Nah, I never came to the States - by the time they went on that tour the moment had kinda passed and they were getting inducted into the K Records Seekrit Handshake Club rather than trying to foment revolution among the yout' of Britain. Which I understand, in that they were always inspired by US lo-fi, but as a subset of k they were far less interesting than as a homegrown version. #

No link, but here's the list:

Rough Trade Shops: Indiepop 1" TRACKLISTING:

CD ONE 1. Primal Scream - All Fall Down c 2. Modesty Blaise - Carol Mountain c 3. Popguns - Waiting For The Winter c 4. The Clouds - Get Out Of My Dream c 5. Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine c 6. Jesus And Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up c 7. Mary Lou Lord - Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight) c 8. The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set c 9. Felt - Penelope Tree c 10. Juniper Moon - El Resto De Mi Vida c 11. Shop Assistants - Safety Net c 12. V Twin - Gifted c 13. Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes - Splashing Along c 14. Television Personalities - Look Back In Anger c 15. Dressy Bessy - You Stand Here c 16. The Wedding Present - Once More c 17. Helen Love - Beat Him Up c 18. Pop Will Eat Itself - Black Country Chainstore Massacreee c 19. I, Ludicrous - Preposterous Tales c 20. Heavenly - Sort Of Mine c 21. Beat Happening - Indian Summer c 22. The Groove Farm - The Best Part Of Being With You c 23. Field Mice - Landmark c CD TWO c 1. My Bloody Valentine - Paint A Rainbow c 2. Love Is All - Spinning and Scratching c 3. Josef K - Sorry For Laughing c 4. Talulah Gosh - Talulah Gosh c 5. Aberfeldy - Vegetarian Restaurant c 6. The Pooh Sticks - I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well c 7. This Poison! - Poised Over The Pause Button c 8. The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies c 9. The Vaselines - Molly's Lips c 10. AR Kane - When You're Sad c 11. Darling Buds - Uptight c 12. Pastels - Truck Train Tractor c 13. Camera Obscura - Eighties Fan c 14. McCarthy - Should The Bible Be Banned c 15. Lush - Hypocrite c 16. June Brides - Every Conversation c 17. The Velvet Crush - Walking Out On Love c 18. The Flatmates - I Could Be In Heaven c 19. Marine Girls - Honey c 20. Bis - Icky Pooh Air Raid c 21. Razorcuts - Sorry To Embarrass You c 22. Eggs - Government Administrator c 23. Spearmint - Sweeping The Nation

Not bad, although the wrong Primals track (if you only have one jangly Primals song it should be Velocity Girl) and I'd rather ditch Bis in favour of Chia Pet's "Hey Baby". Still a nice way to replace all the 7"s and tapes girls made me in the late '80s...

Hey! Don't dis the mix-tape chicks. But that does look like a good compilation, based on the quality of the songs I do recognize among the ones I don't.

I heart the mix-tape chicks, Micha, but I no longer have a tape deck in my house (I do in my car, which means that my listening is schizoid - fashionable modern music, electronica etc at home, indie pop, Dexy's and Hec's Bubblegum tapes in the car).

In honor of the voting folks up north, my music rec of the day is Emm Gryner.

The Pee Wee Fist opened for her once in Ohio. Not crazy about her music, but she was very sweet.

Are there any Bostonian Buffistas who are familiar with a local band called Averi? I saw them open for someone in Portland this weekend, and they played a really tight set.

Great show, Jon. I know a lot of the bands, but not many of the songs.

a local band called Averi?

Never heard of 'em.

t edit Fancy-pants web site though.

And thanks Hayden.

Took a stack of CDs to the local record shop yesterday (Sonic Boom, for all youse Seattle guys), and while they only took about half of them, I got $50 in store credit. Whoo-hoo!

Here's what I picked up: the new Wilco, the Pixies hits compilation, a 2-disc The Who hits collection and Keane's new one.

I haven't heard any of Keane's tunes, but I've read several good reviews that made me think it would be right up my alley. Plus, the disc was only $6.99.

I haven't heard any of Keane's tunes, but I've read several good reviews that made me think it would be right up my alley.

I've heard a couple of their songs. Best I can describe them is, kind of first cousins to Coldplay, with lyrics whose philosophizing is a little more one-on-one personal.