Pop, folk and a bit of experimentation from London.

A split cassette featuring two bands from the Netherlands, both of which are the brainchild of Alexis Vos and show his passion for mixing pop music and folk, sometimes leaning more towards the former (Easton) and sometimes putting a stronger emphasis on the latter (Grapes of Grain).

Ace garage pop from Sweden, featuring Television’s Richard Lloyd playing lead guitar on one tune and Ylva Lindberg (Friday Bridge) singing on another.

Home-recorded power pop from the D.C. area.

Sweet and tender bedroom pop by yet another project involving Ryan Marquez of Sodajerk and Apple Orchard. Features a cover version of Eric’s Trip’s “Sand”.

Fast and bouncy guitar-driven tunes by the latest pop sensation from Sweden.

Gorgeous melodies with a slight ambient feel and one noisy bit of experimentation produced by Charles Newman (of Magnetic Fields fame).

Clare makes us proud once again with more of their shy, tender and delicate electronic pop.

Jean Pilot is Jens Stääf, a very prolific and just as eclectic Swedish musician, who caught our attention with his catchy pop fitting halfway between contemporary indiepop and early Eighties synth-pop.

Photobook is an English band that, just a few weeks ago, left us speechless with a nine-song demo recorded on a four-track tape recorder, using old organs and drum machines, childrens toys and what not. The recordings were then manipulated to speed them up/slow them down/reverse them to make some of the sounds. If, along with post-rock, such a genre as post-pop existed as well, this would definitely be it.