Gone like summer - Strawberry Story I have never taken into account how much i listen to this band, and how much i turn to them for things i need at the times i need them. I never realised how much this band has become one of my favourites. I love Strawberry Story. They do everything right, have everything right, even a drum machine. Their faster songs are better than their slower ones (a universal truth), but everything is great and the essence of [...]
As promised in my last post about the Manics show in Toronto, one of this week's mixes will be Manics-themed. It couldn't just be a bunch of Manics album tracks, nor even a bunch of b-sides (frankly, I do enough of those in other mixes and posts, and that would all be too easy). Since they are one of the most dynamic live bands in the world, this mix is comprised of tracks from various bootlegs of Manics gigs. I have nowhere near the amount of bootlegs other Manics fans have, but I delved into what I did have and [...]
Strawberry Story Genre: Indie / Pop / Shoegaze From: The North, United Kingdom [...]
das stichwort 'anorak' hat sich in der musikszenerie dahingehend etabliert, dass der eingeweihte sofort twee- oder indiepop vermutet. irgendwas liebliches auf jeden fall, nicht so fett, galant, verspielt vielleicht, mit jungmädel- oder jungjungenstimme, mit fröhlichem klaviercord oder casio und erbaulichen rhythmen. dass sich ein label unter dieser flagge aufbaut, könnte also ein kaum betulicher hinweis sein. für strawberry story, die wiedergekehrten briten, trifft das auf jeden fall zu, twangelnd die gitarre, elektrisierend der gesang, ergreifend die melodie. die utah rangers (schweden) wollen dem in nichts nachstehen. lediglich die stimme gehört einem anderen geschlecht. eine [...]
Oh, what a neato night of pavement pounding! Here, in precise order, is the crème de la crème of tonight's just-completed nocturnal mission, randomly chosen for us by my thoughtful little pod. Clicking the LABELS doodads down dere just might turn up more tuneage by acts you like. Robert Pollard - Pop Zeus mp3You Are My Everything - Factory of New Consent mp3The Daysleepers - The Soft Attack
One of the most surprising comebacks in the indie pop world these past couple of years has been that of Strawberry Story. However comeback they did and their early shows (Monkey Chews/Buffalo Bar) were entertaining to say the least. I didn't catch them at indie tracks but those who did thought the band were disjointed and that a spilt was imminent. That was sadly confirmed on a My Space blog posting towards the end of last month. Summer Scene was released a week before the split. The title track is vintage Strawberry Story with loud [...]
So, lucky weekly mix number thirteen...and it's the inevitable C86 mix. Many others have written about the legendary C86 cassette from NME (after all, there's even an excellent blog called Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive ), and I doubt I have anything particularly new to add to the discussion. However, it continues to amaze me how one mail-order cassette spawned a genre, a scene, and an attitude toward music. Though NME had released a cassette five years earlier in conjunction with Rough Trade, appropriately titled C81, it never gained the same mythical status despite the fact that the [...]
Quite excited I was - and am fairly certain some of you will be - to find the new single by Sambassadeur at the mighty Pitchfork. I adore this Swedish band (pic), as I've made clear. Everyone I've introduced them to (personally, anyway) immediately falls. I've also got some other really nice tuneage emailed to me and discovered yither and hon the past few days. So perhaps the time has come to
Adding Machine
Condemned to Rock 'N Roll
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
das klienicum
Powerpopulist
Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
The Corner Laughers “Poppy Seeds”
Pictures Of Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix
Sasquatch Day Three: The Day Many Men Cried for the First Time In Their Lives…
Planetarium (Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens) @ Sydney Opera House
