On the show this week: New melodic indie, in many forms: British strum-and-thrum (Holiday Ghosts, Action Painting!), American shimmer from Baltimore (Tomato Flower) and psych from Austin (Fantastic Purple Spots), Australian twang (Straight skirt), Chinese jangle (心椒椒 PAPPER HEART) and power pop from Finland (Teini-Pää). Punk and post-punk from America (Lupo Citta, Bonies), German (Onyon) and the UK (Beige Banquet, Blue Orchids).

Dig into more from every artist played this week…

PLAYLIST:

Holiday Ghosts – Sublime Disconnect
https://holidayghosts.bandcamp.com/album/coat-of-arms

Teini-Pää – Mietin minne meet
https://youtu.be/4Q97pSjhg-g

Action Painting! – Just Who Are The Cockleshell Heroes?
https://ndrthebridge.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-bridge-2

Chainsaw President – Only Noise
https://flennen.bandcamp.com/album/flennen-no-15

Tomato Flower – Saint
https://tomatoflower.bandcamp.com/album/no

Dancer – Passionate Sunday
https://meritoriorec.bandcamp.com/album/10-songs-i-hate-about-you

Lupo Citta – White Bracelet
https://lupocitta12xu.bandcamp.com/album/lupo-citt

Bonies – Disruptor
https://bonies.bandcamp.com/track/disruptor

Beige Banquet – Ornamental Hermit
https://beigebanquet.bandcamp.com/album/ornamental-hermit

Onyon – Goldie
https://flennen.bandcamp.com/album/flennen-no-15

Blue Orchids – The Flood (demo)
https://blueorchids.bandcamp.com/album/the-greatest-hit-money-mountain-deluxe-edition

Straight Skirt – Disappointed
https://gardenseat.bandcamp.com/album/straight-skirt

心椒椒 PAPPER HEART – 红​喷​泉
https://smallanimalsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/–3

Fantastic Purple Spots – Vibrations Now
https://athrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vibrations-now

J.McFarlane’s Reality Guest – Slinky
https://night-school.bandcamp.com/album/whoopee

Pete Astor – Model Village
https://peteastor.bandcamp.com/album/tall-stories-new-religions