Send us a Text Message. Your dose of indie pop, dream pop and alternative rock from  France, America, the UK, Ireland, Sweden. Music featured on this episode: Pastel Coast: Rendez-vousThe KVB: TremorsFuneral Lakes: Robber Baron FantasyWhitelands (feat. Dottie): Tell me about itVirgins: DisappearerHooveriii: This rockThe Shop Window: Who’s in controlVice Killer: The dark side of the railwayLuje: Without youViic Woods: SunsetMany songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming...

Amazing songs handpicked by Sophie  from France, America, Belgium, the UK, Italy Music featured on this episode: Arab Strap: Strawberry MoonYou Said Strange: Trade Your SoulRide: Last FrontierThe Fashion Focus: Perfect MemoryWilsen: RuinerShe’s in Parties: Ritual (from the UK not Ireland)PSYMON SPINE: A Day is a Long TimePainted Vein: Lay DownTorrey: MovingHydrogen Sea: Appalachia Many songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming platform #indiemusic #newmusic...

Playing 10 female artists and frontwomen you may not have heard about but that are excellent including a song feat> Sharon Van Etten. Music featured on this episode: Deep Sea Diver: Impossible weight (feat. Sharon Van Etten)Blushing: TetherEmma Anderson (from Lush): Bend the roundIvy Falls: BlueHeather Woods Broderick: AdmirationLoneLady: Into the CaveLEATHERS: HighriseThe Mysterines: All these thingsThe Klittens: Reading MaterialMemory Spells & Jordan Whitlock: Take my handMany songs...

Songs I enjoyed this month including the debut album of NEWDAD. Music featured on this episode: NEWDAD: In my headPROJECTOR: No guiltTHE REDS, PINKS AND PURPLES: Leave it all behindLLAWGNE: Into DeluxeTHE ASTEROID No.4: TrembleGARLANDS: NamesMERMAIDENS: I like to be aloneLONG DISTANCES: Delicate SurrenderHOORSEES: ArtschoolA.S.O.: Rain downMany songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming platform #indiemusic #newmusic #podcast#purplmac#purplmac#dreampop  Enjoy! Thanks for listening...

Episode 42: Songs I enjoyed this year and my wishes for next year. Music featured on this episode: GHOST WOMAN: The end of a gunLEFTWICH: Was it really all that bad?NATION OF LANGUAGE: Sole obsession2ND BLOOD: Type 9000EXLOVERS: Blowing kissesCIEL: Make it betterJAPANESE HEART SOFTWARE (feat. Animal Ghosts): All that you wantOSLO TWINS: Miss yesterday (Cloth remix)GIFT: Share the presentFIREHILL: I need youMash up: Jadu Heart (Freedom), Temples (Gamma Rays), Slowdive (Kisses), The National...

Songs I enjoyed this month and a special one for Matthew Perry (Chandler on Friends). Music featured on this episode: Fazerdaze: BiggerThe Mary Onettes: What I Feel in Some PlacesEcho Beatty: Candor CandorME REX: Infinity WormAnimal Ghosts (feat. Japanese Heart Software): EverythingThe Fauns: How LostLions of Dissent: Born in SorrowDebris Discs: Losing the MatriarchThe Young Love Scene: Girl on Down the HallMarta Del Grandi: StayMany songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming...

The podcast is 2 years old! playing 7 tracks I enjoyed this month and why I had no September episode. Your shot of new music with Sophie. Music featured on this episode: Enola Fall : Eat Sleep Panic RepeatSeablite: Melancholy MollyThe Fae: ChloeFilm School: BabyTemple of Angels: Waving to the windThe Death of Pop: WitheringPatio Gas: The Landlord Many songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming platform. youtube playlist with the songs is...

Dare New Music with Sophie.   Music featured on this episode: Oslo Twins: Back to nothingLande Hekt: Pottery ClassSeagoth: MethuselahThe Great Leslie: Burn me, Drown meVolleyball: Electric WizardThomas Greenwood: All the LinesThe Year in Pictures: Blood Orange (first play before official release)Felix Hill: Safe and SoundLa Faute: Blue Girl Nice DayThe Crayon Set: SunloungerMany songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming platform #indiemusic #newmusic...

