On Alligator Bites Never Heal, Doechii is equal parts her Tampa roots and Los Angeles, where she’s currently based, she is then and now and also tomorrow, she is countless genres and movements and eras and ideas laid out before us in less than an hour of song. She is the woman on the cover, looking like a stone-faced queen, wearing Vivienne Westwood with beads in her braids and an albino alligator in her lap as if to say, “Did you expect something less?”

The mixtape comes on the heels of Doechii's Eurodance-inspired hit "Alter Ego," dubbed by R&B superstar SZA as "the craziest song I've heard all year." "Alter Ego” received the remix treatment, with JT delivering a verse, further extending Doechii's winning streak. To date, the song has earned over 15 million streams on Spotify alone. Earlier this summer, Doechii released "MPH," where she thrives over a frenetic dance beat. She also partnered with Sprite's Limelight music film to release her melodic single "ROCKET," a song Hypebeast labeled "perfect for the summer."

'Cuts Across The Land' was the first full-length album from much-loved cult rock band The Duke Spirit - Originally issued on Loog Records in May 2005, it was a huge, critically acclaimed adrenalin-rush of an album that consolidated the group's word-of-mouth success - To commemorate the album's 20th Anniversary, the original album is paired with a new limited LP of B-sides and rarities from the era and is pressed onto two audiophile 180gm LPs: one on yellow splatter vinyl and the other on red vinyl splatter vinyl.

The Duke Spirit was formed in London in 2003 by guitarist Luke Ford (guitar) and vocalist Liela Moss (vocals), who'd met at art college in Cheltenham. Joined by bassist Toby Butler and guitarist Dan Higgins after moving to London, their debut EP, Roll, Spirit, Roll was released on City Rockers that year. It garnered positive reviews, which led ultimately to a contract with Polydor through James Oldham's hip Loog Records imprint.

'Cuts Across The Land' was produced by ex-Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde and U2 producer Flood, taking the strident vocals of Moss and the chiming guitars of Higgins and Ford to create a dense, exciting sound. Containing five singles, including the UK Top 30 hit, 'Lion Rip', the group offered an exciting mixture of post-punk and heavy rock, creating their own, unique sound. Album standout and live favourite 'Love Is A Unfamiliar Name' typifies their approach.

TRACK LISTING

1. Cuts Across The Land
2. Stubborn Stitches
3. Darling, You're Mean
4. Win Your Love
5. Hello To The Floor
6. Bottom Of The Sea
7. Fades The Sun
8. You Were Born Inside My Heart
9. Lion Rip
10. Lovetones
11.Love Is An Unfamiliar Name
12. Red Weather
13. Dark Is Light Enough
14. So Good To Hear
15. Boot Hill (demo)
16. Take A Look Around
17. Souvenir
18. Now Be Still
19. Every Cell Can Tell
20. Honeysun
21. Scratching Around (demo)
22. Patients (demo)

Following the successful ‘Slates’ Live! and ‘Grotesque’ Live! releases, Popstock Records is proud to present Singles Live Vol One 1978–81 released via Bella Union. The album documents a particularly important era in The Fall’s history - it begins with the group that recorded the debut album Live At The Witch Trials and ends with the line-up that made Hex Enduction Hour. In between we get a number of interesting variations on these two seminal iterations. As listeners will hear, what is beyond doubt is that whoever took to the stage on any given night The Fall were always witheringly powerful. The versions of the songs presented here are a wonderful addition the group’s canon.

"I have seen the madness in my area" sings Mr Smith on track 4 of this record. That sentence sums up a lot of The Fall's appeal to me: they looked at The North, the place I was brought up in, and saw something alien and inexplicable in it. Not "Gritty Northern Realism" but rather "Snotty Northern Sur-realism". A welcome alternative to all that Hovis advert, brass-band, "Ee by gum", "Last of the Summer Wine" schtick you normally got whenever The North was mentioned in the mass media. According to The Fall, people in the North of England also had dreams and sometimes saw "monsters glowing on the roof" of the local disco and had to deal with City Hobgoblins on a daily basis. This was great news. Incredibly great news for an 18 year-old who had just left school and was on Social Security and was trying to make it in a band, which was quite difficult because the rest of said band had been forced to go to university by their parents. Plus, The North was (pardon my French) completely fucked by 1981: its industries closed down by the Thatcher government, leaving the entire population in a severe state of shock. We needed something new to believe in. A band to believe in.

"We are Northern White Crap that talks back" was another inspirational quote at this time (you can hear it in the introduction to "Psykick Dance Hall" on this record). Because that was what I was aspiring to do: I was attempting to find a voice. Attempting to find out who I could be. Tough job.

The Fall had always been helpful to me in matters like these: Pulp's first mention in the local press, whilst I was still at school, had likened us to "a cross between ABBA and The Fall" (best review ever!), which was encouraging, to say the least. Then I went with my sister to see them at The Leadmill which led to an argument between us as to whether what we had just witnessed was "really" music or not. Never mind that question -- what about all the rest? Are you allowed to be that repetitive? Do all the instruments have to be in tune? Is the singer allowed to hang his jacket on the mic stand if he gets too hot? Yes, no, yes. The Fall provided possibilities. Showed possible escape routes. They said, "Anyone can do this -- as long as you do it your own way". That meant you had to make your own rules and find your own subjects to write songs about amongst the rubble of the newly post-industrial North. Get to work.

This record brings back those days of inspiration and exhilaration. I know these songs by heart even though I never bought a Fall single back then; John Peel always played The Fall releases so I taped them off the radio. Sorry. I'm sure you're familiar with them too. But to hear them live, in the heat of the moment, really brings back the spirit of The Fall. The giddiness and excitement. The palpable hunger to find something new to sing about and believe in. This music never gets old.

The Fall are still the perfect antidote to the "madness in our area". Long may they reign.

Jarvis Cocker, December 2024

TRACK LISTING

1. It’s The New Thing (Live)
2. Various Times (Live)
3. Rowche Rumble (Live)
4. In My Area (Live)
5. Fiery Jack (Live)
6. 2nd Dark Age (Live)
7. Psykick Dancehall #2(Live)
8. How I Wrote Elastic Man (Live)
9. City Hobgoblins (Live)

Greatest Fits is a deep dive into the superb sounds of German avant-garde new wave pioneer Gina X on the cult Dark Entries label. This double LP compilation spans the whole of the bold, boundary-blurring career of Gina X Performance, which came together first in 1978 when singer Gina Kikoine and producer Zeus B set out to create "the absolute union of music, poetry and travesty". With selections taken from four albums, you'll find their signature blend of icy electro, camp theatrics and subversive pop throughout, and it all ranges from the pulsing 'Nice Mover' to the decadent 'No G.D.M.' Greatest Fits is both a musical time capsule and a vital reminder of how far ahead Gina X always was while also serving as a celebration of queer culture and synth-driven hedonism.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: One of the coolest and most interesting German artists of all time (in my humble German opinion) that I can't recommend highly enough. If you're into Saada Bonaire, Vicious Pink, Gary Numan, Soft Cell etc. do yourself a favour and get a copy of this mega compilation, you won't be disappointed!

