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Eureka California at Gold Flake Paint

I’m sure we’ve all had those moments when, amidst the storm of real life, the clouds part above us and fix everything in place, little messy strands that suddenly fall in to place, for even the briefest of periods. ‘Sign My Name With An X‘, the blistering new track from duoEureka California sounds just like… Continue reading Eureka California at Gold Flake Paint

Witching Waves at Gold Flake Paint

Continually one of the brightest sparks in the whole UK sludgy, guitar-slinging, DIY scene, Witching Waves follow up their brilliant ‘Fear Of Falling Down‘ LP with a sparkling new full-length effort next month, once again released via Soft Power (and Happy Happy Birthday To Me in the U.S) and one hopes that Crystal Cafe might be the… Continue reading Witching Waves at Gold Flake Paint

Frog at Gold Flake Paint

Oh, Frog. We’ll never forget the moment they came waltzing in to our life, bare-chested, mile-wide grins, channeling every American guitar band we’d ever loved and every dead-beat town we’d never visited. Their debut album was a favourite of ours, and yours, and everyone who heard it – which, sadly, of course, was far fewer… Continue reading Frog at Gold Flake Paint

Fireworks at Gold Flake Paint

How is it that keen observations about love blend so well with high-powered guitars? Half the joy of indie pop stems from the nuances, and especially the little feelings – the reverent touching for the first time, the fumbling for the right word, the agony in being ignored. The Buzzcocks celebrated rejection and the Wedding… Continue reading Fireworks at Gold Flake Paint

Mind Brains at Gold Flake Paint

Beware. A supernatural force emanates below. Weaker minds may be sucked into the screen. Behold. The collective intelligence that is MIND BRAINS teach their occult insights to the shrinking masses. Wrapped in the cloths of ritual, their identities remain unknown – yet locals from the village Athens (GA) whisper of sorcery from guilds like The… Continue reading Mind Brains at Gold Flake Paint

Hobbes Fanclub at Gold Flake Paint

It’s true. Psychocandy never moved me. Maybe I’m too young. But what I do appreciate, and what I imagine others recall fondly, too, is how much swathes of space were cut in the mid- to late-eighties. From the lingering burn of Galaxie 500 and Red House Painters, to the magenta haze shrouds of My Bloody… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at Gold Flake Paint

Bastards of Fate Video Debut and Review at Gold Flake Paint

Let’s be perfectly honest: I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. Too long a while. But then, when brilliance really strikes you – and I mean SHEER brilliance, with all the luminosity and force of a supernova just a light-year away – well, words are harder to form, see. Who are the Bastards… Continue reading Bastards of Fate Video Debut and Review at Gold Flake Paint

Close Lobsters Review and Stream at Gold Flake Paint

Whenever I see or hear the term “reunion” tacked on to any musical event, I always feel this knee-jerk skepticism. Oh, yeah? You and which bandmates? What’s your angle, eh? But most importantly, what’s this new material you’re peddling? Fortunately, no one need worry about the Close Lobsters. As card-carrying members of the original C86 compilation,… Continue reading Close Lobsters Review and Stream at Gold Flake Paint

Muuy Biien at Gold Flake Paint

You have to understand. It’s always tougher to justify the albums you love, the ones that shoot like endorphins straight to your head, like the first time you ever rode a loop-de-loop roller coaster, and dismounted screaming and whooping, fists pumping, beyond exuberant that living feels like this. It’s also tougher to sit back and… Continue reading Muuy Biien at Gold Flake Paint