Playing now at TweeNet HQ
Here's a quick roundup of what has been playing around TweeNet HQ in the last few months, as usual I don't even try to describe the music, but include links, so you can listen yourself.
The most played album this year must be 'JeLangerJeLieber' by German band Klee, you can listen to most of their songs at www.kleemusik.de. I went down to Rough Trade in London the other day to pick up the new Acid House Kings and the second Pipettes 7", but they didn't have either.
Instead I bought a bunch of Matinee releases. The Young Tradition is a collaboration between Brent Kenji (The Fairways) and Erik Hanspers from Sweden with a host of Californian and Swedish guest musicians. I loved the Fairways and this is similar stuff (sound). Sao Paulo's 'Pale Sunday's debut album is called "Summertime?" and with summer finally arriving in London this week it will be part of my summer soundtrack. From Seattle of all places comes the first new American band on the Matinee rooster is ages. 'Math and physics club's four song EP shows some Lucksmiths influence welcome addition to the established British Matinee sound of recent years.
Even though their latest single is also on Matinee I don't consider the 'Happy Couple' a Matinee band. The lead track "Another Sunny Day" is probably my favourite pop song of the year. Full production, great hooks, Janehoney's lovely voice and the ba-ba-bas made it one of songs that stay on repeat for hours. 'Hopeless Case' and 'The Pop Kid' are more of the same stuff while "Don't Call it" is quieter but nevertheless beautiful. Even though I liked their debut 7" a lot this is a big step forward for the pair from Hamburg.
I'm not sure what the appearance of Aberdeen on Buffy did to their sales, but it couldn't be much as they still releasing their singles on their own label. The latest 'Florida' has three more fine Aberdeen songs.
Many ex-indiepop kids in London are heavily into Northern Soul nowadays and so the four cover song comp "More Sould Than Wigan Casino" on Fortuna pop doesn't come as a surprise. My favourite is "Since You Left" by Kicker because singer Jill got the Northern Soul singing right while the music remains 'indie' The other three 'The Butterflies Of Love', 'Coment Gain' and 'Airport Girl' do an okay job as well but I'm sure I would rather listen to the originals.
As you may know The Pipettes, three girls from Brighton with their male backing band are one of the tips for this year 'Best new band'. They played a lot live this spring and we always had a great time watching them. Two of their best songs made it onto their debut 7" which is sadly already sold out. One can only hope their will make them available on MP3 again or put them on their album if there will be one. In the meantime watch out for their second 7" again in limited numbers, so order now.
I lost touch with the whole Spanish scene a bit, hardly buying any Spanish records this year. Maybe the best days are over and one has to go back to buy older stuff like the re-issue of the Family's 'Un Soplo en el corazon' album on CD. This hardly left my turntable when it came out in 1993 and it still sounds fantastic. 'Vacaciones' from Barcelona left Elefant Records and their latest EP 'Suelta los problemas Ya' is on their own label. The continue with their typical 2000 Spanish indiepop, still great stuff.
'The Charade' from Stockholm are made up from members of two of my favourite Swedish bands: The Shermans and the totally underrated 'HappyDeadMen' who started my love with Swedish pop music back in 1991. The album 'The best is yet to come' has been release on the new Skipping Stones records out of Connecticut and pretty much continues where the Shermans left off, so if you liked their stuff, you'll like this too.
A lot of members of bands we are featuring on 'The Sound Of Leamington Spa' continued to make music to this day and in most cases I'm not that impressed with their more recent work, but there are exceptions. Dublin's 'Hey Paulette' who had a song on Leamington Spa vol.1 and performed under the name of 'The Sewing Room' in the nineties are back with a new name and new album. 'Crumb' doesn't sound like Hey Paulette but rather than the best moments of Teenage Fan Club.
I stayed over at a friend's house in Hamburg in February and he was very excited as his two favourite bands would release new albums soon. The one by New Order I haven't even bought yet because I did lost interest a while ago. The second one was 'Ocean's Apart' by The Go-Betweens. I loved them as well and reviews in the British press hailed the album as their best work of the new period and up with their best LPs of their eighties. With all this built-up excitement, I was a bit disappointed, surely this is a solid album with a great mixture of Forster and McLennan songs but I thing that's missing are the hits that that all the previous albums had, so for me the weakest album since 'Send me a lullaby' in 1981. Of course you shouldn't be without it anyway.
Ashby from Boston seemed to be ignored on the indiepop list which is surprising, as their new second album is just as good as the first one from a few years back. Check them out. A few records I want to mention because they stood out of the usually pretty bad promo copies we receive and it's nice to find something new I like among the promos. 'The boy least likely to's 'The best party ever' has some great songs you can enjoy at www.theboyleastlikelyto.co.uk. The Meek from California released 'A whole different country', good music and fine lyrics which go beyond the usual 'boy meets girl' stories. . Roy Moller has a new 7" on Pickled Egg records, listen at www.roymoller.com Finally you should give 'Drayton Michaels' at www.draytonmicheals.com a try.