TRACK LISTING

1. No GDM
2. Exhibitionism
3. Be A Boy
4. Tropical Comic Strip
5. Nice Mover
6. Cologne Intime
7. Opposite Numbers
8. Vendor's Box
9. Strip Tease
10. IC Code
11. Kaddish
12. Hypnosis/Hypnose
13. Babylon Generation
14. Die Kunst Des Liebens (The Art Of Loving)
15. Kanal Banal
16. French Lift
17. Waiting

Heading up the B-Town scene back in 2012 alnogside Peace and Swim Deep, JAWS announced a fairwell tour for 2025 and have treated us to this 10th anniversary reissue of thier beloved debut album, 'Be Slowly'. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: Perfect slice on mid-10s indie. A band that meant everything to me when I was 17 and a band that still hold a real special place in my heart. They've recently completed their farewell tour, so picking up this LP is the perfect way to commemorate the band -JAWS FOREVER

TRACK LISTING

1. Time
2. Cameron
3. Gold
4. Swim
5. Home
6. Be Slowly
7. Think Too Much, Feel Too Little
8. Filth
9. Sunset State
10. Surround You
11. NYE

’Still’ is a compilation album first released in 1981 after the death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Their two previous albums had already cemented the Manchester’s band’s iconic status in music history and ‘Still’ filled in gaps.
It featured previously unreleased studio material, two non-album tracks ‘Dead Souls’ and ‘Glass’ and a live recording of Joy Division’s last ever concert, at Birmingham University. The show included the only live performance of ‘Ceremony’ by the band, who later morphed into New Order and released it as a single.

TRACK LISTING

1. Exercise One
2. Ice Age
3. The Sound Of Music
4. Glass
5. The Only Mistake
6. Walked In Line
7. The Kill
8. Something Must Break
9. Dead Souls
10. Sister Ray
11. Ceremony
12. Shadowplay
13. Means To An End
14. Passover
15. New Dawn Fades
16. Twenty Four Hours
17. Transmission
18. Disorder
19. Isolation
20. Decades
21. Digital

Formed in South London in the mid-1980s by Robert Hampson, Loop blazed a trail with their potent mix of motorik beats and heavy guitar riffs, recording a trio of brilliant albums that set the indie charts alight before imploding in 1990 after the release of album number three, A Gilded Eternity. As critics enthused at the time, Loop were the sound of Suicide jamming with the Stooges aboard a spaceship built by Hawkwind and piloted by CAN. They were post-psychedelic, pre-shoegaze figureheads in a world of anodyne pop jangle and baggy rhythms, and even their closest contemporaries like Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine didn’t plough such a distinctive furrow as theirs.

First time vinyl pressing of these remastered 12”/EP tracks. Originally released in the 80s / 1990, on the Chapter 22 / Head / Situation 2 labels.

16 Dreams 12” (Head) released 1986
Spinning 7” /12” (Head) released 1987
Collision 7”/12” (Chapter 22) released 1988
Black Sun 12” (Chapter 22) released 1988
Arc-Lite 7”/12”/CD5 (Situation 2) released 1989
Primsma Uber Europa 12” (Beggars) released 1991 (Live Promo only)

Remastered from the original tapes by Kevin Metcalf and then reissued for the first time in 2009 as part of the WORLD IN YOUR EYES 3CD set on Reactor. Now re-mastered for vinyl and re-cut to lacquers by Shawn Joseph /Optimum Mastering and issued as TWELVES. (ref: the 3 x 7” set SEVENS released 2020)

Each side of this 3LP set has one of the 12”s in full, 16 Dreams / Spinning / Collision / Black Sun / Arc-Lite..as well as the promo only LIVE 12” Prisma Uber Europa. The 12” cover of each LP has the relevant sleeve on each side to recreate the original sleeve image, and each 12” side will have labels as close to the original designs as possible.

Hear Loop expand their sound from the Stooges / Velvets / garage pyschout of “16 Dreams”, into the “Spinning” era and then develop their motorik fuzzed-out nihilistic pummel through the “Collision” and “Black Sun” EPs to finish this set with the “Arc-Lite” side, possibly Loop at their most visceral. Unable to be pigeon holed like most bands of this time, their live shows also wiped the floor with everyone as evidenced on the “Prisma Uber Europa” 12”. Not reissued on vinyl when first remastered, now its time. PLAY LOUD

TRACK LISTING

Side A - 16 Dreams
16 Dreams
Head On
Burning World

Side B - Spinning
Spinning (Parts 1&2)
Brittle Head Girl
Deep Hit

Side C - Collision
Collision
Crawling Heart
Thief Of Fire (Written-By – The Pop Group)
Thief (Motherfucker) (Written-By – The Pop Group)

Side D - Black Sun
Black Sun
Circle Grave
Mother Sky (Written-By – Can)

Side E - Arc-Lite
Arc-Lite (Sonar)
Arc-Lite (Radar)
Sunburst
Arc-Lite (Radiated)

Side F - Prisma Uber Europa
Afterglow (Live)
Got To Get It Over (Live)
Burning World (Live)

‘Time Flies… 1994 – 2009’ is Oasis’ complete singles collection.

Now available with remastered audio, this quadruple vinyl deluxe box set is released to celebrate its 15th anniversary and ahead of the band’s eagerly anticipated Oasis Live ’25 tour, and includes a limited edition print.

Released on Big Brother Recordings, the tracklisting spans fifteen years across Oasis’ staggering seven consecutive number one albums. 1994’s ‘Definitely Maybe’, 1995’s ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’, 1997’s ‘Be Here Now’, 2000’s ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’, 2002’s ‘Heathen Chemistry’, 2005’s ‘Don’t Believe The Truth’ and ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ from 2008. Starting with their irresistible debut, ‘Supersonic’ and finishing with their last release ‘Falling Down’, this compilation features all 26 singles - including ‘Whatever’ and ‘Lord Don't Slow Me Down’, which have previously never appeared on an Oasis studio album.

