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  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainablecurator Click here  and run your own campaign on MusoSoup Picture Credit: Gabrielle Ornate Gabrielle Ornate - Free Falling Release Date: May 13, 2022 Label: Minerva Sounds Duration: 02:51 Genre: Indie Rock / Bohemian Pop Origin: Radlett , England Bohemian Pop artist Gabrielle Ornate has become a regular on MangoWave. Click here to find older articles that feature the music by the great musician from Hertfordshire. The recent releases were predominantly coined by colourful and psychedelic soundscapes on which Gabrielle Ornate built immense structures of hypnotizing music, and which conveyed the fantastic narratives of these songs. Without abandoning these features, the artist is presenting a reinvention of her own sound by releasing her la...

  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainablecurator Click here  and run your own campaign on MusoSoup Picture Credit: Clifford Clifford - Close to me Release Date: March 25, 2022 Duration: 03:05 Genre: Synth Pop / House / Dream Pop Origin: Westminster , MD , USA Young artist Clifford Reeves  from Westminster, Maryland is a chameleon, a self-expressing performer who is constantly turning the Indie scene upside down with his songs. One of his latest releases, the single 'Close to me' is a tasty tidbit to sweeten up bitter episodes with. Thus, Clifford is the artist adding the extra ingredient that makes life worth living with this song. Think of the first sweet dish after eating the bitter herbs on passover, think of a painter adding joyful little dots and sparkles to a dark and...

First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com Picture Credit: CHLSY CHLSY - Vancouver Duration: 12:28 Genre: Indie Folk / Indie Pop Origin: Nashville , TN , USA CHLSY in an established award winning artist, who aims to make the world a better place where everything good overtakes the objective bad. And her weapon of choice in the fight with social injustice is dramatic pop music. What might at first seem as your typical MTV American dream band has actually outgrown that demanding status, finding a firmer foothold in the area of social activism and genuine 90’s sound. As years passed, CHLSYs songwriting skill and video production quality both improved noticeably. Behind the songs stands the mastermind of Chelsea Gilliland, the young prodigy who does both singing and playing the guita...

  First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainablecurator Click here  and run your own campaign on MusoSoup Picture Credit: Coffee House Anarchists Coffee House Anarchists - Separated by the Sea Pt. 2 Release Date: March 18, 2022 Label: 321recording... Format: Digital Duration: 12:42 Genre: Indie Folk / Shoegaze Origin: Montpellier , France The title of the EP on hand reveals that this is the second part of the "Separated by the Sea" series written and recorded by Montpellier-based trio Coffee House Anarchists. The four-track release follows its predecessor which was out in December 2021. If you have not yet, you should give the first part a spin. Reasons for that are the deeply atmospheric and emotional soundscapes contained on "Separated by the Sea Pt. 1", the fact that the two EPs to...

Picture Credit: Whitney Vertucci   Madison Deaver - C U in Hell Release Date: October 29, 2021 Genre:  Indie Pop  / Alternative Pop Origin:  Los Angeles ,  CA ,  USA Around mid-2021, LA's Madison Deaver  has released her first EP "Tongue Tied". The single 'Entertained' was featured on MangoWave, so click here if you are interested . After quarantine, the Californian artist went on writing and producing new music, and the single on hand is great proof that she has clearly made some serious artistic progress since the release of "Tongue Tied". The Pop Punk impact on Madison Deaver 's sound can still be spotted. But on 'C U in Hell', the artist is showing off some strong approach towards Alternative Pop and Art Pop. Between rock guitars, FX-laden soundscapes, and sophisticated song structures, Madison Deaver 's powerful Soul voice creates a wholesome sonic experience that contains diabolic laughter as well as a great sense of humour. Music f...

Picture Credit: Patty Duffey Photography   Catching Arrows - Locked in Release Date: August 20, 2021 Length: 03:27 Genre: Indie Rock / Pop Punk Origin: Boston , MA , USA Catching Arrows' latest single 'Locked in' is a song about desire, about yearning, about missing your friends, missing playing music together, missing all the good aspects about human interaction, and most obviously, it is a song about the lockdowns. 'Locked in' also is a song by a very talented young band from New England. Catching Arrows are a band with a lot of potential, and thus it is really worth supporting these young artists. Like Detention from Akron, Ohio, here is a band that keeps (Punk) Rock alive and transfers it to the next generation. The mix of Indie Rock, Pop Punk, and Indie Pop that Catching Arrows present here is deeply soulful and extremely catchy. Traces of legendary forerunners like No Doubt can clearly be spotted, but also Catching Arrows add a very own note to their sound. ...

Picture Credit: Salsola   Salsola - The Seekers Release Date: August 06, 2021 Length: 04:24 Genre: Indie Rock / Jangle Pop Origin: Stockton-on-Tees , England Salsola's last single release ' Deconstruction ' is quite some time ago. It was actually released in the pre-coronacene! But now the quartet from North East England is back with another tidbit. After several livestreams and the insane reality of the lockdowns, Salsola rise up like a phoenix and present their newest recording 'The Seekers'. Salsola · The Seekers Smooth and gentle, the psychedelic Indie Pop sounds create a beautiful sonic environment for the dreamers, the lovers, and, of course, 'The Seekers'. Salsola present themselves very soulful and emotional on their new track, and thus enchant their audience by creating an atmosphere that makes you wanna light a candle and pour a glass of dry red wine. Music from every post will stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist  for 14 days. This coverage was ...

