Indietracks Festival / all things C86 and indiepop!

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Yeah, they were bloody great.

The Brilliant Corners, that is. I recently dowloaded a John Peel session from a dodgy Russian site. Pure joy.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Have to say, that leaves me pretty meh: sounds like an A-ha album track or something. This on the other hand, from the essential Labrador 100 compilation, is rather fantastic. Pick out your fave influences ;o)

Sorry, I linked to te wrong track. May have been drunk at the time. I'll see if I can dig out the joyous one some time. All the best.

 

[Flex Your Head]

Sorry, I linked to te wrong track. May have been drunk at the time.

No need to apologise. I reckon a good 50% of my posts take place after alcohol has been happily glugged. Left downstairs with a bottle of red I can lose hours trawling round the web listening to lost gems. Like tonight.

 

[Staly]

Ah, 1000 Violins. There's a rich untapped seam

 

[Stato]

Its not quite C86, but I've just got around to playing a CD that a mate gave me a while ago. It's by a Brazilian bloke who goes by the name Le Almeida. The album he's given me is from 2010 and called Mono Maca, but it looks like he's got a new album out which is all on YouTube. Any fans of stuff like Pavement might be interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pTdmUSHWCk&list=PLTaRWr5sdDvk2Jf-idLAngcwG-EJlK6pC

It's all in Portugese and the older album is more garage-sounding and can be heard at https://lealmeida.bandcamp.com/album/mono-ma

 

[tinycowboy]

Quite nice, for fans of Antipodean indie:

https://soundcloud.com/chaptermusic/the-goon-sax-sometimes-accidentally

 

[Flex Your Head]

Quite nice, for fans of Antipodean indie:

https://soundcloud.com/chaptermusic/the-goon-sax-sometimes-accidentally

I listened to this at the weekend - very nice.

I've recorded all 3 parts of Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie, but not watched any yet. Is it any good?

 

[tinycowboy]

I listened to this at the weekend - very nice.

I've recorded all 3 parts of Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie, but not watched any yet. Is it any good?

It's OK, doesn't really tell you anything new, but not a bad way to spend three hours.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

It's OK, doesn't really tell you anything new, but not a bad way to spend three hours.

I did record the 80's one and watched it last night. It was, as Tiny says - no earth shattering insight for the converted - but enjoyably nostalgic. For a program supposedly about NON-mainstream music, it kind of wasn't - at least not to the likes of us indie-kids. (Understandably I guess) concentrated on the likes of the Smiths, New Order, Happy Mondays, etc rather than PROPER indie-pop. Sarah Records didn't get a mention at all, (although Amelia Fletcher was one of the talking heads).

Going to have a look and see if the 90's one is still on iPlayer, later in the week.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Speaking of which...

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[Stato]

I did record the 80's one and watched it last night. It was, as Tiny says - no earth shattering insight for the converted - but enjoyably nostalgic. For a program supposedly about NON-mainstream music, it kind of wasn't - at least not to the likes of us indie-kids. (Understandably I guess) concentrated on the likes of the Smiths, New Order, Happy Mondays, etc rather than PROPER indie-pop. Sarah Records didn't get a mention at all, (although Amelia Fletcher was one of the talking heads).

Going to have a look and see if the 90's one is still on iPlayer, later in the week.

***Spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't seen it.***

I found it quite Manc-centric. It started with the Buzzcocks EP which was a punk single on an indie label, just like 'New Rose' on Stiff some months earlier, but Stiff didn't seem to fit the narrative and didn't get a mention. This would be fine if the programmes concentrated on 'indie' as musical genre rather than a business model, but we got quite a lot from Waterman about PWL, so this was obviously not their intent. I wouldn't have expected Stiff to be covered in detail as BBC4 have done a previous documentary focusing on them, but it needed mentioning as one of the originators, one that preceded anything in Manchester. I suspect that its base in London would have contradicted the programmes view that everything came from the provinces.

As it continued into the Factory, Britpop and Creation stories it covered old ground. There is a far more esoteric and interesting story to be told, but this was glossed over as 'C86' happened, but it wasn't very good, lets not to talk about it. By skipping to Britpop as the supposed antidote to grunge it ignored the impact that bands like the Vaselines and the Shop Assistants had on Cobain's music and that the scene had on his worldview. I would say that a lot of the early grunge bands shared the anti-corporate, anti-commercialism, do-it-yourself attitude that British post-punk indies and C86 type labels had. Most Britpop bands seemed to just want to be the next big thing.

 

[Flex Your Head]

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart covering James from their forthcoming EP 'Hell'. They encored (is that a word?) with this at Indietracks and it was ace.

http://pitchfork.com/news/61744-the...art-announce-new-ep-hell-cover-laid-by-james/

or https://soundcloud.com/user-495904911 if all the ads on Pitchfork piss you off.

The EP also includes a cover of Felt's "Ballad of the Band". I look forward to hearing that.

 

[Staly]

Here we go. Limited edition http://storyofsarahrecords.bigcartel.com/product/my-secret-world-the-story-of-sarah-records-dvd

 

[tinycowboy]

Here we go. Limited edition http://storyofsarahrecords.bigcartel.com/product/my-secret-world-the-story-of-sarah-records-dvd

Hmmm. I want to buy it, but (a) I'd be surprised if I watched it more than once, and (b) surely it will be broadcast on BBC4 on a Friday night in the not-too-distant future?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Hmmm. I want to buy it, but (a) I'd be surprised if I watched it more than once, and (b) surely it will be broadcast on BBC4 on a Friday night in the not-too-distant future?

All of that.

I don't think our house even possesses a DVD player any more, tbh.

 

[Staly]

But you get a poster! And extra footage (probably of Everett True)

 

[Pevenseagull]

You need to factor in the additional cost of needing to buy a duffle coat ASAP after watching it.

 

[Staly]

I own many duffle coats. I can hire them out

 

[tinycowboy]

I own many duffle coats. I can hire them out

Now I'm older and earn more, I've upgraded to a Gloverall duffle. Living the dream. Re the DVD: I'll stick it on my Lovefilm list. My wife wouldn't let me put the poster up anyway.

 

[Staly]

No, posters have to be in frames these days. And even then only in the rarely frequented wings of the house where only I go.