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Supposedly some new material in the works.
That Petrol Emotion….. ‘Chemicrazy’
That's a cracker, what was their last album, Fireproof or something...that's great.
Eat Yourself Whole by Kingmaker..is my suggestion for this thread.
Creamy Mushrooms, life is a source.
I'd forgotten how much I loved Swervedriver. Not sure what prompted me but listened to their album again the other day.
Beta Band
- Throwing Copper - that’s a good one suggested above.
- I prefer Southern Harmony and Musical Companion by The Black Crowes, rather than SYMM.
- Loveless, never stopped listening TBH
- The Stairs, Mexican R&B. I was astonished last week to see Weedbus mentioned on here.
- Primal Scream, Vanishing Point
- Felt, pretty much any album
- Teenage Fanclub, Grand Prix
- Cosmic Rough Riders, Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine
- The Real People, Marshmellow Lane
I've been listening to Family Cat (Tell 'em we're surfin') and New Cranes (Frontline) a lot this week...it's like I've gone back in time.
I’d forgotten how much I loved Swervedriver
I saw them play about three years ago, I'd forgotten how much I hated that dull drone....ain't musical taste great, would be so boring if we all loved the same stuff!!!
– Cosmic Rough Riders, Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine
Wow. Twenty years ago this week we drove around southern spain, partner 5mths pregnant with our son, that was part of the soundtrack. Loved it, haven't listened to it for years. As a side note we ended up in Barcelona, noticed that Gorkys Zygotic Mynci were playing, got a sneaky gig in as well!
Their Spanish Dance Troupe and Barafundle are also lost hidden gems.
You may be able to tell I was a rock fan in the late '80s. A sample song from each of the artists I noticed from quickly scanning one shelf of my CD collection (excluding great artists who had massive commercial success like Queensryche)
King's X
Walter Trout
Goergia Satellites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdpAop7gp0w
Jeff Healey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgOUzodS6E
Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lalb8vL4VRw
The The - Soul Mining
Arrested Development - 3 years,5months,2 days.
The Streets - Original Pirate Material.
Pale Saints - Comforts of Madness.
Wow. Twenty years ago this week we drove around southern spain, partner 5mths pregnant with our son
Must be a lovely memory!
I discovered Danger Danger the other week - been listening to them pretty much constantly since...
Great album artwork as well
There's a really good live album on Spotify as well..
https://open.spotify.com/album/2jbAmXbxUWqXsgfWPNC8Jr?si=_m0dUcmHT0uQMAUHquloBA
Spotify threw up Dizzy by the Throwing muses (from Hunkpapa) a few nights ago, which led my down a lovely wee sidetrack of The Breeders, Belly, The Amps and The Perfect.
Beta Band
Hot Shots 2 is a great album - the Three EP’s even better.
I still listen to all of theirs to be honest. Steve Masons solo work is also good.
I’ve been listening to Liquidizer by Jesus Jones this week which I love.
Wedding present Seamonsters I hated it when it came out as I thought it
was a Steve Albini produced racket it’s now in my top 5 favourite LP of all time now. They’d grown up I hadn’t.
House of Love House of Love on Fontana is brilliant just came out at the wrong time. Im going listen to it this afternoon on my ride.
Carter have been on TOTP on BBC4 a lot recently I’ll give the Love Albumn a go as i always loved their singles but never got properly into them.
I’ll give the Love Albumn a go as i always loved their singles but never got properly into them
1st two albums far superior IMHO.
Recent rediscoveries...
Right Now - Van Halen
Alright - Supergrass
Locomotive breath - Jethro Tull
Rain - The Cult
Deliverance - The Mission
Moonchild - Fields of the Nephilim
Dominion - Sisters of Mercy.
I've gone a bit Goth.
Supergrass
In It for the Money is still regularly on my playlist.
Gryphon
Be Bop Deluxe
Senser - Age of Panic
Cocteau Twins - Bluebell Knoll
Mega City Four - Who cares wins or Sebastopol Rd.
Senseless Things - The First of too many
Curve - Doppelgänger
Maria McKee - You gotta sin to be saved
Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
Yes! We used to play that all the time in a bar I used to work in. Took me ages to hunt down a copy.
I used to love trawling late night radio shows for oddities and rarities. One I picked up from that was an artist called Sandy Dillon, think Tom Wait's eccentric niece and you're maybe getting close. I had an album of hers called Electric Chair which I recently found on Apple Music, so listened to it again. Still think it's great. Also, after I listened to it once the songs from that album went to the top of the artists most popular songs list!
