Bands
CANDY CLAWS
Kay and Ryan love the world so it would probably be a much nicer place if they ended up ruling it. Until that happens though we’ll have to settle for basking in the warm glow that they create. Despite being indebted to technology their music is shaped by beautiful natural forces. You can read a full bio here.
Location
Fort Collins, Colorado
Releases
In The Dream Of The Sea Life
Website
Candy Claws
ADAM & DARCIE
Adam and Darcie Sanders and their gentle recordings certainly put the awwwh in Utah. They record their music at home, slowly and with great care. The result is a joyous blend of harmonious and contemplative indie pop.
Location
Utah
Releases
California Trail
Website
Adam & Darcie
IN MOTION
Long since departed but much-loved quartet who made one of shoegaze’s most swoonsome records. Can be found scattered around the Dublin landscape in various projects including Decal and the Last Post. No Disco loved them so that’s reason enough for you to do the same.
Location
Dublin
Releases
The Language of Everyday Life
Website
In Motion
MUMBLIN’ DEAF RO
Purveyor of homemade truths via an acoustic guitar and his own thoughts Mumblin’ Deaf Ro is a Dublin institution. He records albums with the regularity of World Cup’s but it’s always worth the wait. He’s going for a hat-trick at the moment.
Location
Dublin
Releases
Senor, My Friend…
Website
Mumblin’ Deaf Ro
THE VERY MOST
The Very Most have been on our radar since early 2008. We were instantly sold on their sucrose melodies and jangling chords. The band come from far away and although we are separated by a great expanse of water we share a love for all things indie pop. In 2009 we are going to release 4 EP’s together, each will be named after a season. Read a full bio here.
Location
Boise, Idaho
Releases
Spring
Summer
An Indiecater Christmas
Indiecater Vol. 2
Website
The Very Most
THE BRILLIANT TREES
We’ve never understood why the Brilliant Trees weren’t huge. I mean they wrote anthems with cascading harmonies and chiming guitars and it doesn’t get much better than that in our book. ‘Friday Night’ was their debut album and a decade after it came out it still gives us tingles of joy.
Location
Finglas, Dublin
Releases
Friday Night
Website
The Brilliant Trees
MICHAEL KNIGHT
One listen is all it took for us to fall for the indiepop charms of Michael Knight’s ‘Youth Is Wasted On The Youth’. In fact in many ways it makes us feel proud to be Irish that an album of such distilled brilliance could appear from these very shores. Who needs Belle & Sebastian when you’ve something better just around the corner.
Location
Dublin/Berlin
Releases
Youth Is Wasted On The Young
Website
Michael Knight
SUNBEAR
Debut albums aren’t supposed to sound this ambitious but there was something in the water in Dublin 1 in 1994. Sunbear have gone on to become the Ruby Tailights and to the relief of all concerned continue to make sweet music. Rumours about old Sunbear songs creeping into new sets has us foaming.
RED STAR BELGRADE
Back in the day when such things were de-rigeur not many mixtapes that we made came without ‘Saddest Girl’. It was a quieter moment from the North Carolina act that had the critics in the palm of their hands for a time. We’ve reissued their debut album and it is a wonderful demonstration of hard hitting yet beautifully constructed vignettes. What remains of Red Star Belgrade can now be found in Toronto and a comeback has been mooted.
Location
Toronto
Releases
Where The Sun Doesn’t Shine
Website
Red Star Belgrade
