Now sit back and watch what happens when conservative, anti-masker Palerma refuses to wear her mask at Hightower's Grocery!
Saturday, October 31, 2020
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!
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!
Friday, October 30, 2020
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!
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Labyrinth Ear - You Told Me
It's been a while since we've heard from Labyrinth Ear. This new track is a welcome return!
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Iisa - Ei sodassa ei rakkaudessa
Former Regina frontwoman Iisa giving us a new slice of Finnish synth pop!
Monday, October 26, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
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!
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Friday, October 23, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
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).
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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!
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Saturday, October 17, 2020
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!
Friday, October 16, 2020
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!!
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Reptaliens - Taking
Digging this new track from Reptaliens off their just announced new EP "Wrestling".
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020
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!
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Glüme - Come Softly to Me
Glüme serving up another awesome cover, this time of The Fleetwood's "Come Softly to Me"!
Saturday, October 10, 2020
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!
Friday, October 9, 2020
Freezepop - Fantasizer
Freezepop's fantastic new album "Fantasizer" was released this week and here's the bright new video for the title track!!
Thursday, October 8, 2020
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!
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
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!
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Jesse Kivel - Northside
Jesse Kivel has shared the next track from his upcoming album "Infinite Jess"!
Monday, October 5, 2020
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!
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Club 8 - Our Little Loving
The twee is real with this one! The latest single from indie pop superstars Club 8!
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Alexanderplatz - Murcia delenda est
Alexanderplatz released a new EP a couple weeks ago and here is its title track!
Friday, October 2, 2020
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!!
Thursday, October 1, 2020
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!!