popcast #15 - a subjective history, '95-96, as told mainly through the medium of 7" vinyl records

This is a slight departure from our norm, more noisepop than indiepop, and also more personally themed.
These are mostly all 7"s i bought between 1995-'96, and as such, is rather subjective, and by no means does it paint any kind of complete picture or history. I was still living in Glasgow at the time, so the mix is mostly comprised of Glasgow bands. At first i was going to make it into a potted history of Glasgow bands around that time, however I had a few fav 7"s such as the Dub Narcotic, Ladies Who Lunch, and The Make Up, which are very much associated in my head with that period of time. Really this is just a personal mix for me, after having ripped all the 7"s, but hopefully you will enjoy it too!
The first Spare Snare track "Shine On Now" was actually from their 10" "Live At Home" which is maybe my favorite record i own, and yes, i know there are three Spare Snare tracks, but they were/are still so good! The Belle And Sebastian pre-Tigermilk demo is just something I had downloaded, but as i always saw those kids around town, they were very much part of the scene around that time, and I wanted to include something more original than from Tigermilk or If You're Feeling Sinister. The "Ladies Who Lunch - Kims We Love" 7" was another favorite at the time - i believe it was two girls from Lusicous Jackson, a pink vinyl tribute to Kim Gordon and Kim Deal, with one side a cover of Sonic Youth's 'Bull In The Heather' and the Pixies 'Gigantic' done on lil' lo-fi drum machines, and released on the Beastie Boy's Grand Royale label.
Also, being more of a mix, i decided to omit any sort of introduction from the popcast, so its just music,music,music! get your lo-fi party hat on, and dance like it's 1996!
hope you enjoy it!

Tracklisting is:
Spare Snare - Shine On Now
Urusei Yatsura - Kernel
The Yummy Fur - Shrinky Dinc
Pink Kross - Velocababy
Ladies Who Lunch - Bull In The Heather
Belle and Sebastian - Pocketbook Angel
Adventures In Stereo - Airline
The Delgados - Monica Webster
Spare Snare - Haircut
Bis - Kill Yr Boyfriend
Lung Leg - Disco Biscuit
Dub Narcotic - Fuck Shit Up
Eska - III Spike
Ladies Who Lunch - Gigantic
Super Furry Animals - Don't Be A Fool, Billy!
Kenickie - Come Out 2nite
Spare Snare - Wired for Sound
The Make Up - Are You A Believer?

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Popcast #8 - British bands!

Hello,

The British music scene is great at the moment, lots of new labels around (just to name a few: hdif, atomic beat records , weePOP! records, lost music records), new venues, new promoters, good gigs happening all the time, and the main thing, without which any of those would be of any use: Lots of awesome new bands!

For our eighth popcast, we compiled some of them. There's actually lots more out there, and we tried to get a bit of everything we've been listening to the most and going to see live. Enjoy it!

The School - Shoulder
The Felt Tips - Not Tonight
Roadside Poppies - Counting the seconds
My sad captains - Bad decisions
Pocketbooks - I'm not going out
The Manhattan Love Suicides - Suzy Jones
The Crisps - Happiness
The Just Joans - I Hear You're The Man Now, John
Pete Green - The Ballad of Phil Jevons
Stars Of Aviation - Love Is Only In Your Mind
Butcher Boy - Girls Make Me Sick
The Hermit Crabs - Feel Good Factor
Monkey swallows the universe - Little Polveir
The Hi-Life Companion - Times table
The bobby Mcgee's - Ivor cutler is dead
Slow Down Tallahassee - Candy
Amida - Monkey Puzzle
Strawberry Whiplash - Falling through
Little My - Cute guts
Ray Rumours - Making noise
Sunny Intervals - Let the city run away with us

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