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As it is Halloween today, we thought we might as well share our own label relaese - the devilishly brilliant  Into The Dark - Volume One  compilation. It is a perfect soundtrack for tonight's ghostly happenings - available on Spotify  etc. No filler, all killer. Whaahahahahaha! #Halloween2019 #SpookyMusic #Goth #AlternativeMusic #HalloweenSoundtrack Into The Dark - Volume One by Various Artists

The Equatorial Group are from our hometown and they have an excellent new album out called Falling Sands , the follow-up to their last album, Apricity , which we played a fair amount on our Dandelion Radio show. The band feature Twe Fox (keys & vocals), Andy Tourle (bass & vocals), Dave Davies (guitar & vocals), Mike Tourle and Neil Grimes (drums) and Helen Weeks (vocals & pedal steel/guitar). They produce "a gentle landscape of sparkling harmonies or a thirst-inducing ramshackle racket, as the moment takes them" . Falling Sands is one of those albums which you can happily listen to on repeat, over and over again. The front cover of the album depicts a view from Eastbourne's Cavendish Hotel, a place we know well and we may even have stayed in that very same room. Go grab a coffee, sit down and take a listen. #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Alternative #Americana #Eastbourne #countrymusic #folk #jam Falling Sands by The Equatori...

Today we have a vista of gorgeous synth sounds from Aero2graph with Rainbow Paradise . Aero2graph is electronic music composer and producer Mario Rosanda, who is currently working out of a small home studio "POD" in Vinkuran, a Croatian village. Sounds lovely, just like his track. #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #ElectonicMusic #DanceMusic #BigSynths Rainbow Paradise by aero2graph

Some old school tech house for you today in the form of Tensión by Jack Bones , a chap from Colombia. It is lifted from his Ataraxia Mixtape album and very good it is, too. Start jigging! #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #TechHouse #ElectronicMusic #DanceMusic

Coming up on our November show for Dandelion Radio we are delighted to have music from the following spiffing acts: Alice Hubble Augustus Pablo Become The Sky DJ Reign Ebony Steel Band Kanga Kyenord Life As Surface Noise New Wolves Piss Factory The Beatbox Saboteurs The Equatorial Group Tubeway Army Useless Cities More info here

Time for something a little more oddball today, we have Australia's Halfbeak with  I'll Be Your One-Way Mirror . Taken from the new album Innocent Bystander, this track should hopefully have you scratching your head a fair amount, but we must say it does have a brilliant, weird charm - even better it has a video using loads of old film footage. A perfect combination. #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Weird #Alternative #ExperimentalMusic

Some rather spiffing electronica for you today in the form of Trans-Edale Express by  Åyusp . Åyusp (pronounced "Oy-usp") is an experimental electronica outfit consisting of two Sheffield based musicians, Graham McElearney (who has previously worked with bands such as Regal Worm, Amorphous Androgynous, In The Nursery, Animat and Reverend & The Makers) and Paul Mills (formally a member of PsychoAcoustic SoundClash and The Weird & The Wonderful). The band formed out of a shared affection for German electronic music of the Seventies, fusing these influences with an equal passion for ambient, classical, industrial and contemporary dance music. In addition to working on their self-released debut album, Åyusp, they have also been doing a bit of audio archaeology recreating an excerpt from Tangerine Dream's 1975 York Minster gig. This piece was recently played by Stuart Maconie on his BBC 6 Music "Freak Zone" show. If you like your retro synths, we ...

Delighted to bring you our new track today, recorded as part of our Life As Surface Noise project here is Portrait Of An Artist featuring our sonic chanteuse, Stacey. There's also an electro remix to tickle your ears. Hope you like it! Portrait Of An Artist by Life As Surface Noise

Taken from the new EP Memoirs (Part II) this is a super track by Jaelee Small called TicToc . It has a wonderfully expressive vocal and some clever production, sounding simple but quite intricate at the same time. The EP is part of a harmony-soaked concept album through a timeline of a teenage youth. Enjoy! #indiesoul #newmusic #recommended #blog #undertheradar #pop #alternative <a href="http://jaeleesmall.bandcamp.com/album/memoirs-part-ii-2">Memoirs (part ii) by Jaelee Small</a>

Something a little darker for you today, we have Blume with a track called Rewind . Blume are a Post-Punk/Shoegaze band from Edmonton, Canada and this song really impressed us with its gentle menace. Taken from their Days Go Slowly EP , which was apparently recorded on a Tascam multi-track in a spare bedroom, we rather like their sound. Please indulge yourselves! #alternative #shoegaze #postpunk #blog #newmusic #recommended &amp;amp;lt;a href="http://blumeband.bandcamp.com/album/days-go-slowly"&amp;amp;gt;Days Go Slowly by Blume&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

Today we have a BIG pop production for you from Charlotte Rosse with Pray To You  - performed like a sassy James Bond theme, the dynamics in the production and soaring vocal should flood your speakers. We are looking forward to the video which should be coming out next month. If it is anything like the gorgeous promo photos, then it should be terrific.

