From the depths of my hard drive - Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing

 You might say
That we should build a city of tears
All I'm saying
Is I'm alone and consequently
Only my tears satisfy the real need of my heart

  

Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing (1980)

From the depths (of my external hard drive) - The Pastels - Nothing to be done

"When I was young
I used to sing
I didn't care for anything
When I was young I used to sing
I didn't care for anything
Simply nothing to be done
Tell me I'm the only one..."  
  

The Pastels - Nothing To Be Done 

From the depths (of my external hard drive) - The Delgados - Under Canvas Under Wraps

 

LhnA got back from Barcelona on Monday night, and will be sure to write something about it, maybe post some pictures and some somewhat relevant music (don't worry, I won't inflict Freddie Mercury on you). But for now, part 3 in our ongoing series From the depths (of my external hard drive)!

 

 

The Delgados - Under Canvas Under Wraps

I first heard this song as an impressionable teenager taking my first tentative steps into indie. It was probably on (MTVs) Alternative Nation, and it blew my mind.

What I've been listening to the past week and the reason I haven't posted any of it

hooraffes by PETS

Ever since last Tuesday I've been listening to...

> The Happy Hollows! Ever since I first listened to 'Tambourine' I fell in love. Then I found out they're giving their EP for free and fell faster. Then I listened to it and was ready to sell my soul to them. (* We like to exaggerate. It's our thing.) Download Colors or just get the 'Imaginary EP' for free here!

> Love Is All! I need to listen to the whole CD, I know, but I just can't stop playing this song. Download: Wishing Well + buy 'A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night' on cd or vinyl here!

> James Yorkston! In expectation of the quiet, sweet, ordinary, warm and peaceful weekends that I'm hoping the winter will bring. Download: Temptation and buy the album here.

> Miracles of Modern Science! Sometimes it feels like our inbox is full of crap. Other times it doesn't. Download: 524 or get the whole EP for free here.

> The Smittens! How sweet is the new album? No really! On a scale of not-at-all to it-doesn't-get-any-sweeter-than-this how sweet is it? I'd say around sweeter-than-candy. Yeah, that sounds about right. Download: Half My Heart Beats and then buy the album!

> Between the Pine! Their second album will be released on December 16 and you'll be able to get it here. Here's a little taste of what awaits us. Download: Coca-Cola

> My Darling YOU!! I don't know why but for some reason their 2007 EP 'I Will Exclude You With My Body Language' never reached my ears until today. And I really can't tell you how much I love love love love love love love it. I'm sure you will too as soon as you follow the next three steps:
Step 1: Download: Salary to see what I'm talking about
Step 2: Buy the EP here! It's 5 euros/6 dollars (plus if you're lucky enough to live in Sweden shipping is free)
Step 3: Start melting!

And the reason I hadn't posted anything for a week...

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

Glasvegas: here we fucking go!

 

Tagged the 'best new band in Britain' (or was it the world? hyperbole tends to make me forget) by the NME before even releasing an album, you can imagine what a huge disappointment and anticlimax the release of said album could be. A label like 'greatest' or 'best' could also rather easily destroy a band before it's even properly begun.

It isn't. And it hasn't.

They've simply ignored all the hype, gone to New York and recorded an amazing album. Yes it sounds a bit like the Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine (especially live, where they play LOUD), but they also throw in 60s girl groups (hell, the album even includes a cover of the Ronettes' Be my Baby), and the sounds Phil Spector once heard in his dreams. 

Of course it was bound to happen at some point ("say it enough times and at some point it'll be true" seems to be its motto), but NME actually seem to have got it right for once.

Glasvegas - Go square go