The most played album this year must be 'JeLangerJeLieber' by German band Klee, you can listen to most of their songs at www.kleemusik.de. I went down to Rough Trade in London the other day to pick up the new Acid House Kings and the second Pipettes 7", but they didn't have either.
Instead I bought a bunch of Matinee releases. The Young Tradition is a collaboration between Brent Kenji (The Fairways) and Erik Hanspers from Sweden with a host of Californian and Swedish guest musicians. I loved the Fairways and this is similar stuff (sound). Sao Paulo's 'Pale Sunday's debut album is called "Summertime?" and with summer finally arriving in London this week it will be part of my summer soundtrack. From Seattle of all places comes the first new American band on the Matinee rooster is ages. 'Math and physics club's four song EP shows some Lucksmiths influence welcome addition to the established British Matinee sound of recent years.
Even though their latest single is also on Matinee I don't consider the 'Happy Couple' a Matinee band. The lead track "Another Sunny Day" is probably my favourite pop song of the year. Full production, great hooks, Janehoney's lovely voice and the ba-ba-bas made it one of songs that stay on repeat for hours. 'Hopeless Case' and 'The Pop Kid' are more of the same stuff while "Don't Call it" is quieter but nevertheless beautiful. Even though I liked their debut 7" a lot this is a big step forward for the pair from Hamburg.
I'm not sure what the appearance of Aberdeen on Buffy did to their sales, but it couldn't be much as they still releasing their singles on their own label. The latest 'Florida' has three more fine Aberdeen songs.
Many ex-indiepop kids in London are heavily into Northern Soul nowadays and so the four cover song comp "More Sould Than Wigan Casino" on Fortuna pop doesn't come as a surprise. My favourite is "Since You Left" by Kicker because singer Jill got the Northern Soul singing right while the music remains 'indie' The other three 'The Butterflies Of Love', 'Coment Gain' and 'Airport Girl' do an okay job as well but I'm sure I would rather listen to the originals.
As you may know The Pipettes, three girls from Brighton with their male backing band are one of the tips for this year 'Best new band'. They played a lot live this spring and we always had a great time watching them. Two of their best songs made it onto their debut 7" which is sadly already sold out. One can only hope their will make them available on MP3 again or put them on their album if there will be one. In the meantime watch out for their second 7" again in limited numbers, so order now.
I lost touch with the whole Spanish scene a bit, hardly buying any Spanish records this year. Maybe the best days are over and one has to go back to buy older stuff like the re-issue of the Family's 'Un Soplo en el corazon' album on CD. This hardly left my turntable when it came out in 1993 and it still sounds fantastic. 'Vacaciones' from Barcelona left Elefant Records and their latest EP 'Suelta los problemas Ya' is on their own label. The continue with their typical 2000 Spanish indiepop, still great stuff.
'The Charade' from Stockholm are made up from members of two of my favourite Swedish bands: The Shermans and the totally underrated 'HappyDeadMen' who started my love with Swedish pop music back in 1991. The album 'The best is yet to come' has been release on the new Skipping Stones records out of Connecticut and pretty much continues where the Shermans left off, so if you liked their stuff, you'll like this too.
A lot of members of bands we are featuring on 'The Sound Of Leamington Spa' continued to make music to this day and in most cases I'm not that impressed with their more recent work, but there are exceptions. Dublin's 'Hey Paulette' who had a song on Leamington Spa vol.1 and performed under the name of 'The Sewing Room' in the nineties are back with a new name and new album. 'Crumb' doesn't sound like Hey Paulette but rather than the best moments of Teenage Fan Club.
I stayed over at a friend's house in Hamburg in February and he was very excited as his two favourite bands would release new albums soon. The one by New Order I haven't even bought yet because I did lost interest a while ago. The second one was 'Ocean's Apart' by The Go-Betweens. I loved them as well and reviews in the British press hailed the album as their best work of the new period and up with their best LPs of their eighties. With all this built-up excitement, I was a bit disappointed, surely this is a solid album with a great mixture of Forster and McLennan songs but I thing that's missing are the hits that that all the previous albums had, so for me the weakest album since 'Send me a lullaby' in 1981. Of course you shouldn't be without it anyway.
Ashby from Boston seemed to be ignored on the indiepop list which is surprising, as their new second album is just as good as the first one from a few years back. Check them out. A few records I want to mention because they stood out of the usually pretty bad promo copies we receive and it's nice to find something new I like among the promos. 'The boy least likely to's 'The best party ever' has some great songs you can enjoy at www.theboyleastlikelyto.co.uk. The Meek from California released 'A whole different country', good music and fine lyrics which go beyond the usual 'boy meets girl' stories. . Roy Moller has a new 7" on Pickled Egg records, listen at www.roymoller.com Finally you should give 'Drayton Michaels' at www.draytonmicheals.com a try.
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| Published: | 31 May 2005 | Author: | Peter Hahndorf |
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