― jonviachicago, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Fucking excellent stuff!
Look also for The Dangtrippers.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Long Ryders - State Of Our Union & Two Fisted Tales.
Grapes Of Wrath - Now & Again (brilliant, underrated etc:)
― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:05 (eighteen years ago) link
The Grapes Of Wrath - Do You Want To Tell Me? http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1P1SILC5J69PC2CP6B2EISF562
― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Melinda Mess-injure, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Melinda Mess-injure, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine: the crown prince of understatement. (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― JAS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― smudger (smudger), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― evan chronister (evan chronister), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 23:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― donuty! donuti! donuté! (donut), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 23:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 14 July 2005 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― JAS, Thursday, 14 July 2005 00:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 14 July 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 14 July 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― steve r. (starlight kid), Saturday, 30 July 2005 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Sunday, 31 July 2005 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Monday, 1 August 2005 02:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― stevo (stevo), Monday, 1 August 2005 05:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― stevo (stevo), Monday, 1 August 2005 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link
If not then I'm going to YSI their whole album
― Voodoo Child, Monday, 1 August 2005 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Wygals, The Embarrassment, The Connells, Guadalcanal Diary -- yeah, keep on rockin.'
Los Lobos and the Meat Puppets -- it's hard to find bands that don't jangle less unless you're in the heavy metal or punk rock genres. oh wait... Ha ha.
― George Smith, Monday, 1 August 2005 07:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― bg (creamolafoam), Monday, 1 August 2005 08:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Monday, 1 August 2005 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link
did you find anything you like from these suggestions?
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Friday, 7 October 2005 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― blunt (blunt), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
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Up On the Sun jangles more than anything REM ever did. Human Television fits a bit. though they're 00s
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 7 October 2005 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Friday, 7 October 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 7 October 2005 23:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Nobody replied, in complete shame as so many worship Mozzer & Marr.
― blunt (blunt), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― my name is john. i reside in chicago. (frankE), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:19 (eighteen years ago) link
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― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Saturday, 8 October 2005 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, from Boston, Men & Volts, who alternated between doing a weird Beefheartian thing and really interested pop songs. 21-645 (who had a couple of 45s) are fantastic as well.
Also worth checking out are the Bird Nest Roys and the amazing Verlaines, both from New Zealand and on the Flying Nun label, of course.
The website www.littlehits.com has some amazing stuff, and a new song is added every day...check it!
― Marty McFly, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Seconded or thirded.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
IMO their earlier Indiana-only post-Gizmos iteration Right To Left is even better:
https://musicalfamilytree.com/band/right_to_left
(6-track studio recording not on Discogs or released aside from demo tape, which kills me)
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:05 (three years ago) link
Also no mention of the Field Mice or any of Bobby Wratten's other endeavours yet. That's being rectified right now.☺
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
(to be clear the Right To Left link I posted is a live show from 1988, the studio demo tape remains unreleased)
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
Had not heard of Right To Left, Field Mice, Bobby Wratten! Have just now skimmed this review of the recent Captured Tracks comp cited upthread: once past "Proustian" and some other attempts at pre-summary, there are appealing descriptions of tracks, which range from shiny happy people to shadow patrols, apparently:https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-strum-and-thrum-the-american-jangle-underground-1983-1987/
― dow, Saturday, 5 December 2020 04:36 (three years ago) link
This is the "pitchfork sucks" topic, so I feel like it's okay to admit that I (Andy, to be certain) have actually liked some of their features and their twee one is kind of a classic, as far as I'm concerned: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/6176-twee-as-fuck
(It's Nitsuh, so of course it's great.)
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 04:52 (three years ago) link
Sorry, that should read this is NOT the "pitchfork sucks" topic.
dow here's the only official recording with the Right To Left band:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Black-Brittle-Frisbee/release/3668588
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
saw the link about the captured tracks anthology and thought "i bet they don't have crippled pilgrims" but looky there, they have crippled pilgrims!
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:17 (three years ago) link
this is a good comp ... the R.E.M. imitation is sometimes fierce, but it sounds fine now
― Brad C., Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, December 4, 2020 10:43 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
"Bobby"??!! Sorry but no way can Robert Wratten pull off "Bobby" :)
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
Not even ironically
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
It's what he prefers.☺
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 6 December 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
Sundays have loads of jangle but should probably technically shelved under 90s
― that is how it crumbles cookiewise (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 6 December 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
There are some great recommendations and discoveries on this thread. How did the Vulgar Boatmen pass me by? I second The Hummingbirds, a fantastic band - so sad that Simon Holmes is no longer with us.
― Grantman, Monday, 7 December 2020 11:03 (three years ago) link
Vulgar Boatmen so good. Like a Motorik Everly Brothers.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRP5_sLI6Lc
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
^^ yeah that one is all time, so good
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
dude sounds a bit like Neil Finn there
― Dr. Dreidel (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
The little pause before the cymbal hits in the 'chorus' are the very best thing.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
Wow, wow, wow.
I used to have the mp3's of this Brazilian band. So excellent, you have to hear it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0mbHEz0kk
― Totally Insane Police State, 90210 (I M Losted), Monday, 18 January 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
^ Wow, indeed! That whole album sounds fantastic--cool unexpectedly frequent use of harmonica by the singer, too...
― Co-pay Segundo (Craig D.), Monday, 18 January 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Yeah I posted the live version, whereas the album is a classic indie 80s sound, love the guitar and unadorned sound...now I gotta go back and revisit the rest of that Brazilian "new wave" that was on that comp.
― Streaming is Stealing (I M Losted), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
I'm pissed this wasn't on American college radio back in the day.
― Streaming is Stealing (I M Losted), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link