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The Darling Buds was one group I liked a lot. I also think that Reef and Feeder were very underrated and did some great stuff.
@jivehoneyjive Spin Doctors are a good shout, did you see the lockdown video they did?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPa0CiWeoOI
This thread inspired me to dig out some old cassettes. Some Holy Toledos take me back to Christchurch in the early 90's.
I came across David Holmes' Let's get Killed whilst thumbing through my record collection a few weeks ago. I'd forgotten how good it is.
This feeling - Puressence
Only Forever was a pretty damn good album
I dip in and out of this regularly
This popped up on my Stotfiy play list yesterday
That David Holmes album is an absolute gem…as is ‘XCNN’ by XCNN and I’d be massively surprised if more than one person has ever heard of them.
I can’t understand people who find music they like in their teens and twenties, then just never move on!
And then post on Facebook about how good music basically ended in 1990, and it's all crap these days.
That said I might have a listen to the Darling Buds in a minute, saw them a few times back in the day 🙂
c_g approves of Johnny Winter.
choppersquad - XCNN is a fantastic album. Also it was recorded at a studio I was working at in Huddersfield
^^^ Excellent!
Will be cranking up 'Young Stupid And White' at work tomorrow.
I’d be massively surprised if more than one person has ever heard of them.
Be surprised. I've still got the CNN singles and the XCNN album 🙂
^^ Me not heard of them. I find that odd considering I know of Tim Bricheno from All about Eve & the Sisters of Mercy (although I'd fallen out out love with the sisters by the time Tim joined).. I'll give them a listen.
[i]Tim Bricheno[/i]
Oh yeah, he's got a writing credit n most of the songs. Surprised cos I couldn't stand All About Eve. (Or the Sisters of Mercy.)
How about from a few years later, the lovely aggro of Earl Brutus. One of the best sleeves ever:
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https://youtu.be/yi_mTvH4HMI
Ere you, you think you're something you!
while we're rockin
Ah shit.. just found out Cathal Coughlan died in May 🙁
Saw Fatima Mansions at the tiny Joiners. Blew me 'ead off. RIP
Death Cab For Cutie, named after a Smiths song
or even a Bonzo Dog song
Screaming trees. I completely forgot about them but on the revisit, absolutely awesome.
BR
JeZ
Random 90s dance:
Espiritu, Los Americanos
@The-Beard - just noticed your post about Sandy Dillon, who I’d never heard of. Downloaded The Electric Chair after a quick listen to the title track, and your comparison to Tom Waits is spot on. I may be downloading more of her stuff in the future, I’m a huge, long-time fan of Tom, since I was given a white label copy of Closing Time.
Taking advantage of my first of five days off, and lounging out in the garden under a big sunshade with my new headphones on and my phones music library on shuffle, one of this bands songs popped up, which reminded me of the first song of theirs I heard, on 6Music:
I noticed a mention of The Incredible String Band, who could be described as ‘quirky’, and that reminded me of String Driven Thing. They had a single out in 1973 which I loved to bits, it got a lot of radio play, but didn’t get anywhere. Then it became a chart hit covered by some teeny bopper band who wore baggy trousers with lots of tartan… 😖
Television the twin guitar band to rule them all
Damned right! I saw them in Bristol on the Marquee Moon tour, supported by Blondie and The Cortinas, a Bristol Band.
Seen them a couple of times since, once in London, and again in Bristol - they do seem to have very extended breaks between tours.
Or indeed albums! I believe they’re playing Cardiff at some point in the future. It would be nice if a new album surfaced sometime…
or even a Bonzo Dog song
Bugger, yes, you’re right, I keep forgetting that! A very unlikely band to get a band name from, especially from that part of North America. Apparently it just started as a solo project by Ben Gibbard, but proved successful enough to expand into a band. Something he’s got a habit of doing, see The Postal Srvice
A very unlikely band to get a band name from, especially from that part of North America.
they perform the song in the Beatles 'Magical Mystery Tour' film (McCartney was a fan and produced 'I'm the Urban Spaceman' under a pseudonym) so its a song you'd be likely to come across as a Beatles fan rather than a Bonzo one.
