Sarah Records champions 14 Iced Bears. They played the Bull And Gate earlier this year: I suspect they must have played there during their Sarah Records era, too, but that would have been back before every gig was videotaped from every angle. Unless you know something...? [Buy 14 Iced Bears ] [Part of Bull and Gate weekend ] -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch
Sunday's touts: ► Buffalo Springfield goes for round two at The Wiltern. ► Twee pop fanatics get a special Part-Time Punks at the Echo's later show tonight. Aberdeen will be playing their first L.A. show in eight years [see our interview with Beth Arzy ] along with fellow Sarah Records labelmates 14 Iced Bears in addition to Phil Wilson of the June Brides. ► British band Stornowa y brings their alternative indie folk-flavored pop to the Troubadour. Go early and catch Sacramento's charming [...]

Aberdeen holds a special place in the cult of indie-pop. The quartet was the only Los Angeles band to release music on the legendary London label Sarah Records . Their gorgeous, shoegazey twee-pop belied the band's tumultuous existence (and breakup) in the 1990s, but principals John Girgus and Beth Arzy got their heads together with bandmates Johnny Joyner and Brian Espinosa after a six-year layoff to finish the album "Homesick and Happy to Be Here," finally released in 2002. ||| Photos by Laurie Scavo [...]

Photo snagged from Seattle Weekly The first thing I noticed about Seapony 's debut album besides the slightly chillwave cover image was the layout of the CD. It looks like it came from the Sarah Records catalog circa 1992. The colors, fonts and inner sleeve photo reminded me of Blueboy 's If Wishes Were Horses. The cover does not lie, Seapony's sound is entirely reminiscent of the Sarah Records catalog as well. Singer Jen Weidl has a sweetness to her voice that is offset by [...]

Tickets/Info . 14 Iced Bears : Phil Wilson (The June Brides) : Aberdeen :
This coming Memorial Day weekend (May 25th - 29th) marks another wonderful line-up with the always original San Francisco Popfest . The great thing about SF Popfest is that every show boasts an impressive and nearly unfamiliar mess of bands from all over the world. The true indie rock fest will be featuring bands from the UK's C-86 movement, K Records of the Pacific Northwest, SF/DC indie-brainchild Slumberland Records. Even our own Blackbird Blackbird and The Mantles along with rising VA duo, Eternal Summers . Needless to say, [...]
We're becoming 'weekend warriors' beginning tonight as we hope to take in not one, but two great events this evening. It all begins with England Belongs to Twee's reunion presentation of 14 ICED BEARS who will be appearing at The Barbary (951 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia) tonight with local twee favorites (and Slumberland alum) Brown Recluse and the night's openers; Reports. It's a relatively early show with Reports going on promptly at 7:15 p.m. We're assuming dancing afterwards? For those of you wondering why the hype over a band named after bears? In 1986, the UKs music paper, the [...]

When I bought the debut album from the UK's 14 Iced Bears back in 1988 (I think), it rocked my world. At the time I was only slightly aware that the kind of music they played - this manic pop thrill fuzzy punk pop was a part of this C86 indie pop culture. At the time, I was also a big fan of The Wedding Present, records like Primal Scream's debut and The Pastels. Jim the record store guy at my favorite nearby shop didn't have to tell [...]

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : 14 Iced Bears - Inside (MP3) DOWNLOAD : 14 Iced Bears - Like a Dolphin (MP3) DOWNLOAD : 14 Iced Bears - Hay Fever (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The 1900s - Babies (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Tuung - Don't Look Down or Back (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Blank Dogs - Northern Islands (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Dead Gaze - This [...]

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : 14 Iced Bears - Inside (MP3) DOWNLOAD : 14 Iced Bears - Like a Dolphin (MP3) DOWNLOAD : 14 Iced Bears - Hay Fever (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The 1900s - Babies (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Tuung - Don't Look Down or Back (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Blank Dogs - Northern Islands (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Dead Gaze - This [...]
As everyone already knows, summer solstice has arrived. We've had gorgeous weather here in New York City recently and I never want it to end. I only wish I didn't have to work and could spend all my days at the parks and beaches in and around the city. Instead I will appease myself with some summer tunes to celebrate the official start of my favorite hot and humid season. Cub "Summer Samba" (comp. Marcos Valle) Bree Sharp "Boys of Summer" [...]

It doesn't happen enough, but whenever some gruff jangle from the C86 era crosses my earspace, I'm reminded how much I love the stuff, as though some version of myself might've grown up on it. If you're interested, an updated/expanded version of that comp is available and near-essential. Here's a track from a band whose name I love or hate depending on my mood. 14 Iced Bears - Like A Dolphin

thinking that number 4 was lost in the mists of time thanks to my tardiness in posting it, crayola went ahead and did another. and be thankful he has - this one is dedicated to the cover version and his selection is pretty damn special. ::: 14 iced bears - coming down (originally by the united states of america) ::: pale saints - feel from the sun (originally by opal) ::: the shrubs - another age (originally by phil ochs) ::: terry & jerry - bias binding (originally by yeah yeah noh) ::: polysics - my sharona (originally [...]
Heavenly, Le Jardin de Heavenly (1992) MP3 - iTunes - CD - Spotify The Field Mice, Coastal (1991) MP3 - iTunes - CD - Spotify Sarah Records (1987 - 1995), fondé par Clare Wadd et Matt Haynes était un label indépendant de Bristol en Angleterre qui produisit de nombreux artistes twee pop. Leur catalogue peut être trouvé sur Wikipédia .

Britain continues to shiver with further snow on the way so today's post is a follow-up to yesterdays snow and ice special with a few more tracks from the same bands to warm you up like a hot water bottle for the ears. If anyone from the IFPI is reading the following tracks are all linked direct from the artist's Last.FM site, website or label and are all therefore freely available so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright. MP3 - [...]

Britain is so cold it feels like the hell is freezing over. The country is blanketed in the white stuff and the country is grinding to a halt. Rumour has it that this is largely because the stiff upper lip has frozen to stiff lover lip. The blitz spirit so beloved of lazy journalists across the country has been buried under a couple of inches of snow and a few days of slightly cold weather! Well to celebrate the return of proper winters (god how old does that make me sound?) here are a few snow and ice [...]
Ég minntist um daginn á Slumberland Records, en sú ágæta útgáfa gefur brátt út smáskífu og breiðskífu The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Eitthvað hlýtur þá að vera varið í útgáfuna, og ekki sakar að slagorð þeirra er "Keeping it foolish since 1989". Ykkur til hægðarauka fylgir hér texti af vefsíður þeirra, og svo glás af MP3: Slumberland began operations in 1989 as a collective effort consisting of members of DC area bands Velocity Girl, Big Jesus Trash Can/Whorl, Black Tambourine and Powderburns. We were inspired by such musical happenings as C-86, early [...]

Illustration by Jason Sho Green 'Bears are crazy. They'll bite your head if you're wearing a steak on it.' -> Space Ghost * Bearsuit - Itsuko Got Married * * Seabear - Singing Arc * * Panda Bear - Ponytail * * Message to Bears - Plane Over Evening Sky * * Golden Bear - Galaxy Queen * * Grizzly Bear - While [...]

I haven't posted in way too long. I apologize, but please beware of the baconator. Only a couple songs, but I think they're all winners. Field Music - Working to Work Thurston Moore - Fri/End Tullycraft - Wild Bikini 14 Iced Bears - Hay Fever