Mandapen's Indie Crush

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Hello and welcome to the seaside. I’ve been down in sunny Brighton enjoying the new music at The Great Escape festival but, alongside my shades and bikini, I packed this week’s releases to deliver Sunday’s Albums Round Up to you as usual.

My Album of the Week is from Boats….

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Last week singer songwriter Pete Roe’s album was our Albums Round Up Wildcard of the Week. On Sunday night he headlined Bristol’s Folk House, delighting a receptive audience with songs from Our Beloved Bubble.

Backed by support band Hot Feet Roe’s great narrative…

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Young Australian band San Cisco brought their youthful indie sounds to Bristol last week as they supported the quirky American pop of Darwin Deez.

The dreampop of ‘Wild Things’ impressed, with the band receiving a warm welcome from the crowd during their first time in…

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Hello and welcome to this week’s Albums Round Up. Like a tree spreading skywards and bearing blossom we’ve got some beautiful music spreading throughout the column this week.

My Album of the Week is Curiosity by Wampire. Opening up with ‘The Hearse’, an upbeat synth…

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Hello and welcome to the latest Albums Round Up. It’s Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK so that means pre-summer sunburn, plenty of drinking and the first barbecues of the year. There’s plenty of bangers sizzling on the barbecue of new music this week, so let’s fire up the coals and get on…

Deap Vally, DIIV, Pale, O2 Academy, Birmingham 29/11/12, a set on Flickr.

Click the link for more photos form this set by Amanda Penlington

Saturday Sun, The Louisiana, Bristol, 20/4/13, a set on Flickr.

Photos by Amanda Penlington

Joe Banfi, The Louisiana, Bristol 20/4/13, a set on Flickr.

Photos by Amanda Penlington

Fossil Collective, The Louisiana, Bristol 20/4/13, a set on Flickr.

Photos by Amanda Penlington

My interview with Fossil Collective, exclusive to The Whiteboard Project. Click on the link for more.

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Fossil Collective creates intricate vocal harmonies and exquisitely melodic indie folk. We’re big fans of their album Tell Where I Lie, which was a Whiteboard Wildcard Album of the Week on its release a couple of weeks ago. So when they stopped by Bristol’s Louisiana to play a gig we…

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Hello and welcome to this week’s Albums Round Up. Good things come in pairs don’t they? Like sunglasses, shoes, gloves and nostrils. This week’s column has a pair of pairs for your musical delight.

My Album of the Week is Bigfoot by Cayucas. The band’s…

Click to read my column feat. Born Ruffians, Junip, Ian McCulloch, The American Scene, Dead Can Dance, and Josh Kumra. 

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With Parquet Courts, Tera Melos, I Used To Be A Sparrow, Alessi’s Ark, The Thermals, Simian Mobile Disco, Glossary, and Arts & Crafts. Exclusive to The Whiteboard Project. Click the link to read. 

Bored Nothing, Fossil Collective, Generationals, Kurt Vile, Port St Willow, Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk, Dear Reader, and Mike Marlin all feature in my latest Albums column on The Whiteboard Project.