I have been instructed that my summer vacation has ended. From whom was such a draconian edict handed down? Well, the spouse, the office, ...

Many of us Pacific Northwest music fans miss Portland's The Thermals . Fortunately for us, Hutch Harris of The Thermals  also decided that...

Our expectations are always high for any new recording from  Real Numbers , and we are never disappointed.   Their latest slice if indie p...

We think and day is a good day for some up tempo guitar pop. Today's first dose is the sparkling "Share The Right Line" by New York quarte...

Over the years we have been impressed by the ability of Australian indie bands to meld some of our favorite musical bands into a pop conco...

In our memories, Montreal band  Prism Shores  walked the boundary between guitar pop and shoegaze, and they did it well -- familiar but wi...

We were not previously familiar with Nina Winder-Lind  or The New Eaves, the band of which she is a member. But we are quite taken with he...

Today brings our ears "All Your Yesterdays" -- a perfect slice of jangle pop by London's The Hanging Stars . The vocals, guitars and intro...

As it is Sunday, we think it is time to put on our Sunday Best . For you, putting on your Sunday best may be your best outfit, and we do n...

The sun is out and Springtime is invading out world. In such times, our musical interests expand to music with a wide scope and a tempo th...

Well, that's us blown away. It is the fault of  Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard  (aka Christophe Vaillant) via their new single "Loren...

Seattle's Danny Rowland was the songwriter and lead guitarist of our beloved (by us) band Seapony. That project may be retired to a watery...

On of the simple delights of life that helps make our day is getting new music from a band previously unknown to us. One recent such occur...

Perhaps we should apologize at the outset, because "Doing Donuts" is one of those songs that invades your brain and won't let go. You may ...

As war continues in the Mideast, prices rise and the markets fall, we desperately needed a song to make us feel happy on this Monday morni...

One of our favorite vocalists is Yea-Ming Chen of Yea-Ming and the Rumors . They are gracing the world with a new album titled Residue  on...

That scuzzy indie rock sound from Manchester never fails to excite. Today it comes to us via "Luck", the first single and title track from t...

Please meet Aleksi Skippari, a Finnish musician and producer. He has announced that his project  Telephone Romeo  has come of age, and wil...

There are bands that sing about mutual love, sunshine, puppies, triumphs, redemption and similar uplifting things. Then there are The Just...

Fresh from the UK, we have the new single by Rural France,  and we think this song may resonate some music fans. The winners of the world ...

Spring is coming and with it, a desire to travel. And given the state of the roads and the rising price of gas, it might be wise to get a ...

When we first discovered  Fort Not  we were infused with that special conceit that music obsessives feel when they know of a thrilling art...

We expect that immediately after arriving at the concept of heaven - a post death locale of eternal bliss and joy - mankind began to work ...

If you are a fan of guitar pop, shoegaze, power pop, and jangle pop, you can't go wrong in following Prism Shores . The Montreal based ban...

In just under three weeks we will see the release of Mosquito , the new LP from Malmo, Sweden's ultra-talented Hater . A band that embrace...

A jangling gem, "Heaven to Me" is the final single before the release of the new album -- You On Repeat  --by Sweden's Fort Not . The arra...

We are loving and cheery here at WYMA, even when the beer supply is low. But that doesn't stop us from becoming wildly happy to learn the ...

Yes, indeed, it is heavenly news to learn that beloved '90s jangle/twee poppers Heavenly is releasing a new album and embarking on a six-...

"The Autumn Leaves on 14th Street" is a stirring gem of urgently-pace guitar pop, and also is one of the best opening tunes we have heard ...

If we were to present a seminar on guitar pop, one of our featured bands would be Sweden's Fort Not . We loved their two previous albums a...

The two most recent singles from the upcoming LP by Glasgow's The Just Joans  demonstrate the band's versatility as well as their quality....

Guitar pop just the way we like it -- loose, warm, well tailored but with some loose threads, and with enough off-kilter themes to be thor...

According to our records department, we first covered Turku, Finland's The New Tigers in 2011, so the band and WYMA have been in a non-ex...

What musical obsessions have occupied us the last few days, you (should) ask? Thanks for asking. The answer is frequent replans of Don't S...

One of the many wonderful things about the current Bay Area indie pop scene is the scope of the output. Whether one is looking for delicat...

When Scotland's The Just Joans  announce an upcoming album titled Romantic Visions of Scotland  we can draw several conclusions. First, we...

One of our favorite albums in 2021 was Still Life by L.A. band Massage . That jangling, dream-gazing, guitar-dense album remains a favori...

Please don't be alarmed as we tell you that on October 31 the Bombs will drop. These Bombs aren't the scary, deadly exploding type -- they a...

If you are an indie pop fan you probably will read about Scots duo The Cords  in multiple publications. There is a reason: They have earne...

One of the treasures of the jangle pop world is Dusseldorf band The Radio Field . They impressed  us mightily a couple of years ago with a...

As members of young bands mature, finding time for music can become difficult among work, families, location changes and life events large...

From the opening crunching, jangling power pop riffs to the rousing chorus, "Memory Light" is one of those treasured instant classics the ...

Glimmer is a charming, chiming, twee jewel that satisfies as much now as it did when originally released. It is the definitive musical st...

[Sigh] "When You Say Goodbye" is a song that is so perfect it should be delivered in a blue Tiffany box delivered by a uniformed footman. ...

In our view, The Bats  were magic in the early '80s and they continue to be magic in 2025. They don't do it with bombast, frills, gimmicks...

Pssst! Hey you -- yes, you. How would you like a massage? Don't worry -- no one is going to put their hands on you. We are proposing an au...