On this week’s show: New European indie, from Swedish jangle (Salt Lake Alley) to Austrian post-punk (Autour) to Dutch art-punk (The Ex) to Scottish nü-wave (Water Machine). Hazy and expansive sounds from SF (April Magazine) and Seattle (Coral Grief), indie rock from Chicago (Lifeguard) and Portland (Roseblood) and LA (Host Family), garage pop from Richmond, VA (Added Dimensions). Plus Aussie-Kiwi garage pop (Annual Leaf) and a psych-rock blast from the past (The E-Types).

Hear more from each artist via the playlist links below…

PLAYLIST:

Annual Leaf – Harmony Waves
https://annualleaf.bandcamp.com/album/beach-toy-library

Salt Lake Alley – Always Out of Time
https://saltlakealley.bandcamp.com/track/always-out-of-time

Water Machine – Tiffany
https://watermachine.bandcamp.com/album/god-park

Action Painting! – Where’s the Jazz Butcher
https://oldbadhabitslabel.bandcamp.com/album/obh021ep-scatterflats-ep

Stereolab – Aerial Troubles
https://stereolab.bandcamp.com/album/instant-holograms-on-metal-film

Lifeguard – It Will Get Worse
https://lifeguardband100.bandcamp.com/album/ripped-and-torn

Host Family – Vanity Plate
https://hostfamily.bandcamp.com/track/vanity-plate

Autor – Leere
https://urticariarecords.bandcamp.com/album/kommen-und-gehen

¡ULTRABONUS! – LIMPIO LIMPIO
https://ultrabonus.bandcamp.com/album/los-ultimos-avances-de-la-ciencia

Robert – Supermarket
https://bunkerpop.bandcamp.com/album/robert-the-record

The Ex – The Evidence (LP Version)
https://theex.bandcamp.com/album/if-your-mirror-breaks

Added Dimensions – Give it a Rest
https://added-dimensions.bandcamp.com/album/uppers

Roseblood – Doublespeak
https://rosebloodband.bandcamp.com/album/roseblood

The Particles – Apricot’s Dream
https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/cant-stop-it-australian-post-punk-1978-82-2025-deluxe-edition

April Magazine – 1000 goodbyes
https://aprilmagazine.bandcamp.com/album/falling-window-ep

Coral Grief – Quarter Horse
https://dentapes.bandcamp.com/album/what-else-is-sacred-a-compilation-of-grief

The Loft – Greensward Days
https://the-loft.bandcamp.com/album/everything-changes-everything-stays-the-same

The E-Types – Put The Clock Back On The Wall
https://somethingweirdvideo.bandcamp.com/album/blonde-on-a-bum-trip-original-soundtrack

This week: We can’t quite quit Australia, with new music from Sydneysiders Dumbells and Worry Mall, and Queenslanders Girl and Girl. Jagged Irish power pop (The Number Ones), French pop (Biche, Le Volume Courbe) and some French-Canadian post-punk (Rare Spam). New American indie from Portland (The Stone Rollers), Brookyln (The Lookout Honeys), SF (The Pennys), Atlanta (Ultra Lights) and LA (Azalia Snail, Sepe). Plus a brand new tune from NZ legends The Bats!

Why not click through to more sounds from the artists you heard on this week’s show…?

PLAYLIST:

The Bats – Loline
https://thebats.bandcamp.com/track/loline

Dumbells – Automaton
https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/up-late-with-2

The Stone Rollers – Spring Rain
https://thestonerollers.bandcamp.com/track/spring-rain

The Number Ones – Sorry (nstop radio edit)
https://thenumberones.bandcamp.com/album/sorry

The Lookout Honeys – Reverse
https://harrietrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aguacatero

Girl and Girl – Okay (nstop radio edit)
https://girlandgirl.bandcamp.com/track/okay

Biche – Déjà-Vu
https://bichemusic.bandcamp.com/album/b-i-c-h-e

Le Volume Courbe – Two-Love
https://youtu.be/_RQ1E0wi3sc

Azalia Snail – Expert Outlier
https://azaliasnail.bandcamp.com/album/powerlover

Sepe – Georgia
https://universalfreeingobject.bandcamp.com/album/national-accessory

Worry Mall – Particular Hot Summer
https://worrymall.bandcamp.com/track/particular-hot-summer

The Pennys – Say Something
https://mtstmtn.bandcamp.com/album/the-pennys

Prolapse – On The Quarter Days (Radio Edit)
https://prolapse2.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-quarter-days

Ultra Lights – Scene of the Crime
https://chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-lights

Rare Spam – Rock Down The Road
https://mangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/double-pleasure

Allo Darlin’ – Tricky Questions
https://soundcloud.com/fikarecordings/allo-darlin-tricky-questions