So now we’re caught up and the cool songs are copulatin’, here’s the very best of October ’24. Right here’s the finest of submissions and send-ins.
Shoegaze
“If this EP is a test and a tease of just-scratched harder and darker to come, then more please! And if not, play it again and play it louder…”
“I got homework to do. I got acts to discover. I got a city that’s about to get noisy and a military-tight schedule to make… Welcome to Part 1 of Swansea Fringe….”
“the stars are where Tess Parks wants to take us. To a place made of lush sound and song that wraps reverb around every lingering piano note and separated, slowly strummed chord. It’s an ethereal shoegaze made of clarity and wash with a pulse that drifts lazy and aimless.”
“If this ain’t the best way to kick off this year’s noise then go back to your pram and your toys because Mumma, we’re spittin’ the rattle. It’s the rattle of new rock n’roll…”
So welcome to your sonics and sleaze. Dance like your last grind depends on it. This is the Best of ’22.
“Let this be a showcase of the sounds and aesthetics Kick so pleasurably tangle together. Now go dig out their latest LP. It’ll creep slowly up on you too…”
Sun’s out, synths are shining, and summer’s salubrious sounds a-buzzin’ This is the best of June’s tunes and submissions.
“Every sound in this EP is bolder. More fluid, more set and more certain. Minaxi’s music has grown and they’ve grown along with it, it’s a pleasure to ride along with them…”
“Discordant pop and proto-punk pleasures, new romantic inflections with post-punk’s detachment, Tired Cossack makes music that’s as charmingly jarring as it neatly steeped in nostalgia…”
Rats on the Run 