Earl Brutus…..now there’s an awesome band from the past.
Can I also add Scarfo to the list especially 'Cosmonaut No 7'.
The wait is over. Available now on cd for about £12, or £3.99 on iTunes:
This band popped up the other day, saw them supporting Aimee Mann some years back and fell in love with them. They do seem to be still going, but no recent releases that I can see.
Was watching a random top of the pops from ‘93 and Kingmaker came on. Hadn’t thought about them for years but still remembered all the words
Was watching a random top of the pops from ‘93 and Kingmaker came on. Hadn’t thought about them for years but still remembered all the words
God yeah. Think I saw them play at their height. Can't even remember if I imagined that though 😅
I met a lovely young lady at a Kingmaker gig........happy days
How about the sadly overlooked and underrated Earl Brutus?
The sultans of ping FC
I think this is very definitely a ‘hidden jem’! I didn’t even know of this songs existence until a day or so ago, when I heard it played on 6Music. It’s never been released, and it’s beautiful.
It was recorded when the two musicians involved were in a brief relationship, and the female half of the pair has said she didn’t want it released because it was unfinished. I beg to differ, it’s perfect just as it is.
One for the STW massive.
cheese@4p
How about the sadly overlooked and underrated Earl Brutus?
See previous page 🙂
My contribution is generally semi-obscure 00's indie bands:
Battle (not to be confused with Battles) Back to Earth EP (the actual follow up album was terrible)
Kubichek - Nightjoy, not sure they ever released an album but this is a great tune
!ForwardRussia! - Give me a wall, good shouty indie
The Longcut - i saw these guys support Nine Black Alps at Manchester Academy, saw them a couple of times after, including in the upstairs of Dulcimer in Chorlton. A Tried and Tested Method is a great album
The Long Blondes - Someone to Drive You Home/Couples, both good albums in their own way - they split up for a while as the guitarist had a stroke, believe they are making a comeback though.
This really is an excellent thread.
Just saying.
Audioweb popped up on my phone library in the car the other day. Saw them a few times back in the day, really enjoyed their reggae indie mashups. Remember seeing Lo Fidelity All-stars at the Zodiac on Cowley Road in Oxford. The Unbelievable Truth weren't bad either.
I think they divided opinion at the time, but saw Kula Shaker touring their first album at the Fleece in Bristol. They were a great live band! Also saw Reef at the same place just before (or just after) and they've been a favourite of mine ever since...
This may going out on a limb as a bit prog, but any love out their for It Bites? Forget the "Calling all the heroes" single nonsense, but their other stuff was well good - probably saw them 6 or 7 times touring their first two albums. Think their (very gifted) singer and guitarist, Francis Dunnery, went on to play for Robert Plants touring band...
Lo Fidelity All-stars
Saw them a few times .. still sound good now! Saw their farewell gig in Brighton too, just weren't the same without (whatever happened to..??) The Wrecked Train.
^ but that's just someone talking over a Pigeonhed track. Now that's a band that should've been better known.
Ok , fussy!
Now that’s a band that should’ve been better known.
He was after the Lofis did that!
True. Still waiting for the third record though.
Don't think I've replied to this but recently (re)discovered The Toadies (had one pretty famous song in the 90s - Possum Kingdom?). Their stuff is brilliant, absolutely brilliant but even better is Vaden Todd Lewis' band which he setup in a brief bit of time away from Toadies called Burden Brothers.
This popped up on my phone earlier today, I loved this band! They deserved to get much more attention than they did, great tunes, proper singalong stuff, sadly broke up in 2019. ☹️
This played shortly afterwards; another great band, one of a number of Canadian bands I discovered through 6Music, they released a couple of albums, but called it a day.