Indietracks Festival / all things C86 and indiepop!

[Flex Your Head]

Anybody on here going to Indietracks this year? This is my favourite annual festival and there’s a cracking line up this year:



Particularly excited to be finally getting to see Helen Love, and The Pastels again after all these years, but there are so many fantastic bands lower down the bill – The Fireworks, Flowers, Lardpony, Tunabunny, When Nalda Became Punk and loads more.

http://www.indietracks.co.uk/

There’s a download compilation released each year featuring almost all of the bands playing. This year you get 47 songs for just £2 – that’s a touch over 4p a song – BARGAIN!

http://indietracks.bandcamp.com/album/indietracks-compilation-2013

 

[spring hall convert]

Love Camera Obscura & The Pastels & have never seen either.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

All we need are some Bodines and June Brides to make a perfect day.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

All we need are some Bodines and June Brides to make a perfect day.

Wow. You are my new best freind.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Wow. You are my new best freind.

And The Loft, Mighty Lemon Drops and a touch of McCarthy.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

And The Loft, Mighty Lemon Drops and a touch of McCarthy.

#swoon

(actually, was never THAT big on TMLDs. Loved McCarthy though).

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Up the hill and down the slope by the Loft was was my favourite track of this time. Loved McCarthy too and of course The Shop Assistants.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I utterly adored The Brilliant Corners, back in the day. They were the first real band* I ever saw live, in a little basement club on the Steine (something to do with Brighton Uni, I think). I'd say they were second only to The Smiths, to my 16 year old self.


*The Kids from FAME, at the Brighton Centre doesn't really count

 

[hans kraay fan club]

As for The June Brides, I've recently 'rediscovered' them, after buying the "Every Conversation" compilation on CD, for the car. Its comfortably the best £9.75 I've ever spent on Amazon. I'd recommend it enormously.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I utterly adored The Brilliant Corners, back in the day. They were the first real band* I ever saw live, in a little basement club on the Steine (something to do with Brighton Uni, I think). I'd say they were second only to The Smiths, to my 16 year old self.


*The Kids from FAME, at the Brighton Centre doesn't really count

The club in the basement was called The Basement. On Friday nights the DJ there was Josh Dean and he played loads of indies stuff. He was heavily into The Farmers Boys and Orange Juice amongst others. I probably would have seen you at some point. I saw The June Brides there and a band called Serious Drinking. I saw The Brilliant Corners but I think that was at The Escape. If you still like the C86 stuff then The Wedding Present are playing at The Concorde on Bank Holiday weekend. They are currating a mini festival there with other bands.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

As for The June Brides, I've recently 'rediscovered' them, after buying the "Every Conversation" compilation on CD, for the car. Its comfortably the best £9.75 I've ever spent on Amazon. I'd recommend it enormously.

Disneyland is my favourite June Brides track. I think I have the same compilation as you on CD. ( All my precious vinyl was stolen in a burglary years ago)

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Disneyland is my favourite June Brides track. I think I have the same compilation as you on CD. ( All my precious vinyl was stolen in a burglary years ago)

There are a few to choose from - Every Conversation, This Town and Just The Same could easily all have been massive hits, if the band had achieved more exposure.

Just the Same would get my vote, I reckon.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

The club in the basement was called The Basement. On Friday nights the DJ there was Josh Dean and he played loads of indies stuff. He was heavily into The Farmers Boys and Orange Juice amongst others. .

Did he have a load of brothers? I saw the Corners gig with Bennett Dean, ertswhile Albion photographer, who is a mate (and played football with him and his brothers Paul and Mike)

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Did he have a load of brothers? I saw the Corners gig with Bennett Dean, ertswhile Albion photographer, who is a mate (and played football with him and his brothers Paul and Mike)

Don't think so. He was a student at the uni as was I. Went onto to become a successful music promotor.

