17.01.2026-MARGARET GLASPY Devotion (ATO,2020)

 

INDIE POP

   ‘Devotion’ explores themes of romance, but it’s less to do with a tangible, solid figure and more about her ideas, emotions, questions and feelings about love itself. On opener ‘Killing What Keeps Us Alive,’ the haunting, soft synths complement her voice, and across the record, they work as mood-shifts and emotional changes - enabling her longing in ‘Without Him’ and trying to recapture the sentiments of first romance in ‘Young Love’. Margaret still sounds the most at home with her string instruments, but her foray into experimenting with electronic music has paid off.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/j7mm3x

15.01.2026-DARCYS Fear & Loneliness (Darcys Inc.,2020)

 

ART ROCK

   If you want to see a clear shift in style and mood from a band, then The Darcys are a perfect example. Just compare the monochromatic album covers of their first trio of albums against the pastel pink background of their fourth. The music shifted too, from ash-dark indie art rock inspired by Cormac McCarthy, to bright 80s pop full of synthesizers, rubbery basslines, and relentlessly catchy hooks. As the band went from a four piece to a duo, their focus shifted and they found new terrain to conquer, making a strong and infectious case with 2016’s Centerfold.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/1159fe

12.01.2026-C'EST LA MORT Empty Words Fill Lonely Places (Dismal Nitch,2010)

 

SHOEGAZE / ETHEREAL

   C’est la Mort consists of a drummer, a bassist, and two guitarists; whose delicate interplay weaves a sonic concoction full of ethereal beauty and urban angst. Their style instantly evokes the classic 4AD sound combined with a not-so-subtle adoration of The Chameleons. This said, the vocals are much the opposite and provide the listener with a unique experience: singer Kim House’s voice falls somewhere in the realm between Miki Berenyi (Lush) and Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins).

https://www.sendspace.com/file/d2b5y0

10.01.2026-JUANA MOLINA Halo (Crammed Discs,2017)

 

FOLKTRONICA

   Molina was known in her native Argentina for a sketch-comedy show, which she ended in the mid-90s to work on music. The title of her seventh album, Halo, refers to a spooky Argentine folktale, and the music is similarly unsettling, with Molina whispering her vocals over heady waves of percussion and snaking bass.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/hof0oq

08.01.2026-LAUFEY Everything I Know About Love (AWAL,2022)

 

JAZZ POP

   

Laufey leaves us breathless and swooning with gentle yet sultry modern jazz in her magical debut album, ‘Everything I Know About Love.’

https://www.sendspace.com/file/dz4hq1

04.01.2026-FRANKIE ROSE Seventeen Seconds (Turntable Kitchen,2017)

 

POP

   The cover of Seventeen Seconds is glorious. Although Seventeen seconds has never been my favorite album by the Cure, I can appreciate the atmospherics and the Factory Records sound of the LP.  Rose doesn’t stray too far from the source material in her recording, which makes sense, given her love of the original.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/sarlen

02.01.2016-APPARATJIK Square Peg In A Round Hole (Metamerge,2012)

 

ALTERNATIVE ROCK

   The band (Coldplay’s Guy Berryman, Mew’s Jonas Bjerre, A-ha’s Magne Furuholmen and producer Martin Terefe) first came together for a charity album and their debut ‘We Are Here’ surprised many critics. 

   The best part is that, unlike most super groups, Apparatjik actually sound like a decent band. There’s no doubt Coldplay’s Guy Berryman will be the main selling point here but he never takes the spotlight, comfortably passing the bat to Bjerre and Furuholmen.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/sqxtva