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slumberlands back catalogue is massive, but what is good from it? i only have the stereolab and stuff and the excellent Powderburns 12" from 1990 (kind of like if stereolab were degenerate motherfuckers that lived under the sidewalk)

― gareth, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Velocity Girl's six song ep. I think Henry's Dress were on Slumberland as well, back before they bacame the Aislers Set.

― jel --, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

and Henry's Dress were a million times more rocking than the Aislers Set!

― jel --, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Also Lorelei. Oh, Lorelei. And Why Popstars Can't Dance = top- shelf among the vast number of striving-to-be-classic indiepop comps to come from that era.

― nabisco, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Rocketship! Maybe I'll post more on why it's great when I'm not working, but at the very least I wanted to be the first one to mention it.

― Miranda, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

If this was "POO - Slumberland", it would be Black Tambourine's _Complete Recordings_. That voice! Those drums! THAT NOISE!! "For Ex-Lovers Only," "Black Car," and "Throw Aggi off the Bridge" are all incredible. Free mp3s on the Slumberland site here: http://www.dropbeat. com/slrland/slr37.html

― Ernest, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

It's pretty much all good (speaking as someone who owns pretty much the entire catalogue). Favourites are the first Lilys 7", VG's "My Forgotten Favourite", the Black Tambourine stuff, the very, very excellent Ropers album, and of course the Aislers Set. The only Slumberland stuff that isn't completely excellent are the Honeybunch and Glo Worm singles, which while good aren't quite as good as everything else.

That Powderburns 12" is quite fantastic. I spent years looking for it, too, and was tres chuffed when I finally tracked it down.

― electric sound of jim, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

yeah rocketship, dustin reske is some sort of unknown genius, 'a certain smile, a certain sadness' is like early stereolab mixed with 'ecstasy and wine'-era mbv only more perfect and then there are all of the fantastic singles(not all on slumberland) as well including the greatest pop song ever 'your new boyfriend' which is on the 'why popstars can't dance' cd. the velocity girl cd on slumberland is their peak, the hood records are also excellent. and of course the magnificent aislers set.

― keith, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

I wanna go on some more about the Ropers. The "All The Time" album is a genuine lost pop classic. After being out of print for ages and ages you can get the CD again, and I recommend you do. The earlier EP is also brilliant. The main Roper recently resurfaced in The Still who are also very good, if not quite as special as the Ropers.

― electric sound of jim, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Jane Pow is one of the great long-lost power pop albums of the ages. Kinda poorly recorded, but more than overcome by its earnestness. Totally recommended

― Chris Barrus, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

Who can tell me about the Steamkings? "Darkest Star" on the Popstars comp is absolutely killer single.

― nabisco, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

They were meant to have a proper release on Slumberland but it never happened. I gather they had a few LPs but I don't know anything beyond that..

― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

I'm late on this but everyone should get the Rocketship album. Supposedly a comp cd of the singels may be released someday. Not sure if there will ever be a new rocketship album though. Also, the steamkings, they had a couple albums, one recently issued on Not Lame, kind of powerpop with helium boy vocals. Not bad but not essential.

― g, Thursday, 15 August 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

Does anyone have any idea what's going on with Slumberland at the moment? There's a handful of records they're meant to have put out ages ago (KG[fr], Acetate Zero, McTells, etc etc) that have never appeared, and they're only doing the vinyl for the new Aislers. Is Mike phasing the label out? Any ideas?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 03:35 (10 years ago) Permalink

I really really hope that the stuff mentioned is going to come out, but it kind of seems like it's not going to happen. Nothing has been released by the label for more than a year (I think).

More people need to hear KG. Lo-fi Jesus and Mary Chain style pop with great song titles (example: "emilie, would you let me taste your mouth if i record your band?").

Sorry, bad at the descriptions, but my 3 KG singles are near the top of the list of my most prized possessions. And the fact that one of them is warped means I need a digital copy.

― Miranda, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 04:27 (10 years ago) Permalink

KG is great - which of your singles is warped?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 05:21 (10 years ago) Permalink

The one with Stuka on it. This is 987, right? (just moved, so all my stuff is in boxes and I can't find it). And do you know if KG has done anything else in the same vein after those 7". I have the electronic type album, which is ok, but I'd really like more guitar based stuff.

― Miranda, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 12:13 (10 years ago) Permalink

Mike's best-of year lists are always good, too...

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 12:18 (10 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

Just looked at their page seems they are coming back in business with new releases etc.

