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Dec 23, 20216 min read

December 2021 NoPantsRecordStoreShopping

December was the month that many fellow music junkies shared their love of music with a link of some of the music they have discovered. The best way to get your head out of the sand to check out music is searching the hashtags #BandcampFriday or #NoPantsRecordStoreShopping.


It costs you $0 to share a link on your twitter account and while you think hashtags are silly, they are super fabulous search engines. The more a hashtag is used the more it trends. Wouldn’t it be nice if we saw a hashtag that supports independent music (all genres) trend on twitter?


Don’t forget to follow the hashtag #NoPantsRecordStoreShopping the first Friday of the month to help support bands on Bandcamp Friday.

And always a big thank you to my fellow music junkie friends in tweeting out their favourites for everyone else to check out.


 

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​​NoPantsRecordStoreShopping Tweets:

@EatKS reminded me about #BandcampFriday and her fabulous #NoPantsRecordStoreShopping. I've been listening to @ACTORStheband since 2017 and have had the privilege of seeing them perform seven times. They keep getting better. https://actors.bandcamp.com/music


https://devours.bandcamp.com because DEVOURS is funnysad lyrically, with wicked synth hooks, seriously danceable beats, and a lot of glitter. Self-described Mutant DIY Homo Pop is apt and very good. https://instagram.com/devours.ufo?utm_medium=copy_link

 

Twitter Bio:'Husband to the fantastic genius that is @lilliwhiterose.


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I've been a bad Bandcamper this year, but here's some stuff I've been digging for #nopantsrecordstoreshopping First is The Hawkins "Silence is a Bomb", a cracking straight up rock record. https://thehawkinsband.bandcamp.com/album/silence-is-a-bomb


I know this is a bit on the older side (2014), but this release from The Bambir is great. They're a second generation Armenian band that incorporate ethnic sounds and instrumentation with tropes of modern rock music.


Nine Treasures are a Mongolian metal band who, like The Bambir, incorporate cultural elements into their music and lyrics. Instead of a normal "best of" the band picked what songs best represented them, and re-recorded them.


My #NoPantsRecordStoreShopping tweets are gonna be poor today so have a banger to start. Quirky electronic pop with 2020s angst from Mari Dangerfield

 

Twitter bio: LP & tape collector. Anthropologist. Bikes. Cats. Politics. Narwhals. Erstwhile radio DJ, sometime @RedMoonRadio1 host & contributor @50thirdand3rd


NoPantsRecordStoreShopping Tweets:


I've been obsessed with the latest from Montreal's Hippie Hourrah (named after the Jacques Dutronc yé-yé classic) for the last few months –– jangly and danceable, this one is among my top 2021 releases! H


MORE #CanCon! London, ON's Mononegatives released ANOTHER split today, this time w/Albany, NY's Mystery Girl. If you dig fuzzy punk garage, you've come to the right place! And playing Toronto tomorrow night! https://mononegatives.bandcamp.com/album/mononegatives-mysterygirl-split…


A few weeks ago, they released a synth-influenced EP https://mononegatives.bandcamp.com/album/mononegatives-brainspots-split…– in Sept, a split EP w/Brainspots

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The death of Dan Sartain in March was an unexpected loss to American rock, but the music will live on –– Arise, Dan Sartain, Arise was recorded last year, w/profits from the LP going into trust for his daughter


Grip yourself a copy of Chumps' The Problems with Saxophones, a gritty garage punk/freestyle jazz masterpiece if you love No Wave. Recorded 1977-1980 & originally released in 1984, this album is PURE ENERGY!

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It's been 5 years since we last heard from Edmonton's Archaics but their new one proves it was worth the wait. And I Look to You? builds on the avant-rock of 2016's Soft Focus. Strings, piano, love! Check it out! https://thearchaics.bandcamp.com/album/and-i-lo*

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After recent heart surgery, my friend & former radio colleague in Winnipeg, Chris Friesen (aka Freaking Snap), released this 28-minute ode to Dave, his Aortic Valve. With 764 releases & counting, he has synth FOR DAYS. All the hearts <3


Don't miss Austin, TX-by-way-of Grand Rapids, MI's Nolan Potter's latest (there's been a few this year), Music is Dead, released by Castle Face in Sept. Bedroom psych perfection! https://nolanpotter.bandcamp.com/album/music-is-dead-2… 'Stubborn Bubble' is my jam!


Cheers to @DamagedGoodsRdo for pointing out South Wales' The Bug Club's latest, Pure Particles, which is right up my alley. Sweet, dual-vocal garage pop w/a touch of the Velvets & Jonathan Richmond


One more release to round out today's #NoPantsRecordStoreShopping for December's #BandcampFriday. Melbourne, Aus' Traffik Island embodies the 60s psych folk pop tradition on their new album, A Shrug of The Shoulders. Put yourself in a summer state of mind!

 

Twitter Bio: IT Accessibility, reluctant geek, fast planes, trains, cat wrangler Pom by birth, Kiwi by choice. Opinions shared may not be deeply held - likes banter.


