Tweet As a Sunday treat, let me introduce a small Parisian band that records pretty, shiny instrumentals and songs: Bilbao. Gui and Mo friends, and they just got together (with other friends) to record short airy melodies full of glockenspiels, flutes and precious guitars. It’s all very quiet, and it fits the slow mood of a Sunday morning (or night) well; it sounds like people are quietly jamming in the next room. Tracks like “Brindille” or “Catch Me” are cheap-sounding … →

Tweet Can pop be as cute as this? I just love it when singers allow themselves small “cha-cha-cha’s” or “ai-ai-ai’s”, like they do here. The Glasgow folk-tinged indiepop-band The Hermit Crabs has just released their brilliant debut “feel good factor EP” on matinee recordings, and this really is music with a high feel good factor. The band was started in 2003 by Melanie Whittle (guitars, vocals) and Des McKenna (bass), when their old band California Snow story were put on … →