― svend (svend), Thursday, 11 November 2004 05:39 (8 years ago) Permalink

that's good news, i'm curious as to what they might be putting out. a lot of the new pop bands put out by formerly excellent labels aren't too good at all (the tedious Kiddo on Microindie, the boring Liberty Ship on Matinee....)

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Thursday, 11 November 2004 05:47 (8 years ago) Permalink

I had heard several Aislers Set tracks before, even seen 'em live, but only recently was I smacked upside the head when I heard MP3s for "Long Division" and "Hit the Snow" which I now play on repeat. Are the albums pretty solid? Should I buy the lot?

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Thursday, 11 November 2004 07:00 (8 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

2 more years on and they are back with two new 7 inch records.

― svend (svend), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 03:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

o rly

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 03:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

neat. so is the 'indie label' back Back BACK?

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 03:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

I hope so. I really hope so. I just put my order in because I didn't see the 7 inch in stores yet today in San Francisco and I actually went through the vinyl bins. Hope they stay around a while.

― svend (svend), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 03:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

wow, half hour response to my email query on shipping! nice

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 04:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

the new rocketship album is really disappointing.

― Godfrzej Ljang (godfrzej), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 05:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

that comes as no surprise to me

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 06:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

is there a new rocketship album? on slumberland?

― joan vich (joan vich), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 07:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

oooh, i'm so happy about slumberland's return! really, they're right up there with k and sarah in my little heart! i can't wait to hear what new releases they'll have for me! yay!

! ! !

― blood bitch (blood bitch), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 11:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

the new rocketship album is not on slumberland (maybe clairecords? you definitely get it through tonevendor.com). i've not heard it but also would not be surprised if it was just okay. his ambient 12" (garden of delights) was fine, but now "a certain smile...".

i also hope the how 7" and the crabapples 7" lead to more records from slumberland, but i'm not holding my breath. the crabapples don't seem to active and both these records are from recordings that were put to tape a while ago. i've heard rumors of more how recordings that haven't seen the light of day. hopefully they make it out eventually because what's been released so far is stellar.

viva slumberland!

― Ben H (Ben H), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 20:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

viva slumberland!

― Ben H (Ben H), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 20:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

i share yr enthusiasm. i love slumberland. but since the heyday of henry's dress, rocketship, black tambourine, and lorelei, did they put out anything of significance other than that incredible aislers set/the how split 7"?

― Godfrzej Ljang (godfrzej), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 21:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

I actually quite like the new Rocketship.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 21:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

Or anyway I really really like about 2/3 of the tracks on it -- it's fascinating how he can push his stuff forward stylistically in really grand and ambitious ways while still sounding loose and bedroomy about it (sometimes to the point of annoyance). "The Foxes' Teeth," "Our New Track," "The Scene Selection," "The Passersby," "You're Too Young" -- really attached to a lot of these. But the Blow will probably get more attention than this.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 21:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

i like this crystal stilts album

― omar little, Monday, 10 November 2008 07:15 (4 years ago) Permalink

not bad at all huh

cause comotion lp good too

sexy kids & bricolage singles out now!

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Monday, 10 November 2008 08:04 (4 years ago) Permalink

When I first got a job where I had internet in about 98/99 or so I mail-ordered pretty much everything Slumberland had in print at the time. <3 this label.

Crystal Stilts is good stuff, not sure what all the Interpol comparisons are about though. Haven't heard Cause Co-motion yet.

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Monday, 10 November 2008 09:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

Anyone out there have the Sophia Green 7"? They might have put out two - I can't remember.

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Monday, 10 November 2008 09:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

p.s. Not the Jane Pow song, but the band of the same name.

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Monday, 10 November 2008 09:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

my friend was in sophia green, they later became magpie. i didn't know they actually had any releases, i had a cassette of their demos which were nice. she went on to be in Dart on Che.

― keythkeyth, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

Keyth, is your friend Lauren? If so, I had a cassette with the same demos. I used to trade mix tapes with her as part of a Prodigy usergroup (!) waaaay back in the day. As a kid growing up in the middle of heartland knowhere, she turned me on to a galaxy of stuff I probably never would have found out about otherwise, so I owe her some major props. Man, this small world keeps getting smaller by the day on these here internets.

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

l4uren? i met her once, bought records off her which she delivered to me while in aus visiting pals

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

haha xpost

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

btw, never knew about Dart. I'll have to look into that. Dunno how I missed that b/c I was an avid Che collector back in the mid-90s or so.

