Hi my friends!

Today a superjangle autralian song!

This song is quite well known for australian pop fans, you can find more information about this band here:

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/music/ups&downs.htm

A real gem that will keep you singing and jumping for a week or two, maybe until the next update :-)

Enjoy these fantastic guitars!

The ups and downs - The living kind.mp3

At last!!! :-)

Yes, I'm lazy. No excuses.

This time a quite well known song for 80's indiepop fans, The Parachute men masterpiece: "Leeds station".

Absolutely stunning song, with a superb orchestal sound and the unforgettable voice of Fiona.

More info here:

http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistid=60

One of my faves from late 80s, without a doubt.

The Parachute men - Leeds station.mp3

Hi my friends!
Here again from the extremely hot Spain (fortunately i will be in Edinburgh in a month!).

Today another b-side and one of the most beautiful indie pop songs ever made.

The Charlottes were formed in 1988 in Cambridgeshire (England). They are well known for their contribution to the Subway label and they also released some records for Cherry red. Their sound was quite noisy, with a shoegazer touch.

http://www.twee.net/bands/charlottes.html

But, in their first 7", the superb "are you happy now?" on Molesworth Records, they included this gem of perfect pop on the b-side.

Indie pop heaven, for sure.

Enjoy this masterpiece

The Charlottes - How can you say you really feel.mp3

Hi friends, today a very obscure band from Lancaster (England). As far as I know their only 12" is the one that I own (look at http://www.twee.net/bands/k/killdevilhil.html).
Released in 1987 in the Roustabout label, home of the superb Caretaker Race.
The band were: Alex (guitar, voice), Paul (guitar, vocals), Jon (bass) and Phil (drums, vocals).

The EP has 3 fantastic songs, with a lot of energy and jangle sound. They sound a lot like The Wishing stones (another great band).

There's no information in the whole web, the EP is not in the japanese collector list :-)
I cannot understand it, there's a lot of rubbish in those lists and in the web ;-)

And this is a gem, enjoy it!

Kill Devil Hills - What comes after.mp3

Hi friends, this week another rare b-side from a band that only recorded one 7" and a 12" in 1985 in a major, Virgin.

You can see their discography here: http://www.twee.net/bands/s/sensiblejers.html

They also recorded one peel session, more info here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1985/Jun09thesensiblejerse/

They were: Simmy Richman (Drums), Stephen Booker(Backing Vocals, Bass), Andrew Cunningham (Guitar, Vocals) and David Clifton (Backing Vocals, Guitar, Organ).

This song was composed by Andrew and is the b-side for their second 7" and 12", "two-way radio"

It's a wonderful song that reminds me the best songs The Bluebells made.
Enjoy it!

Sensible Jerseys - Go to work.mp3

Hi friends, today one of those surprises that pop music gives you from time to time.
I never liked the Distant Cousins a lot, first time I heard of them journalists put them into the Madchester scene, but they had never been part of that music and style. They made a kind of blue eyed soul not very interesting in my opinion.

But in their first and best 12" from 1989, "You used to", you can find this perfect piece of guitar pop in the b-side. I still cannot believe it.

They were: Doreen Edwards (vocals), Neil Fitzpatrick (guitars) and Snuff (drums and percussion).

Please, enjoy this "reason-to-hear-all-the-bsides-of-your-record-collection".

Have a nice week.

Distant Cousins - Concrete Boxes.mp3

Hi friends, still shocked by the loss of Grant McLennan, but "life goes on... anyway".
Today another obscure band from the first 90s: The Emotionals. I have an album (Personal pleasure) and a MiniLP (In response) by them, both in Native records.
They were: Emma Vine (vocals), Pete Maher (guitar, vocals), Roz Laney (bass) and Kieron James (drums, vocals). I have no additional information, any help is welcome.
This song is from their MLP "In response" but you can find it also in the Big Muff compilation cassette (http://www.twee.net/misc/release.htm?key=bigmuff1). It's a gem, enjoy it!

The Emotionals - Walking home.mp3

On Saturday 6th May 2006, legendary Australian singer-songwriter and member of
The Go-Betweens Grant McLennan died in his sleep at his home in Brisbane.

I'm still shocked, I have no words to say how much I will miss him. He was my voice, my heart and my soul. His songs are part of me, part of everything that matters.

Thanks Grant, it's all I can say.

Sorry again for so much time without posts. It's a long story...

Today a wonderful song by The Bollweevils: "talk to me", from their first EP in 1990.
The whole Bollweevils story can be found here: http://www.twee.net/bands/b/bollweevils.html

Hope you like this energic and jangly song!

The Bollweevils - Talk to me.mp3

First of all, sorry for so much time without posts. Thanks to everyone who has emailed me, you are all very kind.

This week a quite well known band: the Bardots.

They formed in the East Anglia area of England in 1989. Simon Dunford (guitar/vocals), Andy Murphy (guitar), Steve Cox (bass), and Neil Cox (drums) had begun playing together in university and in 1990 released their debut single, Sofaelaine, a flexi-disc release. After the flexi they released a split 12" with Shine! in the Wilde club records label from Norwich.

Then they made 2 or 3 more albums with a different sound, not vey interesting in my opinion (but with some great tunes).

But this song, "Sad Anne", is a gem, a wonderful piece of perfect pop, a song that touches you and remains in your memory forever.

Like many other bands from the era, their first song was the greatest. Enjoy this unforgettable song.

The Bardots - Sad Anne.mp3