On this week’s show: Welcome returns from purveyors of Canadian pop (Kiwi jr) and heartland punk (Sweeping Promises), each with new singles from just-announced LPs. Crunchy Aussie indie rock (Big League) and atmospheric synth-scapes (Prophetic Justice Ministry). New NZ indie (Das Phaedrus) and a stripped-down, pre-Xpressway musical snapshot (Stephen Cogle w/Peter Stapleton). More Canadian indie, from minimal (Mossy Place) to maximally indie rock (Cable TV). Plus a UK punk elder (Vic Godard) helps provide a musical ending for a longtime Scottish label.

Explore more from these featured artists by following them to their Bandcamps…

PLAYLIST:

Sweeping Promises – Shooting Shadows
https://sweepingpromises.bandcamp.com/album/you-say-i-romanticize

ODDFELLOWS – The Burden
https://oddfellows.bandcamp.com/album/oddfellows

SOY BOY – No Past, No Future
https://georgekorearecords.bandcamp.com/album/weaponized-incompetence

Smirk – Dog Years
https://smirk1.bandcamp.com/album/speculative-fiction

Cable TV – Static
https://barelythererecords.bandcamp.com/album/thats-the-reason-b-w-static

Kiwi jr – Blowin’ Up
https://kiwijr.bandcamp.com/album/blowin-up

Das Phaedrus – Bound
https://dasphaedrus.bandcamp.com/album/denver-2

Scories – Percée
https://hiddenbayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/d-faire-le-brouillard

Joni Île – si je le croise
https://joniile.bandcamp.com/track/si-je-le-croise

Supreme Joy – Into the Mirror
https://supremejoy.bandcamp.com/album/410757864530-dead-carps

THEEE RETAIL SIMPS – Quality at your feet
https://goodbyeboozydigital.bandcamp.com/album/theeeee-retina-lamps

Big League – Why Don’t Birds Suddenly Appear?
https://bigleague-band.bandcamp.com/album/windanswagger-ep

The Spatulas – Close Call
https://mirandaspatula.bandcamp.com/album/a-blue-dot

Propeller – Dig Yourself Up
https://propeller-newyork.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-above

Stephen Cogle w/Peter Stapleton – Walking Slow
https://siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/stephen-cogle-w-peter-stapleton-an-afternoon-with-victor-dimisich

Prophetic Justice Ministry – Psyop
https://propheticjusticeministry.bandcamp.com/album/key-to-world-peace

Mossy Place – Both Gates
https://bruitdirectdisques.bandcamp.com/album/mossy-place-empty-wall-meadow-green

Vic Godard – Penny Drops
https://monorailmusic.com/collections/scottish/products/bent-100

On this week’s show: A first set featuring a hat trick of Ohio sounds, from wobbly jangle (Artificial Go) to art-punk (Big Fat Head) to lo-fi indie rock (long odds). Punk from Leipzig (The Broom), NYC (Providers) and Portland, OR (CHERRY CHEEKS). Jangle from Belfast (Neil Brogan) to coast-to-coast in the USA (Rob & Ellen), and California shoegaze from LA (Lavender Blush) and Sacramento (Desario). Plus vintage NZ indie (Spectrum Is Green), dark Spanish synth-punk (Les Feüilles Mörtes) and transmissions from a bleepy-skronky universe in Richmond, VA (Radon Abatement).

Add these songs—or heck, entire artist catalogs!—to your listening queue or even your library via these links…

PLAYLIST:

Body Type – Mulberry
https://bodytypemusic.bandcamp.com/album/tally

Big Fat Head – Kicking My Own Ass
https://cleandemonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/global-voyeur

Spectrum Is Green – Fields Of Grey
https://troubledtimestapes.bandcamp.com/album/downfall-street

long odds – faorah
https://long-odds.bandcamp.com/album/the-dry-land

Artificial Go – Triple Ones
https://artificialgo.bandcamp.com/album/triple-ones

Les Feüilles Mörtes – La Herida
https://andaluciauberalles.bandcamp.com/album/las-ruinas-de-bizancio

Providers – Impermanencia
https://cchhrroonnoopphhaaggee.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2026

The Broom – DIY P.I.
https://ubac.bandcamp.com/album/the-broom

CHERRY CHEEKS – Cruel Bore
https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/d-o-the-bytes-lp

Radon Abatement – ET Writes a Hit
https://radonabatement.bandcamp.com/album/radon-abatement

Cult Figures – Legacy Hand
https://cultfigures.bandcamp.com/album/prelp-10-reports-of-people

Desario – Cinnamon Sunset
https://desario.bandcamp.com/album/hinterland

Lavender Blush – Cool Thing
https://lavenderblush.bandcamp.com/track/cool-thing

Rob & Ellen – Cupcake Store
https://robandellen.bandcamp.com/album/in-on-it-ep

Inland Years – That’s How It Goes
https://inlandyears.bandcamp.com/album/the-meadow

Neil Brogan – Joys of Spring
https://neilbrogan.bandcamp.com/album/near-broken-band

Disassociation – The Map Ain’t the Territory
https://grapefruit1.bandcamp.com/album/losing-is-a-luxury