Indietracks Festival / all things C86 and indiepop!

[tinycowboy]

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4149133-my-secret-world--the-story-of-sarah-records

Had a read of that last night. Admired their attitude then, still admire it now. Where are those pathetic NME hacks now? Maybe they're writing for The Mail on Sunday. "The people who said that I was wrong and they were right." Still haven't seen this film. Waiting for the inevitable appearance on BBC 4 on a Friday night. Did I ever tell you that I visited There And Back Again Lane on my honeymoon?

 

[Pevenseagull]

Last night I dreamed of a club night called "The Drums Should All Be Murdered"

Time to reassess my medication

 

[Staly]

http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4149133-my-secret-world--the-story-of-sarah-records

I didn't know that Simon Westwood (Esmerelda's Kite/ Gentle Despite) had died. I used to know him a bit.... Sad

 

[tinycowboy]

I didn't know that Simon Westwood (Esmerelda's Kite/ Gentle Despite) had died. I used to know him a bit.... Sad

It is sad, but he leaves a legacy in disparate households across the world, including mine.....RIP

 

[Staly]

I've also got a Gentle Despite bootleg (yes, I know) with a mean version of Interstellar Overdrive on it.

 

[tinycowboy]

I've also got a Gentle Despite bootleg (yes, I know) with a mean version of Interstellar Overdrive on it.

That's dedication to the cause Staly - I'm pretty sure that I know no-one else with a Gentle Despite bootleg. They didn't sell them at Brighton market.

 

[Staly]

A friend and I encountered Simon on the way home from the pub once. He was so pissed that he obviously had no chance of reaching his own house, so we took him back to ours to sleep on the sofa. He spent 3 hours trying to convince our rock loving housemate that his Led Zeppelin lps were full of satanic messages by drunkenly winding them backwards and forwards on the turntable. "No, no, lishen, can't you hear it? "Satan is lord, Satan is lord"". It was hilarious.

 

[Pevenseagull]

I've also got a Gentle Despite bootleg (yes, I know) with a mean version of Interstellar Overdrive on it.

If that's on a flexidisc it should have featured in 'The History of the World in 100 Items'

 

[Staly]

If that's on a flexidisc it should have featured in 'The History of the World in 100 Items'

Even better, it's on a C15 computer tape of the type that we used to use to swap ZX Spectrum games on. How's that for a cultural artefact?

 

[tinycowboy]

Even better, it's on a C15 computer tape of the type that we used to use to swap ZX Spectrum games on. How's that for a cultural artefact?

My first band (when I was 14 - Meaty Sausage) recorded all three of our albums on C15. I had to doctor the tape so that it said "Commuter tape" rather than "Computer tape", so our first album was called "Obscure Epigrams (The Commuter Tape)". We were falling apart by the time of our third and final album which was a concept album about The Famous 5 called, elegiacally, "Farewell To The Five Forever".

 

[Pevenseagull]

Even better, it's on a C15 computer tape of the type that we used to use to swap ZX Spectrum games on. How's that for a cultural artefact?

Is it, or was it ever, labelled with dymo tape?

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Was it at the West Hill Hall? I've come down for a few gigs there - Hidden Cameras, Blue Minkies, Sock Puppets and a few others - and it's great. Close to the station but suitably tucked away, and 'bring your own booze' pretty much ensures a cheap night out.
Did you enjoy Catenary Wires? I saw them last December, and in a small, cosy upstairs room of a pub with Christmas tree and lights, as evening fell outside, they sounded pretty good. Not great, and Amelia's voice struggled at times, but decent enough. I can't really imagine listening to them at any other time though.

Incidentally, full Indietracks line-up, schedule and band biographies now up - http://www.indietracks.co.uk/line-up/
49 track compilation for £3 available here - http://indietracks.bandcamp.com/album/indietracks-compilation-2015

Anyone here going along? [MENTION=12196]tinycowboy[/MENTION]?

Just back from an Internet free zone in Spain hence my late reply. Yes, Westhill and agree a suitable place for all things indie. Can't imagine anything too noisy working there but happy to be proved wrong. Saw The Lovely Eggs recently and they also worked well. I fancy Indietracks but its my dads 90 th so would be very wrong to miss that followed the next day by sons 25th.

 

[Staly]

Is it, or was it ever, labelled with dymo tape?

I would probably have considered that too punk for Gentle Despite, although I have several Crass bootlegs thus labelled. For Gentle Despite it would have been silver glitter pen.

 

[Staly]

I am, by the way, very much enjoying the new(ish) Twerps album. Very Flying Nun. Anyone else a fan? Crap name for a band though.

https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/range-anxiety

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I am, by the way, very much enjoying the new(ish) Twerps album. Very Flying Nun. Anyone else a fan? Crap name for a band though.

https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/range-anxiety

Yes, me

Suitably jangly, and all very nice, in a sing along, not too challenging kind of way. I'm a fan.

But yes - shit name.

 

[tinycowboy]

I am, by the way, very much enjoying the new(ish) Twerps album. Very Flying Nun. Anyone else a fan? Crap name for a band though.

https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/range-anxiety

I gave it a few spins a few months back, I think. Quite nice, but not earth-shattering. The vocals are a step up from the album before (which is good). The Delgados also seemed to get better at singing as they went on.

 

[shaun_rc]

So Indietracks 2015 has come and gone with nary a mention on here! Shame about the rain on Friday and Sunday, but I enjoyed The Luxembourg Signal, the bits of Tuff Love I got to see, Evans The Death (finally better than a recent iffy London show), The Leaf Library were good too, wish I'd seen the whole set. It was difficult to fit it all in, but still a great atmosphere...

Quote from my little boy: "Would you like to see the owls?" "If you mean birds, yes, if you mean a band, no"....

 

[hans kraay fan club]

So Indietracks 2015 has come and gone with nary a mention on here! Shame about the rain on Friday and Sunday, but I enjoyed The Luxembourg Signal, the bits of Tuff Love I got to see, Evans The Death (finally better than a recent iffy London show), The Leaf Library were good too, wish I'd seen the whole set. It was difficult to fit it all in, but still a great atmosphere...

Quote from my little boy: "Would you like to see the owls?" "If you mean birds, yes, if you mean a band, no"....

Saw some bits and pieces online. Weather looked really shit. Big shame. Glad it was a good one.

 

[Grassman]

The Chesterfields, one of the first Indie bands we ever put on at The Rumble Club in Tunbridge Wells, are on Six Music right now! Lovely stuff. Poor old Davey was killed in a hit and run a few years back.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Ok- so Bobby is back. Lets see if we can fill a couple of pages with some Bobby related pop!
Here's a starter