album/1p0dP1j8dIPv25UWwdr204

Genre: Indie Rock / New Wave / Post Punk 

 

 

 

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EMF - Go Go Sapiens

(Self Released)

https://emf-theband.com/go-go-sapiens 

Genre: Indie Rock / Alternative Dance 

 

 

 

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Liam Gallagher - C'mon You Know

(Warner Music) 

https://store.liamgallagher.com

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6sN51vEARnAAdBw1IKZ8Q9 

Genre: Indie Rock / Britpop 

 

 

 

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Working Men's Club - Fear Fear

(Heavenly Recordings / [PIAS])

https://workingmensclub.bandcamp.com/album/fear-fear

https://open.spotify.com/album/5qKXYz1XhJhJV3BHJR3eq5 

Genre : Indie Rock / Electronica / Post Punk 

 

 

 

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Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright 

(Lil' Chief Records)

https://princesschelsea.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-going-to-be-alrighth

https://open.spotify.com/album/68VjqhhlPZRLMAGxs1FSuU 

Genre: Indie Pop / Dreampop / Chamber Pop





Friday 16 December 2022

**new singles/videos***december 16, 2022***don't be real, be postmodern***

*postmodern december edition featuring the latest/finest indie and alternative singles & video releases ...*



 
            #indierock #britpop #madchester #shoegaze #dreampop


kent/uk indie rock / neo britpop / jangle pop quartet The Shop Window have dropped their outstanding sophomore full-length ‚a 4 letter word‘ on november 25 through spinout nuggets records.

check the amazing 'It's By Design' ...

https://theshopwindow.bandcamp.com/album/a-4-letter-word

The Shop Window - It's By Design





‚dilemma’ is the new single from manchester/uk indie rock / alternative-/electro pop / post punk supergroup Sea Fever feat. Iwan Gronow (Haven/Johnny Marr), Phil Cunningham & Tom Chapman (New Order), Brix Smith (ex- The Fall) and Beth Cassidy of Section 25.

the track was released on december 2 ...

Sea Fever - Dilemma





british 90s indie dance / alternative rock / grebo heroes EMF have dropped the video for the great new single ‚sparks and flashes‘. 

the track is taken from their comeback full-length ‚go go sapiens‘,

(the first since 1995’ ‚cha cha cha‘ album) 

released back in april this year. 

check their homepage for cd‘s / digital downloads / tees / tourdates ... 

https://emf-theband.com/store

EMF - Sparks And Flashes

Go Go Sapiens






legendary kent/uk electronica / idm / ambient techno duo Orbital have unveiled the video for their new single ‚ringa ringa‘. 

the track is taken from the band‘s forthcoming studio album ‚optical delusion‘, arriving february 17, 2023 on london records ... 


Orbital - Ringa Ringa

Optical Delusion






northampton/uk indie / electronica / dreampop artist James Chapman a.k.a. Maps will release a new album called ‚counter melodies‘ on february 10, 2023 via mute records. 

here’s the video for ‚heya yaha‘ ... 

#mtvchilloutzone 

https://mapsmute.bandcamp.com/album/counter-melodies

Maps - Heya Yaha

Counter Melodies






Ian Masters, lead singer in 90s shoegaze legends Pale Saints teamed up with australian electronica producer Tim Koch for a new ambient / experimental pop project called

Isolated Gate

their second ep ‚no heart no home‘ was released on november 18 via darla records. 

here‘s a taster called ‚confusion is bliss‘ ... 

ps. a debut album is announced to be released in 2023. 

https://isolatedgate.bandcamp.com/album/no-heart-no-home


Isolated Gate - Confusion Is Bliss

No Heart No Home EP






bristol/uk indie rock outfit Obey Robots featuring Rat from early 90s stourbridge/uk indie legends Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Laura Kidd from She Makes War/Penfriend will release their debut album ‚one in a thousand‘ on february 24, 2023 via my big sister recordings. 

here‘s the video for the new single ‚super connected‘ ... 

https://penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com/track/super-connected

Obey Robots - Super Connected

One In A Thousand







former The Smiths frontman Morrissey will release his 14th studio album ‚bonfire of teenagers‘ in february next year via capitol records. 

here’s the first single ‚rebels without applause‘ ...

Morrissey - Rebels Without Applause

Bonfire Of Teenagers






‚sort me out‘ is the new single from swansea/welsh indie rock outfit Trampolene

the track is the second single from their forthcoming fourth studio album ‚rules of love & war‘, out march 17, 2023 via Pete Doherty‘s strap originals label ...

Trampolene - Sort Me Out

Rules Of Love & War






‚waiting‘ is the new single from portsmouth/uk indie rock quartet FLOWVERS

the song was released november 17 through fossil boy records ...

FLOWVERS - Waiting





following their promising ‚everybody’s onit‘ single from back in september, 

slipping‘ is the latest tune by blackpool/uk indie rock band ALRIGHT

the track was released on november 25 ...

ALRIGHT - Slipping







west yorkshire/uk indie rock / neo britpop 5 piece Cressa have unveiled the video for their new single ‚time to think things over‘.

the track was released on november 24 ...

Cressa - Time To Think Things Over






Gaz Coombes, frontman of legendary oxford/uk indie rock / britpop band Supergrass will release his forthcoming solo album ‚turn the car around‘ on january 13, 2023 via hot fruit/virgin record. 

here‘s the video for the third single ‚long live the strange‘ ...