TRACK LISTING

CD Tracklisting:
Disc: 1
1. Supersonic (Remastered)
2. Roll With It (Remastered)
3. Live Forever (Remastered)
4. Wonderwall (Remastered)
5. Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Remastered)
6. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Remastered)
7. Songbird (Remastered)
8. Don't Look Back In Anger (Remastered)
9. The Hindu Times (Remastered)
10. Stand By Me (Remastered)
11. Lord Don't Slow Me Down (Remastered)
12. Shakermaker (Remastered)
13. All Around The World (Remastered)

Disc: 2
1. Some Might Say (Remastered)
2. The Importance Of Being Idle (Remastered)
3. D'You Know What I Mean? (Remastered)
4. Lyla(Remastered)
5. Let There Be Love (Remastered)
6. Go Let It Out (Remastered)
7. Who Feels Love? (Remastered)
8. Little By Little (Remastered)
9. The Shock Of The Lightning (Remastered)
10. She Is Love (Remastered)
11. Whatever (Remastered)
12. I'm Outta Time (Remastered)
13. Falling Down (Remastered)

Vinyl Tracklisting:
DISC1:
SIDE A
1. Supersonic (Remastered)
2. Roll With It (Remastered)
3. Live Forever (Remastered)
4. Wonderwall (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Remastered)
2. Cigarettes & Alcohol (Remastered)
3. Songbird (Remastered)
4. Don't Look Back In Anger (Remastered)

DISC 2:
SIDE A
1. The Hindu Times (Remastered)
2. Stand By Me (Remastered)
3. Lord Don't Slow Me Down (Remastered)
4. Shakermaker (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. All Around The World (Remastered)
2. Some Might Say (Remastered)
3. The Importance Of Being Idle (Remastered)

DISC 3:
SIDE A
1. D'You Know What I Mean? (Remastered)
2. Lyla (Remastered)
3. Let There Be Love (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. Go Let It Out (Remastered)
2. Who Feels Love? (Remastered)
3. Little By Little (Remastered)

DISC 4
SIDE A
1. The Shock Of The Lightning (Remastered)
2. She Is Love (Remastered)
3. Whatever (Remastered)
SIDE B
1. I'm Outta Time (Remastered)
2. Falling Down (Remastered)

Originally released in 1993, the ‘Brown Album‘ defied expectations and had a significant genre and cultural impact - showcasing the duo's scope and ambition. It was also met with widespread critical acclaim upon release, with NME awarding it 9/10 in their review, and it was chosen as one of Mixmag’s “best albums of all time”. The album's blend of diverse influences and its rejection of conventional norms helped to solidify Orbital's reputation as The Godfathers Of Rave, expanding the horizons of electronic music beyond local DJ nights.

Standout track, ‘Halcyon + On + On’, became an instant classic, known for its ethereal atmosphere and haunting vocal sample from Opus III’s ‘It’s a Fine Day’. The track’s dreamy progression and uplifting yet melancholic tone made it a staple in film soundtracks and DJ sets, embodying the emotional depth electronic music could achieve. The album also includes ‘Impact (The Earth Is Burning)’ - another defining moment, and ‘Lush 3-1’ and ‘Lush 3-2’.

TRACK LISTING

1. Time Becomes
2. Planet Of The Shapes
3. Lush 3-1
4. Lush 3-2
5. Impact (The Earth Is Burning)
6. Remind
7. Walk Now...
8. Monday
9. Halcyon + On + On
10. Input Out

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart exploded out of the late 00s Brooklyn indie scene with a bright, distinctive sound that paid tribute to everything from C86 to early Slumberland, Sarah and Creation label pop, but with a distinct American flavor drawn from groups like Smashing Pumpkins and The Exploding Hearts. Their 2009 self-titled debut is rightly considered a classic, and with Perfect Right Now we're thrilled to round out the story of The Pains' early years.

The ten tracks here compile the much-loved (and LONG out of print!) b-sides from the 7"s that accompanied that first album, the follow-up Higher Than The Stars EP, a couple of scarce tunes from split singles, and finally "Say No To Love," a spectacular tune that points the way forward to the band's next chapter. There are some proper lost classics here, songs like "Kurt Cobain's Cardigan" and "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" that still pack the dancefloors at indie discos from Göteborg to Glasgow and we couldn't be more excited to make them available again.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A quintessential part of 00's indie, POBPAH epitomise the glistening post-grunge production and crystalline, playful melodies that were the antithesis to grunge's super serious, thoughtful textures.

TRACK LISTING

Kurt Cobain's Cardigan
Come Saturday ('searching For The Now' Version)
Ramona
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Side Ponytail
Higher Than The Stars
103
Falling Over
Twins
Say No To Love

• The Pale Fountains were an English band formed in Liverpool in 1980, and composed of Mick Head, Chris McCaffery, Thomas Whelan, Andy Diagram and Ken Moss.

• Inspired by 1960s music such as Love, Burt Bacharach and The Beatles, the group released their debut single ‘(There's Always) Something on My Mind’ in October 1982. Although the Pale Fountains failed to make much commercial headway, the band would earn critical praise for the two albums released on Virgin, ‘Pacific Street’ (1984) and ‘...From Across the Kitchen Table’ (1985).

This 4-CD box set brings together both albums as well as all the B-Sides, mixes, and some previously unreleased material from the Virgin vaults all housed in a sturdy box with extensive sleeve notes by Classic Pop’s John Earls.

Mick Head – Vocals, Guitar (1981–1987)
Chris McCaffery – Bass Guitar (1981–1987)
Thomas Whelan – Drums (1981–1987)
Andy Diagram – Trumpet (1982–1984)
John Head – Guitar (1984–1987)

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Michael Head's first band were so romantic and melodic and young and beautiful. It's all here!

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE: 
Pacific Street
1 Reach
2 Something On My Mind
3 Unless
4 Southbound Excursion
5 Natural
6 Faithful Pillow (Pt 1)
7 (Don't Let Your Love) Start A War
8 Beyond Fridays Field
9 Abergele Next Time
10 Crazier
11 Faithful Pillow (Pt 2)
BONUS TRACKS
12 Thank You - Single
13 Meadow Of Love - Single B Side
14 (There's Always) Something On My Mind - Remix
15 Palm Of My Hand - Single
16 Palm Of My Hand - Instrumental - Single B Side
17 Love's A Beautiful Place - Single B Side
18 Unless - Extended Version 12" Single
19 (Don't Let Your Love) Start A War - Single
20 (Don't Let Your Love) Start A War - Extended Version 12" Single
21 Love Situation - Single B Side

