On the show this week: French pop (En Attendant Ana) and post-punk (Basic Shapes). Australian indie, from Sydney garage-pop (Sachet) to Adelaide staccato-jangle (Air Belgrade) to Melbourne indie rock (K5). American indie from California (The Spires, Medicine), NYC (Theee Kevin Alvir), Chicago (Mint Mile) and Washington, D.C. (Mary Timony). Plus a blast of vintage UK post-punk courtesy of a reissued Peel Session (Essential Logic).
Scroll for signposts to musical destinations for each artist featured…
PLAYLIST:
Rural France – Packhorse
https://ruralfrance.bandcamp.com/album/exactamondo
Theee Kevin Alvir – beASt MOde
https://thelilhospital.bandcamp.com/album/beast-mode
Air Belgrade – Party Time
https://toogoodtobetruerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mutually-assured-destruction
Rachel Love – Without You
https://rachellove.bandcamp.com/track/without-you
En Attendant Ana – Magical Lies
https://enattendantana.bandcamp.com/album/magical-lies
Sachet – Myriad
https://sachetsachetsachet.bandcamp.com/album/the-seeing-machine
Apollo Ghosts – Sunset Over Ikea
https://apolloghosts.bandcamp.com/album/amethyst
Mint Mile – Sunbreaking
https://mintmile.bandcamp.com/album/roughrider
K5 – Blood
https://gardenseat.bandcamp.com/album/proximity
The Spires – Index
https://thespires.bandcamp.com/album/index
Basic Shapes – A quiet life
https://basicshapespunk.bandcamp.com/album/low-energy
Essential Logic – Wake Up (Peel Session)
https://essentiallogic.bandcamp.com/album/pre-040-essential-logic-john-peel-session-210279
Perennial – Minimalism
https://perennialtheband.bandcamp.com/album/lemon-on-plastic-ep
Mary Timony – Don’t Disappear
https://marytimony.bandcamp.com/album/untame-the-tiger-2
Tara Jane O’Neil – Curling
https://tarajaneoneil.bandcamp.com/album/the-cool-cloud-of-okayness
Medicine – On The Bed
https://bradlaner.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-bed