As someone who follows the southern indie scene, I would like to add Mirror by Chestnut Bakery to the list. I heard that singer Rye has formed a new band in Zurich. Also, my personal best release of the year is 鼠鼠鼠 The Three Mice's self-titled EP. The cheerful lads in Shenzhen seem to be having a lot of fun and it makes me very happy to listen to them.
Great shouts, thank you. Even with all the shoegaze stuff this year I feel like I didn’t give enough attention to Chestnut Bakery. And I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed that Three Mice EP!
Thanks for all the great recommendations. And thanks a million for another great year of musical adventures with Concrete Avalanche. Hard to add to two stellar lists! I really liked bits and pieces from the Muzzy Mum album. And the albums from Li Yilei and Wu Zhou Ling were also great. Also - Seven Deadly Punches by Akini Jing and The New Deal by White + were 2 rock solid standalone tracks. But the standout in the dial it up to 11 and terrify the neighbours category were the Ghostmass releases. Even I find myself cowering in the corner after 20 minutes of sonic bombardment!
Great list. Thanks so much for all the support and enthusiasm for this newsletter (and more importantly the music) this year and always.
Wishing you all the best for the holidays and the New Year – and if you need to get rid of any guests overstaying their welcome during the festive period, at least you have Ghostmass to turn to now!
思考XiangXiang from Guangzhou had one of the best indie rock albums of 2024. Also Vampoleez's Proper Punch EP released on Mintone Records was also one of my stand-outs of the year.
黑甜一枕 Sweet Black Pillow (from Hangzhou) -- One of my most played artists in 2024. I can't stop listening to their album. Sleeping Dogs are epic, although Blunt Razor, easily one of my favorite albums that I discovered this year, is not from 2024. Chainhaha's September release was pretty dope also.
Strong recommendations here. I somehow forgot about Chainhaha’s release, and certainly about Sweet Black Pillow. Looking back to when I wrote about the latter I also realised I should have included gogoj’s Dong-themed album
As someone who follows the southern indie scene, I would like to add Mirror by Chestnut Bakery to the list. I heard that singer Rye has formed a new band in Zurich. Also, my personal best release of the year is 鼠鼠鼠 The Three Mice's self-titled EP. The cheerful lads in Shenzhen seem to be having a lot of fun and it makes me very happy to listen to them.
Great shouts, thank you. Even with all the shoegaze stuff this year I feel like I didn’t give enough attention to Chestnut Bakery. And I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed that Three Mice EP!
big up for Chestunt, great album!
Thanks for all the great recommendations. And thanks a million for another great year of musical adventures with Concrete Avalanche. Hard to add to two stellar lists! I really liked bits and pieces from the Muzzy Mum album. And the albums from Li Yilei and Wu Zhou Ling were also great. Also - Seven Deadly Punches by Akini Jing and The New Deal by White + were 2 rock solid standalone tracks. But the standout in the dial it up to 11 and terrify the neighbours category were the Ghostmass releases. Even I find myself cowering in the corner after 20 minutes of sonic bombardment!
Great list. Thanks so much for all the support and enthusiasm for this newsletter (and more importantly the music) this year and always.
Wishing you all the best for the holidays and the New Year – and if you need to get rid of any guests overstaying their welcome during the festive period, at least you have Ghostmass to turn to now!
思考XiangXiang from Guangzhou had one of the best indie rock albums of 2024. Also Vampoleez's Proper Punch EP released on Mintone Records was also one of my stand-outs of the year.
黑甜一枕 Sweet Black Pillow (from Hangzhou) -- One of my most played artists in 2024. I can't stop listening to their album. Sleeping Dogs are epic, although Blunt Razor, easily one of my favorite albums that I discovered this year, is not from 2024. Chainhaha's September release was pretty dope also.
Strong recommendations here. I somehow forgot about Chainhaha’s release, and certainly about Sweet Black Pillow. Looking back to when I wrote about the latter I also realised I should have included gogoj’s Dong-themed album
Thanks for helping me discover a lot of great music during 2024!
Good job as usual Jake, thanks form Italy and happy new year!
Great work. Thanks so much!