Comet Gain - Kill Rockstars 7"

Yet another indiepop band ready to be exploited. A homegrown from Washington, home of the legendary indiepop label Subpop, Comet Gain I would say is a fusion of punk and indiepop for its fast-paced yet jingly-jangly guitars appealing to jangle pop followers. Kinda harsh for a traditionalist yet subtle for experimentalist. Judge it for yourself, just have an open mind and soul for this is not your typical ear candy treat!

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Northern Picture Library - Last September's Farewell Kiss 7"

A strange approach to downtempo indiepop, NPL's title track combines accordion, pitch bending synth and occasional guitar distortion to brew an almost perfect melody. The first time I heard this song I thought they sounded very much like Field Mice only to find out in Wikipedia that some of the members were indeed from that legendary band. The flip-side is not to be missed. Its straight out clean acoustic guitar pop with equally brilliant melody.

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Moose - Uptown Invisible EP

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Moose - Cool Breeze EP

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Moose - Little Bird EP

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Moose - Liquid Makeup EP

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Moose - Reprise EP

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Moose - Jack EP

With several effects at their disposal to morph their guitar sounds, no wonder Moose belong to the league of shoegazers. They literally have to keep staring at the ground to switch their pedals from one effect to another! Moose have captured the essence of what The Jesus And Mary Chain have been accomplishing in all their existence, making beautiful noise. They have defied all laws and standards of making the so-called "good music". For Moose, occasional out of tunes is not a taboo, feedbacks can be deliberate and instruments can be the foreground.

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Mayfields - Deeper Than The Ocean 7"

Catchy melody with the likes of The Smiths, Love Parade, Bradford and Hardy Boys, this record is for sure to catch guitar pop fans attention. Not much info about them except they were formed in Bristol and this record was released by one of my favorite record label, Bus Stop. I could see the consistency in them since these two songs are just absolutely terrific. For people who appreciate good neo-acoustic tunes please make sure you don't leave this website without downloading these two song single or you'll be missing a lot!

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Fantastic Something - The Night We Flew Out The Window EP

My one of the sought after EPs finally in my hands! Randybazooka was the first to have this and ever since I've heard of it I've been dying to get my own copy. I also found this on one of the Japanese indie collector's website along with Bluetrain's Land Of Gold (my next target, lucky Cino has one), The Tempest, early The Farm, etc. I wonder what happened to that website though. Its indiepop like you've never heard before. It has the jazzy feel blended with soft voice and clean guitar. If you see one like this don't let it slip away, I almost did. Not because I didn't buy it but because the seller from this auction site turned into a non-registered user even before he shipped the item! I was able to get it after weeks, (or was it months) of waiting though, whew!

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Lilys - February 14 7"

Who says American band can't be as good shoegaze band as the British, well not in this particular case! Based in Washington DC, this all-distortion, all-melody band will give you enough reason to love this not so popular genre. They remind me so much of My Bloody Valentine, a band they were heavily influenced with. Released by Slumberland, this long deleted 7" is available for download at your own discretion.

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