Joining us in the Disgraceland Stuido are DJ Lung & DJ Ruckafellar of City Glow . Catch them this Friday night, March 5, at the Paris Wine Bar . PLAYLIST: The Ruling Class - Flowers Nobody & Chris Gunst - Porpoise Song Beatnik Filmstars - I am a Soul Singer Brian Eno - Needles In The Camel's Eye Yppah - Gumball Machine Weekend Thievery Corporation - Holographic Universe Black Moth Super Rainbow - Melt Me Delorean - NYCgaps My Bloody Valentine - Nothing [...]
i'm addicted to blip at the moment, enough to upload songs to blip myself rather than relying on what's out there. and today i did a bit of a tribute to the city of bristol theme. ::: beatnik filmstars - apathetic english ::: flying saucer attack - beach red lullaby ::: crescent - 360 ::: girlboy girl - unfamiliar ::: massive attack - daydreaming ::: the heads - quad ::: k.s.kollective - (to a) secret brother ::: [...]
another great bristol band, this one very much in the beatnik filmstars camp (the record is produced by andrew & john from that band, plus various members of girlboy girl have played in the beatniks at different times), all scratchy guitars and thin bass sounds flooded with the kind of creative energy that gives indie a good name. 'unfamiliar' and 'all she wanted' are particular winners in my book. the record was released by the hugely prolific blackbean & placenta tape club, a label that definitely should be in the indie hall of fame [...]
i'm not one for compiling meticulous best of lists, my listening approach is far too scattershot for that. but this year has seen some excellent albums. it's also seen a resurgence in vinyl sales, something few people predicted when the ipod was first released. so it seems traditional formats are surviving the digital age, even if actual physical sales continue their decline. what that means for the future of the music industry is relevant only to those in its direct employ; for the rest of us, the main thing is that the music continues... anyway, here's a list [...]
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i'm back from the uk, and i brought with me various "papers" that i've hoarded over the years. and so begins the laborious process of scanning them in. the first fruit is the first fanzine i ever did, back in i think 1992, with my friend conrad. it has some bands that i still really love, like moose, beatnik filmstars, bleach (though it's a rubbish q&a!) and pram. some that have disappeared into obscurity (coma and zu). and even one i didn't particularly like at the time but now rather do (adorable). and it has tons [...]
Whittling down this week's tracks to just ten was almost agonising. So much so, that I may be forced to do a mid-week post featuring another ten (I haven't decided yet). For the time being, here are the best ten (Oh yeah, by the way... Barack Obama!!): As a ravenous meat eater it's a little perverse that I love Beatnik Filmstars' 'Animal Crackers' , with it's declarations of "All you animal farmers are going straight to hell". It sounds like a lovely little Indie song on the surface but the lyrics are [...]
my love affair with beatnik filmstars started in 1992 when i saw them supporting moose at, i think, the mauretania in bristol at one of a series of gigs promoted by the band under the name "heaven up here". the beatniks arose from much-loved indie pop types the groove farm, an association they initially did their best to distance themselves from. this being 1992, the band were heavily into their effects pedals, as evidenced by the ep they released shortly after, "themes from foreverdrome". this was followed up by the consistently excellent "laidback & [...]
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