This video for Feeling Tired by Portugal's Grand Sun really amused us, so we thought we would share it with you. It is sort of 60s garage rock with a big, sunshine grin. The song is really catchy and includes the line "Honey bunny, I love you so much..." so how can you resist? #60s #rock #alternative #garagerock #indierock #Lisbon #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Rock #Alternative

Today we have some slick industrial electronica for you from AR2R-R with a corking track called Core Rectifier . Turn the volume up. #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Rock #Alternative #Industrial #ElectronicMusic

This is great, Gasoline  by Rx27 featuring special guest guitarist Rikk Agnew is a proper burn-out with everything firing on all cylinders. Rx27 are from LA and they hit the sweet spot from the very beginning with a combination of feverish goth guitars, punchy percussion and catchy vocal interplay. A perfect place to stop for a post-punk top-up. #goth #gothpunk #punk #postpunk #newmusic #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Alternative Gasoline ft. Rikk Agnew by Rx27

Something to really get under your skin today, we have Milwaukee's Classy Joanzy with  Sabado Gigante  from the All Filler, No Killer EP . Play it once and you'll be humming it all day. Enjoy! #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Rock #Alternative <a href="http://classyjoanzy.bandcamp.com/album/all-filler-no-killer-ep">All Filler, No Killer (EP) by Classy Joanzy</a>

Here's Gracie Martin & The So Beautifuls with an interesting song called Like Falling Asleep , the production and arrangement is rather quirky and we love that aspect. The song is full of twists and turns but everything is held together superbly by the Grace's playfully expressive vocal. Give it a listen! #folkpop #pop #fantasyfolk #singersongwriter #newmusic #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Alternative Like Falling Asleep by Gracie Martin & The So Beautifuls

Debut release from Burger Chef called  I Thought This Guy Was Wearing A Grey Leather Jacket But It Turned Out He Was Topless  gives you less than 40 seconds of noise, so play on repeat. No flipside, no filler, but we hear the guitarist has nice buns. Iggy would be proud. Take away a copy now, it is fast and it is free. I Thought This Guy Was Wearing A Grey Leather Jacket But It Turned Out He Was Topless by Burger Chef

LA's DJ Stoek presents a short but sweet slice of electro inspired by Andy Warhol , worth hearing just for the amusing intro. It ends quite abruptly, just like fame. Personally, we would have made it 15 minutes long. ;-) Andy Warhol by DJ STOEK

We have something rather different today, an intriguing track called  A 5th Element by  Touboura , who describes herself as an audiovisual magic spell maker. Combining natural sounds with electronic components and other oddities, the live recording is a terrific tapestry of texture and elements. The video was filmed on the mystic island of Samothrace, Greece and depicts a live music performance inside Touboura's in-situ installation in a river and in the exhibition space on the island. Samothrace is known to be an ancient sacred place where paganistic ceremonies of fertility took place, gathering people from all over ancient Greece. Visit  touboura.bandcamp.com for more details. <a href="http://touboura.bandcamp.com/track/a-5th-element">A 5th Element by TOUBOURA</a>

From Portland, Oregon (USA) this is  Daniel Quasar with  Mortal Engine , an electro track full of big, beautiful synths and that certainly tickles our ears. Please give it a spin. #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Alternative #ElectronicMusic #Electro Mortal Engine by Daniel Quasar

Today we have some music from Brazil, a band called 3 Pipe Problem with a song called Stuck , apparently it is about being lazy, a concept of which we have no knowledge - we call it "leisure-time". Taken from their album  Elephant in the Room (hence the amusing artwork!), it starts reasonably "leisurely" before exploding into life. Enjoy! #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Rock #Alternative #Brazil

From the ever-wonderful Thomas Imposter Records of Japan, this is the second volume of their Tokyo Chikatetsu compilation, which showcases emerging underground acts from around Tokyo. We completely love this album and have been spinning quite a few tracks from it on our Dandelion Radio Show. Pin back your ears and enjoy the crazy sounds of Tokyo! #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #JapaneseMusic #Punk #PostPunk #Japan #UnderTheRadar #Tokyo Tokyo Chikatetsu Vol. 2 by Various artists

Solid track and video here from Ward with Swimming , sort of electro-pop meets 1990s indie. Lovely beach in the video, our one is all stones, rotting fish and seaweed-covered plastic bottles.

Today we have Strange Weather with Coaccidents . Strange Weather is the experimental-pop project of Sean Brennan, a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. Sean has been diagnosed with a rare genetic eye disease called Choroideremia, and he is gradually going blind. After a few years of accelerated vision loss, in 2014 Sean moved to the beach near Assateague Island, Maryland, where he built a studio and began work on a full length album, Suspending Disbelief. Coaccidents was the first single and won First Prize in the Great American Songwriting Contest. Strange Weather aims to provide timeless classics, embodied as romantic psychedelia – cinematic daydreams with echoes of Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, and Esquivel. Be sure to give it a listen! #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #Psychedelia

Suzanne by Marlenarium is written by from the perspective of a book character (The Girls by Emma Cline). A young girl is way more fascinated by the young woman, called Suzanne, who got her into the cult, than the cult leader himself, who is admired by all. Marlenarium is Marlene from Munich, as you will hear she creates rather wonderfully textured home recordings full of charm. Great vocals too! #Bedroompop #lofi #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended #EmmaCline

Another glorious tune from New Wolves , this one is called  Influencer  and once again it sounds effortlessly brilliant. Short, catchy and lovingly crafted - highly recommended by us. #Electro #IndieMusic #NewMusic #Blog #Recommended Influencer by New Wolves

We have a great pop track today, one with a really dramatic quality to the production. This is Berlin-based artist  Luca Vasta  with her new song  Scenes . We recommend that you watch the video, it is really well put together.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Plotz is a project by Yonatan Rotem and his many friends. This is their second single Not Alone , it has a definite nod to some of the better music from the 80s. Something we endorse. Not Alone by Plotz

Another great video to share with you, today we have the mighty New Wolves with a fascinating and clever video for Same 2 Songs , a top tune in our opinion.