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New Zealand's greatest Canadian Tami Neilson absolutely hits the River. https://tamineilson.bandcamp.com/track/river sadly I have to be hitting the ground running today Damn you timezones


I can’t get enough of Mousey. Reckon she’s going to explode on the world if Covid ever allows Latest single just out about disappointing boys. https://mouseynz.bandcamp.com/track/the-bench-single…


Not a new band: but new to me. Russian folk pop with so much joy. Otava Yo are worthy of constant rotation https://yurtamusic.bandcamp.com/track/sumetskaya…


This has to be my favourite single of the year from the UK. If you liked Dry Cleaning then Wet Leg take that vibe and quadrupöe it

 

Twitter Bio: Reader of books, wanderer/wonderer, footy fan & frisbee thrower. The Girl on the Vocal Minority Podcast. Podcast wrangler, occasional writer of words. She/her.


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New to me, but already a favourite after being blown away by them at the @atribecalledred show - check out @rvrs416 https://rvrs416.bandcamp.com/album/beat-tape-1-2…


One of my favourite bands of the past year, this track is - fittingly - pure fire. https://deathwaits.bandcamp.com/track/burn-everything…


Brilliant post-punk band; dark, danceable, immersive - get their new album (and then their backlist) in your ears! https://actors.bandcamp.com/album/acts-of-worship…

Love 80's music (of course you do)? Unique, soul hitting, fun covers with just - as stated by the band - sax, axe & vox. One of my fave tracks: https://deuxpechemode.bandcamp.com/track/crying-out-loud-for-love-the-box-cover… @DeuxpecheMode


If you haven't come across this band yet, you can't go wrong with their latest release. A refusal to be pegged brings a wondrous variety, check them out! https://thekvb.bandcamp.com/album/unity-2 @TheKVB


Music made for staring up at nothing (or with your eyes closed just being) while it washes over you. Literally brand new to me; gorgeous stuff. https://damonandnaomi.bandcamp.com/album/a-sky-record


Shoegaze from Scotland! I've been listening to these guys for years, and they never disappoint. Sonically crunchy guitars, psychedelic laden goodness. https://wozniak.bandcamp.com/album/bruises @band_wozniak


Cannot get enough of this tune (waiting for the full album) by Billy Swivs via @DaptoneRecords Toe-tapping soul that takes you back to your mod days. Get it in your ears! https://daptonerecords.bandcamp.com/album/time-is-not-on-my-side…


One more #NoPantsRecordStoreShopping tonight, a gorgeous collection of covers of my favourite band The Cure. With @SceneNoir and @ACTORStheband (two CDN bands you NEED to get into), put together by @TBTCIRecords, it's well worth your time.

 

Twitter Bio Podcast hosted by Matt Dunn and Chris Larr. Playing our favorite tunes from the worlds of garage rock, post-punk, indie, punk, new wave and beyond.


NoPantsRecordStoreShopping Tweets:


Bandcamp Friday: I got the debut 7" from Carpet Burn (Melbourne, Australia). This one has some cool 80s indie/Flying Nun Records vibes. Favorite track is "Butterfinger Hands" https://carpetburnlarping.bandcamp.com/album/i-cant-believe-its-not-carpet-burn


Gen Pop - PPM66. Radical post-punk from Olympia, WA. I once saw them kill it playing in someone's kitchen in Richmond, VA! Favorite track: "Bright Light People".

https://genpopolympia.bandcamp.com/album/ppm66


#BandcampFriday The debut Los Bitchos album isn't out yet but you can pre order and listen to a few tracks. I love the instrumental/psych/tropical vibe of their songs.

@palelipsband (Montreal, Quebec). I picked up their latest album After Dark. Catchy fun 70s style punk/power pop . "I'm A Witch" should be a new Halloween classic. Also love "Hiding From The Moon" https://palelips.bandcamp.com/album/after-dark…

 

T.C. Folkpunk @tcfolkpunk

Bio: One guy, one guitar and a notebook full of lyrics.

Mostly a musician, partly an actor and film composer (for @loveinthesixth)

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My NoPantsRecordStoreShopping Tweets:


A crazy fusion of funk/jazz/electronic beats with a serious Middle Eastern vibe

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BEAM - a hardcore punk band from Baton Rouge


Latin Jazz and Soul as it’s finest

“A Tu Lado” is my favourite track. I highly recommend headphones because the musical arrangement is better appreciated that way

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Benny Trokan is like a mix between Benjamin Booker and Michael Rault. If you don’t know any of these names, if you like a 60's garage soul vibe you need to check them all out.https://daptonerecords.bandcamp.com/album/get-it-in-the-end

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This electronic instrumental vibe is not my usual wheelhouse but I feel it tells a story, I think @BadUnderpants would appreciate this album


If the shipping wasn't so brutal I would buy a physical copy of it.


If you like Reggae Ska Rock Steady you might like Transilvanians from Spain

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This track reminds me a lot of the band Pop Will Eat Itself

So I challenge those “music” fans that said the best music was in the 80’s or 90’s to have a little, and maybe skip a coffee and buy a track!

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Stuff I bought in December but didn't tweet out




https://markmalibuthewasagas.bandcamp.com/album/mark-malibu-presents-surfin-kitty-x-mas-2-3


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