Monthly Archives: December 2020

Cycles Per Second 12/30/20: Bandcamp, etc. Links

Time to close out 2020 (thank god!), and therefore time for my best-of 2020 LPs and EPs list. On today’s show I played tracks from my top 10 LPs, top 5 EPs, and from a few “honorable mention” LPs. All great, all worth buying. See below…

PLAYLIST:

R.E. Seraphin – Clock Without Hands
https://paisleyshirtrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-room-forever

Ribbon Stage – Favorite Girl
https://ribbonstage.bandcamp.com/album/my-favorite-shrine

Dummy – Pool Dizzy
https://notdummy.bandcamp.com/album/ep2

Neutrals – Your House
https://neutrals.bandcamp.com/album/rent-your-house-e-p

Neurotic Fiction – Assimilate
https://neuroticfictionpopband.bandcamp.com/album/romance

Peel Dream Magazine – Pill
https://peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com/album/agitprop-alterna

The Stroppies – Holes in Everything
https://thestroppies.bandcamp.com/album/look-alive

The Bats – Warwick
https://thebats.bandcamp.com/album/foothills

Guardian Singles – Tea Lights Exploding
https://guardiansingles.bandcamp.com/album/guardian-singles-3

Gum Country – I Don’t Stay Up
https://gumcountry.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere

Smokescreens – Fork In The Road
https://smokescreensla.bandcamp.com/album/a-strange-dream

Galore – In My Head
https://galoresf.bandcamp.com/album/galore

Jetstream Pony – Outside
https://jetstreampony.bandcamp.com/album/jetstream-pony

Melenas – No Puedo Pensar
https://melenas.bandcamp.com/album/dias-raros

En Attendant Ana – Do You Understand?
https://enattendantana.bandcamp.com/album/juillet

Sachet – Arncliffe Babylon
https://sachetsachetsachet.bandcamp.com/album/nets

Sweeping Promises – Hunger For A Way Out
https://sweepingpromises.bandcamp.com/album/hunger-for-a-way-out

Terrible Signal – Retire
https://terriblesignal.bandcamp.com/album/the-window


Cycles Per Second :: Best of 2020

Top LPs

  1. Terrible Signal – The Window
  2. Sweeping Promises – Hunger For A Way Out
  3. Sachet – Nets
  4. En Attendant Ana – Juillet
  5. Melenas – Dias Raros
  6. Jetstream Pony – Jetstream Pony
  7. Galore – Galore
  8. Smokescreens – A Strange Dream
  9. Gum Country – Somewhere
  10. Guardian Singles – Guardian Singles

Top EPs

  1. Neurotic Fiction – Romance
  2. Neutrals – Rent​/​Your House E​.​P.
  3. Dummy – Dummy EP
  4. Ribbon Stage – My Favorite Shrine
  5. R.E. Seraphin – A Room Forever

Cycles Per Second 12/23/20: Bandcamp, etc. Links

Fresh sounds from this year’s holiday spectacular, many of which expire at the end of this week. So check out those Bandcamp links before your favorite seasonal tune melts like snow in the sunshine…

PLAYLIST:

Fotoform – They Say It’s Always Lonely
https://fotoform.bandcamp.com/track/they-say-its-always-lonely

Pip Blom – All I Want For Christmas
https://youtu.be/0KQQWFF5ujk

Outer World – Arc & Bow
https://outerworldmusic.bandcamp.com/track/arc-bow

Sugar World – Just Like Christmas
https://welcometosugarworld.bandcamp.com/album/a-sugar-christmas

The Reds, Pinks & Purples – We Won’t Come Home at Christmas Time
https://theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com/album/we-wont-come-home-at-christmas-time

Marble Gods – I Remember Xmas
https://lostmap.bandcamp.com/album/lost-map-christmas-card-compilation

Crocodiles – Christmas In Hell
https://crocodilesband.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-in-hell

Jellies – Candy Cane Lane
https://deliciousclamrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-very-clammy-christmas

Berk/Lehane – An Irishman For Christmas
https://youtu.be/9Q93GzME6sI

Diet Cig – Happy Holiday
https://fatherdaughterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/simply-having-a-wonderful-compilation

The Hannah Barberas – Can You Hear the Snowfall?
https://thehannahbarberas.bandcamp.com/album/winter-ep

The Aislers Set – Cold Christmas
https://theaislersset.bandcamp.com/album/cold-christmas

the bv’s – i hope there’s no snow
https://thebvs.bandcamp.com/track/i-hope-theres-no-snow

Jetstream Pony – Hit the Snow
https://jetstreampony.bandcamp.com/album/grief-of-a-frozen-sailor-hit-the-snow

Apple Orchard – One Christmas Catalogue
https://shinyhappyrecs.bandcamp.com/album/va-comfort-and-joy-a-shiny-happy-christmas-compilation

Blades of Joy – Christmas Time
https://bladesofjoy.bandcamp.com/album/mmxxxmas