Housemartins

Catchy pop with a nice feel for harmony and counter melodies, the Housemartins could be described as a cross between the Smiths and the Futureheads. Paul Heaton went on to form the Beautiful South while, oddly enough, guitarist Norman Cooke would become far better known in the 90's as Fatboy Slim.

1. Think For A Minute
2. Sitting On A Fence
3. Flag Day
4. Over There
5. I Smell Winter
6. Anxious
7. Happy Hour
8. We Are Not Going Back
9. Caravan Of Love
10. I Can't Put My Finger On It

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hpvgowefm29

Zombeels posted this in another thread, so I thought I'd put it in it's proper home (sorry if it's a repost from this thread, I was too lazy to go back and look).

Cool. I've got 60 billion Housemartins songs on itunes but didn't think to do one.

Wow. This is awesome. I really like Sun Kil Moon so I always wanted to back and check out the Red House Painters so thanks for doing this.

man this is good. not sure why I never listened to these guys before.

Shelleyan Orphan

1. Anatomy Of Love Helleborine 1987
2. Shatter Century Flower 1989
3. Long Dead Flowers Humroot 1992
4. Seeking Bread And Heaven Helleborine 1987
5. The Silent Day Century Flower 1989
6. Burst Humroot 1992
7. Epitaph Ivy And Woe Helleborine 1987
8. Sick Humroot 1992
9. Tar Baby Century Flower 1989
10. Something Pulled Me We Have Everything We Need 2008

Sweet chamber pop duo, lots of cello, pretty vocals, lyrics darker than the music.

Had three albums before moving on to other projects. A 4th album
is due next month after a 16 year hiatus during which only a few tracks came out under the Shelleyan Orphan name. I only have one track from the new album so far.

RIYL: Sundays, Innocence Mission, Dream Academy, early Everything But The Girl, Cocteau Twins, chamber pop groups that sound like warm spring wind.

54.40



This west coast canadian band has crafted some of the best and most impressionable songs in Canadian rock history. They have often been labelled as the Canadian REM and judging from the songs early in their career, its a good description. Neil Osbourne is the singer and leader of the band. I drew most from their earlier albums as I think they are better than their most recent stuff. I think 1992's album Dear Dear is their best work. Do not let this tenner go by without at least hearing 'one day in your life' or 'one gun'.

I go blind (from '54.40' in 1986)
One day in your life (from 'Show me' in 1987)
One gun (from 'Show me' in 1987)
Miss you (from 'fight for love' in 1989)
Baby have some faith (from 'fight for love' in 1989)
She la (from 'Dear Dear' in 1992)
Music man (from 'Dear Dear' in 1992)
Book (from 'Dear Dear' in 1992)
Blame your parents (from 'Smilin Buddha Cabaret' in 1994)
Radio luv song (from 'Smilin Buddha Cabaret' in 1994)


http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3zpg8saipq3

check it out!

I'll put up a Wire Train one this evening

Wire Train was a San Francisco jangle pop oufit respected for a short time in the mid 80's. Hung on through '93, never got the success of some contemporaries.

Some similarities to the American guitar-based alt-pop groups of the time that were the alternative to synthpop for many of us in our younger days, but they share more similiarities with Aussie and New Zealand acts like Triffids, Hunters & Collectors, The Church, Hoodo Gurus, Go-Betweens, etc., because there's an atmospheric shimmer to their jangle and altcountry rockin'.

Some of you many remember tracks like "Chamber Of Hellos," "Last Perfect Thing," and "She Comes On", which got a decent amount of college and modern rock radio airplay.

Their only mainstream recognition came with "I Will Not Fall" when it was in the Point Break film.

Snug never got a proper release.





Wire Train

1. Everything's Turning Up Down Again ...In A Chamber 1984
2. She's A Very Pretty Thing Ten Women 1987
3. The Ocean Between Two Words 1985
4. She's Got You Ten Women 1987
5. God On Our Side Between Two Words 1985
6. She's On Fire ...In A Chamber 1984
7. Tin Jesus Wire Train 1990
8. Impossible No Soul No Strain 1992
9. Who Gives A Shit Snug 1993
10. Oh Me Oh My Wire Train 1990

albums and info:
http://digivinyltal.blogspot.com/search?q=Wire+train

My "play-zher" (as they'd say in Indiana). I am sure someone else could do one and would have entirely different tracks. Obviously, those are just my favs.

If anyone has much by Austin band Glass Eye, a tenner would be welcome. Used to play them a lot in college (especially "Treefort") but haven't had anything by them in 15 years or so.

That was the band that Daniel Johnston used to follow around right? Kathy McCarthy and company -- who gave Danny his first real break?

yeah

thanks for the housemartins djdan...haven't heard them in forever.

also, the mighty lemon drops "inside out" was one of the first "alternative" songs i remember liking. heard it first from either weasel or neecie on WHFS back in the day -- thought you might appreciate that

THE DEXATEENS


01 Lost and Found
02 Neil Armstrong
03 Makers Mound
04 Own Thing
05 Out On Your Own
06 What Money Means
07 Pine Belt Blues
08 Kid
09 Devoted To Lonesome
10 Sweet Little Loser

RIYL : Black Oak meets Gram Parsons bareback riding Crazy Horse through a backwoods brushfire with a six-pack, six-string, and six shooter blazing.

damn estone...weasel and neecie.

