Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The End of the Affair
In the Hit Parade
The Suede Crocodiles - Stop the Rain (288)
The Suede Crocodiles - Paint Yourself a Rainbow (215)
The Bridal Shop - From Seas (204)
Skypark - Bicycle Boy (199)
Twa Toots - Don't Send Me Flowers (195)
The Search Engines - There She Goes (178)
The Mayfields - Call My Name (177)
The Pines - If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain) (175)
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Reserve - Adrian Fabulous
A Is an Alphabet
Emmaboda Festival, July 25th @ the festival pre-party
w/ Billie the Vision & the Dancers, Mixtapes & Cellmates, Effete
Indietracks Festival, July 29th First on @ the main stage on the second day.
Nottingham, July 31st @ The Rescue Rooms
w/ The Besties, The Deirdres
London, August 1st @ The Brixton Windmill
Cardiff, August 2nd @ O'Neill's
Gothenburg, August 3rd @ Kontiki
See you tomorrow!
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Don't Throw Bouquets At Me
Because We're Not Dead, Yet
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Monday, July 23, 2007
All For Art and Art For All
Friday, July 20, 2007
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What a Palaver!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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My favourite band at the moment is probably this long-forgotten Shelflife act. I had never heard them until quite recently because Shelflife seems not to have cared too much about releases once they'd sold out. I never read anthing about them, and there were no songs to download. They're called Brittle Stars and are like a cross between the otherwise best two bands on the label - Skypark and The Autocollants. They have the crisp guitars of the former and gorgeous keyboards of the latter. And they have an almost unparalleled asset in singer Estelle, who's voice is truly heavenly. The first time I heard them was this year, when I got "Falling Backwards" on a Japanese compilation 7". Then I heard California Snow Story's cover of "This Trip" from the Shelflife comp You're Still Young At Heart. That was such an amazing song and I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the original, which was even better! Brittle Stars only recorded one, self-titled album and then split up. Three remaining songs were released together with compilation tracks and remixes as Garage Sale in 2001. Both records are now seemingly impossible to find! If you get addicted to Estelle's voice too, you should look up her new band Elephant Parade and buy their album Bedroom Recordings on their MySpace. Brittle Stars were simply too good for this world.
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Brittle Stars - No Longer Waiting
The Man Who Paints the Rainbows
Monday, July 16, 2007
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Please Don't Play "Rip It Up"
To be continued. (Well, there was a second day you know.)
Friday, July 13, 2007
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