 

[Flex Your Head]

The June Brides played last year’s Indietracks and put on a pretty good show to be fair (I’m not really a fan of bands reforming to play their ‘hits’). Jasmine Minks and 14 Iced Bears played too amongst dozens of wonderful newer bands).

I saw some great bands at The Basement back in the 80s including a very young My Bloody Valentine, Tallulah Gosh, Felt, The Pop Guns and Omega Tribe – (I was always up for a bit of indiepop / anarcho punk crossover!)

Wednesday night down the Escape for ‘Sunshine Playroom‘ was always fantastic. Happy Half Hour from 9.30 – 10.00; buy 3 pints, get 3 free. Sorted for the evening whilst dancing to The Soup Dragons, Rosehips, Flatmates, Pastels, Sea Urchins, Shop Assistants, BMX Bandits… you get the picture. Happy days.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

The June Brides played last year’s Indietracks and put on a pretty good show to be fair (I’m not really a fan of bands reforming to play their ‘hits’). Jasmine Minks and 14 Iced Bears played too amongst dozens of wonderful newer bands).

I saw some great bands at The Basement back in the 80s including a very young My Bloody Valentine, Tallulah Gosh, Felt, The Pop Guns and Omega Tribe – (I was always up for a bit of indiepop / anarcho punk crossover!)

Wednesday night down the Escape for ‘Sunshine Playroom‘ was always fantastic. Happy Half Hour from 9.30 – 10.00; buy 3 pints, get 3 free. Sorted for the evening whilst dancing to The Soup Dragons, Rosehips, Flatmates, Pastels, Sea Urchins, Shop Assistants, BMX Bandits… you get the picture. Happy days.

Great times.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

The June Brides played last year’s Indietracks and put on a pretty good show to be fair (I’m not really a fan of bands reforming to play their ‘hits’). Jasmine Minks and 14 Iced Bears played too amongst dozens of wonderful newer bands).

I saw some great bands at The Basement back in the 80s including a very young My Bloody Valentine, Tallulah Gosh, Felt, The Pop Guns and Omega Tribe – (I was always up for a bit of indiepop / anarcho punk crossover!)

Wednesday night down the Escape for ‘Sunshine Playroom‘ was always fantastic. Happy Half Hour from 9.30 – 10.00; buy 3 pints, get 3 free. Sorted for the evening whilst dancing to The Soup Dragons, Rosehips, Flatmates, Pastels, Sea Urchins, Shop Assistants, BMX Bandits… you get the picture. Happy days.

I loved The Sunshine Playroom. Think I have still got somewhere the little fanzines they used to give out on club nights. I saw so many bands around this time. The Darling Buds were another one and BMX Bandits.

 

[Flex Your Head]

The Darling Buds played at the Richmond and I ended up going to the All Night Diner with Rob 14 Iced Bear and Andrea and Harley from the band. She was utterly gorgeous and I kept swooning as she giggled over the romato ketchup.

They reformed a year or two ago for a couple of gigs - "bit of a car crash" was how a mate described the London show.

BMX Bandits played with The Pastels at the Pavillion Theatre on a Friday night, and then again on the Sunday supporting The Soup Dragons at the (original) Concorde.

Gordon, one half of the Sunshine Playroom crew (and years later a Cream DJ), DJed at my wedding in 1987, and now, 26 years later, I play records, with my mate Andy, between all the bands at Indietracks as "Come Again DJs".
Who knew being in your mid-40's could be so cool?
(I should point out that there are plenty of new, young bands and festival-goers - it's not an old man's nostalgia-fest. Well, maybe for a couple of hours over the whole weekend).

 

[tinycowboy]

Are we talking C86? My specialist subject, and I've missed the conversation! Got to go home now, but I'm thinking Velocity Girl, Therese, Shimmer, Safety Net, Once More and Pristine Christine for the way home. Anyone have an extensive Sarah Records collection?

 

[tinycowboy]

Anyone go to Fuzzbox/Nightingales/Ted Chippington in 1986? Used to love Ted Chippington.