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...and you can make it baby, until you've made you're bed.
A killer, not to mention concussive, sophomore effort from 1992.**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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A Few - It's a Wonderful Life (Gark, 1985)
I'm sharing a record titled It's a Wonderful Life, and it ain't even Christmas. This one did come out forty years ago however, and moreover it was a request that I'm happy to fulfill. Conducting a...
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All of the elements are present and tense.
From 200 6. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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Dragstrip - The Heliocentric World of... 7" (1997, American Pop Project)
In what might be the first time I've featured music from a strictly instrumental combo, my working knowledge of Bloomington, IN's Dragstrip largely begins and ends with this single, and not a bad intro...
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Surgery - Souleater ep (1989, Glitterhouse)
Realistically, I could have shared this one eons ago, but I just kept putting it off. If someone else out there in blogland got to Souleater before me, I didn't mean to step on you. Surgery ended...
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I’d rather talk some more than look into your eyes.
A compilation capturing the brunt (but not everything) this overlooked C86 proposition put out into the world. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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Yazoo Beach - Binge (1993, N-Beat)
Not only have I already introduced you to Yazoo Beach (over a decade ago in fact), I've also enlightened and entertained you with phenomenal music from guitarist Scott Coopwood's prior two bands, The...
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We were shaking off the shade from the Missiles of October...
A lo-fi masterclass recorded in 2010, but released two years later after multiple, painstaking revisions.**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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Dark Side - Rumors in Our Own Time, Legends in Our Own Room (1980, Gohog)
Though they were once the pride of Towson, MD, I'm not sure if Dark Side were exactly my bag. Not precisely power pop or punk, this combo definitely strode on the sardonic and livelier side of the...
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We're just two deep space lovers and this feels alright...
Chilled out grooves from 2012. A recent favorite of mine.**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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half string - oval 7" -
At some point in 1992 I summoned up the misguided notion I could count all of the shoegazer/dream pop bands in the world on my fingers and toes. Turns out I was off by several extremities. Deeper into...
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Big Home Orchestra - Fairytale ep (1989, BHP)
Employing a full-time violinist, this Aussie bunch exude heavy pastoral vibes if anything else. I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into when I encountered Big Home Orchestra, just not quite what...
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Remember, competition is necessity...
An archival trove of recordings from a neglected Ohio power pop outfit that only released a single in the mid '80s. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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Paper Route - Go Get It (1997, SSG)
Was under the weather this week, and was unable to digitize any analogue goodies for you, bur in lieu of that I have this sterling nugget. A friend tipped me off to the Paper Route well over a decade...
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Taking time, writing out the dates all our friends die.
From 2010. Springtime is upon us, but this is truly a band for all seasons. **Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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Bel-Fires - Fall For the Sky ep (1985, Birdcage)
Here's one of my better browsing-in-the-wild finds, though I have little in terms of pertinent details to disclose about the Cynthia Isabella-fronted Bel-Fires. Sort of what Let's Active might have...
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Bob Beland 7" (1980, Deli Platters)
Here's a sweet turn-of-the-decade slice of power pop, from an artist I've had minimal acquaintance with but am anxious to hear more from. Bob Beland, got his start in a mid '70s L.A. combo, Southpaw...
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Did your nervous laugh meet mine when I gave a sign?
From 2016.**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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That Hope - Beating the Dumb Guy (1987, FOT)
I had high hopes for That Hope, given the impression they left me with on their debut, Eight Dollar Hat, which I shared way back in '11. I recall it garnering a considerable number of downloads as...
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I'm not here if someone calls, unless it's from apartment 3...
From 1998. I remember being thoroughly immersed and invested in this when it came out.**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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The Charlottes - Lovehappy+ (1989/2020, Radiation)
Typically on Record Store Day I share something released on a prior RSD, but I'm quickly run out of "safe" items to post, simply because most titles released on the most agonizing Saturday morning of...
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Too many holes in your story, jeans alright.
This week it's four eps spanning three decades.**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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Autumn Teen Sound - demo (1995)
Just as I was about to drop the "cold case" tag on this Phoenix-area foursome I discovered they have a Facebook page. Sounding heavily indebted to another band they shared the same area code with (Gin...
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Medelicious - Miss N 7" (1994, Lucky)
Not as egregiously grungy as many of their counterparts due south in Seattle, Bellingham, WA's Medelicious were still a mightily noisy aggregation wielding copious amounts of angsty amperage and...
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An unpredicted ends to a means...
From 2004. Picking up on morsels of everyone from Nada Surf to Creeper Lagoon and even Mercury Rev. Enjoy**Please do not reveal artist in comments!**Hear
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