Blog: Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive

Decoration Return

Sep 29, 2008, 6:52am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Decoration - Square Mile
We're delighted at Lostmusic that Decoration are launching their brand new LP at our next popshow at the Gramaphone on October 9th. You can still buy advance tickets for £5 from We Got Tickets . Their new LP is called "See you After the War" and this superb song (and video) - 'Square Mile' has recently been posted on You Tube. You can stream the whole LP over on last.fm . Links: October 9th @ The [...]
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Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08

Sep 28, 2008, 8:44am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08 I'll start this with a little confession: I have no clue who Jay Reatard is. I'd never even heard of him before this 10 track promo of his upcoming Matador LP arrived a few days ago. The description in the press release piqued my interest. Any mentions of the words pop, punk, garage and rock and roll in the same sentence will do that. The press release all describes Jay as a Memphis boy wonder. He has been releasing limited 7" singles all year. They're collected on to this [...]
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Botpop Vol, 1

Sep 28, 2008, 7:39am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Botpop Vol, 1 Botpop Vol. 1 is the first full length LP released on Happy Robots. They state their manifesto as a label that seeks to highlight the best in melodic, optimistic, electronic forward-looking *pop* music. The album is primarily a download only album, though there are a limited number of cds available which are available exclusively from Happy Robots . And so to the music. You get some rather gorgeous electro pop on this 12 song compilation which is jam packed with exclusive and rare songs from the likes of The Bridal Shop, Katsen, Compute, [...]
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Play People - Oh What A Life...

Sep 28, 2008, 7:05am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Play People - Oh What A Life... This Almighty Pop! is a new record label which has grown out of the fanzine of the same name. Their first release is by Play People who I have raved about before . This single looks gorgeous. All home printed and pressed - with a gorgeous insert to boot. The single is two songs long. The 'A' side 'Oh What A Life...' still sounds a little like Strawberry Switchblade being run through an indie-pop blender. It's a lovely little song. The [...]
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Blackflower - You and Me

Sep 28, 2008, 6:16am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Blackflower - You and Me Blackflower are band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 'You and Me' is their début LP after a couple of singles released in 2006 and 2007. They make good old fashioned guitar pop which takes elements from the 1960s to the present day. Overall this is a pleasant listen but not one that gets me over excited. I can't help think of a host of 1990s Britpop bands when I listen to 'You and Me' - maybe that's because they filter their 60s influences through the poppier side of 80s indie. [...]
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The Junipers - Cut Your Key

Sep 28, 2008, 5:56am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
The Junipers - Cut Your Key The Junipers are a band from Leicester, England. Not that you'd be able to tell after listening to their début LP - 'Cut Your Key'. The band draw their influences from the 1960s sunshine pop that was coming out of California all those years ago. The band also throw in a dash of The Beatles, along with a splash of The Beach Boys. Mix all that up and make it a little mellower and you'd be close to imagining what The Junipers sound like. Which is probably why the band [...]
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Train driver in eyeliner - Nick Sanderson Tribute

Sep 25, 2008, 10:07am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Train driver in eyeliner - Nick Sanderson Tribute I received this press release this afternoon and as a massive fan of both The Jesus and Mary Chain and Earl Brutus I thought I'd post it in it's entirety: The Jesus & Mary Chain are set to headline a one-off show in commemoration of musician & railwayman Nick Sanderson who sadly passed away on June 8th of this year. The show, to take place at The Forum in London on October 27th 2008, will also feature sets from Black Box Recorder, British Sea Power and a DJ set from Jim Fry & Gordon [...]
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Bubblegum Lemonade - Susan's In The Sky EP

Sep 25, 2008, 9:14am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Bubblegum Lemonade - Susan's In The Sky EP The Susan's In The Sky EP is the follow up to last years 10 Years Younger release which saw Bubblegum Lemonade thoroughly nail their colours to the indie pop mast with their songs echoing to the influences of the likes of The Byrds and the Mary Chain. Here the title track is a 1960's influenced track that packs one mean fuzzy guitar punch. If the Beach Boys were a jangle pop band they may have well possibly sounded like this. Surfin USB is Jan & Dean [...]
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Artist:Bubblegum Lemonade
Title:Susan's In The Sky
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Year:2008

Leeds United (Indiepop style) on October 10th

Sep 23, 2008, 1:36pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Leeds United (Indiepop style) on October 10th Just received info on this up coming night that's taking place in Leeds on October 10th - It's looks like a cracking little night and the line up reflects the whole breadth of indiepop from Fall influenced noise-niks The Container Drivers , the twee-er pop stylings of The Seven Inches along with the Belle and Sebastian influenced Understudies . I am not familiar with opener Dexy - but a quick listen on My Space reveals a singer-songwriter cut from a similar cloth as Elliot Smith. The official the blurb states: [...]
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Vivian Girls - Live At WFMU

Sep 23, 2008, 7:21am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Vivian Girls - Live At WFMU I have realised that we have not really reviewed the Vivian Girls on indie mp3 - I must get on to rectifying that as the album and singles to date have been great although I did mention them here . In the meantime if you head to the WFMU Radio Blog you can download a complete session they did for that station. Vivian Girls - Tell The World Vivian Girls - Such A Joke {My Space link ]
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Year:2008
Artist:Vivian Girls
Title:Tell The World
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Year:2008

