VA - NME Best New Bands Showcase 2006

Good collection of artists on this 2006 freebie from the NME.
Over half have gone on to release good albums.

01 - Dirty Pretty Things - You Fucking Love It
02 - Like - Too Late
03 - Cribs - It Happened So Fast
04 - Spinto Band - Mountains
05 - Rakes - Binary Love
06 - Larrikin Love - On Sussex Downs
07 - Hot Chip - Careful
08 - I Forward Russia - Twelve
09 - Wolfmother - White Unicorn
10 - Jose Gonzalez - All You Deliver
11 - Two Gallants - Las Cruces Jail
12 - Brakes - I Can't Stand To Stand Beside You
13 - Guillemots - Go Away
14 - Go Team - Huddleflash (Kevin Shields Mix)

Various - Hanging with the Strokes

Another NME compilation album, this one's entitled Hanging with the Strokes (14 new tracks and classic influences by Julian and the boys).
This one has a really diverse tracklisting including Bob Marley, Duran Duran!, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Iggy Pop amongst others.

01 Kings Of Leon - Spiral Staircase
02 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
03 Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
04 New York Dolls - Trash
05 The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
06 The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
07 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Trenchtown Rock
08 Peter Tosh - Arise Black Man
09 Iggy Pop With Ric Ocaesk - Old Mule Skinner
10 Blondie - One Way Or Another
11 Duran Duran - Rio [Us Edit]
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away
13 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
14 The Strokes - Is This It [Demo]
(NME Essentials)
15 Jet - Get Me Outta Here
16 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - In Like The Rose
17 Franz Ferdinand - Tell Her Tonight [Home Demo]
18 The Cooper Temple Clause - Music Box
19 The Coral - Boy At The Window

Various Artists - NME Awards Nominations 2003

The Big Bash - NME Awards Nominations Album 2003

Here is an NME compilation from 2003.
Most of the bands are still relevant today, suprisingly includes Complete Control by the Clash so I assume they were nominated for some lifetime achievement award?

01 The Hives - Main Offender
02 Ash - Envy
03 The Datsuns - Supergyrations!
04 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Screaming Gun
05 Ryan Adams - Nuclear
06 The Coral - Wildfire
07 The Streets - The Irony Of It All
08 Radiohead - Morning Bell-Amnes
09 The Polyphonic Spree - La La
10 Oasis - The Cage
11 Doves - Darker
12 The Vines - Sun Child
13 Coldplay - 136
14 The Libertines - The Delaney
15 The Clash - Complete Control

Various - NME Annual Probe (Volume 2)

Another of those free magazine CD's that introduce you to bands and artists that you might not know.
This one has several worthy tracks worth a listen.








01 - Mercury Rev Endlessly
02 - Elliot Smith Pictures Of Me
03 - Arab Strap Piglet
04 - The Afghan Whigs Somethin' Hot
05 - Royal Trux Stevie
06 - Quasi I Never Want To See You Again
07 - Leila Won't You Be My Baby
08 - Third Eye Foundation A Galaxy Of Scars
09 - Boards Of Canada Roygbiv
10 - Jurassic 5 Concrete Schoolyard
11 - MDK Acid Rave (All The Girls Love)
12 - Godspeed You Black Emperor Te Dead Flag Blues