DISC TWO:
Mixes And Unreleased Tracks
1 Partner Picking Man - Rough Mix With Bass And
Drums*
2 Fight Think Love / Love Situation - Rough Mix Take 1*
3 Jock's A String Bean - Rough Mix*
4 Fight Think Love / Love Situation - Rough Mix Take 2*
5 Spanish Tragedy (Beyond Fridays Field) - Rough Instrumental Mix*
6 Take A Little Shelter - Rough Mix Take 2*
7 Partner Picking Man - Acoustic*
8 Sun Drenched Girl (Crazier) - Acoustic
9 Lavinia's Dream - Rough Mix Take 1
10 (There's Always) Something On My Mind - Rough Mix
11 Hey There Fred - Rough Mix
12 One By One - Rough Mix Take 2*
13 Norfolk Broads - Rough Mix Take 1
14 Untitled Jam / 7 And 7 Is*
15 Unless - Rough Mix
16 (There's Always) Something On My Mind - Rough Mix
17 Sundrenched Girl (Crazier) - Rough Mix
18 Southbound Excursion - Rough Mix

DISC THREE:
From Across The Kitchen Table
1 Shelter
2 Stole The Love
3 Jean's Not Happening
4 Bicycle Thieves
5 Limit
6 27 Ways To Get Back Home
7 Bruised Arcade
8 These Are The Things
9 Its Only Hard
10 ...From Across The Kitchen Table
11 Hey
12 September Sting 

DISC FOUR:
Mixes And Unreleased Tracks
1 From Across The Kitchen Table - Extended Version 12" Single
2 Bicycle Thieves - Remix Single B Side
3 Just A Girl - Remix Single B Side
4 Thank You - Remix Single B Side
5 Silver Bendix – Demo*
6 The Outsider – Demo*
7 Detrimentally (Stole The Love) - Demo
8 27 Ways To Get Back Home - Demo
9 Summertime (It's Hard) -Demo
10 Shelter - Demo
11 Yeah Eah Eah – Demo*
12 These Are The Things (Stay) - Demo
13 Bruised Arcade - Demo

*Previously Unreleased.

'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)' examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone. The film captures the band’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.

The film features notable guests such as Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland, and Clive Davis. Additional guests include those closet to Sly, including his band members Jerry Martini, Greg Errico, Larry Graham and Cynthia Robinson and family Sylvette Phunne Robinson, Novena Carmel, and Sylvester Stewart Jr., who offer the best insights into Sly’s life by sharing anecdotes from their time together.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sing A Simple Song (Alternate Mix)
2. Underdog
3. Trip To Your Heart (Alternate Mix) 
4. Dance To The Music (J.PERIOD Edit)
5. M'Lady 
6. Everyday People (J.PERIOD Edit) 
7. Hot Fun In The Summertime (Interlude) 
8. Hot Fun In The Summertime 
9. Everybody Is A Star (Mono Single Master) 
10. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 
11. Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa (Alternate Mix)
12. Family Affair (Questlove Rhythm King Edit)
13. Runnin' Away (Alternate Mix)
14. Just Like A Baby
15. Babies Makin' Babies (Interlude)
16. If You Want Me To Stay (Alternate Version)
17. Thankful N' Thoughtful (Alternate Version)
18. Family Affair (Wedding Band Interlude)
19. Can't Strain My Brain
20. Stand! (Take 1)
21. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

One of the most influential albums of the 90s, featuring 'Today', 'Disarm' and 'Cherub Rock', on 180 Gram vinyl with original 1993 packaging.

TRACK LISTING

1. Cherub Rock
2. Quiet
3. Today
4. Hummer
5. Rocket
6. Disarm
7. Soma
8. Geek U.S.A.
9. Mayonaise
10. Spaceboy
11. Silverfuck
12. Sweet Sweet
13. Luna

Bowing out at their creative peak, Perfect Teeth is the wonderful final album by American 90s indie rock greats Unrest. Having just clocked 30 years, 4AD and the band are revisiting it to present the limited, celebratory double album of Perfect Teeth / Extra Teeth; the album remastered plus a bonus disc of EP tracks, singles and rarities.

Borrowing their name from a Henry Cow record, Unrest formed in 1983 at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia (just outside of Washington, D.C.). Beginning as an improv instrumental band, they were soon perfecting genre-hopping eclecticism and issuing recordings (often in cassette form) via frontman Mark Robinson's DIY label TeenBeat, as well as on notable labels such as 4AD, Caroline and Matador.

Their last album, Perfect Teeth features the latter year classic line-up of founding members Mark Robinson and Phil Krauth plus bassist Bridget Cross (a one-time member of Velocity Girl) and was recorded in the Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, MN, in early 1993, mere days after Nirvana completed In Utero in the very same space.

For this reissue, the album and bonus tracks have all been remastered – most from their original analogue tapes – and are sounding as great as ever. Working again with original designer Chris Bigg, he’s kept the original album art as is (complete with Robert Mapplethorpe’s portrait of former Miaow singer/songwriter Cath Carroll on the cover) and has created a brand-new sleeve for Extra Teeth that compliments the original release. This one-time release sees the two albums bundled together with an exclusive 16-page art booklet that includes liner notes by the band.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Angel I’ll Walk You Home
A2 Cath Carroll
A3 So Sick
A4 Light Command
A5 Food & Drink Synthesizer
A6 Soon It Is Going To Rain
B1 Make Out Club
B2 Breather X.O.X.O.
B3 West Coast Love Affair
B4 Six Layer Cake
B5 Stylized Ampersand

CD & Dinked Edition Bonus Disc:
Vibe Out!
So So Sick
Goodbye
Where Are All Those Puerto Rican Boys?
Capezio Bowler
Hey Hey Halifax
Folklore
Plastic Film
Isabel (re-recording)
Teenage Suicide (re-recording)
Love To Know
Nation Writer

Originally released in November 2004 it featured two non-singles, tracks pulled from the sessions for their third album Urban Hymns, ‘This Could Be My Moment’ and ‘Monte Carlo’.

2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of an album that has never been pressed on vinyl and, under the group’s direction, this long overdue reissue replaces the bonus tracks with the powerful singles from the band’s 2008 reunion album, Forth – ‘Love is Noise’ and ‘Rather Be’ – as well as including their second single ‘She’s A Superstar’ (1992) in its original, full-length, eight-and-a-half-minute form (rather than the five-minute edit). As such, the album now represents the complete story of The Verve’s singles.

Named after the band’s sixth single, the first issued from their second album, A Northern Soul, it brilliantly documents the potency of The Verve’s relatively short but epoch-making journey through the musical cosmos.

On their emergence (when they were known simply as Verve), they were frequently referred to as purveyors of the shoegaze sound, although their output was more expansive, cinematic and genuinely psychedelic than that description implies, as evidenced by their first three non-album singles/EPs, all of which reached the summit of the UK indie charts.

