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

On this week’s show: Southern hemisphere sounds: contemplative new Aussie tunes (Jen Cloher, Great Earthquake), new New Zealand punk and indie (PRETTY DUMB, Ringlets), plus vintage Dunedin Sound reissued (The Verlaines). American indie from the west coast: Bay Area (Aluminum, Christina’s Trip), Seattle (Spiral XP) and Portland (CUT PIECE). And hey, let’s not forget Delaware (Brother of Monday) and North Carolina (trust blinks). What else? Swiss jangle (The Blue Herons), German synth-punk (Autobahns), and new + reissues from the UK.

More from each artist via links below…

PLAYLIST:

trust blinks – what’s that sound?
https://candlepinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/turns-to-gold

Christina’s Trip – My Friend
https://christinas-trip.bandcamp.com/album/forever-after-2

Spiral XP – Awake (Spring Version)
https://spiralxp.bandcamp.com/album/from-far-it-all-seems-small

Aluminum – Everything
https://aluminum.bandcamp.com/album/fully-beat

The Verlaines – I Stare Out
https://verlainesband.bandcamp.com/album/way-out-where-remastered-2024

Average Life Complaints – Skinned Alive
https://averagelifecomplaints.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-work

Ringlets – New Life
https://ringlets.bandcamp.com/track/new-life

PRETTY DUMB – IN THE GROUND
https://pr3ttydum6.bandcamp.com/album/dum6-how

CUT PIECE – Room With A View
https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/your-own-good

Autobahns – Loss Of The Rights
https://autobahns.bandcamp.com/track/loss-of-the-rights

Brother of Monday – Hunting Redemption
https://brotherofmonday.bandcamp.com/track/hunting-redemption-2

Jen Cloher – Annabelle
https://jencloher.bandcamp.com/track/annabelle

Silver Biplanes – Back Of My Mind
https://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/album/travelling-by-candlelight

The Blue Herons – In The Skies
https://subjangle.bandcamp.com/album/the-blue-herons-go-on

Birdie – Folksinger
https://slumberlandrecs.bandcamp.com/album/some-dusty

Great Earthquake – Trauma and Impact
https://greatearthquake.bandcamp.com/track/trauma-and-impact