Tag: left-field pop

All the Rage no. 84, May 19, 2020: The Future is Uncomfortable

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As always, the best in left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond! This week it’s left-field pop maestros Spars who set the stage, Melbourne’s Time For Dreams live up to their name, muscular dreampop (aka shoegaze) from Montreal’s No Joy while Toronto punkers OBGMs make a triumphant return. Also, powerpop from Perth’s Flossy and so, so much more.

The show

The setlist

Sparks
Left Out in the Cold

Simona Castricum
The Present

Poliça
Trickylovers

Time For Dreams
Death of a Disco Dancer

No Joy
Birthmark

Seafog
Centre of the Heart

The OBGMs
Cash

The Shiverettes
Trust

Flossy
The Mess You Made

Eliza & The Delusionals
Swimming Pool

Jade Imagine
Coastal Pines

Heart Beach
Other Side

Marlaena Moore
I Miss You

The Eclipse
Maybe I’m The Problem

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Falling Thunder

Halfheads
Bird Food

 

All the Rage no. 83, May 4, 2020: It’s always new to someone

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As always, 60ish minutes of the best in new (and new to me) left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond! This week we get loud with Welland’s Daniel Romano, Calgary’s The Shiverettes, Melbourne’s Slush, Freo’s Grunge Barbie. New Donny Benét! New New Fries! Delightful mellowness from New Zealand’s Floating Island. Also, a whole bunch of tunes from the past couple of years from bands that I’m only discovering now, like Edmonton’s Midnight Crisis. So much excellent music out there, just waiting to be discovered, so dive on in.

The setlist:

 Daniel Romano
I’m Afraid Of Elevators

Slush
Bleed

R.M.F.C.
Reader

Grunge Barbie
St. James St

Midnight Crisis
Hecubus (evil!)

The Shiverettes
Hard Bitch

Baby Band
Skeptics & Chill

Switches
Saurkraut

Jon Mckiel
Private Eye

New Fries
Ploce

Donny Benet
Mr Experience

Floating Island
Discontinuation

Punko
Plants Singing

Key Out
Chorus

Hussy
Gatorade

Sachet
Holes In One

Hippy Stamps
All I Can Remember Is Your Blue Eyes

All the Rage no. 82: Songs from the Great Indoors

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As always, the best in new left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week: several great tunes from the comp Stay Inside – Songs from the Great Indoors, put together by a bunch of Aussie indie labels. 100% of receipts to the bands. Check it out. Also Edmonton’s Real Sickies with some punkage recorded in isolation, and so much more.

The show:

The setlist:

La Fièvre
Faudra faire mieux

Pinch Points
Liquid Stone – Ground Up – System Failure

Dboy
Full On

Civic
Velvet Casino

Glen Schenau
Jhumble

Juniper Bush
Foresight

Blessé
Sudoku

Blush Response
Snacks [Bored Nothing Cover]

Chastity Belt
The Process

suffer fools
when i was a monster

Expanda Fuzz
The State Of The Nation

Emma Russack
When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine Cover)

Victories at Sea
When the Dark

Dead Little Penny
Dead Together

Calming Chamber
On Hold

Dianas
Million Dollar Baby

Shoulder Season
Clean Lines

Real Sickies
Baby I’m an Isolator

All the Rage no. 80, April 13, 2020: Spring Sounds

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As always, 60 minutes of the best in left-field pop from Canada, Australia and beyond. This week: shoegaze from Australia’s Flyying Colours and Kodiak Galaxy and Canda’s Zoon; Montreal pop and hip-hop from Le Couleur and Petite Papa (respectively), Mark Lanegan, Claire Birchall, EWAH & The Vision of Paradise; sunny guitar pop from Penny Diving, Port Juvee and Vim, and so much more.

The show:

The setlist:

Flyying Colours
Big Mess

Kodiak Galaxy
Ghosts

Le Couleur
Concorde

Petite Papa
Boogie

Mark Lanegan
Skeleton Key

Claire Birchall
Running in Slow Motion

EWAH & The Vision of Paradise
Play Hard

Zoon
Vibrant Colours

Penny Diving
Shotgun, She Said

The Great Divides
Face the World

Port Juvee
Motion Control

Muncie Girls
Idolise

Rhysics
Holding Yourself Hostage

Vim
Way Away

Romero
Honey

Tropical Fuck Storm
Suburbiopia