#sharp pins

Touch Girl Apple Blossom luxuriates in radiant jangle, the band’s two guitarists — Olivia Garner (who also sings) and John Morales — joining in sunshine soaked spirals of pop-rock sound. “Sunshine Reminds Me Of,” an early single, beckons from the first warm day of the season. The sound is well in line with the jangle-pop of Sharp Pins, the happy-into-sad glow of the Cords, and the lo-fi tunefulness of Good Flying Birds, a band that they’ll be touring with this summer.

1/7/26.

When I first started listening to "Monster Of The Week" by Tulpa, I thought they might be part of Chicago's thriving young indie rock scene (Horsegirl, Sharp Pins, Uniflora, etc.).

Nope, Tulpa are part of the vibrant UK indie scene being captured by dozens of amazing labels; in this case, Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey's label Skep Wax.

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30. BLEEDS WEDNESDAY

29. WILLOUGHBY TUCKER, I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ETHEL CAIN

28. SEEKING DARKNESS HUREMIC

27. F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 SKRILLEX

26. CHOKE ENOUGH OKLOU

25. GOODNESS FEEO

24. JUMP OUT OSAMASON

23. LUSTER MARIA SOMERVILLE

22. FRIEND JAMES K

21. BLACK STAR AMAARAE

20. GOLLIWOG BILLY WOODS

19. MUSIC CAN HEAR US DJ KOZE

18. 45 POUNDS YHWH NAILGUN

17. NO CONTROL, NO GLORY AKAI SOLO

16. RADIO DDR SHARP PINS

15. BABY DIJON

14. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE WATER FROM YOUR EYES

13. A TROPICAL ENTROPY NICK LEÓN

12. REVENGESEEKERZ JANE REMOVER

11. FANCY THAT PINKPANTHERESS

10. ADDISON ADDISON RAE

09. SHOWBIZ! MIKE

08. HEAVY METAL CAMERON WINTER

07. THE PASSIONATE ONES NOURISHED BY TIME

06. HEADLIGHTS ALEX G

05. GETTING KILLED GEESE

04. EUSEXUA FKA TWIGS

03. LOS THUTANAKA LOS THUTANAKA

02. HEXED! AYA

13092025 (-All New-)

The 12th playlist of the year!!

TRACKLIST:

Spoon - Guess I'm Falling In Love Bright Eyes - Dyslexic Palindrome (feat. Hurray For The Riff Raff) Acapulco Lips - Fuzzy Sunshine Vaguess - Look Away Tebby & The Heavy - Happenstance Sharp Pins - (I Wanna) Be Your Girl Laundry Bats - Nightmare Wreckless Eric - Lifeline Reverend Beat-Man & Milan Slick - I Found Out Thurston Moore - Temptation Inside Your Heart (Velvet Underground) Cool Whip - Flame In My Heart Gut Health - Beat To Beat The Hives - Roll Out The Red Carpet Dragnet - Claires Whip Dick Move - Nurses Loose Lips - Last Laugh Curtis Harding - The Power Electric Prawns 2 - Wasted