Thanks to Rick Beato: Muddy Magnolias.
Recent old crap in my Spotify history, I mean I would not say they are forgotten, because I did not forget them, more oldie-but-goodie:
69 Love songs - Magnetic fields
Ladies and gentlemen ... - Spritualized
Dummy - Portishead
Exhile on Coldharbour Lane - A3
Beaucoup Fish - Underworld
Pat Fish aka The Jazz Butcher passed away recently. Even in his heyday he was under-appreciated and a bit apart from musical fashions, but he made some really beautiful songs.
This first one features Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3 fame at the end, fact fans...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIez7lGxKps
69 Love songs – Magnetic fields
*fist bump*
Goosebumps every time.
Close Lobsters - Foxheads Stalk This Land
I believe they have reformed recently
early 70s prog band Van Der Graaf Generator
I saw the Cosmic Rough Riders supporting The Black Crowes at the Barras about 20 years ago. Also saw the Gin Blossoms supporting the Spin Doctors at the same venue almost 30 years ago.
These are tracks that did pretty well on release, but I never hear any more other than my own playlists.
reef, place your hands
rocket from a crypt, on a rope
sneaker pimps, 6 underground
the choral, dreaming of you
Mountain.
Nantucket sleigh ride! What a tune
Yep, used to have that on vinyl. Leslie West is no longer with us sadly.
I found a cd by Men at Work (remember them?) and stuck it in the player. It always makes me laugh how well their most famous song still sounds great. Anyway later on in the album I stumbled into this, and thought blimey, that is a great and beautiful song.
Both of the first 2 albums are full of excellent tunes - I loved them at the time and still do. Colin Hay is still making music and still has that distinctive voice. In fact, he's just released an album, which is a little less quirky than MAW but is still good.
I always thought Sugar were massively underrated
Sugar - Tilted
And Buffalo Tom should have been way bigger than they were
@chestercopperpot - The drummer from FT (Adrian Parkin) used to be MD of the company I work for.
This is a beautiful album from 1989.It got me through some shitty times in the early 90s.
Shoegaze / folk with gorgeous lyrics and harmonies.
Lead vocalist is actor Rebecca Pidgeon.
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Glad Deltron and the Dust Junkys have got a shout, both awesome albums - Deltron Event II is well worth a listen.
I'm a 90's kid as well, so I'd say the following tracks rank in there for me
- Bluetones - Slight Return. Everyone talks about the big 90s Indie bands but Bluetones get forgotten
- Geneva - No One Speaks (Clicky!). Supported the Bluetones in '95-96ish interestingly enough.
I was talking to someone who's father hails from Cork and had visited Cork many times. He claims to be a rock fan and had never heard of Rory Gallagher ....
Incredible String Band?
Trembling Bells?
I was very into The Almighty for a while. Superb live. Never had the success they deserved I thought.
I also quite like The Primitives, The Darling Buds and Salad..in a poptastic retro kind of way.
Menswear were pretty good too.
The all-***in mighty! Weird career, just always that one step away from getting succesful, just always that slightly adjacent but not quite what's selling.
MSP
Full MemberThese are tracks that did pretty well on release, but I never hear any more other than my own playlists.
reef, place your hands
Reef are doing pretty well just now- saw them a few nights back at an absolutely rammed QMU in Glasgow with a rapturous crowd. New album I think comes out this week? Much swampier/rock and rollier than they were.
Also, unexpectedly Jack Bessant now looks like this- he's only just turned 50!
Underneath What - What is it. Rock goodness
Be Bop Deluxe - Ships in the Night
From the Sunburst Finish Album
Forgotten by lots but still gets a spin on my turntable now and again ( found a copy at a record sale a few years
Anyone remember Therapy?
I think I was at this. Got given a guest pass to Sonisphere and they were the best band I sort of remember seeing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9tDzzkxnn5M
Bomb the Bass - Clear
Dag - Righteous
Malfunkshun - Return to Olympus
I brought them up on the “only known for one track” thread. The Wannadies. Such clever and funny songs. That scandi sense of irony, sometimes sharper than our own. And I nominate “Stars” or “Combat Honey” as the tracks to try if you’re sick of the bloody “You And Me Song.”
EDIT: ZoMfG, they’re touring in October!!!!!! @Northwind, I think maybe you’re a fan - they’re doing dates in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Wilt: My Medicine. Heard a track on a free Kerrang compilation CD and love it.
Gonna have a browse through this thread later as a lot of totally unknown stuff.