After splitting up for the first time in 1995, they reconvened (with the addition of guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong) to reach their commercial peak in 1997 with the hugely successful Urban Hymns, which was centred around a brilliantly accomplished suite of songs written by Ashcroft, including the worldwide smash ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, the UK number one ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ and the beautiful and evocative ‘Lucky Man’.

Combustible, intense and highly influential, this stellar journey is finally available on wax, where, in its definitive form, it easily stands comparison with any other singles collection from the last three decades.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I mean, you know the singles from Urban Hymns already obviously because they're all stunning and they were on the radio constantly, but do you know the other singles from Northern Soul or Storm In Heaven? I didn't until early last year, and I wish this had been about at the time. A superb greatest hits of a brilliant, genre-spanning act.

TRACK LISTING

LP1 Side A
This Is Music
Slide Away
Lucky Man
History

LP1 Side B
She's A Superstar
On Your Own
Blue
Sonnet

LP2 Side C
All In The Mind
The Drugs Don't Work
Gravity Grave

LP2 Side D
Bitter Sweet Symphony
Love Is Noise
Rather Be

'Columbia Records and Searchlight Pictures present ‘A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’ . Featuring tracks from the film like “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” “Like A Rolling Stone,” and “Girl From The North Country,” the soundtrack includes performances from Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, and Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash.

Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history. 

13 years in the making, Mr Bongo proudly presents a new compilation of beloved Brazilian disco and boogie finds from the legendary London disco connoisseurs, Horse Meat Disco

A labour of love, it showcases a tantalising cross- section of disco, funk, boogie, samba and MPB, from past to present. Unearthing tracks from the seemingly endless gold mine of Brazilian gems, the compilation features legends such as Jorge Ben, Gretchen, Marcos Valle and Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti, alongside unsung heroes including Ze Carlos and Carlos Bivar.

Over 20 years ago, the Horse Meat Disco crew (James Hillard, Severino Panzetta, Jim Stanton and Luke Howard) began their weekly residency at Eagle London back in 2003. That same year, Luke made his first visit to Brazil, beginning a musical love affair that is still going strong. "I had always wanted to go to Brazil since I was a kid, and when I finally had the opportunity to go with Princess Julia, I was just blown away. I've visited Rio every year since 2003, and in that time, I've learned Portuguese and tried to discover as much as I can about Brazilian music and popular culture. I learned to dance samba with the Paraiso School of Samba in London and paraded three times at Rio Carnival. Brazilian music was a brand- new world for me to explore and get excited about--a whole universe of genius musicians, singers, and styles." 9 years later, Mr Bongo invited Luke down to their Brighton HQ for a listening session of some of his favourite Brazilian boogie and disco 7" finds. A compilation was greenlit, but multiple licensing delays and the release of other HMD compilations meant that it lay dormant for years. Fast forward to 2024, and with the help of esteemed, Rio based record collector Tee Cardaci, along with suggestions from HMD's James Hillard, the dream of an HMD Brazilian compilation finally materialised.

It's a carefully curated collection that includes the electronic-boogie/italo-disco-esque 1984 groover 'Venha (Remix)' by the singer Ze Carlos, two cuts by Luiza Maura taken from her sought- after Deixa Girar 7", and Gretchen's sultry 'Ela Tem Raca, Charme, Talento E Gostosura' written by Jorge Ben. At its core, this compilation captures the excitement and sense of discovery that won over Horse Meat Disco's heart more than 20 years ago.

A vibrant mix of feel-good favours, it homes in on a sun-soaked strand of disco and boogie that has been enriched with the spirit of a nation where music serves as a central pillar of life.

TRACK LISTING

1. Harmony Cats - Harmony Cats' Theme
2. Luiza Maura - Sorriso Vermelho
3. Gretchen - Ela Tem Raca, Charme, Talento E Gostosura
4. Coisa Quente - Edmundo (In The Mood)
5. Ze Carlos - Venha (Remix)
6. Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Suspira
7. Os Carbonos - Passaro Selvagem
8. San Rodrigues - Fofa
9. Marcos Valle - Parabens (Danca Do Daniel)
10. Lafayette - Sol De Verao
11. Roberto Cesar - Fevereiro (O Bamba)
12. Arlete - Quero Ser Sua Mulher
13. Waldirene - Queima Como Fogo
14. Luiza Maura - Deixa Girar
15. Jorge Ben - Rio Babilonia
16. Carlos Bivar - Elo

With a string of glowing reviews and handful of awards already behind it, the Irish-language semi-biopic award-winning film is one of the most-acclaimed movie releases of the year playing in over 500 cinemas across the U.K and Ireland. The film was recently selected by the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) to represent Ireland in the Oscar International Feature Film category having previously scooped the ‘Next Audience Award’ at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and the ‘Audience Award’ at the Galway Film Fleadh in July.

Kneecap (Original Soundtrack) features tracks from the trio themselves alongside Bicep, Fontaines DC, Orbital plus the film’s incidental music composed by Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante MBE interspersed with snippets of the film’s dialogue. The physical edition is available on double LP (featuring gatefold sleeve and colour vinyl) and CD.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There are few bands that have made as much of an impact as Kneecap have, with their debut album hitting our end of year charts pretty heavily. Here we get the soundtrack to the film, following Kneecap around their scene and their peers and contemporaries. Including Kneecap (obv), Fontaines DC, Bicep and loads more.

TRACK LISTING

1. 'Every Fucking Story About Belfast Starts Like This' – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh
2. Parful – KNEECAP
3. ITS BEEN AGES – KNEECAP
4. Run – Mikey J
5. ‘Nothing But A H.O.O.D’ – Marty Maguire & Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh
6. Civil Rights – Mikey J
7. ‘A Wee Operation’ – Michael Fassbender & Cillian Kernan & Aidan McCaughey
8. Dad's Gone – Mikey J
9. Amach Anocht – KNEECAP
10. ‘You Bring A Stolen Car Here’ – Michael Fassbender & Naoise O Caireallain      
11. Ceasefire Babies – Mikey J
12. Guilty Conscience – KNEECAP
13. ‘Love Affair With The Shniff’ – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh
14. C.E.A.R.T.A – KNEECAP
15. Arrested – Mikey J
16. 80% – Dirty Faces
17. 3CAG (ft. Radie Peat) – KNEECAP
18. The A Minor Set – The Bonny Men
19. ‘No Need To Panic’ – Naoise O Caireallain & Gerry Adams      
20. Thart Agus Thart – KNEECAP
21. ‘What The Fuck Was That?!’ – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh & Jessica Reynolds
22. Glue – Bicep
23. Sick In The Head – KNEECAP
24. Liberty Belle – Fontaines D.C.
25. ‘Special Delivery’ – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh & Naoise O Caireallain & Adam Best & Cathal Mercer 
26. Phone Booth – Mikey J, Gemma Doherty And Simone Kirby
27. Ash Plant – Absolute Lilt
28. Belfast (Fuck The Fuck Off) – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh & Kerri Quinn & Orbital
29. Better Way To Live (ft. Grian Chatten) – KNEECAP
30. Kneecapped – Mikey J
31. Fall In Love Again – Alanna Royale
32. Is A Bullet – Mikey J, Gemma Doherty And Simone Kirby
33. ‘The Irish For The End Is...’ – Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh        
34. H.O.O.D – KNEECAP