Dare New Music with Sophie.   Music featured on this episode: Saytr Play: Butterfly StitchesLumari: Neon MirrorStay Lunar: Before you goZivi: Move AlongChild Seat: UnrequitedFirestations: Travel TroubleVelvet Sunset: Running WildLobsterbomb: Starting OverUltrasaturated: HorsegaitColored Lights: Stabbing CloudMany songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming platform and on my youtube playlist https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGcCeSMspLmtUoaxO1yrOpuLXz8Hxqvey Enjoy! Thanks for...

Dare New Music with Sophie.   Music featured on this episode: Inkfields: Moroccan BluePale Blue Eyes: Takes me overThe Criticals: Clever GirlLipGloss: Better Off this WayLas Robertas: Season of No ReasonSalarymen: EchoesEosine: DigitalineAvalyn: Sea ChangeLines of Flight: Becoming BearConstant Smiles: In My HeartSongs are on my YouTube playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGcCeSMspLmuS3hpDoklI2BJUqbs8ucxq Many songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming platform Enjoy! Thanks...

Awesome songs to listen to in May  including songs from the new album by Triptides, Acid Wave, Death and Vanilla, an upcoming album by Sumos and many more.  Dare New Music with Sophie.   Music featured on this episode: Triptides : Unwound Psychic Love Child : Honey BusinessTreeboy & Arc : Retirement Death of the High Street: Age of BronzeHoneysick: What you are Vice Killer: The Red SkySwiss Portrait: BeforeAcid Wave: Make me drownSumos: Small TalkDeath and Vanilla: Baby SnakesSongs are...

Dare New Music with Sophie.  This is your gift for Easter. Music featured on this episode: Teleman: Short LifeFlyying Colours: I live in a small townSugar in Wine: StrangerThe Death of Pop: For a MinutePatio Gas: Digging Your Own GraveDeath Valley Girls: Magic PowersGlazyhaze: A glimpse of lightBurs: LilyJoe Adhemar feat. Skylu: Hopper Brownbear: UnityRed Telephone: Hollowing OutMany songs are available on bandcamp and all on streaming platform #indiemusic #newmusic...

34. This month we have top songs from America, Italy, the UK, Belgium and Canada. Dare New Music with Sophie.  Music featured on this episode: 1.     Halfloves: CU Later 2.     The Bankrobber: Always wrong 3.     Thrillhouse: So far from Where I started from 4.     Blushing: Tether 5.     The Virginia Planes: Step into this world 6.     The Haunted Youth: Teen rebel 7.     BLUAI: Dime Store 8.     Pale Blue Eyes: More 9.     Ghost Woman: Do you 10.  Elbé: Together  Many songs played on the...

33. Sophie plays 10 awesome songs by Night Bus, Priestgate, Apollo Junction, Leftwich, Submotile and more. Dare New Music.   Music featured on this episode: Priestgate: White shirtApollo Junction: By the river VEPS: Mooney tunesLaunder: Annie BlueSubmotile: ForeshadowingLeftwich: On a RollBarely Autumn: Let goNight Bus: Way Past ThreeRed Sky Dawn: Love is a ThiefEnola Fall: Pictures of People taking picturesMany songs are available on bandcamp and on streaming platform #indiemusic #newmusic...

Sophie is back and wishes you a HNY and selected 10 songs to start your year in beauty.  Music featured on this episode: Saint Sappho.  Green Door Midnight Rodeo.  The big Melt Dehd.  Bad love CVC.  Sophie ME rex.  Lager Door Seasaw.  My heart is a zombie  Poster Paints.  Number 1 Garlands.  Rita Actors.  Crystal GreenCircles.  Something good Enjoy! Thanks for listening and subscribing! Say Hi on @purplemacpodcast on insta.  https://www.instagram.com/purplemacpodcast/ #indiemusic #newmusic...

31. Sophie wishes you a Happy festive season and selected 6 favorite songs from 2022 to close the final episode of the year, including music by GIFT, Las Robertas, Mossy, Echo Northstar and more .  Music featured on this episode: GIFT: Gumball GardenLas Robertas: AwakeningSunday Morning: Explain the worldEcho Northstar: Silent FearsMossy: Call meMachina X, Nature of wires: PossibilitiesEnjoy! Thanks for listening and subscribing! Say Hi on @purplemacpodcast on insta. Happy Holiday...