A new blog that's worth a look

Sep 22, 2008, 9:42pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Pyrolyse Bred is a fairly new blog that started back in August of this year. An interesting mix of songs uploaded from the 1990s (the decade, not the band). The person running the blog seems to be painstakingly converting their old vinyl over to MP3 - much like I did (and intend to do again on my other blog which is currently offline due to some weird billing error) It's worth checking out and adding to your bookmarks, feeds etc. Bands featured so far include The Jesus and Mary Chain, Edsel [...]
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Cineplexx

Sep 22, 2008, 9:13pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Cineplexx Cineplexx 's (Sebastian Litmanovich) new album with contributions from Duglas Stewart (BMX Bandits), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Federico Aubele & more... The press release goes on to add: Cineplexx presents Picnic, a gorgeous Spanish-language record of beautiful harmonies and lush instrumentation similar to Belle & Sebastian a la The Boy with the Arab Strap, the swaying rhythms of Gilberto Gil and tender 60s rock reminiscent of Love and the Zombies. Picnic is a rare treat of a perfect pop record with revelatory songs underneath the album's [...]
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Cause Co-Motion! - I Lie Awake

Sep 22, 2008, 4:45pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Cause Co-Motion! - I Lie Awake Cause Co-Motion! are a new band to me, they hail from New York and they've just released a single on Slumberland Records and it's a nice slab of DIY indie pop. I've only had the songs for a few hours and they all short punky but poppy affairs - straddling a line somewhere between The Television Personalities and C86 era Pastels. The three songs on the single are all under 2 minutes in length and like all good bands they know how to lace their skewed pop with the vital ingredient. That being [...]
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Ex Norwegian - Something Unreal

Sep 22, 2008, 1:13pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Ex Norwegian - Something Unreal Ex Norwegian (they must be Monty Phyton fans) are an indie rock band based in Florida. US Indie rock is not exactly my forte - it all sounds the same to me - but there is something about the band's new digital only single Something Unreal that I like but I am not sure what it is. It could be that the structure of the song is simple enough to be effective or that the lyrics are clever and precise. It could be that the guitars soar or that Roger Houdaille's vocals are pretty decent. [...]
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Built Like A (Train) Car

Sep 22, 2008, 12:08pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Built Like A (Train) Car Mighty Mighty are the latest band of the C86 era to reform and will be playing the Indietracks Christmas Twee event. It will be there first gig in over 20 years. Support comes from Phil Wilson and Plans & Apologies. Christmas Twee takes place on Saturday 6th December 2008 at Butterley Station in Derbyshire, between 6.30pm and midnight. Tickets cost £15 (+£1 booking fee) and can be bought by phoning 01773 747 674. More details can be found on the Indietracks website .
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Northern Portrait - Napoleon Sweetheart EP

Sep 22, 2008, 8:44am Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Northern Portrait - Napoleon Sweetheart EP The outstanding Fallen Aristocracy EP by Danish band Northern Portrait has been one of my most played singles this year. And remarkably the band have gone one better on the follow up Napoleon Sweetheart EP . The band are, by their own admission, are heavily influenced by The Smiths and this is prevalent throughout the EP from the Johnny Marr like guitars to Stefan Larsen's dulcet vocals which are as impressive as ever. All the songs here are worthy of being the lead track but as catchy as I Give [...]
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Edition 59

Sep 21, 2008, 4:37pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
Edition 59 is a German 3" CDR label which puts out just, wait for it, 59 copies of each release. The mission statement of the label is "to support young, fresh and creative musicians and bands from around the world." There have been nine releases so far including EP's from The Motifs, Stars In Coma and The Pristines. The Motifs one is almost sold out so get in quick! [My Space link ]
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New release from Ceremony

Sep 20, 2008, 1:05pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
New release from Ceremony Fredericksburg's Ceremony are a favorite of mine and I posted an interview with the dynamic duo back here . The band has now teamed up with Screen Vinyl image to release a split 12" on Custom Made Music. That means four songs from each band. Preview of the album available here . [ Ceremony on Myspace ] [ Screen Vinyl Image on Myspace ] It surely won't hurt if I post a favorite of mine here. Listen especially for the wonderful wall of distortion starting around 3 minutes 50, and turn the [...]
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New Track from The Soft Close Ups

Sep 18, 2008, 1:30pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
New Track from The Soft Close Ups Trev wrote about The Soft Close Ups a couple of months ago now. The band feature David Shah formerly of Luxembourg and now of The Melting Icecaps . Since that piece the band have now uploaded a new track for download called Ditch The Theory and I have finally got around to listening to the band. Ditch The Theory is best described as melancholic electro pop but give it a listen and I am sure you can come up with a better description! The Soft Close Ups - [...]
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Link Text:Ditch The Theory
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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Free Download Single

Sep 18, 2008, 1:30pm Indie MP3 - Keeping C86 Alive
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Free Download Single The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart have released a free digital download of the a-side of their forthcoming new single Everything With You which will be released on Fortuna Pop in the UK at the end of October - it's released on Slumberland Records across the pond and on Lost and Lonesome down under. The physical version is backed with a re-recording of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart which is taken from their debut album which is due for release next year. Talking of their debut [...]
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Link Text:Stay Alive
File Name:The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Stay Alive.mp3
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