I drove 3+ hours to see Mighty Lemon Drops and Big Dipper play at University of Delaware on a last minute whim when i was in college. Drank myself silly and then drove back arriving back home at 6am still drunk and plopped myself down in front of the typewriter (yes typewriter, not computer) to start a 15 page term paper that was due at 4pm that afternoon. It was a piece of shit but I turned something in before going to sleep. Oh, the carefree days of college.

SILVER JEWS



Silver Jews is the music outlet of Nashville-based (as of 1999) writer David "DC" Berman. Early on thought of as a Pavement side project due to the involvement of college pals Steve Malkmus and Bob Nostanovich, who appeared on early (and awful sounding) EPs Dime Map of the Reef and The Arizona Record, which gave the band its initial lo-fi reputation. Malkmus/Nostanovich also play on half of Silver Jews' six albums (Starlight Walker, American Water and Tanglewood Numbers).

Having said that, it's always been Berman's project and it's his often arcane lyrics, evocative wit, clever use of puns and cliches and dry, sly and sometime goofy sense of humor that have defined the band since its formation in 1989.

The music, in general, could be described as half the time, a kind of laid-back country-rock, and other times, a disheveled rollock.



No. Track (Album)
1. Trains Across the Sea (Starlight Walker)
2. Dallas (The Natural Bridge)
3. Random Rules (American Water)
4. Time Will Break the World (Bright Flight)
5. Horseleg Swastikas (Bright Flight)
6. Friday Night Fever (Bright Flight)
7. Punks in the Beerlight (Tanglewood Numbers)
8. Animal Shapes (Tanglewood Numbers)
9. The Poor, The Fair, and The Good (Tanglewood Numbers)
10. Suffering Jukebox (Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea)


Weighted heavily in favor of Bright Flight and Tanglewood Numbers because they are his best records, IMO (some would argue for American Water as his best).

RIYL - baritone-delivered dark, dry humor, slacker country-rock, occasionally revved-up slacker country-rock, countrified American Music Club/Mark Eitzel, Mutations/Sea Change-era Beck, Sebadoh, Pavement, Why?.

Gonna put up a tenner by The Call for those who like them or who wonder what Robert (Turner) Been from BRMC's dad's band was about.

Searching for their second album, since the first three from 82-84 have never been released on CD. I have all the other ones, though the self-titled debut from '82 took some digging to find.

Also, Michael Been then:


Michael Been now:


It happens to everyone.

The Call

1. The Morning Reconciled 1986
2. Time Of Your Life Modern Romans 1983
3. Who's That Man The Call 1982
4. All About You Modern Romans 1983
5. I Don't Wanna Into The Woods 1987
6. Let The Day Begin Let The Day Begin 1989
7. Walk Walk Into The Woods 1987
8. Musta Been Outta My Mind To Heaven And Back 1998
9. What's Happened To You Red Moon 1990
10. I Still Believe Reconciled 1986

Long before he was sound engineer for his son in Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Michael Been headed up The Call, a passionate and anthemic group with shades of The Alarm, Springsteen, U2, Big Country, Steve Winwood, Simple Minds, The Band, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Talking Heads, The Hooters with better lyrics, the occasional Clapton flourish. Might not sound appealing, but Been's baritone was a different beast from from most of the others. He was neither ironic nor overbearing, was neither Byrne nor Meatloaf: he just MEANT it. Though being bearded and chubby didn't help fame much in MTV days.

RIYL: War-era U2 mixed with Born To Run.

You might be over-selling that.

Ok. Maybe Tunnel Of Love

Lambchop

1. Your Fucking Sunny Day Thriller 1997
2. All Smiles And Mariachi How I Quit Smoking 1996
3. You Masculine You Nixon 2000
4. Nothing Adventurous Please No, You C'mon 2004
5. I Would Have Waited Here All Day Damaged 2006
6. Hellmouth I Hope You're Sitting Down 1994
7. My Blue Wave Is A Woman 2002
8. Give Me Your Love (Love Song) What Another Man Spills 1998
9. Sharing A Gibson With Martin Luther King Jr. OH (ohio) 2008
10. Moody Fucker Tools in the Dryer 2001

that one officially got me back into downloading tenners

The Pine Box Boys

1. 56, Ar Arkansas Killing Time 2005
2. More Pride Than Priors Stab! 2006
3. Dark Of The Holler Child of Calamity 2008
4. Weary Friend Arkansas Killing Time 2005
5. To The Blue Child of Calamity 2008
6. The Tardy Hearse Stab! 2006
7. Pukin' Blood, Spittin' Teeth, Bein' High Child of Calamity 2008
8. The Hateful Thing Arkansas Killing Time 2005
9. Don't Ask Me To Stop Child of Calamity 2008
10. Stab Stab! 2006

Self-described purveyors of darkgrass gothbilly, or killbilly, as it's been called. Murder ballads, both fast and slow, some classic country, some DBT.

RIYL: DBT (with a Soggy Bottom Boys tint), Reverend Horton Heat, SCOTS, Those Poor Bastards (with better vocals), Murder Ballads-style Nick Cave.