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:44 (4 years ago) Permalink

doggie and bugger both really good singles, album pretty good but a little weaker

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

also they did some good covers on the bsides

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

(field mice, pete astor and massive attack)

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:47 (4 years ago) Permalink

xposts: I'll look into that, tho some of that Che stuff is uber-hard to find. I'll give slsk the once over. Back then, Che was one of those labels (like Slumberland, Cherry Red, Sarah & others I can't think of) that I used to just buy from uncritically from the Parasol mail-order catalogs. Now that I think about it, I really kind of miss those days.

― Sugar hiccup, Makes a pig soar and swoon (Pillbox), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

I'll give slsk the once over.

and i'll make sure i've got the album shared!

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 03:55 (4 years ago) Permalink

Skipping 20 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

i'm strongly guessing not, i've never seen or heard of that record before & it doesn't appear in any of their discogs. might be worth emailing the seller to find out where it was pressed as none of the perth CW's records were released outside of aus (other than on import obv)

xpost

― king boy pamito (electricsound), Thursday, 27 August 2009 04:16 (3 years ago) Permalink

Yeah. I only saw a cass. of Charlottes Web stuff, that I knew was them, but it went for over $200 a few yrs ago. Figured that wasn't them. Slumberland should reissue that Easter stuff, since very few noticed the Summer Suns reissue.

― svend, Thursday, 27 August 2009 04:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

i need that summer suns comp, ta for reminding me

― king boy pamito (electricsound), Thursday, 27 August 2009 04:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

I knew there were more Prodigy kids posting here besides me and Keith!

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

(Also, I just bought about half a dozen new Slumberland releases)

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

sweet

my fave releases from the third wave of slumberland:

both albums by the lodger
searching for the now v1 (for the roy moller side)
sexy kids - sisters are forever
bricolage lp
crystal stilts - love is a wave/sugarbaby
liechtenstein - survival strategies lp
searching for the now v5

― king boy pamito (electricsound), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

oh and the champagne socialists single

― king boy pamito (electricsound), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

I am annoyed with the popularity of the Pains causing the Searching for the Now 7" they're on to be out-of-print, my collection is incomplete. The School are so good, I hope they keep releasin' stuff. Also Brown Recluse. Lodger I can't get with.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

holy shit $50 at tonevendor. wish i'd bought a physical copy now

― king boy pamito (electricsound), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

I guess indie kids need something to pay mad money for since London Weekend is getting a re-release.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

lool

having (some) stuff go up in value is literally the only thing i miss about buying physical vinyl

― king boy pamito (electricsound), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

I can tell you moving my record collection up from Houston last week made me want to chuck it out the window all along the drive home just I wouldn't have to carry it inside.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 27 August 2009 05:39 (3 years ago) Permalink

Mail it to me!

― Evan, Thursday, 27 August 2009 16:52 (3 years ago) Permalink

there and back again lane just recently posted some charlottes web stuff and he says there was only 2-7"ers and 2 eps.
the lodger are so good. like sneaky feelings if david pine had written all of the songs.

― keythkeythkeyth, Friday, 28 August 2009 02:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

the lodger give me a headache.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 28 August 2009 06:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

the devon williams 45 is a glorious piece of leamington spa-aping shimmery wonderment

― electric sound of jim (original version) (electricsound), Monday, 28 September 2009 05:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

bats + sarandon/membranes 45s out now wooo

― sculpture of marmalade (electricsound), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 23:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

S: Sleepyhead 45 w/ the b-side cover of Game Theory's "Like a Girl Jesus". So great.

― That's not just me saying that, that's the Pentagon. (contenderizer), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 23:49 (3 years ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

brilliant colors album very disappointing... the shitty recording doesn't do the songs any favours, but then the lack of tunes don't do the songs any favours either

― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Thursday, 5 November 2009 21:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

awww bummer! did you like any of the singles? they live in my neighborhood, and i like 'em!

― 69, Thursday, 5 November 2009 22:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

i liked 'highly evolved'.. tbf i had high expectations.. and i feel their ideas are spread verrry thinly over an album's worth of songs

― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Thursday, 5 November 2009 22:26 (3 years ago) Permalink

i hope they pull a vivian girls and follow it up with a cracker

― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Thursday, 5 November 2009 22:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

woo Black Tambourine reish with unreleased trax out end of march

― mintox plus oral (electricsound), Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

YES!

