A Good Ground


Playful? Yes. Danceable? Yes. Yelping? Yes. Sing Along Choruses? Yes. Brooklyn? Yes. Fidgety? Yes. Good? Surprisingly, Yes. Sonic Youth? No. Mission of Burma? No. Wire? No. Oxford Collapse? Yes.

I must stop reading promotional liner notes.

Prop Cars
Last American Virgin
The Boys Go Home

Kanine Records

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The Wedding Present
from the album "Hit Parade 1" [RCA]




























"Blue Eyes"

I don't think I've ever mentioned this before
But I couldn't possibly love you any more
Oh it's been ages
Let's not do that again

I think you said that when you wrote to me
I'm not as certain as I ought to be
I lost the pages
It didn't seem to matter then

There's a lot of things I should have kept
But there was so much I could not accept

I watched some film round Alexandra's place
But I kept seeing your blue eyes in her face
I tried to call you
But you must have left by then

And you know that stuff about your being here
I changed my mind, no, I just want you near
I don't have to own you
I just want you home again

There's a lot of things I used to say
But that all changes from today
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other songs from The Wedding Present's "Hit Parade 1"

Three
Come Play With Me

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---Mr. Mark

If You Were That Way Now I Think I’d Love You More


Short and sweet (emphasis on the sweet) today: Toothpaste 2000 basically has 2 types of songs, simplistic, straight-forward, driving pop rock (male vocals) or sugary sweet, girl-group-influenced low-fi pop (female vocals). These tracks come from their 2000 release "Va Va Voom!"

Spacecat
Schoolgirl Affection
I’m in Love With Who You Used to Be
Va Va Voom

Parasol Records

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–Popkoff

Before I Turned Inwards


A few years ago, while scavenging for music in the dollar bins, I stumbled across this album by Gravenhurst, "Flashlight Seasons." I initially bought it based on the fact that it was on Warp records, but I was disappointed to find that it was not some glitchy electronic record, but rather a sad whiny British acoustic album. I quickly removed from my cd player and literally tossed into my backseat where it disappeared in the haze of newspapers and trash. Quite some time passed before it was excavated from the backseat and placed back into my cd player again, but oh what a different experience.

I hate writing about acoustic music because I’m always tempted to use cliches like "delicate" or "introspective." I’ll keep it simple, I really like these songs. Listen to them, and tell me what you think.

Damage
Damage II
The Ice Tree

Warp Records
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-Popkoff

The Strategy Unfolding


Outrageous Cherry’s name sounds like a hair metal band from the 80's, but rest assured they are a contemporary band that makes some very solid pop music. Hailing from the traditionally non-pop city of Detroit, the band plays a jangle-heavy mix of sunshine 60's pop and reverb laden 70's stoner rock with more emphasis on the former. If you like this, you should buy it off of Amazon, a used copy is like $3.00.

Where Do I Go When You Dream?
Eclipsed
Tracy
A Bad Movie

Del-Fi Records

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-Popkoff

"When the evening paints the streets...."

I am going to keep this short and sweet.
I enjoy music with lots of delay and tons of reverb. These are some of my favorite songs.

P.S. Explore the world of music...get out and visit your local record store today!

The tunes:
She Bangs the Drums - Stone Roses
She's So High - Blur
Since K Got Over Me - The Clientele
A Man called Sun - Verve
Treasure - Chapterhouse
Alison - Slowdive
Gone World Gone - the Kitchens of Distinction
Bill and Ben - The Catherine Wheel
Baby Blue Eyes - Dennis Wilson
How to tie a tie - the Lucksmiths
Under the Milky Way - The Church

--Mr. Mark