Agree to disagree: A selected Krautrock discography

Krautrock, what is it anyway? A genre, a derogative term, a song by Faust, … or: a welcome (and recurring) opportunity to talk about all of this. The music associated with the term in question has eagerly been canonized. From the enthusiastic and idiosyncratic ramblings of Julian Cope’s 'Krautrocksampler' to encyclopaedic approaches like Alan and Stephen Freeman’s 'Crack in the Cosmic Egg', there are plenty of books to read and lists to discuss: Who’s in, who isn’t? The quarrels and disputes surrounding the terms "Krautrock" and "Kosmische Musik" are a testament to their enduring relevance and fascination. I won’t get into the weeds discussing how to separate one from the other – for all those who do want to, the book 'Krautrock Eruption' by Wolfgang Seidel addresses some of those questions. In this book, you will find an annotated discography of fifty albums. Out of these fifty, we are presenting an even narrower selection of tracks from twelve albums on this compilation. Lists and compilation track listings inevitably see tracks missing and being left out. In our case, the compilation was produced in cooperation with the label Bureau B and therefore has a partial focus on some of their back catalogue. That said, the list is meant to inspire repeated or further listening, to spark discussions and – potentially – to provoke new lists, perhaps your own! It’s all part of the fun. Music is made for enjoyment in the first and for friendly debate in the second place, after all.

TRACK LISTING

1. Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique
2. Faust - I’ve Heard That One Before/Watch Your Step
3. Eno Moebius Roedelius - Foreign Affairs
4. Harald Grosskopf - Emphasis
5. Cluster - 21:32 (bureau B Edit)
6. Moebius & Plank - Rastakraut Pasta
7. Roedelius - Glaubersalz
8. Pyrolator - Minimal Tape 3/7.2
9. Riechmann - Himmelblau (bureau B Edit)
10. Kluster - Kluster 2 (Electric Music) (bureau B Edit)
11. Günter Schickert - Apricot Brandy II (bureau B Edit)
12. Asmus Tietchens - Falter-Lamento

In celebration of one of the most dynamic and diverse periods ever in the singles charts, NOW are proud to present ‘NOW That’s What I Call An Era: The Sound Of The Suburbs’!

Spanning multiple genres that contributed to the rich diversity of the era – including punk, new wave, reggae, ska, mod and electronic – between 1977 and the end of 1980, and all of which would inspire the wave of new art and club influenced pop that would come to define the musical landscape of the early 80s…

TRACK LISTING

CD Tracklist:

CD1
1. The Clash - London Calling 
2. Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
3. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
4. The Jam - Going Underground 
5. The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap 
6. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
7. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 
8. The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops
9. Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi
10. Squeeze - Cool For Cats
11. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry 
12. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 
13. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno 
14. The Police - Roxanne 
15. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 
16. Blondie - Atomic 
17. Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach 
18. Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
19. Roxy Music - Over You 
20. Adam & The Ants - Antmusic 

CD2
1. The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs 
2. The Stranglers - No More Heroes 
3. The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
4. Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 
5. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb 
6. Generation X – King Rocker 
7. Patti Smith Group - Because The Night 
8. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
9. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea 
10. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Once)
11. The Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway 
12. Dr. Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol 
13. Yellow Dog - Just One More Night 
14. Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do
15. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet 
16. Skids - Into The Valley 
17. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides 
18. The Vibrators - Automatic Lover
19. Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United
20. The Dickies - Banana Splits 

CD3
1. The Specials - Gangsters
2. Madness - The Prince
3. The Selecter – On My Radio  
4. The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom 
5. Bad Manners - Special Brew
6. UB40 - Food For Thought 
7. The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 
8. The Boomtown Rats - Like Clockwork 
9. Public Image Limited - Death Disco 
10. Grace Jones - Love Is The Drug
11. Devo - (I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction 
12. The Slits - Typical Girls 
13. The Regents - 7 Teen
14. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 
15. Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours
16. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone 
17. Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing 
18. The Motors - Airport 
19. Secret Affair - Time For Action 
20. The Jags - Back Of My Hand 
21. The Jam - All Around The World 

CD4
1. The B-52's - Rock Lobster 
2. Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go 
3. Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
4. Toyah – Ieya
5. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House 
6. Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day 
7. Devo - Whip It 
8. The Flying Lizards - Money
9. The Human League - Nightclubbing 
10. The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe
11. Joy Division - Atmosphere 
12. John Foxx - Underpass  
13. Tubeway Army - Are ‘Friends’ Electric? 
14. Japan - Life In Tokyo 
15. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages
16. The Number One Song In Heaven (From The Album No. 1 In Heaven - 1979) 
17. Ultravox – Sleepwalk  
18. Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short 
19. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

LP Tracklist:

LP1
1. The Clash - London Calling
2. Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
3. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
4. The Jam - Going Underground
5. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
6. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
7. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
8. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
9. The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
10. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
11. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
12. The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops
13. Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi
14. The Dickies - Banana Splits
15. Squeeze - Cool For Cats
16. Skids - Into The Valley
17. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
18. Public Image Limited - Death Disco

LP2
1. The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs
2. The Stranglers - No More Heroes
3. The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
4. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
5. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
6. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
7. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Once)
8. The Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
9. Patti Smith Group - Because The Night
10. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
11. The Police - Roxanne
12. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
13. Secret Affair - Time For Action
14. The Motors - Airport
15. Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach
16. Roxy Music - Over You
17. Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?

LP3
1. The Specials - Gangsters
2. Madness - The Prince
3. The Selecter – On My Radio
4. The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
5. UB40 - Food For Thought
6. Japan - Life In Tokyo
7. Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven (From The Album No. 1 In Heaven - 1979)
8. The B-52's - Rock Lobster
9. Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
10. Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go
11. The Flying Lizards - Money
12. The Human League - Nightclubbing
13. Tubeway Army - Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
14. John Foxx - Underpass 
15. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages
16. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

Paul Hillery has once again handpicked a must-have compilation of little-known and high-quality tracks for his ongoing 'Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours' series. This third volume, the first on BBE Music, is an essential companion to Paul's 'Children Of The Sun' trilogy, also released on BBE Music.

