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Strawberry Switchblade - 1982 4-Piece Demo
Strawberry Switchblade – 1982 4-Piece Demo
Strawberry Switchblade were my first musical crush, and perhaps the most charmingly twee band I heard during the 1980s and there was a lot of competition in those days.
This EP from 40 (!!) years ago sounds as fresh as their eponymous debut album, but the sound is far rawer, more post-punk and less synth-sounding. Rose McDowell, of course, went on to work on many worthy solo projects and…
Vtoroy Etazh Porazhayet - Kraynosty
Vtoroy Etazh Porazhayet – Kraynosty
Vtoroy Etazh Porazhayet (2nd Floor is Striking) are a Moscow post-punk outfit, and it seems both Russia and Belarus are producing a lot of these days. They are released by the French record label Belka Records. Their sound will appeal strongly to those who are into the post-punk renaissance of the past five years or so.
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Death of Lovers - “Buried Under a World of Roses”
After spending weeks and weeks together out on the road, some of the members in Nothing and Whirr have come together to form Death of Lovers. They debuted their first song “Buried Under a World of Roses” last week. The song is the first from their 12" EPentitled Buried Under a World of Roses via Deathwish Records.
Sonically the band styles in the same vein as Nothing and Whirr staying in the 80s alternative sound but this time around with more of a post-punk/goth feel. Influences like Joy Division and the Cure are quickly heard in the first opening seconds of the songs. Check out the checklist below and be on the lookout for preorder and release date info!
Death of Lovers Buried Under A World of Roses EP Track Listing:
1. Cold Heaven
2. Shaken
3. Buried Under a World of Roses
4. The Blue of Noon
Plague Vendor - Black Sap Scriptures
Some days, a gal really craves some ferocious garage punk\rock - and you know that’s exactly what you’re in for from the very first cymbal crash of Black Sap Scriptures.
This track from California’s Plague Vendor will get your heart racing and your head banging. Brandon Blaine’s cool mix of nonchalant and shouty vocals is the sweet icing on the cake.
It doesn’t hurt that the video brings back memories of watching Nick Cave dance around like a psychotic madman in one of my all time fave vids Nick The Stripper. Granted Blaine doesn’t have Cave’s crazy eyes but he is equally as shirtless and both videos give you a slightly unsafe and claustrophobic feeling, as if you are stuck in a lunatic asylum with a bunch of wild crazies. When you’re in the safety of your own home, watching it all on screen, that weird feeling can be pretty darn enjoyable.
MINCE - Ditch (Live Royal Park Cellars)
MINCE are a five-piece post-punk group hailing from Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. They are comprised of Matthew Banks on the drums, Clem Pulham-Creagh on the bass, Jamie Haddington on guitar & vocals, Owen Bennett onlead guitar and George McDermott on vocals. The video was recorded live at Royal Park Cellars in Leeds.
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Fontaines D.C. - Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Dublin’s post punk five piece Fontaines D.C. perform four song live set for Tiny Desk (Home) Concert and was filmed in Chicago’s beautiful brick Irish American Heritage Center during their recent tour. The band are joined by members of the Northwestern University Choir to perform In ár gCroíthe go deo
Setlist
- The Couple Across The Way
- In ár gCroíthe go deo
- Big Shot
- Nabokov
Musicians are:-
- Grian Chatten: vocals, accordion
- Carlos O'Connell: guitar, keyboard
- Conor Curley: guitar, backing vocals
- Conor Deegan III: bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tom Coll: drums
- Maureen Dunne: cello
- Isaac Henry: viola
Northwestern University Choir are comprised of Tom Avery, Joe Blanchard,Emily Ann Brooks, Peter Carroll, Martina Cavard Blanco, Mariana Leone, Maddie Mazzella, Emily Somé, Jackson Owen and Olivia Whitmer.
Happy Birthday, Ian Stephen McCulloch May 5th,1959
“I only ever wanted, from the age of 13, to be the greatest singer of the best band in the world.”
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Pop Avalanche (issue #2)
YEAR: 1987
CREATED BY: Brian Orchard (AKA Andrew Rainey), Boy Naughty (AKA Andrew Midgley), Camper Bob (AKA Bob Stanley) and Christoper X (AKA Camper Chris)
LOCATION: Peterborough / Edinburgh
SIZE: A5
WHAT’S INSIDE….
A fanzine that’s “blue for a reason” and has an interesting take on mid-1980s zine culture: “You don’t need to read it….we didn’t need to write it….we don’t need to listen to our records….but we do….do you understand what we’re saying? Fanzines are not essential - fatuous views on trivial topics leaning dangerously close to egomania - but the trick is to make them seem to matter….enough to lure you the consumer into buying one at any rate”….
It also has The Rolling Stones on the cover and an article about the apparent indestructibility of Keith Richards (Bill Hicks once said that: “I picture nuclear war and two things surviving - Keith Richards and bugs”), both of which would have been unthinkable a few years before, given that the Stones were one of the principal targets of punk’s iconoclasm (“no Elvis, Beatles or The Rolling Stones in 1977”).
The zine features a fine selection of mid-1980s indie bands, most of whom (ie Hurrah!, 14 Iced Bears, Razorcuts, The BMX Bandits and Talulah Gosh) remained stuck in the indie groove until they eventually split up, and a couple that transitioned to a rock-dance crossover sound under the influence of the rave scene, ie Primal Scream and Age Of Chance (who hailed from Leeds and almost made it into the charts with their cover version of “Kiss”). There’s also a retrospective article about Josef K (who influenced all of the above) and a quick guide to up-and-coming bands which includes the future ambassadors of shoegaze - My Bloody Valentine….
Issue #2 of Pop Avalanche is slightly unusual in that it devotes four of its pages to hip hop, which was taking the world by storm at the time but didn’t get much coverage in fanzines. Although the empty machismo and casual misogyny in a lot of rap lyrics was not something most indie kids could relate to, the music itself was both groundbreaking and exciting, so kudos to the Pop Avalanche crew for being open minded about it. They recommend the Streetsounds hip hop electro compilations and indicate that #14 was particularly good, although I think the cream of the crop was probably the next one in the series, which I remember buying on cassette and listening to incessantly back in 1986/7.
Recent releases by the likes of Schoolly D, The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Heavy D And The Boyz, Kool Moe Dee and a few others are also highlighted, as well as one or two by UK artists (who - to be fair - were mostly shit)….
The zine’s contributors also manifest their culture vulture credentials with articles about writer Martin Amis and comic actor Norman Wisdom. There’s a brief mention of The Pastels, who published their own fanzine called Juniper Beri Beri, and a one page ad for a zine called Camping, which was a side hustle for Christopher X and Bob Stanley (who went on to become a proper journalist as well as forming the band Saint Etienne). Two other contemporary zines - The LegendandTrout Fishing In Leytonstone - are described as “a load of old cobblers”and“trivial, derivative and monotonous”respectively.
Click on the title above to see scans of all the zine’s pages….
my box of 1980s fanzines
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