Sophie selected some darker songs to celebrate Autumn. Expect Dead Rabbits, Blood on Fire and Black Magic on this episode! She also had an interview with shoegaze band Avalyn who had their latest song mastered by Mark Gardener from legendary band RIDE.  Music featured on this episode: Deceits: FailuresFuneral Lakes: Kingdom FallDead Rabbits: When the sun goes downMagic Wands: Black MagicJe T’AIME: Blood on FireThe Bankrobber: J. The RipperSHEAFS: En route distressAvalyn: Distant...

Sophie selected 8 songs of the best new indie & alternative scene, including an unreleased song by Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Frazer (Cocteau Twins) covered by Gloria de Oliveira & Dean Hurley, Lilies in my brain, Columbia Mills, In Waves & more. The podcast celebrates its 1 year anniversary! Thanks for your support! This episode's  line up: Lilies in my brain: SunshineIn Waves: ElephantColumbia Mills: The day has wonChorus Girl: In the business of dreamsODEONS feat. Okafuwa: A...

Do you remember the firs time? Sophie selected 10 favourite debut songs (singles or albums) of the best new indie & alternative new bands for your listening pleasure, focusing on underground new artists. This week line up: Vega Rally: Infinity 93Bryan Magic Tears : IsolationSolar Eyes: Nothing is for freeStanleys: A better lifeTriangle Rain Club: In my headTebby & the Heavy: Turn it aroundThe Roundlakes: Killing SmileEcho Northstar: Someone elseSunday Morning: When Sunday morning...

Sophie is back with 10 songs of the best new indie & alternative new bands for your listening pleasure. Mostly new talents from all over the world picked up with love by your host, Sophie. This week line up: GRAZER: I want controlSlaney Bay: Take your timeLissy Taylor: YoungHoorsees: JansportTalk Show: StressPresents for Sally: Smoke signalsSeatemples: FurtherHey Calamity: Bleeding HeartThrillhouse: LesserThe Stargazer Lilies: Bending the linesEnjoy! Thanks for listening and subscribing!...

Sophie is back playing some of the best new indie & alternative new bands from the underground scene. This week 's line up: Margot: FameCrystal Eyes: WishesDictator: Rubik’s cubeMagic Wands: Honey MoonNebenschau: KnowPeaness: How I’m feelingValtava: Bubble GumKatanak: Weigh DownTest Card Girl: The BeyondBalthvs: Cosmic BoogieEnjoy! Thanks for listening and subscribing! Say Hi on @purplemacpodcast on insta https://www.instagram.com/purplemacpodcast/ If you like the show please give it a...

Episode 25 Sophie plays some of the best new indie & alternative new bands from the underground scene. This week line up: The KVB : Unity Skylu: Red Avalyn: When we were nothingHandgrenades: Red Blue BlackThe Skinner Brothers: Stupid Much, Future Utopia RemixOscar Mic: We Are UkrainianThe Shop Window, Sean Buckley: ForgottenThe People Versus: Again and AgainLyon Tide: AloneEnjoy! Thanks for listening and subscribing! Say Hi on @purplemacpodcast on...

Sophie plays some of the best new indie & alternative new bands from the underground scene. Line up: Wet Leg : Wet Dream (not underground anymore lol)Black Pines: Chains Freya Beer: Love ChildFleeting Joys: Everything you’re running to (song to raise funds for Ukraine)The Howlers: I don’t love you all the timeThe John Michie Collective: HighDeath of the High Street: SynergyMNNQNS: Full Circle BackVentrelles: Gondola WishesDriven Snow: TryingEnjoy! Thanks for listening and subscribing! Say...

23:  the Strokes and their influence on new bands Sophie has the Strokes’ producer Gordon Raphael as guest on her show and discuss their influence on new bands. Line up: The Silver Bars: DamselHandgrenades: ReptiliaThe Bagatelles: Settle the scoreThe Kecks: Modern girlVala: She’ll play heck The Extons: No HopeThe Criticals: HomebodyGordon Raphael: SavageCucamaras: Window seat Kid Computer: Enter the voidThe Plastics: FionaDust in the Sunlight: Hard to explainThe Banshees: point of youVoodoos:...