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From Russia with love - Sounds of Sputnik

From Russia with love - Sounds of Sputnik

If you are partial to the sound of post-rock, shoegaze and in particular dreampop, I will have very good news for you today: There is a band out there in Russia who excels in these genres and they are called Sounds of Sputnik. Not only these days with no iron curtain in sight,  we are able to track them down (with a lot of help of Shameless Promotions PR), a present from Russia with love – Sounds of Sputnik. And there is more good news right here: Sounds of Sputnik have re-released their first

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min dream pop Moon Sounds Records
The Veldt and Stella Diana - dreaming away

The Veldt and Stella Diana - dreaming away

The Veldt The Veldt are back! Oh, aye, were they ever there in the first place?  Indeed, or were there ever away? No, they were always there, but many even the most dedicated music fans in Europe missed them the first time around. This is not going to happen this time thanks to the changes that the global network brought upon us. Bands can market themselves, fans can find them and even the genre-mixing is not so much of a problem anymore. All of these developments were not given in the 80s a

· Alice Peters-Burns · 4 min Indie Shameless Promotion PR

All Sparks Burn Out & Lights That Change

Very tempted on this Saturday evening to cuddle up on the sofa but I dutifully sit here and work my way through the piles of wonderful music I received this week. Now, I could pester you with the amazing new album by Patrick Watson called “Love Songs For Robots” but a) you can listen to that in my programme on www.byte.fm on Monday, 5-6 pm CET or all week on ByteFM actually, as it will be album of the week. It takes some time to open up to you, that album, but the journey is undoubtedly a very e

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min alternative Lights That Change

Baltimore & Philadelphia - Dark Narrows & The Morelings

Does Baltimore, Maryland, USA, really take its name from the tiny Baltimore, Co. Cork in Ireland? Baltimore in Ireland is a bit of a meeting point for musicians, thus, projecting this onto a much much larger scale, the music scene in Baltimore, USA, must be gigantic. Indeed, you will find many artists in Baltimore and of a wide spectrum. Lately, the fantastic Future Islands have been making waves with there unique brand of 80s synth pop meets the new millennium, their album “Singles” and above

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min Baltimore Dark Narrows