Tender Trap

This week: Swervedriver’s best and least heard album gets a much-deserved reissue; plus Anna Calvi, new Slumberland band Peel Dream Magazine; Chilean psych duo The Holydrug Couple; UK indiepop megagroup THe Fortuna Pop All-Stars, and more.

“The fourth annual NYC Popfest, which ran from Thursday through Sunday , consisted of five showcases featuring more than 30 bands, mostly those that adhered to a few key tenets: summery, lo-fi, melodic, twee, nonconfrontational…

DOWNLOAD: The Wake – Oh Pamela (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Neverever – Blue Jeans (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Neverever – Young and Dumb (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Tender Trap – Girls with Guns (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Allo Darlin – Dreaming (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Allo Darlin’ – My Heart is a Drummer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Moustache of Insanity – Amazon Wishlist (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Horowitz – Winona (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Embassy – It Pays to Belong (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Leaving Mornington Crescent – Corners (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Very Truly Yours – I’d Write You a Song (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pants Yell…

DOWNLOAD: Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard (MP3) DOWNLOAD: NYC Popfest Mix (ZIP) As mentioned before, UK band Veronica Falls are playing this year’s NYC Popfest on Thursday May 20 at Cake Shop…

DOWNLOAD: Veronica Falls – Found Love in a Graveyard (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Allo Darlin’ – My Heart is a Drummer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: BOAT – Lately (MP3) The line-up for the fourth annual NYC Popfest has just been announced, which will happen May 20 – 23 at a variety of venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn…