Monthly Archives: June 2024

Cycles Per Second 06/12/24: Bandcamp, etc. Links

On this week’s show: Chinese pop distortion (天然味道Natural Flavor), Greek jangle (Secret Postcards), New Zealand surf-punks (The Wendys) and jittery Italian rockers (MaDDaM). American indie: Seattle post-punk (Student Nurse), Phoenix DIY art punk (the sheaves), jangle from Baltimore (The Smashing Times) and Michigan (Mighty Clouds), punky Ohio art pop (The Drin, Winston Hightower) and sounds from sweet to psych from the SF Bay (Swiftumz, Golfball Jr., Magic Fig).

Dive deeper on your favorites via links to band and label Bandcamps, below…

PLAYLIST:

The Drin – Elude the Torch
https://thedrin.bandcamp.com/album/elude-the-torch

Program – Lining Up
https://programbandmel.bandcamp.com/album/its-a-sign

Shop Regulars – Off Season Walker
https://shopregulars.bandcamp.com/album/shop-regulars-2

Winston Hightower – O N O
https://winstonhightower.bandcamp.com/album/winston-hytwr

Nightshift – Phone
https://nightshiftgroup.bandcamp.com/album/homosapien

Mighty Clouds – Anagram
https://antiquatedfuture.bandcamp.com/album/anagram-just-friends

Swiftumz – Never Impress
https://swiftumz.bandcamp.com/album/simply-the-best

Golfball Jr. – Rewind
https://discontinuousinnovationinc.bandcamp.com/album/memory-museum

Secret Postcards – My Ghost
https://oldbadhabitslabel.bandcamp.com/album/obhlp017-the-way-back

WUT – Talking to Strangers
https://hhbtm.bandcamp.com/album/mingling-with-the-thorns

The Smashing Times – Breaking The Lawn
https://raving-pop-blast.bandcamp.com/album/spring-time-breaking-the-lawn-with-issue-9-of-the-rpb-magazine

the sheaves – Leisure Facts (Domestic Exp)
https://sheaves.bandcamp.com/album/a-salve-for-institution

The Male Gays – Be Kind
https://themalegays.bandcamp.com/album/be-kind

Magic Fig – Labyrinth
https://magicfig.bandcamp.com/album/magic-fig

天然味道Natural Flavor – 天​然​味​道
https://smallanimalsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/–4

The Wendys – Lo-Fi Lies
https://the-wendys.bandcamp.com/album/lets-go-to-the-beach

MaDDaM – (Maverick) Can’t Stop Beating
https://maddamband.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

Student Nurse – Aurora
https://studentnurse.bandcamp.com/album/safety-last-2

Cycles Per Second 06/05/24: Bandcamp, etc. Links

On this week’s show: American DIY indie rock and pop from Oakland (neutrals), Philadelphia (Honey Radar), Portland (Shady Cove), Chicago (Coffin Pricks), NYC (+/-) and Maine (Biz Turkey). French bands, incl Parisian post-punk (Les Clopes) and dancey shoegaze (SCHØØL), plus minimal synth from Bordeaux (bassbassgâterie). Plus Canadian lo-fi (Puppet Wipes), UK spiky pop (Silicone Values) and garage (VIRVON VARVON), German jangle (Cinema Engines) and sparkling Spanish post-punk (Bola de Cristal).

Need more details on what you just heard? Go no further than a short series of pixels below…

PLAYLIST:

neutrals – The Iron That Never Swung
https://neutrals.bandcamp.com/album/new-town-dream

Silicone Values – Streaming TV
https://sdzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/how-to-survive-when-people-dont-like-you-and-you-dont-like-them-2

Honey Radar – Balloon Surgery
https://honeyradar.bandcamp.com/album/ribbon-factory

all fall down – it’s a worry
https://allfalldown4.bandcamp.com/album/my-brand-new-wallpaper-coat

Puppet Wipes – Stepping Through The Marsh
https://nolabelnz.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-pompeii-ii

VIRVON VARVON – NIGHT BEAT
https://girlsville.bandcamp.com/album/no-sleep-til-palestine-is-free

Les Clopes – Les clopes
https://craignos.bandcamp.com/album/sinq

Bola de Cristal – Telemá​​tica
https://flexidiscos.bandcamp.com/album/bola-de-cristal

Coffin Pricks – Only Flesh Wound
https://coffinpricks.bandcamp.com/album/semi-perfect-crimes

bassbassgâterie – jamais
https://prixlibrerecord.bandcamp.com/album/a-fait-tout-dr-le

Buffet Lunch – Worth (Confirmed) ft. Me Lost Me
https://buffetlunchband.bandcamp.com/album/for-display-purposes-only

Cinema Engines – The Big Picture
https://cinemaengines.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-house

Biz Turkey – Loudest Voice in the Room
https://thirduncle.bandcamp.com/album/biz-turkey

+/- {Plus/Minus} – Calling Off The Rescue
https://plusminusnyc.bandcamp.com/album/further-afield

Shady Cove – True
https://shadycove.bandcamp.com/album/part-ii

Wishy – Little While
https://bighug-records.bandcamp.com/album/big-hug-volume-two

SCHØØL – N​.​S​.​M​.​L​.​Y​.​D
https://geographie.bandcamp.com/album/n-s-m-l-y-d