modern english - i melt with you 12" 1982

so last weekend i think it was sunday morning right before it heats up, a little bit hungover from the night before. i was in the garage waxing my up my dirty old e36 with the radio on. just focusing on ridding some old acid spots that looked like it's been there since forever when i hear this radio add about some numerous 80s groups playing together for some musical assemblage in l.a. and if i heard it right modern english is one of 'em with the cult et al. just one of the many greatest acts to ever came out of the best ever decade of fashion and music (just my opinion). with that being said i decided to dug up this old import record of mine which i thought would be fun to showcase since you don't come across an import pressing of this very vinyl that often. i never knew it existed until i got my own copy from a local record fair. another thing that i am on the look for is red rockers' china 12" import pressing which i have yet to see one with picture sleeve. as a respect for the band and it's affiliates no download link will be available.
this record contains as follows:

1. i melt with you(7" mix)...

2. someone's calling(remix)...

3. life in a gladhouse(remix)...
 

a big shout out to an old fren of mine "the breakfast club" you know who you are!! because of you i always watch whats in front of me. that is, when i'm riding my bike!! lol.

scavenger hunt 1st edition

this is not the game, it's just a simple collection of great stuff i've found or discovered while bloghopping. an exquisite music compilation extraordinaire of local and international independent acts around the world outsid of mainstream. at times i usually visit my favourite blogs and when i do i'd be constantly pressing the download button. and as a result i have an overwhelming library of mp3s that sometimes' just too much too handle. it is a process we are all familiar with... stop, pause and play. these songs are mostly my new favorites and in case you've missed it here is a chance to get re-acquainted with it once again! and choose your own favorite.
cheers,
due to copyright infringement or piracy these materials are for listening purpsoses only and there are no download links available from this site. pls support the band support the scene. buy original, buy indie!!

dykehouse - signal crossing...

fonda - close to home...

fantastic! - colourbox...

japan air - claire...

love in athens - little chains...

my favorite - burning hearts...

pale sunday - go ahead...

the corduroy utd. - behind my back...

the hoa hoas - the list...

the wellington - lost in cairo...

ned's atomic dustbin - us promo only cd5 1992

it's hard to say but i think i'm going a little bit on the lighter side of the abyss here, the fact that these guys were well known in the uk but not so much in the us i still love the band. they pretty much sums up the definition of the word "grebo" and then some. go look it up.... with the likes pwei, the wonderstuff etc. baggy clothing, long dreadlocks and partially shaved heads, doc boots and army surplus outfits i mean the whole works. they rocked the scene in the early nineties and i own every single release they ever did up to about the end of their 2nd album. oh did i mention that i've seen them twice? yee they were very good live, they really rocked the place. imagine having the fastest drummer in the band and not to mention two bass players plus the a great guitar player and a totally encouraging vocalist in jonn penney. "you fly off the handle wait till i'm not there, if you will fly off the handle wait till i'm not there 'cause i will talk, maybe you will listen but you won't hear a single word i say" the furtive years, great short years.
this is a four song sample ep that contains songs from the are you normal? cd, incl. suave and suffocated and spring.

not sleeping around...

intact...

in motion - for an evening's velvet ending 7" 1993

the second record from this irish indie band that emerged in the early nineties. it's an amazing blend of indie pop, melodic chant and a hint of shoegaze... in other words, it clearly became a favorite of mine faster than you can say dinuguan. one album was released in 1994 called "the language of everyday life" followed by the band's split later that same year. i am still in the hunt for that album for it possesses my most fave song from the band, that is 'five and twenty thousand days'.
cheers. and if anyone has the album for sale let me know perhaps we can work out a deal!

hollow blow...

it takes a long while

in daylight...


once again a special thanx to ricky from madchester rave on for giving me a copy of the album just before i can post this, thanx mate.

dive - freeze frame ep 2003

my second japanese post, though different from the previous band. these lads has a kick-ass attitude and a great appetite for guitar feedback. ear bleeding guitar noise and occasional silence followed by a massive guitar distortions and vocals you can't understand not that it matters but the level of instruments are mixed at the same wave lengths. i smell my bloody valentine and ride and early pale saints and a bit of slowdive's breeze here. it's a classic.

this just in totally unrelated to my post, just last month a great local band from la came out with an amazing cd called "crazy for you" by best coast. you'll find reviews and infos all over the net!!

and how awesome is this. i didn't discover until now that you can actually embed 4shared player like so. and you don't have to navigate away from my page to listen to samples.

so for you lazy sunday downers.. enjoy!

freeze frame...

2am...

reverberation...

twilight - just me alone 1985

no, not new moon nor the eclipse and not that i follow the hype. it's the eighties band that had this amazing single who's got everybody wanting including me. the record's price ranges from 40gbp to 199.99 euro. their one and only single in existence is something a music and record enthusiast wouldn't mind splurging on i guess. at what degree do we consider that one's overpriced anyway? is their such a thing as too much for a collector? is it so bad to have your copy after everybody else got theirs? i don't mind waiting and i usually get my wants in a much less expected time and i think you tend to get more excitement that way like a little boy opening a gift.
so here's a great song by twilight, produced by vince clarke...

just me alone 7"

just me alone 12"

random single of the month

one record i keep ignoring, for some reason i am really not a fan of colorful album artwork with the exception of course of the stone roses' artwork. i go mostly for the black and white covers of most indie bands if i' am experimenting, new wave and synth bands usually have their own faces on the cover of their albums. madchester bands would have silhouette of their images on covers while post punk prefers a landscape of something or an unsual place with an unusual settings i don't know if i'm making sense here. anyway this month's featured artist were an american new wave band that sounds somewhat different than most, a four piece act from maryland that really is nothing more but an original. just ignore the first sixteen seconds of the song, and trust me you will enjoy the rest .

vigil - white magic spell