I never really know how much impact putting songs in a podcast really makes, in terms of introducing them to the actual audience of the blog.  I assume there are loads of regular blog readers who never go near the podcasts for a variety of reasons (no, not the swearing), but they still seem relatively popular in their own right.

Having said that, people have told me excitedly that they have really got into bands from reading about them on the site, but I’ve never really heard the same said about the podcasts.  So, here are three bands whose music I have been enjoying a lot recently, but who I’ve only forced upon you in podcast form so far.  I am not not convinced you were paying attention like you should, so now I am insisting.  So there.

Weird Era (Bandcamp)

This is grungey, shoegazey indie rock, so yes, of course I like it!  I was actually introduced to this band by virtue of their cassette release of Go To Hell on Duck Tapes, but they have what looks a little like a double album available to download from their Bandcamp link above.

Garage Honeymoon, below, is a big awesome pop song, but generally Weird Era’s stuff is a bit more slow burn and textural than that – well worth exploring though.

Weird Era – Garage Honeymoon

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We Are Losers (Bandcamp – blog)

The first time I heard this I thought ‘ah yes, more ultra-lo-fi indie rock’.  By the end of the first song I thought ‘ah yes, some rather excellent ultra-lo-fi indie rock’.

It’s not quite that simple though, because this is actually are rather varied little EP.  The Narcissist may be rough, growling, catchy indie rock, but Empty Head is more of a pop song, and the final track, Windbreaker, much more hazy and dreamy, making this a really nicely varied release with plenty of potential directions which look promising for the future.

We Are Losers – The Narcissist

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Honeydrum (Bandcamp – blog)

There is a lot of The Magnetic Fields in this stuff.  I’d say it was sort of a lo-fi, pop version of The Magnetic Fields, but that’s kinda what The Magnetic Fields themselves already are.  I suppose it’s arguable that there are touches of Casiontone for the Painfully Alone in here as well, but that’s a little more tenuous, as comparisons go.

So, to be more straightforward, this is quirky pop music, with a laid back air and a dreamy feel to it.  The band have all sorts of cassette releases available from the links above, and I recommend you go and have a poke around.

Honeydrum – Dream Eyes

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