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Tributo ao Lucksmiths feito pelos caras do Filipino Indiepop Scene, um tipo de coletivo/grupo de bandas das Filipinas que idolatram Sarah Records e indiepop. Eu gostei bastante, e ainda serviu pra conhecer uma porrada de bandas novas de lá. No Myspace do coletivo tem outras compilações, todas disponíveis pra download. Super recomendado!!!

"We held our breath across each bridge
Till we were blue;
But I wonder if I wished the same as you,
Like a ten-year-old pretending
Summer isn't really ending."

Thousands of miles and several time zones away down under, some time tonight, The Lucksmiths are going to play their last show ever. They will be sorely missed by us. Music To Hold Hands To is the second part of the fourth installment of our online compilation series and is also our little tribute to the lads of Melbourne.

Sleeve design by Connie Francis of Carnival Park/ Melody Style Apartment.

Volume 4b: Music To Hold Hands To (A Tribute To The Lucksmiths)

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Genre: Swedish Pop / Powerpop
Based In...: Sweden
Label: North Of No South
Year: 1996
My Rate: 7/10



ALLMUSIC Swedish pop band Ray Wonder formed in Umea in the early '90s, comprising vocalist/guitarist Henrik Andersson (ex-Komeda), bassist Toft Stade (ex-Shredhead), drummer Per Helin (ex-Puffin), and guitarist Ludvig. It took the group two months to come up with an album's worth of material; Pele Henricsson (Stade's stepfather) offered his studio for use, and the band recorded and mixed their songs in two days. The band contemplated quitting until Helin played the recordings for his friends at North of No South Records. North of No South liked what they heard so much that they released it. That album, Hurray, was released in 1994. Two EPs and a single predated their second full-length, 1996's Good Music. After another pair of singles, A New Kind of Love, was issued in 2000.

Retro dance music styles, ska, power pop and more surfaces in a high-speed blend on Good Music. The blender is pushed to liquefy and the musical idioms are presented as quickly as they are changed. The band has a half-dozen albums under their belt. Their longevity and dedication shows in their level of achievement. Ray Wonder offers a consistent, double-quick highly practiced delivery along with a fine sense of how much they can get away with. While they hurry us along on the trip, Ray Wonder makes sure melody does not become a straggler left behind. Ray Wonder deserves kudos for satisfying both their desire for speed and their nature as adept pop craftsmen. [by Thomas Schulte]

Genre: New Wave / Jangle Pop / Aussie Rock
Based In...: Australia
Label: IRS
Year: 1990
My Rate: 9/10



ALLMUSIC Hunters & Collectors began their career by playing the pub scene in Australia and from there the band slowly inflated into semi-stardom, mainly in their homeland. Collected Works takes the best tracks from the first ten years of the band's existence and lays them out in chronological order, resulting in a wonderful compilation. The 15 tracks come from their self-titled album, The Jaws of Life, Human Frailty, Fate, and Ghost Nation, with "Lumps of Lead" stemming from the 1982 Pay Load EP. H&C's dusty, basement dwelling sound shadows the band with character, presenting them with an element of low-key personality that sets them apart from other groups. Each song has a rough-edged savvy surrounding it, either by the gritty guitar playing or the mournful eagerness in Mark Seymour's vocals. "January Rain" carries a desolate aura that hovers above the entire tune, and "Carry Me" speaks volumes with its emanating bass riff and building guitar. What makes this band shine is the ghost-like air that drifts through their sound, which eventually becomes solidified by the strength of their instruments. With heavy emphasis on concrete guitar rhythms, balanced out by the creative application of horns, H&C's music heightens slightly throughout the duration of each of their songs. Collected Works doubles as a must-have for fans as well as a splendid intro into this underrated band. [by Mike DeGagne]

Vídeo de "Throw Your Arms Around Me"

Genre: New Wave / Post-Punk / Jangle Pop
Based In...: UK
Label: Words On Music
Year: 2005
My Rate: 10/10



ALLMUSIC The Lucy Show's second full-length album caught the group in a time of personnel crises. At this juncture, the band had dwindled to a duo, Rob VanDeven and Mark Bandola, with assistance from various sidemen. Despite the membership instability here, this album is a solid improvement over previous releases. The influence of R.E.M. and the Cure is extremely strong; all the songs here show clear touches of one or both of these bands. A few selections, such as "Sun and Moon" and "Melody," also utilize subtle '60s melodic twists and turns. Unusual, slip-sliding chord progressions occur often ("View from the Outside" is a good example), lending these songs added depth and appeal. "New Message" features a solid, chunky drumbeat and an especially ringing arrangement that is accentuated by use of crisscrossed high trumpet lines. "Sojourn's End" has noticeable psychedelic touches and adds a smidgen of harmonica to the mix. "Sad September" is a moody and lovely acoustic guitar-dominated number with a hauntingly effective vocal. And the synthesizer-based "Part of Me Now" is simultaneously pulsating and expressive, one of the album's best songs. This overlooked release deserves wider exposure and is well-worth hearing. [This edition of the album includes bonus tracks, live cuts, demos and a video for "A Million Things."] [by David Cleary]

