Music

[agutterfan]

Our indie Brit punk single comes from Dewsbury West Yorkshire band Psykik Volts and their debut single and sole release Totally Useless (Ellie Jay records 7" 1979), notice the sample from Swan Lake, probably inspired by PiL's Death Disco (the band later became Poptones, after the PiL song), but you can also spot Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King in the mix too.

[agutterfan]

Next up, Tindersticks, a British alt-rock band formed in Nottingham in 1991, and this is Let's Pretend, from their third studio LP Curtains (This Way Up 1997). Wonderful.

[agutterfan]

Our tour through rare U.K. pop-psyche songs from 1968 comes to an end with this double-bill. Turnstyle were a Kent trio featuring songwriter Mark Ashton on drums. They only released one single, Riding A Wave c/w Trot (Pye 7" 1968) and split up in 1969 with Mark joining Rare Bird. Here are both sides in all their glory. Hope you like them. But never fear, the 60s are never far from my virtual turntable, so this won't be the last 60s rarity I'll post. Until next week ...

[wadsy]

R.I.P. Spencer Davis. I saw him in concert in Sydney about 10 years ago. His band were on a tour of clubs along with Paul Jones & the Manfreds.
The Manfreds just played the old hits but The Spencer Davis Group played some great old blues numbers along with the hits!
They were a proper working band!

[agutterfan]

That's very sad news wadsy, here's the Rolling Stone tribute https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...tuary-1078226/, and my own.

[agutterfan]

Cold Cave is the project of Los Angeles musician Wesley Eisold, the project having no fixed line-up. Born with only one hand, he settled on keyboards & synths as his musical instruments. This is the official video for Glory (Heartworm Press digital single 2017), buy here: https://coldcave.bandcamp.com/album/glory.

[agutterfan]

William Doyle is a soundscapist from London, and this is the excellent Design Guide, featuring Brian Eno on opening monologue (he's reading key phrases from various U.K. council handbooks on Urban Planning), taken from his third LP Your Wilderness Revisited (self-released through The Orchard 2019), buy here: https://williamdoyle.bandcamp.com/al...ness-revisited.

[agutterfan]

Now for some French chanteuse indie pop, with the delectable Melody's Echo Chamber and the official video for Some Time Alone, Alone, from her debut LP Melody's Echo Chamber (Weird World 2012), buy here: https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp....s-echo-chamber.

[agutterfan]

The Molesters were a punk band formed in Brighton in 1977, and this is their second and last single release, The End of Civilisation (Small Wonder 7" 1979).

[agutterfan]

I'm terribly out of touch with modern dance and club music but judging what comes banging out of my neighbour's cars & stereos during Summer I don't think I'm missing much. But I did love London trio Ultraísta's second LP Sister (Partisan Records 2020). I posted the excellent Harmony in my Best of March list, and now here's two more, the official video for Tin King and then the sweet Anybody. Hope you like them. Buy here: https://ultraista.bandcamp.com/album/sister. Until next week ...

[BertMedia]

Timeless, attention grabbing....brilliant

[BertMedia]

New Order have released a restored HD version of their famous and award winning video for True Faith (Factory 7"/12" 1987 cat no. FAC183), so I thought it was time to revisit the video. Totally barmy.

even now -30/40yr on, New Orders graphic & visual output remains as fresh, original and impressive- Bob on

[BertMedia]

New Music/Visuals from Manchester’s Burgundy Blood/Kill Music ....original beats and brilliant, eerie video to match .....big ups the The Mist Talented Plasterer in the north west - ANOTHER EPIC

[BertMedia]

New Music/Visuals from Manchester’s Burgundy Blood/Kill Music ....original beats and brilliant, eerie video to match .....big ups the The Mist Talented Plasterer in the north west - ANOTHER EPIC

previous equally impressive Burgundy Blood

[BertMedia]

previous equally impressive Burgundy Blood