Well, check out this stroke of brilliance, then! Some clever person has created a mashup of Enola Gay and Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits, and it's truly great. I really think this track deserves to reach more ears. Loving the artwork, too! 😀🐰🐰
Alsjeblieft! Nineteen tracks comprising the finest pop known to humanity, just for you! All songs were released in 2024 (aside from track 19 which was released in late 2023). Please press play, and enjoy! 😺
Track listing:
1. Saint Saviour ~ Let's Go Outside
2. BSÍ ~ lily (hot dog)
3. Majorette ~ Forever Starts Tomorrow
4. The Laughing Chimes ~ The Apologist Effigy
5. Kelley Stoltz ~ Switch On Switch Off
6. Cinéma Lumière ~ Into the Sun
7. Ducks Ltd. ~ When You're Outside
8. Jetstream Pony - Look Alive!
9. The Cords ~ Bo’s New Haircut
10. lightheaded ~ Bright Happy Girls
11. Yea-Ming and the Rumours ~ Can We Meet In The Middle
12. The Softies ~ I Said What I Said
13. Chime School ~ Give Your Heart Away
14. Red Sleeping Beauty ~ New York, New Me
15. Phantom Handshakes ~ Good Intentions
16. Bored at My Grandmas House ~ Show & Tell
17. Donna Martin Graduates ~ Same Mistake Twice
18. Cause of Accident ~ Opinions (Tory Bastards)
19. Lemonade Crush ~ Del Mar (92014)
Just a little snippet from when I went to see Augustine at Hootananny in Brixton this month. He was absolutely amazing. It was hot, loud and packed to the rafters, as every good gig should be!
Hallo music lovers! Happy Sunday to you.
I would like to make a public service announcement: this EP is incredible and you should listen to it right now!
For fans of: Stephin Merritt, Acid House Kings, The School.
Releases 24th April on the Pretoria, South Africa-based indie label Subjangle. It's set to be an instant classic, you mark my words! 😍
Well, this Television Personalities tribute album is a hidden gem! I'm ashamed to say that TVPs were one of those revered (in indiepop circles) bands that I've never got around to listening to as much as I probably should have. I shall remedy this straight away! 🎧🎶
Highlights: Jeanines, The Kitchenettes, The 1981 (year of my birth! 😏), The Telephone Numbers. Curated by the brilliant Dandy Boy Records, out of Oakland, California.
Enjoy this throwback to the time when fluffmeister Nancy dragged her own present - some catnip-flavoured treats - out of the pile and started opening it with her teeth. Even though it looks faked, I did not stage this picture in any way - cross my ♥!
Merry Christmas to all the kitties.
From the compilation Cwistmas Twee (Total Gaylord Records, 2004).
I'd like to wish everyone who reads this a very happy, healthy and music-filled 2024. 🥂 All Dressed Up in Dreams will be back in the new year - stay tuned! 😻
Oh man, I love The Ballet with all my heart — so I was beyond excited for the release of their fifth album last month. Already I can say with 99% certainty that this is going to be my favourite record this year. 💜😭🔥 Have a listen below.
Recently I did a deep dive, and discovered this: before forming The Ballet, Greg and Craig (plus their fellow grad student Emily) were in a band called The Mean Corner. They released one EP in 2004 called I Learned It By Watching You. This is my favourite track, "Who Is Sean Cody?"
Cascading synths; strummed Spanish guitar; boy-girl duetting; witty and heartfelt lyrics: what a perfect pop gem. 🥰💛 If anyone would like me to upload the rest of this excellent EP to YouTube, please just leave a comment below and I shall do it!
(P.S. Sean Cody is the name of a gay porn studio, in case you were wondering. 😏)
