Paper Bag 4: Don't Mask, Don't Tell!

It's Halloween and no better way to celebrate than to share Walter's and my latest installment in our legendary Paper Bag series! We were inspired to create this year thanks to Elvira's #1minuteofhorror competition, which hopefully we'll win! 

Now sit back and watch what happens when conservative, anti-masker Palerma refuses to wear her mask at Hightower's Grocery!

Elvira - Don't Cancel Halloween

Elvira's got a new parody track riffing perfectly off Madonna's "Holiday" for the only holiday that truly matters! And awesome to see the Parody Queen Jackie Beat wrote the lyrics!

Papa Topo - La Chica Vampira 2K20

Just in time for Halloween, the always fun Papa Topo give us a re-working of their classic track "La Chica Vampira" with a bad ass new video!

Kylie Minogue - I Love It

We're only a week away from Kylie's "DISCO" explosion!!

Labyrinth Ear - You Told Me

It's been a while since we've heard from Labyrinth Ear. This new track is a welcome return!

Iisa - Ei sodassa ei rakkaudessa

Former Regina frontwoman Iisa giving us a new slice of Finnish synth pop!

Sjowgren - I Don't Know

A new song by Sjowgren!

The Legends - Oh Well, I'll Never Learn

On first look, you might think this was a Morrissey cover, but NO, it is not! It's just another new track from The Legends!

Tennis - Superstar

Tennis giving us a fantastic cover of The Carpenter's classic "Superstar"!

Roosevelt - Feels Right

Here's a new pop gem from Roosevelt!

Amason x Dante - Heartbeats

Amason using the heartbeat of a child born with congenital heart defects to make this beautiful & gut-wrenching cover of The Knife's "Heartbeats". You can show support by purchasing the track or donating to Hjärtebarnsfonden (Swedish Heartchild Foundation).

Toy Cities - Four Walls

Here's another group I found thanks to the wonderful Bandcamp! Toy Cities are a band from Brooklyn who make some lovely indie/synthpop! They've just released their latest two EPs, "Digital Waves" (2019) / "Ocean Bloom" (2016), onto a compilation via Discos de Kirlian. The comp features two excellent new tracks and here's one of them!

The Marías - Care For You

New prettiness from The Marías!

Logan Lynn - Rich and Beautiful

Logan Lynn's latest single is a gem! Synth pop magic! I love it!

Men I Trust - Lucky Sue

Here's a lovely Sunday afternoon kinda-vibe new track from Men I Trust!

Still Dreams - Ultra Doomed

This is why I love Elefant Records so much! They deliver pop gems left and right and here's their latest delivery! Still Dreams is a Japanese duo composed of a husband/wife! Next year, they are releasing a mini-LP via Elefant's "New Adventures in Pop" series!

Annie - Corridors of Time

It's Annie release day!! And I'm sure "Dark Hearts" is gonna be a real beauty, just listen to this dreaminess!!

Reptaliens - Taking

Digging this new track from Reptaliens off their just announced new EP "Wrestling".

Prince Innocence - Angelyne

Here's the latest single from Prince Innocence!

Beauty Queen - Where Do We Go?

A new single from Beauty Queen!

Evripidis and His Tragedies - The Reason

In 2016, Evripidis and His Tragedies gave me my favorite track of the year in "Bedrooms". Here's a new sample of his brilliant pop and the lyrics that really hit the heartcore!

Glüme - Come Softly to Me

Glüme serving up another awesome cover, this time of The Fleetwood's "Come Softly to Me"!

Bridget Everett - What I Gotta Do

While watching Sherry Vine's hit or miss variety TV show "She's Living for This!" on Hulu over the last month, we came across a mostly HIT episode featuring Bianca del Rio and Bridget Everett! Bridget was the musical guest for the show and performed this showstopping hit that we'd never heard and absolutely LOVE!! This song has been stuck in my head for days now!

Freezepop - Fantasizer

Freezepop's fantastic new album "Fantasizer" was released this week and here's the bright new video for the title track!!

Gorillaz feat Elton John & 6lack - The Pink Phantom

Rockyboo showed me the first Gorillaz collab from their Song Machine series because it featured Robert Smith. The latest episode is a lovely dreamy track featuring Elton John & 6lack! Gorgeous!

Palace Winter - The Deeper End

Digging this new track from Palace Winter featuring Jason Lytle from Grandaddy! The track is from their upcoming album "...Keep Dreaming Buddy", out this month!

Jesse Kivel - Northside

 Jesse Kivel has shared the next track from his upcoming album "Infinite Jess"!

Shamir - Other Side

Shamir released his latest album Friday! It's simply called "Shamir". I've dug all the pre-released tracks thus far so I'm excited for this one!

Club 8 - Our Little Loving

 The twee is real with this one!  The latest single from indie pop superstars Club 8!

Alexanderplatz - Murcia delenda est

Alexanderplatz released a new EP a couple weeks ago and here is its title track!

BOO - Lady MegaWatt

Battery Operated Orchestra has dropped their latest album "Yesterday Tomorrow and You" TODAY and we must support their awesomeness! Here's an awesome track from the album with it's super-fun video! Head over to their Bandcamp page and buy this album! We get BOO this week and Freezepop's new album next week...it's like the synth gods are shining lights down upon us and we need it so badly!!

Stars in Coma - Half Life / The Youthmaker

Stars in Coma gave us his latest wonderful release "Farewell, Bacchus Point" last Friday!  Here's the first video from the album and, one of my Oober-faves, the first track from the album!!