Picture Credit: Mia Shamriahu   The Canvas Collective - Say something Release Date: August 06, 2021 Length: 02:58 Genre: Indie Rock Origin: New York, NY, USA Last year, Mandy , Kris , and  Zack , also known as The Canvas Collective released their EP " Silenece wants me but I don't wanna be silent ". Somewhere between Alternative Rock and Alt Country, the trio presented hymns for gender equality, for positivity of mind, body, and self, and about the fight against sexism, homophobia, transphobia. A year later, The Canvas Collective are back with the same energy and with a new sound. Here is 'Say something': The Canvas Collective · Say Something As they said on their latest EP, The Canvas Collective are ' not giving in ', and thus continue their battle against inequality and injustice. The weapons have changed though. The massive Alternative Rock influence has mostly vanished - instead, super fast, boppy, dancefloor-ready, and funky Indie Pop invites us to ...

Picture Credit: Moontwin   Moontwin - Around and around Release Date: August 27, 2021 Length: 03:41 Genre: Indie Rock / Dream Pop Origin: Cornwall , England / Plovdiv , Bulgaria Somewhere between Cornwall in Southwest England and Thrakian city Plovdiv (Пловдив) in South Central Bulgaria, Moontwin arouse from the virtual space. Members Mel  and Zac  are divided by ~1,700 miles (~2,750 kilometres), but they are also united by a love for passionate and soulful music. The story behind Moontwin's latest single 'Around and around' is both fantastic and beautiful. Zac  awoke from a dream of which the song was the soundtrack. Quick-witted and still half asleep, he sang the chorus and recorded it on his phone before falling asleep again. Finally fully conscious, he later created this song together with Mel . The dreamy and psychedelic soundscape supports the soft lyrics in which Moontwin take on life and its habit of changing. 'Around and around' is hence about accepting t...

Picture Credit: Karen Glykys   The Midnight River Crew - The Girl who knew too much Release Date: July 30, 2021 Length: 08:59 Genre: Indie Folk / Art Pop Origin: London , England The Midnight River Crew is the brainchild by London's multiinstrumentalist Mark Johnson . The band's latest single release features two tracks of which you might actually know one if you have followed The Midnight River Crew already. The single's B-Side 'The Girl without a Voice', sung by Sharon Mari  was also featured on the 2020 album " Scirocco ". The Girl Who Knew Too Much by The Midnight River Crew The A-Side 'The Girl who knew too much' is just as easy-going and artistic as the B-Side. Nevertheless, the Art Pop presented here by The Midnight River Crew comes with more versatility in its souundscape. The violin played by Judith Hillier  adds a gorgeous Folk atmosphere to the song, while the piano and the vocals by Isabella Coulstock  enchant the audience's senses...

Picture Credit: Natalie Willatt   Lissy Taylor - Undercurrent Release Date: July 30, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 12:13 Genre: Indie Pop /   Indie Rock Origin:  Stoke-on-Trent ,  England You might remember that in May, the single 'Quite Rage' by Staffordshire-based artist Lissy Taylor  was featured on this blog . The song is part of the recently released four-track EP "Undercurrent" by the talented musician from Stoke-on-Trent. On this EP, Lissy Taylor  presents soulful and reflected songs that concern self-love, liberation from rusty structures, self-empowerment, summer sadness, and confidence. Smooth Indie Rock with an atmospheric twist creates a warm and soothing mood while Lissy Taylor 's gentle vocals complete the stunning soundscape. The harmonic and sweet sonic melancholy sounds of "Undercurrent" can be located somehwere between Indie Rock and Pop with a nuance of Grunge that provides a certain extra mood.  Lissy Taylor ...

Picture Credit: Kimia Jay   Kimia Jay - Fallacy Release Date: July 16, 2021 Length: 04:18 Genre: Indie Pop / Dream Pop Origin: Toronto , Ontario , Canada In her latest single, Toronto's emerging artist Kimia Jay refers to the ballet "Swan Lake" by Pyotr Illyich Tchaykovsky , and to the character of the black swan especially. The fascinating character recently received a lot of attention via Darren Aronofsky 's film "Black Swan". Kimia Jay decribes the black swan as a shadow self that accompanies us on all of our ways. The song 'Fallacy' is about getting to know and learning to love this black swan and thereby getting to know ourselves. KIMIA JAY · Fallacy "Fallacy" is a dynamic Dream Pop song driven by the movement of boppy Indie Rock. Kimia Jay provides us with soundscapes changing between atmospheric reverie and energetic movement. Joyful melodies and melancholic harmonies create a multi-layer sonic construct on which Kimia Jay presents...