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The Wedding Present - Bizarro
Sadly the band’s debut album George Best is yet to appear on Spotify so it’s 1989’s Bizarro complete with the nine minute jangling epic Take Me! that I am recommending. The version … more →
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A Few Short Music Reviews
30daysinthehole wrote 2 days ago: So in the past few days some stuff arrived in the mail and I bought a couple of things. When there … more →
Great 80s DIY and Pop - 5: The Membranes
everetttrue wrote 1 week ago: Just about the only band I followed round the UK (me and Geoff the Postman, in his car). The Membra … more →
Another record you can't buy here, or "Why I am the indiest of them all"
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Eric wrote 2 months ago: New album from Nina Persson’s other band A Camp today. I haven’t listened to it yet, but … more →
This is the International Tweexcore Underground
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Eric wrote 2 months ago: In many ways, the city of Glasgow is a driving force behind The Indie Handbook (and not just because … more →
in love!
derkins wrote 3 months ago: i wish for this to be my replacement art… except, it’s kind of out of my budget range. … more →
2 or 3 things i know about her
radiofreejames wrote 4 months ago: Bodines – Heard It All (Creation Records CRE030 1986) This is the Creation records version th … more →
The Wedding Present - Bizarro
Tom wrote 4 months ago: Sadly the band’s debut album George Best is yet to appear on Spotify so it’s 1989 … more →
The Pastels - Truckload Of Trouble
Tom wrote 4 months ago: Highly influential band. A Truckload Of Trouble compiles the bands recordings between 1986 to 1993 … more →
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Rollercoaster (The Best Of 1986 - 1989)
Tom wrote 4 months ago: This compilation collates the bands recordings on Dreamworld, Blue Guitar & Chrysalis. The band … more →
Primal Scream - Sonic Flower Groove
Tom wrote 4 months ago: Before they were The Stooges, MC5 and indie dance gods Primal Scream were Byrd inspired indie pop k … more →
Shop Assistants - Will Anything Happen (+ Bonus Tracks)
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Tom wrote 4 months ago: This album wraps up the band output on Blue Guitar and covers the self titled début album and the b … more →
Interview: Bogshed
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smith3000 wrote 5 months ago: THOUGH it’s now routinely derided by the latest crop of fat, bitter and aged pop historians – … more →
Dolphin Music Guide to: Indie Rock
itsstecole wrote 5 months ago: Indie Rock is a term given originally to artists of independent status. In other words bands who ra … more →
The Claim & Jasmine Minks
kerpowww wrote 5 months ago: The second half of the eighties was a bleak time for British rock. Major labels were in full scale … more →
New Franz Ferdinand video - "Ulysses"
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gormsey wrote 6 months ago: Like pretty much everyone else in the known universe, I was a huge fan of the first Franz Ferdinand … more →
NME 022 (C86)
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Tom wrote 6 months ago: As this was the most popular post on indie-mp3 (I can’t think why!) I thought it would be best … more →
The Mighty Lemon Drops (Part One)
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Tom wrote 6 months ago: This is another article I had been working on for no one in particular earlier this year and which I … more →
Twee Revisionist B*ll*cks
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Tom wrote 6 months ago: There seems to be a lot of what my Lost Music colleague Trev calls twee revisionist bollocks going o … more →
I get interviewed by Peru's Mr Indie Pop
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duncan94 wrote 7 months ago: It was, I guess, a headline waiting to happen. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that a chap called … more →
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