― Evan, Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:51 (3 years ago) Permalink

On vinyl, too!

― Evan, Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:58 (3 years ago) Permalink

if that mf comes with a dl code then i'll spring for the vinly

― mintox plus oral (electricsound), Thursday, 28 January 2010 06:00 (3 years ago) Permalink

Oh is this the "new stuff" promised on their myspace? I got all excited about a reunion for a minute!

― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 28 January 2010 08:18 (3 years ago) Permalink

The Slumberland website seems to make it sound like simply unreleased material; I think they'd make a point about it being "new" if it was. And if there was any time for them to have a reunion, they would have been the "special guests" at the 20th anniversary concert in brooklyn in november! I mean, how do you have a 20th anniversary show with unannounced special guests, and then reveal it to be your most popular current artist? Pains of Being Pure at Heart are fine, but thats such a tease! I thought It would have been Black Tambourine or Velocity Girl...

― Evan, Thursday, 28 January 2010 23:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

Well, one of BT is 3000 miles away and scared of flying.

While appearing together onstage wasn't possible, WAV files are easier to pass around transatlantically...

― Michael Jones, Friday, 29 January 2010 00:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

tru

― mintox plus oral (electricsound), Friday, 29 January 2010 00:16 (3 years ago) Permalink

supposed to be a west coast reunion show or two, and henry's dress and velocity girl were rumored to be on the bill!

― 69, Friday, 29 January 2010 00:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

Well Black Tambourine was just one example. I would love to see Henry's Dress or Velocity Girl, but I'm on the damn freezing east coast.

― Evan, Friday, 29 January 2010 02:07 (3 years ago) Permalink

I kinda wish I hadn't JUST bought the previous Black Tambourine CD with all the songs.

― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 January 2010 04:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

Yeah I was holding out for some reason, apparently luckily.

― Evan, Friday, 29 January 2010 04:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

I kinda wish I hadn't JUST bought the previous Black Tambourine CD with all the songs.

^^^

capitalist bastards. i'm totally buying it.

― KORGÜLL THE EXCHEQUER (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 29 January 2010 07:31 (3 years ago) Permalink

I've had the CD for about 10 years, I'll probably still buy the new release but on vinyl instead.

― Colonel Poo, Friday, 29 January 2010 11:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

"Features four new songs that the band reunited to record, including Buddy Holly and Suicide covers."

― Evan, Friday, 29 January 2010 21:31 (3 years ago) Permalink

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/01/29/how-black-tambourine-reunited%E2%80%94sort-of%E2%80%94to-make-its-definitive-document/

― hipster knight (electricsound), Friday, 29 January 2010 22:45 (3 years ago) Permalink

wahhhhhhhhh reunion show announced, tickets purchased.

henrys dress, go sailor, boyracer, etc etc

― 69, Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

Jealous...

― Evan, Saturday, 30 January 2010 18:39 (3 years ago) Permalink

The LP version will have the free download. Excited to get this.

― van smack, Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:46 (3 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Sold out :). Thought it would have sold out way before, but whatever, I can't wait.

― svend, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 04:39 (3 years ago) Permalink

http://vimeo.com/9369219

Black Tambourine video!

― PANZER DIVISION DEVO (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

Gorgeous!

― Evan, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:43 (3 years ago) Permalink

8 months pass...

http://www.sfbg.com/2010/11/02/goldies-2010-lifetime-achievement-slumberland-records

― disco stfu (electricsound), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 22:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

the new Lorelei track has the most beautiful guitar sounds on it

some of the vocal is a touch annoying but overall it's pretty sweet

― tempus fuggerit (electricsound), Wednesday, 20 June 2012 00:41 (11 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

lorelei album is pretty sweet on first listen. "hole punch" is just gorgeous

― relentlessly busting your smoo (electricsound), Saturday, 8 September 2012 01:15 (8 months ago) Permalink

I liked the one track I heard from it, definitely. I'll check out the whole thing soon!

― Evan, Saturday, 8 September 2012 02:14 (8 months ago) Permalink

this album is totally better than "stove"

― upset and upsetting (electricsound), Friday, 14 September 2012 10:13 (8 months ago) Permalink

Is that right? I won't put it off anymore.

Come to think of it though, Stove was pretty post-rocky for a Slumberland release. Tricked the label heads into signing them based on their 7" then went in mostly a different direction save a few tracks off that record.

― Evan, Friday, 14 September 2012 14:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

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