| Various Artists / Messthetics #103 D.I.Y. And (Very) Indie Post-Punk From The Midlands '77-81, Par |
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| Album: | Messthetics #103 D.I.Y. And (Very) Indie Post-Punk From The Midlands '77-81, Par | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 06/2007 | |
| Label: | Hyped 2 Death | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-07-01 | Pull Date: | 2007-09-02 |
| Week Ending: | 2 Sep | 26 Aug | 19 Aug | 12 Aug | 5 Aug | 29 Jul | 22 Jul | 15 Jul |
| Airplays: | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 23, 2009: | PACC Appreciation Show Dangerous Girls | 4. | Oct 09, 2007: | A2Z Dangerous Girls | |
| 2. | May 01, 2008: | A2Z Dangerous Girls | 5. | Sep 01, 2007: | Cognitive Overload Walking | |
| 3. | Dec 11, 2007: | A2Z Dangerous Girls | 6. | Aug 29, 2007: | The Adventurer's Choice ill-prepared episode Dangerous Girls |
| Album Review |
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| Elias (Dr Furious) Reviewed 2007-07-02 | ||
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Holy Crap! Yet another amazing compilation of lost DIY/indie gems ca. 1977-1981. This time from UK’s poor midlands, land of the Swell Maps. Plagued by the popularity of heavy metal and devoid of any pressing plants, these proto-indie artists remained in obscurity. Brilliant lofi gems with a range of influences from no wave saxophones and dub-y guitars to indie pop synths and middle eastern strings. Plus songs by the Swell Maps and the Prefects. FCC CLEAN! play NOISE: 15, 7, 10 POP: 5, 20, 9, 6, 13 DUB: 19, 22 PUNK: 2, 1, 4, 14 WORLD (NOVELTY): 17 PSYCH: 18 1. Balls-out revolting punker 2. Great punker by the Prefects. 3. This by the Swell Maps. Need I say more? 4. Sounds like the Ex. 5. Swinging/sassy Holly Golightly-ish retro pop tune. Sweet. 6. Gentle indie rocker. 7. Crazy ass Velvet Underground-ish psychedelic tune with free jazzy sax. 8. Amateurish solo guit punker (no drums) 9. Dance-y. Guitar groove. Pop. 10. Sax! Laura Logic/X-Ray Spex. 11. Infectiously catchy guitar grooves. 12. Link Wray’s Batman… turned into Brit punker. 13. Great/great melodies. Astonishingly good. 14. Wire-sque punker with dominant bass lines. 15. Awesome uber noisy/experimental no wave. James Chance meets Sonic Youth. 16. Psych tune with heavily overdriven/distorto guits. 17. Spoken word rant w/ acoustic middle eastern strings. Very cool! 18. Starts with a remake of Vanilla Fudge’s You Keep Me Hanging On. Heavy psych-punk. 19. Epic DUB rocker. The Clash meets Gang of Four. Great climax. 20. Synth –driven indie pop. Female vox. Sweet. 21. Bouncy punker with comical lyricals. 22. Funk bass/guitar. Mid tempo psych. | ||
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