On this week’s show: French post-punk from Lille (L’Argousier) and Brest (Chafouin), Australian indie from Brisbane (Start Together) to Melbourne (Bollard, Ron Rude) and punk from Indonesia (Grrrl Gang). American sounds from Boston shoegaze (Bedroom Eyes) to lo-fi Michigander rock (ditch bunnies) to DC songcraft (FAUNAS). New Zealand indie from Auckland urgency (Guardian Singles) to Wellington expansiveness (Orangefarm). And the return of NYC’s Patio!

Read on for more about everything you heard on this week’s show, mostly direct from the bands and labels…

PLAYLIST:

Patio – En Plein Air
https://patio-bandcamp.bandcamp.com/track/en-plein-air

L’Argousier – Diluer
https://souterraine.bandcamp.com/album/diluer

Bollard – Between the hemispheres
https://bollardband.bandcamp.com/track/between-the-hemispheres

Chafouin – D​é​jà
https://chafouin.bandcamp.com/album/trois-quatre

ditch bunnies – Hold the Phone
https://ditchbunnies.bandcamp.com/album/yup

MONONEGATIVES – Second Self
https://mononegatives.bandcamp.com/album/crossing-visual-field

Guardian Singles – Com Trans
https://guardiansingles.bandcamp.com/album/feed-me-to-the-doves

Current Affairs – No Fuss
https://currentaffairs.bandcamp.com/album/off-the-tongue

Student Nurse – Hair
https://studentnurse.bandcamp.com/album/problem-attic

Grrrl Gang – Spunky!
https://grrrlgang.bandcamp.com/album/spunky

Panic Pocket – MR BIG
https://panicpocket.bandcamp.com/album/mad-half-hour

Start Together – Separate Beds
https://www.backseatmafia.com/premiere-newly-signed-to-4000-records-start-together-are-a-post-punk-new-wave-delight-with-the-cool-and-urgent-separate-beds-ahead-of-new-album/

Bedroom Eyes – Brood
https://bdrmeyes.bandcamp.com/album/turned-away

Orangefarm – Settle​(​In Your Eyes)
https://orangefarmnz.bandcamp.com/album/inheritance

Ron Rude – Silver City
https://sorcererrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-borders-of-disgrace

FAUNAS – Avid
https://faunas.bandcamp.com/album/paint-the-birds