The McTells – Bi-Joopiter / Frank Records – 1986

Sometimes / Virginia MC (Flexi Disc) Jesse Man Rae / If Only Rotten / M.T.B. The McTells, too low-fi to be properly embraced by the C-86 generation, tightly clutching N.M.E.’s…But good enough if you liked decently constructed pop songs wacked out in that, perculiar to the english, Swell Maps type sound. This band from Hertford started […]

Geza X – Final Gear Records – 1981

Rio Grande Hotel / Hungarian / We Need More Power / Isotope Soap / Paranoids Pony Ride / Funky Monster / Practicing Mice / I Hate Punks / Mean Mr Mommy Man Crazy Zappa influenced LP from one of the inspirational members of the original L.A. punk scene, Geza X. Text below ripped from allmusic.com. Best known for his […]

Blood And Roses – The Peel Session – 1983

Theme From Assault On Precinct 13 / Possession / Spit Upon Your Grave / Curse On You Loved this band to fuckery, so here you have the ever helpful John Peel sticking them into Maida Vale for a goulish afternoon to create some really nice tracks. A very good day’s work indeed. Great stuff, loads more […]

The Mob – Meanwhile Gardens, Westbourne Park, London W11 – 25/06/83

Another Day Another Death / Dance On / Raised In A Prison / Our Life Our World / Witch Hunt / Stay / I Hear You Laughing / Gates Of Hell / No Doves Fly Here / Slayed / What’s Going On / I Wish / Youth Shuffling Souls / Witch Hunt Thirty five years […]

Psychic TV / La Loora – Atonal Records – 1984

Psychic TV – Papacy / Unclean / God’s Blood / New Will La Loora – 14th Is Next / Ref / In The Light / Swing / Quiet Song Psychic TV (Andrew Rawlings collection) La Loora Min with Zos Kia (Mins collection) Zos Kia (Mins collection) The Berlin Atonal Festival December 2nd – 4th 1983, […]

A Certain Ratio – Factory Records – 1979

All Night Party The Thin Boys Manchester, 1978. In the beginning there were four: Jeremy Kerr (bass), Martin Moscrop (guitar/trumpet), Peter Terrel (guitar/effects) and Simon Topping (vocals/trumpet). Four thin boys with a name borrowed from a Brian Eno record, the intense, drummerless quartet initially drew influence from Wire, Eno, the Velvets and Kraftwerk, and gained […]

The Desperate Bicycles – Refill Records – 1978

Occupied Territory Skill Two lo-fi tracks of sublime beauty are on the fourth record released by The Desperate Bicycles. Got to be one of my favorite 7″s that I own, seriously love the A side ‘Occupied Territory’…all six minutes of it! A near perfect pop record for the old folk browsing the site. Text below ripped from punk77.co.uk site in […]