Gaz Coombes - Long Live The Strange

Turn The Car Around






‚hold your head’ is the new tune from essex/uk indie rock / post-punk quartet Teleforme

the song was released november 25 via stranger days records.

Teleforme - Hold Your Head





london/uk indie rock / shoegaze / dreampop quartet Whitelands have aired the video for their new single ‚born in understanding‘.

the Simon Scott (Slowdive) mastered track was released november 23 via sonic cathedral ... 

https://whitelands.bandcamp.com/track/born-in-understanding

Whitelands - Born In Understanding






leeds/uk indie rock / shoegaze / dreampop four piece Last Tourist will release their self-titled debut album on february 3 through 1991recordings. 

here‘s the video for the new single ‚lust‘ featuring Simon Scott from Slowdive on drums ...

https://lasttouristband.bandcamp.com/album/last-tourist

Last Tourist - Lust

Last Tourist






manchester/uk indie rock / post punk band The Empty Page have shared the video for their grungy new single ‚dry ice‘.

the track was released on november 18 ... 

https://theemptypage.bandcamp.com/track/dry-ice

The Empty Page - Dry Ice





yorkshire/uk indie rock / post punk newcomer outfit The Disaster Party have aired the video for their latest single ‚dust off the shame‘. 

the track was released on december 2 via ditto music ...

The Disaster Party - Dust Off The Shame






‚drive into the night‘ is the new single from middlesbrough/uk indie / britpop-/rock / psychedelia band Crimson Bloom.

the track was released october 30 via lovestone records. 

https://crimsonbloom.bandcamp.com/track/drive-into-the-night-edit

Crimson Bloom - Drive Into The Night





Future Conditional, the electro pop project from Glen Johnson and Cédric Pin, both former members of anglo-french indie rock / post rock / ambient pop band Piano Magic have released their second album ‚isotech‘ on september 30 through second language music. 

here‘s a song called ‚demolitions‘ featuring Bobby Wratten (The Field Mice, Northern Picture Library, Trembling Blue Stars, Lightning In A Twilight Hour) and Beth Arzy (Aberdeen, Trembling Blue Stars, Jetstream Pony, The Luxembourg Signal) on vocals ... 

https://futureconditional.bandcamp.com/album/isotech

Future Conditional - Demolitions (ft- Bobby Wratten & Beth Arzy)

Isotech







copenhagen/denmark indie / electropop duo Lust For Youth return with a new tune. 

‚accidental win’ is their first new music since 2019‘ self titled debut album. 

the single was released december 2 on sacred bones records. 

https://lustforyouth.bandcamp.com/album/accidental-win

Lust For Youth - Accidental Win





perth/australia indie / electropop producer Leigh Craft a.k.a. Blood Knows will release his new ep ‚ivy‘s trip‘ in early 2023 via mood swim. 

here‘s the housy 90s inspired first single ‚softness‘ ... 

https://bloodknows.bandcamp.com/track/softness

Blood Knows - Softness

Ivy's trip






liverpool/uk indie / electropop band Ladytron will release their seventh studio album ‚time‘s arrow‘ on january 2023 through cooking vinyl records. 

check the third single ‚faces‘ ... 

https://ladytron.bandcamp.com/album/times-arrow

Ladytron - Faces 

Time's Arrow





 

Hibou, the dreamy indiepop band of us/seattle musician Peter Michel have got a new single out.

‚night fell‘ comes from the new 5-track ep ‚arc‘, out january 13, 2023 via barsuk records ... 

https://hibouband.bandcamp.com/album/arc

Hibou - Night Fell






legendary sydney/australian alternative-/guitar pop / new wave / psychedelic rock band The Church will release their new album ‚the hypnogogue‘ on february 23, 2023 via communication vessels. 

here‘s the second single ‚c‘est la vie‘ ...

The Church - C'est La Vie 

The Hypnogogue






iconic irvine/scottish indie-/guitar pop band Trashcan Sinatras have released their new ‚lay of the land‘ 4-track ep on november 25 via last night of glasgow. 

here‘s the second song from it ‚there‘s a shadow‘ ...

Trashcan Sinatras - There's A Shadow

 Lay Of The Land Ep






malmö/swedish dreampop / psychedelia trio Death And Vanilla return with a new single ! 

‚find another illusion‘ is the first taster of the upcoming new album ‚flicker‘, out february 17, 2023 on fire records ... 

https://deathandvanillamusic.bandcamp.com/album/flicker

Death And Vanilla - Find Another Illusion

Flicker






los angels/us husband-and-wife indie / dreampop / shoegaze duo Daniel Knowles and Jennifer Farmer a.k.a. The Know have aired the video for the new single ‚used to be‘. 

the track is the first taster from their upcoming second ep which is out in early 2023 via 45percenter ... 

https://wearetheknow.bandcamp.com/track/used-to-be

The Know - Used To Be






former Oasis guitarist and founding member of oxford/uk shoegaze legends RIDE - Andy Bell has shared a festive video for his cover of Yoko Ono’s ‚listen, the snow is falling’. 

the track comes from the new ep ‚untitled film skills‘, released november 25 through sonic cathedral. 

the song originally appeared as the b-side of Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s ‘happy xmas (war is over)’ from 1971. 

https://andybell.bandcamp.com/track/listen-the-snow-is-falling

Andy Bell - Listen, The Snow Is Falling