Saturday, November 21, 2009

citrus groove - hit the ground 7" 1991


let's shift gear momentarily and go back to 1991, when these blokes from local cali first debuted their single on honeychain records. hit the ground was the song, madchester was the beat and the rest well not quiet history, i hate to dial-a-cliche but this single pretty much fits the "baggy scene" that year!! i know it sounds redundant but their music are between the milltown bros. and perhaps the soup dragons. they have a seven track cd released in 1993 that contains two of the songs in this 3 track ep. if you missed them back then click on the link to listen again!! djlotku you where there, remember?! knock! knock! lem'me some salt, mate!!

kunin mo dito

Thursday, November 19, 2009

the claim - wait and see ep


this record was released and self-distributed by the band and esurient communications in kent. after the brief hiatus with " the cartel ", the band dropped or was dropped by " the cartel " following the making of their records generally unavailable. this 7" does not show when it was recorded but judging from the pictures on the cover i'm guessing this came out before they joined " a turntable friend " in 1992. the claim grew up listening to a young paul weller so you will hear a little bit of the jam resemblance in their music. mod? soul? or mod-soul? to me it's indiepop!! just when i was about to say that i'm not into this particular genre... god, cliff & me is not a bad song plus a bonus track.... down by the chimney is also a nice powerpop indie song.
kunin mo dito

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

gangway - out on the rebound from love 7" 1985


this is a melodramatic single from gangway which i know nothing about until i was introduced by a good friend of mine at nmc. real cool laid back tune with a charismatic vocal, including the b-side 'paris, mexico' which one would likely prefer than the title track. my friend calabit has the other more familiar single... "my girl and me" and it's also available for download!!!
kunin mo dito

Sunday, November 15, 2009

shack - 24 hours ep 2005


i bought this about 2 yrs. ago at a local record store in l.a. it's a four song ep by shack, plain white with no info whatsoever on the cover and the record itself don' t have any credits other than the band name and song titles. for some who don't know much about the band they've released some pretty awesome records in the past. fronted by brothers mike and john head formerly of the great paley bros. and the strand, like most of their records they all sound just that(nonesuch). 24 hours was also released as a b-side of the single comedy along with uncle delany in 1999 and the song flannery off of the cd single natalie's party. to sum it all up, this is a collection of b-sides put together in one ep.


kunin mo dito

Friday, November 13, 2009

adorable - vendetta cd5 1994


adorable toured the uk and the usa back in 1993 following the release of their independently acclaimed debut album on creation records, now defunct and has been for over decade. i was lucky enough to watched them play live at the whisky-a-go-go i think, with several of my loyal frenz. damn it was that long time ago huh..... anyway this a follow up single to their 2nd and last cd "fake" (before parting ways and calling it quits) which is just as good and dreamy as the first one. piotr fijalkowski later formed 'polak'. but this one is my all time fave from the band.


kunin mo dito

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

inner sleeve - dawn of the replicants split cd5 1998


two for one... a nice pair of indie put together by the people from the independent label fierce panda. cue screaming guitars and dreamy melodies, one brings feistiness edge while the other is more calm and laid back. if you like guitar feedbacks and distorted music then look no more.. "come alive" is for you.
kunin mo dito

Monday, November 9, 2009

ivy - avenge cd5 1994


another indiepop product of sarah records this time it's the quartet from norwich not the american band which coincidentally released their first single 'get enough' (the same year) on seed records. which i had posted here but was asked to be taken down!! this is a four track cd single that some of you might have been looking for. i don't know how long the file stay on this time so to be safe.....
kunin mo dito

Saturday, November 7, 2009

casswells - easy ep 1996


a short-lived indie pop band formed in 1996, from bristol they released their one and only album in 1997. while everyone else was listening to oasis and coldplay (myself included) these four lads were brave enough to play against the rules and kept the indie scene alive at least to their followers and to some that knew them. the album is excellent, it's full of semi-twee and catchy as hell tunes and they do not disappoint! the cd was also re-released under vinyl japan in 2003 and might still be available online.
kunin mo dito