in no order of importance....
14 iced bears - adam and the ants - aimee mann - air - alan partidge - the animals - aztec camera - badfinger - the beatles - ben lee - betty boo - big star - blondie - the blow monkeys - bob durrough - bob - bob dylan - bow wow wow - buffalo springfield - camper van beethoven - cat power - chi-lites - the clash - the creation - david bowie - de la soul - dee lite - delta - department s - dexy's - dinosaur jr - stephen duffy - dukes of stratosphere - echo and the bunnymen - edwyn collins - elliott smith - elo - elvis costello - emitt rhodes - etta james - the faces (small and otherwise) - the fire engines - flight of the conchords - freda payne - the go-betweens - goldfrapp - the go! team - haircut 100 - the house of love - human league - the icicle works - jilted john - imogen heap - ivor cutler - jackie wilson - the jam - james (well, the first two singles, anyway) - james kirk - jesus and mary chain - jonathan richman - julian cope - keith moon - the kingmen - the kinks - kraftwerk - lloyd cole - love - lovin' spoonful - madness - martin stephenson - marvin gaye - the mighty wah! - moz - my bloody valentine - neil young - new order - nick drake - northern soul - orange juice - otis reading - primal scream - the primitives - rem - ramones - razorcuts - robyn hitchcock - roddy frame - ron sexsmith - sea urchins - sex pistols - shangri las - the smiths - soup dragons - steve winwood - slf - strawberry switchblade - subway sect - supergrass - super furry animals - sy barrett - teardrop explodes - teenage fanclub - that petrol emotion - tim rose - the turtles - the undertones - velvet underground - weather prophets - the who - xtc - the zombies
Sounds Like
i don't need to tell you that. you're a grown up and old enough to make your own decisions. it's not as if your ears are painted on, now, is it?
we like this site. we were featured for a day. it doesn't sound very long but in the world of indie pop it's about the same as a century. they said Their songs shine and glisten. ….a perfect example of how a good chord change can loosen the most knotted muscles in your neck as your brain is distracted by the sheer luxury of sound.
Our debut release is on a cloudberry compilation 3”cdr given away with bottle rocket fanzine 7. It might be sold out. It might not. It probably is though. Bottle Rocket is great and everyone knows it.
came out september 2008 on This Almighty Pop! a 2 track CD featuring Oh What A Life... and Don't Come Back and is still available.
closely followed by.....
our second single
came out on Cloudberry Records on lovely black shiny 7" vinyl at the end of February 2009. it features goes out and just don't and it's available NOW from Cloudberry.
our next single!
it's called Feel Good and it's out on 3"CDR on SavoyDiscs on 23rd November. Details of how to order in the blog at the top of this page
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Rough Trade has released a shiny new compilation called Rough Trade Indiepop 09
Goes Out is track number 15. Good eh? It's out now and can be ordered here.
Hi - message about the Dandelion Radio Festive Fifty below. We'd love to get votes from you. Copies of my book on the Festive Fifty to be 'won' by randomly selected voters.
Already voted in the Dandelion Radio 2009 Festive Fifty? If you have - then tell your friends about it as well - there are handy links on the Dandelion Radio "Now Playing" page at http://www.dandelionradio.com If you haven't voted yet ... then have a think about your favourite tracks released in the last year and place your vote at http://www.dandelionradio.com/festive50.htm The tracklistings at http://www.dandelionradio.com/tracklists.htm should help remind you of favourite songs.
Hello there play people, thank you very much for finding me!! Really love your tunes on here and I very much hope you can make it to big blue this week, it will be the first time I've had playmobil friends come along..:) xx
The new (7th) issue of Your Heart Out can be downloaded for free at: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mwknyd233ym This special edition is called ... The Archaeology of an Abandoned Soul Single. It takes you on an expedition that will take in the young mod’s forgotten story of the 6Ts Rhythm & Soul Society, The Users and The Visitors, Munich disco and Tamla tapes, the return of the Wild Swans and Laurel Aitken’s protest, Robert Lloyd’s verse and The Aller Vaerste! And much, much more. Please point everyone that needs to know in the direction of our site at: www.yrheartout.blogspot.com