On this week’s show: Modern Swedish no wave (Henrik Appel), quavery German punk (Blitzer), Aussie garage-groove (Straight Arrows), plus veteran psych-drone (Bill Direen/Bilders) and newcomer indie rock (Best Bets) from New Zealand. California dreamin’ in LA with nu-gaze (Mo Dotti) and offbeat pop (iji), in SF from atmospheric haze (Cindy) to indie pop (Chime School). And a lo-fi DIY live recording of a Chills classic.

Bandcamp links to just about everything you heard on this week’s show are below…

PLAYLIST:

Mo Dotti – lucky boy
https://mo-dotti.bandcamp.com/album/opaque

Verity Den – Household Changes
https://verityden.bandcamp.com/album/washer-dryer-single

鼠鼠鼠 – stereo mice lab
https://smallanimalsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-three-mice

Straight Arrows – Peakin
https://straightarrows.bandcamp.com/album/surface-world

GUIDING LIGHT – Spiegelbild
https://stuccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/guiding-light

Fake Fruit – Más O Menos
https://fakefruitmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mucho-mistrust

Blitzer – KILL TECHNOLOGIE
https://flennen.bandcamp.com/album/dumb-ep

Henrik Appel – Walking Down the Road
https://henrikappel.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-lp

Bill Direen/Bilders – Anvil Dark
https://bilders.bandcamp.com/album/dustbin-of-empathy

iji – Recycle Symbol
https://ijiiji.bandcamp.com/album/automatically

The Gabys – Colour Me Out
https://fruitsandflowers.bandcamp.com/album/the-gabys-2

Cindy – All Weekend
https://cindytheband.bandcamp.com/album/swan-lake

Chime School – The End
https://chimeschool.bandcamp.com/album/the-boy-who-ran-the-paisley-hotel

Best Bets – Spooky Signals
https://bestbets.bandcamp.com/album/the-hollow-husk-of-feeling

Ferri-Chrome – Solar Winds
https://testcardrecords2017.bandcamp.com/album/under-this-cherry-tree

The Chills – Pink Frost (live, 1996)

On this week’s show: Australian indie rock from Brisbane (Tape/Off) and Wollongong (chimers), Melbourne pop (Jarrow, Pop Filter) and shoegaze (Sylvia). Hungarian anarcho punk (KIÉGETT FÖLD) and vintage Scottish fuzz-jangle (Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes). Plus new American music from Baltimore (The Smaashing Times), Seattle/Tacoma (J.R.C.G., Spiral XP), Richmond (Young Scum), Cincinnati (Artificial Go), Portland (Big Top) and the SF Bay (Hits, Naked Roommate). And the return of a Young Marble Giant (Stuart Moxham).

Linkified playlist below…

PLAYLIST:

Artificial Go – Pay Phone
https://artificialgo.bandcamp.com/album/hopscotch-fever

Stuart Moxham – Shark Attacks
https://moxham.bandcamp.com/album/fabstract

Hits – 1​-​5​-​8
https://paisleyshirtrecords.bandcamp.com/album/world-of-dirt

Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes – Laughing, Smiling And Falling Again (BBC session)
https://preciousrecordingsoflondon.bandcamp.com/album/pre-043-jesse-garon-the-desperadoes-janice-long-session-111186

Feeling Figures – Doors Wide Open
https://feelingfigures.bandcamp.com/album/everything-around-you

Knife Pleats – One Step Too Far
https://antiquatedfuture.bandcamp.com/album/things-we-tried-to-hide-selected-songs-1993-2023

chimers – 3AM
https://chimers-12xu.bandcamp.com/album/through-today

Sylvia – No Forever
https://sssylvia.bandcamp.com/album/ep-ii

KIÉGETT FÖLD – SZ​Ő​NYEGBOMB​Á​Z​Á​ST BUDAPESTNEK
https://szegyenkazettak.bandcamp.com/album/t-bl-zatok-inv-zi-k

Spiral XP – Luna
https://spiralxp.bandcamp.com/album/i-wish-i-was-a-rat

Tape/Off – Paris, Texas, Queensland
https://tapeoff.bandcamp.com/track/paris-texas-queensland

J.R.C.G. – Drummy
https://jrcg.bandcamp.com/album/grim-iconic-sadistic-mantra

Big Top – Spinning Wheels
https://bigtopband.bandcamp.com/album/peanut-pitch-ep

Young Scum – Lighter Blue
https://youngscum.bandcamp.com/album/lighter-blue

The Smashing Times – Tarts and Vicars
https://thesmashingtimes.bandcamp.com/album/mrs-ladyships-and-the-cleanerhouse-boys

Pop Filter – Life Downstream
https://popfilter.bandcamp.com/album/ray-and-lorraines

Jarrow – BIRTHMARK
https://jarrow.bandcamp.com/album/skip-intro

Naked Roommate – Bus
https://nakedroommate.bandcamp.com/album/pass-the-loofah