Featuring an array of funky folk, jazzy AOR grooves, fuzzed-out lo-fi dub, DIY folktronica, private-press grails and previously unreleased material, Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours Volume 3 has 22 tracks over triple vinyl and comes with extensive sleeve notes. Includes such gems as the ethereal sound of Sheila Chandra, the euphoric groove of Tim Green, the infectious bass-heavy folk of Dave Smith & Judy Dinning, dreamy Alaskan soft-rock from Soapstone and a West Coast call to enlightened celebration by Rhythm & Bliss. This compilation could soundtrack a cross-continental journey with the music lover sat on a Greyhound bus with earphones on and a battered copy of Kerouac's On The Road. Paul Hillery has curated releases by Will & James Ragar, Forest, and Monica Rypma for BBE Music. Described as an 'enlightened heathen' Paul has shared music via his highly influential Folk Funk and Trippy Troubadours persona on social media for over a decade, cultivating an unerring knack for uncovering rare and lost sounds. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Once again, Paul returns to BBE for the follow-up to his previous two Folk Funk compilations, and his superb 'We are The Children Of The Sun' that was one of our favourite compilations in 2023. Wonderfully obscure folky gems, lo-fi funk and heartfelt, organic electronic pieces that lean into Balearic and ambient. Unsurprisingly superb.

TRACK LISTING

1. One
2. Got More Love
3. What Have You Seen
4. Seven Letters
5. Something About Nothing
6. Night Blooming Thing
7. Give Me Time
8. Beside You
9. Provincetown
10. You Brighten Up My Day
11. Love Strain
12. Rainy Day Dreams
13. Sail Far
14. Joshua
15. Friendship
16. Montse’gur
17. Movin’ On
18. Take It If You Try
19. Love Is The Sun
20. Going All The Way
21. Motivationen Måste Vara Stor
22. Feel The Spirit

Over the past few years Eskimo Recordings have invited some of the best crate diggers around to curate compilations that don’t just reveal the hidden contents of their record bags but something about themselves too. Now, following in the footsteps of the likes of Bill Brewster and Psychemagik, producer, musician, DJ, writer and more, Richard Norris, takes us on a globetrotting psychedelic journey with the epic 42 track collection, 'Mr Norris Changes Brains'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Banchee - Evolmia
2. The Dirty Filthy Mud - Forest Of Black
3. Wool - Love, Love, Love, Love, Love
4. Spencer Mac - Ka-Ka Baya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)
5. Trifle - One Way Glass
6. Brainticket - Black Sand
7. Emma De Angelis - Trip
8. Blonde On Blonde - Castles In The Sky
9. The Braen's Machine - Fall Out
10. Eddie Warner & Roger Roger - Shut Up
11. Köy Karde?ler - Shürük
12. The Children - Beautiful
13. Moebius & Beerbohm - Doppelschnitt (Richard Norris Edit)
14. Demon Fuzz - Past, Present & Future
15. Iron Butterfly - Iron Butterfly Theme
16. Rare Bird - Devil's High Concern
17. Paul St. John - Flying Saucers Have Landed
18. Chris Hodge - We're On Our Way (2010 Remaster)
19. Juantrip - Shadows
20. 62 Miles From Space - Time Shifts
21. White Trash - Road To Nowhere
22. Blue Phantom - Diodo
23. The Mannheim Rock Ensemble - Hungarian Dances
24. Limousine - Barriers
25. Ugo Busoni - Rullio
26. Bernard Estardy - Cha Tatch Ka
27. Kate - Shout It
28. Dyna-Might - Need You
29. La Metamorfosi - Scusa, Eh!
30. André Brasseur - Saturnus
31. Contessa Vittoria - Can We Stay Together
32. Klaus Weiss - Time Signals
33. Brainstorm - You Are Whats Gonna Make It Last
34. Paladin - The Fakir
35. A To Austr - Thumbquake & Earthscrew
36. DAVE - In My Mind
37. Relatively Clean Rivers - Journey Through The Valley Of O
38. The Advancement - Stone Folk
39. The Pretty Things - The Sun
40. Poll - Psachno Na Vro To Filo Mou
41. Higamos Hogamos - Moto Neurono
42. The Invisible Girls - Huddersfield Wastes

Needle Mythology, the label founded by music writer, author and broadcaster Pete Paphides, is thrilled to announce the release of Sensitive, a vinyl anthology to cover the indiepop scene of the 1980s. Sensitive features 30 songs in total by artists who defined the indiepop aesthetic, among them The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Sea Urchins, Primal Scream, The Pastels, Talulah Gosh, Orange Juice, The Field Mice, The Primitives, The Wedding Present, Miaow, Razorcuts, Dolly Mixture, The Bodines, Shop Assistants, The Soup Dragons, The Loft, The Chills, That Petrol Emotion and The Railway Children.

Sensitive takes its name from the single released by The Field Mice, and marks the first time that The Field Mice have allowed one of their songs to be used on a compilation released by any label other than Sarah Records, who released all their records at the time. Also features on Sensitive is Dying Day from Orange Juice’s hugely influential debut album You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever – marking the only time that Edwyn Collins and his wife and manager Grace Maxwell have given permission for an Orange Juice song to be featured on an anthology.

Many of the records featured on Sensitive have become highly sought-after collectors’ items since their original release. The Sea Urchins’ Pristine Christine changes hands for up to £400. Original mint copies of April Showers’ only single Abandon Ship command up to £380. If you were to try and individually buy all the records featuring the songs on Sensitive, you can expect to pay something around £1150.

Sensitive features 10,000 words of extensive track-by-track notes and an essay by Pete Paphides, who was and remains an avid proponent of the indiepop scene that this collection chronicles. All the songs on SENSITIVE have been newly mastered at Abbey Road by Miles Showell.

