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 #9 - Cats and other pets

Hello there! Our latest popcast is inspired by all the cute kitties of the world, all songs themed around cats and other pets!



The Port City Allstars - I Wish I Was A Cat
Desmond Reed - Guinea Pigs
Soda Fountain Rag - Dogwalkin' Summer
Awesome Animal Ambulance - Operation Kitty
Girlfrendo - Cat Heaven
My Little Airport - My Little Fish
Masters of the Hemisphere - Who Is This Dog?
The Lucksmiths - Cat In Sunshine
After-school sports - Roe deers, cats and mice
The Fiery Furnaces - I lost my dog
All of My Brother's Girlfriends - Kitty On A Rocket
Heavenly - Pet monkey
Tinyfolk - Do Animals Get Lonely Late at Night?
Cub - My Chinchilla
Loch Ness Mouse - My Cat & Me
The Mathletes - Animals
Daniel Johnston - Walking The Cow

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hope ye enjoy it!
cheers,
thor + camila
x

Popcast #5 - Scary monsters!

Hey! Time for another popcast, and number #5 brings you horror songs: zombies, vampires, monsters, cannibals and all those other scary things! Enjoy it!!!

The love letter band - Tim Burton
Jacob Borshard - Brains brains
Antsy pants - Vampire
Milky Wimpshake - Not zombie
The bartlebees - She loves monsters
The sprites - George romero
Matty Pop Chart - Ghost dream
The besties - Zombie song
All of my brother' girlfriends - Turn the lights off
Ballboy - Kiss me, hold me and eat me
Bunnygrunt - Here come the vampires
Tha galactic heroes - Mummy
The blanket truth - I'm in love with a ghost (dennis driscoll cover)
Tricycle bicyle cycle - Zombies!
The bicycles - Ghost town
Chugga chugga - Don't eat my brains

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Missing You Like Pokemon

Having topped my weekly lastfm charts since i first discovered him less than a month ago, i can definitely say that my current musical obsession is Alfred Daniels Midland!

I discovered him while making my way through lastfm's recommended similar artist to Jacob Borshard, and while his music is not at all like Mr Borshard's ukulele-pop, its easy to see the similarity in their poignant bedroom lo-fi compositions.

Alfred Daniels Midland is more uptempo and not all sad stories, although he does have his fair share of heartbreak tales.

According to his artist page on Lastfm, Robby Fronzo, the lad behind the moniker, was previsously called Snow-fi, but curiously changed his name to mock a US agriculture business named "Archer Daniels Midland".

His own website over at http://www.freewebs.com/alfreddanielsmidland/ has links to several albums for free download, hosted at archive.org, and the cutest video of playful kitties (you just can't go wrong with cute kitties!!), however - sadly his myspace page states "I'm not a band anymore - I've decided to stop making songs under this name, BUT i'm looking to form a pop punk band... so if you play an instrument, and like pop punk.. tell me."

Which we think is a crime!! :)
Go download his albums, get addicted and let's all try and convince Robby to keep playing Alfred Daniels Midland!