Great melancholy Scottish indiepop band whose sound is somewhere between the Go-Betweens and the Blue Nile.
A Sample.
Apparently, they played 'It's Only Right And Natural' in its entirety in ATP this year...
Soundtrack to operation clean the hoose...
Brian Sands - Fixation (Bizart Records) - Never tire of this LP although not dug it out for a while - odd 80s SSW with quirks... an nod to Bowie
Smog - Julius Ceasur (Drag City) - Really fantastic Bill Callahan early LP - not so much low-fi as primative beats and acoustic tunes - great lyrics too
Thomas Hill - Ingredients (Mercury) - odd quirky 70s SSW chiller
Jim and Dale - 86% of Us (United Artists) - top double act - mix of originals and cover - flows just a treat
Erik - Look Where I Am (Vanguard) - Quality slice of psych grooves with a hint of introspection - almost perfect mix of elements for a Sunday
Osanna - Milano Calibro 9 (Seven Seas) - top bit of Italian prog OST - flows perfectly in mood
Ennio Morricone - Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna (Dagored) - Could only follow Osanna with the bit of Morricone - not had this on for ages - great shift in mood through out and some super tension builds...
Peter Wyngarde - Jason King from Department "S" (RCA) - bit of good nonsense next - not played this for a year or so - you do wonder where his head was at times...
Psychic TV - Force the hand of chance (WEA) - maybe the link to the Peter Wyngarde LP isn't by chance - described on one blog as, "an almost seamless mixture of industrial dissonance, ethnological sorcery/forgery and the most beautiful pop songwriting" - it is
Reminiscence Quartet - Psycodelico (Yellow Productions) - beats from the 90s - latin vibe - "Onde Anda O Meu Amor" cover is just mind blowing
Letta - Letta (Chisa Records) - "Mahlalela (Lazy Bones)" - does it get much better on the opening track front - rest of the LP is great too...
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"It's all just one big plastic hassle..." - Psych-Out
Birthday sounds have included - the REM Sleep Dr.Delay mixes,some Elvis and Gene Pitney for the older folk [!] second Leisure Society album,Amor De Diar album [alisdair mclean from Clientele] TVP's - Bigger than the Beatles and now i'm off to watch Minder - bring it on![]()
Rockwell
Banned (DJ Anchovy)
very pleasant listen for weekend bbq even the sun came out !
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Last night I was browsing through my collection, picking up few random records I haven't listened in ages..and both of these sounded still good to these ears
Having a spot for the classical themed jazz albums I picked up a cheap copy of this last week - and it's quite enjoyable actually, especially the more stripped down side 2..
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The aural history of the sex life of a cosmic corn popper
Needed something soothing to balm-up my achy-breaky head.![]()
"Sometimes I get a hot ear..."
Been revisiting this one a lot lately. Very good it is.
Things ain't getting no brighter, load ain't getting no lighter.........
http://www.mixcloud.com/Ian_Barker/
Not all of it - Loads of Compost Records are still fairly solid...
Glücklich comps 1 to 4 (although my t-shirt is looking a bit faded these days) LPs by Beanfield, Les Gammas, Truby Trio...
Boss-A-Troniq compilations
Da Lata - the first LP
Nicola Conte - Jet Sounds LP, Fez Files Comp... quiet a few bits on Schema Records (Italy)...
"It's all just one big plastic hassle..." - Psych-Out
Things ain't getting no brighter, load ain't getting no lighter.........
http://www.mixcloud.com/Ian_Barker/
pedestrian in places, wow in others.
the album that nobody else knows. apart from a Martin and Blue Burt and probably some other deeeeeeeep Baltic dudes.
thank you.
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Finally found a cheap copy of this one at Open mind records in Uppsala (top store!)
Lennart Åberg - Partial solar eclipse (Japo)
Lovely Swedish big band thing
MAN and BIRDMEN
We know when a mate buys it for you too.
Nice - and surprisingly cheap as it seems - besides being well-known - her records are much in demand in Estonia..ie. I've seen a copy of Marju Kuut's 10" (PS) with a hefty price tag of 200 Euro, listed by an Estonian private dealer whose pricing seems reasonable in general...
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The aural history of the sex life of a cosmic corn popper
Rediscovered an old classic that's been on repeat the last days. The Nonce - mixtapes
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Ye olde Bob Stewart see here - sounds a proper listen and a half... what does it sound like..?
Dave Cousins "Two Weeks Last Summer" (A & M)
Fantastic summer folk rock LP - was yesterday top play too -![]()
"It's all just one big plastic hassle..." - Psych-Out
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