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1
1. Pristine Christine - The Sea Urchins
2. Get Out Of My Dream - The Clouds
3. Truck Train Tractor - The Pastels
4. Once More - The Wedding Present
5. Almost Prayed - The Weather Prophets
6. If She Doesn’t Smile (It’ll Rain) - Fantastic Something
7. Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh
8. Crash - The Primitives
9. It’s A Good Thing - That Petrol Emotion
10. Hang-Ten! - The Soup Dragons
11. When It All Comes Down - Miaow
12. Kaleidoscope World - The Chills
13. Somewhere In China - Shop Assistants
14. I’ll Still Be There - Razorcuts
15. Abandon Ship - April Showers

DISC 2
1. Someone Stole My Wheels - Biff Bang Pow!
2. Dying Day - Orange Juice
3. Hammering Heart - Del Amitri
4. Why Does The Rain - The Loft
5. Yesterday - The Nivens
6. Ten Miles - Phil Wilson
7. Sensitive - The Filed Mice
8. Brighter - The Railway Children
9. Adam’s Song (Pour Fenella) - The Sun And The Moon
10. She Looks Right Through Me - The Waltones
11. Therese - The Bodines
12. Velocity Girl - Primal Scream
13. Will He Kiss Me Tonight - Dolly Mixture
14. Some Candy Talking - The Jesus And Mary Chain
15. Candydiosis - Pop Will Eat Itself 

Picture the scene, The year 2000 has passed and the new millenium is just getting underway - A new scene explodes onto the nation's Indie Dancefloors - some called it Indie Sleaze, Nu Rave, Future Disco or even Electroclash – ‘Strobes in Space’ takes you back to a time when the Indie kids re-discovered the joys of dancing, raving and having fun at Indie clubs. Day-Glo, Light Sticks, Baggy T-Shirts and Hedonism on the Dance Floors - welcome to Strobes in Space!

When the Indie Dance / Nu Rave scene crashed onto the dancefloors and ignited the youth of the time it seemed like uber cool and incredible new bands were appearing from all corners of the globe almost every day. An explosion of creativity and excitement flooded the clubs and airwaves. From the UK you had bands like Bloc Party, Klaxons, Test Icicles, Playgroup, Simian Mobile Disco. Coming out of NYC you had the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fischerspooner. From France you had Phoenix from Versailles and Black Strobe coming out of Paris. DJ / Producer Tiga from Canada, Digitalism from Hamburg Germany, Cut Copy from Melbourne Australia, and from Belgium Soulwax and Goose, and even spreading to South America with CSS coming out of Sao Paolo, Brazil. It really was a global scene.

Two-Piers Records brings you a snapshot of that scene at the time on their latest compilation ‘Strobes in Space’. Spanning across 3 x LPs, 30 tracks and artists. Hopefully it has captured a slice of the excitement and creativity of the time, and this compilation makes you feel joyful, happy and you just want to get Up, Dance and have Fun!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Two-Piers, legends of the historical curation, return; paying tribute to that embryonic time, when turntables famously outsold guitars, your boyfriend ditched his guitar for a synthesizer, and the smiley face emblem had a 2nd comnig. Me and my crew shunned nu rave in 2006 (we were hardcore techo heads you see), but looking back through that rose-tinted lens of nostalgia, you can clearly see the inspired and boundary breaking energies taking place. Not only that, first the first time since '92 it really did unite the tribes. Indie kids started necking pills and die hard ravers started going to gigs! A wonderfully fruitful time, spotlighted brilliantly by Two-Piers here.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist:
A1) New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream
A2) Bloc Party – Banquet (Phones Disco Remix)
A3) Datarock – Fa-Fa-Fa
A4) LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
A5) TokTok & Soffy O – Missy Queen’s Gonna Die
B1) Justice V Simian – We Are Your Friends
B2) Digitalism – Zdarlight
B3) Soulwax – NY Excuse
B4) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix Radio Edit)
B5) Klaxons – Two Receivers
C1) The Rapture – Sister Saviour (DFA Vocal Remix)
C2) Goose – Black Gloves
C3) Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
C4) Test Icicles – What’s Your Damage (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
C5) CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
C6) We Have Band – Hear It In The Cans
D1) Fujiya & Miyagi – Knickerbocker
D2) Friendly Fires – Jump In The Pool
D3) Playgroup – Make It Happen
D4) Tiga – You Gonna Want Me
D5) Tom Vek – I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes
D6) Shit Disco – OK

Bonus Vinyl – Limited Edition Deluxe
E1) Zongamin – Bongo Song
E2) Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies
E3) Fischerspooner – Emerge
E4) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance
F1) Phoenix – 1901
F2) The Killers – Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Radio Remix)
F3) Cut Copy – Going Nowhere
F4) !!! – Me And Guiliani Down By The School Yard – A True Story

2CD Tracklist:
CD1
1) New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream
2) Bloc Party – Banquet (Phones Disco Remix)
3) Datarock – Fa-Fa-Fa
4) LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
5) TokTok & Soffy O – Missy Queen’s Gonna Die
6) Justice V Simian – We Are Your Friends
7) Digitalism – Zdarlight
8) Soulwax – NY Excuse
9) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix Radio Edit)
10) Klaxons – Two Receivers
11) The Rapture – Sister Saviour (DFA Vocal Remix)
12) Goose – Black Gloves
13) Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
14) Test Icicles – What’s Your Damage (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)
15) CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
CD2
1) We Have Band – Hear It In The Cans
2) Fujiya & Miyagi – Knickerbocker
3) Friendly Fires – Jump In The Pool
4) Playgroup – Make It Happen (Full Length Version) **
5) Tiga – You Gonna Want Me
6) Tom Vek – I Ain’t Saying My Goodbyes
7) Shit Disco – OK
8) Zongamin – Bongo Song
9) Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies
10) Fischerspooner – Emerge
11) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance
12) Phoenix – 1901
13) The Killers – Mr Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont’s Thin White Duke Radio Remix)
14) Cut Copy – Going Nowhere
15) !!! – Me And Guiliani Down By The School Yard – A True Story
** Exclusive Version To CD Format 

Japanese Funk, Boogie and City Pop from King Records 1974-88 selected by Dj Notoya. DJ Notoya is back with a new selection of Japanese funk and boogie from the label king records between 1974 and 1988. Featuring Buzz, Fujimaru Band, Keiko Toda, Kumiko Sawada.

Following the success of the 'Tokyo Glow' and 'Funk Tide' sets, Wewantsounds once again teams up with Tokyo-based DJ Notoya for a breezy selection of Funk and Boogie recorded in Japan for King Records in the 70s and 80s. Most tracks here are making their debut on vinyl outside of Japan and the album, like its predecessors, has been designed by Optigram's Manuel Sepulveda and is annotated by DJ Notoya. The audio has been newly mastered in Tokyo by King Records.

TRACK LISTING

1. BUZZ - Garasumado
2. Mami Ayukawa - Sabita Gambler
3. Johnny Yoshinaga - The Rain
4. Keiko Toda - Fade In
5. Koji Kobayashi - Bokura No Date
6. Yuko Imai - Hotel Twilight 4.49
7. Kumiko Sawada - Your Love's Away
8. Masatoshi Kanno - Day By Day
9. Yuji Mitsuya - After Five At Café-Bar
10. Fujimaru Band - Paper Machine