Vídeo de "A Million Things"

Genre: New Wave
Based In...: UK
Label: Stiff
Year: 1978
My Rate: 7/10



ALLMUSIC After signing to Stiff, the Rumour made a clear attempt to redefine themselves as a new wave band, incorporating quirky embellishments and more atmospheric keyboards. They're still a pub-rock band at heart, though, and the combination usually works quite well, at times making for some truly inspired moments like "Emotional Traffic," which sounds remarkably like a Nick Lowe song.

Vídeo de "Emotional Traffic" (somente áudio)

Genre: Indiepop / Jangle Pop
Based In...: UK
Label: Avalanche Records
Year: 1990
My Rate: 9/10
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Tracklist:

1. Grand Hotel
2. Goodbye Misery
3. Her Eyes Closed
4. Heaven And A Higher Place
5. Love Loves To Love Love
6. She Falls From Me
7. Hold Me Now
8. Bury Me Deep
9. Stand Up
10. Eight-Lane Freeway
11. Deliverance
12. Eden

Vídeo de "Grand Hotel"

Genre: Indiepop / Jangle Pop
Based In...: UK
Label: Velocity Records
Year: 1989
My Rate: 10/10
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WIKIPEDIA Formed from around, and within, the Edinburgh indie-pop scene of the mid 1980's, Jesse Garon And The Desperadoes had a distinctive guitar-jangle sound with male and female vocals. The band took their name from Elvis Presley's stillborn twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley.

The original members were:

    * Andrew Tully - guitars/vocals
    * Angus McPake - bass guitar
    * Fran Schoppler - vocals
    * Margarita Vasquez-Ponte - drums
    * Kevin McMahon - guitars
    * Stuart Clarke - guitars

Tully and Vasquez-Ponte were also members of Rote Kapelle a band that was active from 1985-1988.

This initial line-up recorded the first two singles, "Splashing Along" and "The Rain Fell Down", on Narodnik Records. With the departure of McMahon and Clarke, Bruce Hopkins and John Robb were drafted in for third single, the "Billy The Whizz EP", these being replaced on a more permanent basis by Michael Kerr (of Meat Whiplash). Next release was a flexi-disc featuring the track "Hank Williams Is Dead" along with a track by The Fizzbombs, a side-project of Margarita and Angus, along with Ann Donald of The Shop Assistants. Moving to Velocity Records, the band released two more well-received singles, "The Adam Faith Experience" and "You'll Never Be That Young Again", followed by first album, "A Cabinet Of Curiosities", which collected the tracks released to date.

In 1989, Kerr left to join The Darling Buds, and the band returned in 1990 with single "Grand Hotel", a reference to the IRA bombing of Brighton's Grand Hotel, the venue for the Conservative Party conference. Tully described this as a 'fuck Thatcher and fuck the IRA for not killing her when they had the chance' song - the band never afraid to be controversial. The album "Nixon" followed, and in October 1990, they released their final single, the "Hold Me Now EP".

Genre: Chilean Rock / Chilean Pop / Powerpop
Based In...: Chile
Label: Sony Music Chile
Year: 2002
My Rate: 8/10
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WIKIPEDIA Los Bunkers is an alternative rock/folk rock band, from Concepción, Chile, formed in 1999 by brothers Álvaro and Gonzalo López, Mauricio Basualto, and brothers Francisco and Mauricio Durán. They are well known in their country for their contemporary sounds of rock, based on sounds of the 60s, from bands like The Beatles, and also including sounds from their folk roots. They have released five studio albums, Los Bunkers (2001), Canción de lejos (2002), La Culpa (2003), Vida de perros (2005), Barrio estación (2008). This last is their first album to be released internationally. The group has a live album called simply En vivo (2007).

United initially by their common love for The Beatles, Los Bunkers have shown over the years a growing interest in the composition of Chilean folk roots, especially those working during the decade of the 60s the movement of the New Chilean Song. Between these two related and creative filter verses revelation valuable emotional debate his music, a rock of the past but undeniable bond developed with rigor and freshness, plus an exceptional flexibility that has allowed them to maintain a healthy pace of edits. Since the middle of 2000s, it is the Chilean rock group most active in Mexico.