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First Kiss Lips: November 2012
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012. My novelty dance song, Smoked Duck is finally out! Like all those 60s dance crazes, the moves are in the lyrics. Hopefully there'll be a video soon of a roomful of people 'smoked ducking'. 8216;Smoked Duck’ by The Space Daddy. A Ducked-Up Novelty Dance. Written by Aug Stone (The Soft Close-Ups, H Bird, Eiscafe) and “hatched” by Ian Catt (Saint Etienne). At a strange little store in Stockholm. Released on 22.11.12, the date that looks most like Ducks and Cigarettes. Has been stu...
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First Kiss Lips: Guards! Guards! - That Spring
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Thursday, 4 December 2014. Definitely one of my POP songs of the year. Guards! First single 'That Spring'. Has got all the right ingredients - lovely female vocals, big melodic synths, joy and sadness in equal measure - for the type of Pop song I love. Guards! The Pipettes, Monster Bobby) and Lisa Bouvier. Who has a ton of projects I'll now have to check out). They started out with this gorgeous melancholy slice of synthpop, 'Go Nowhere', on the Eardrums Pop. Free download, grab it! Posted by Aug Stone.
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First Kiss Lips: July 2014
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Tuesday, 8 July 2014. My Top 10 Songs from The First Half of 2014. 1 Mikey Georgeson and The Civilised Scene. I See What You Did There. There's no convenient way to embed a way to hear this tune but just buy the album. It's Amazing. Spotify link. 2 Mikey Georgeson and The Civilised Scene - Blackberries. Blood and Brambles by Mikey Georgeson and The Civilised Scene. 4 The Lovely Wars. 7 St Vincent - Psychopath. 10 Mikey Georgeson and The Civilised Scene - Till It's Over. Posted by Aug Stone.
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First Kiss Lips: June 2015
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Tuesday, 2 June 2015. Linda Lewis - Do You Believe In Love? Reading about one of my favourite guitarists, John McLaughlin. The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, countless others and solo). Turns out he co-wrote a few POP* songs in the 60s. Here's a very nice soul one by Linda Lewis. Do You Believe In Love? Written with Ian Samwell. The A-side, 'You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet', is very good too. The Discogs page for the single. There's a new(-ish, 2014) book out about McLaughlin, 'Bathed In Lightning'.
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First Kiss Lips: Linda Lewis - Do You Believe In Love?
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Tuesday, 2 June 2015. Linda Lewis - Do You Believe In Love? Reading about one of my favourite guitarists, John McLaughlin. The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, countless others and solo). Turns out he co-wrote a few POP* songs in the 60s. Here's a very nice soul one by Linda Lewis. Do You Believe In Love? Written with Ian Samwell. The A-side, 'You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet', is very good too. The Discogs page for the single. There's a new(-ish, 2014) book out about McLaughlin, 'Bathed In Lightning'.
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First Kiss Lips: March 2013
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Monday, 18 March 2013. My friend Jim was playing me some ace stuff the other night which I'll be putting up here in an attempt to get this blog going again. First up is the Psychic Youth 7". Some great minimal synthpop reminiscent of early Depeche Mode. I like the B-side best with its female vocals but the A-side is really good too. B - The Future Now:. A - Step In Time:. Posted by Aug Stone. I just found out the sad news that Clive Burr. Drummer on the first three Iron Maiden. Someone at EMI was talking...
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First Kiss Lips: December 2014
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014. This is nearly an impossible task, to rank my favourite songs of this (or any) year. I'm confident of the Top 3, as they had the biggest effects on me. But after that, it's only a loose, ever-changing order. Nevertheless, this should give an accurate picture of what I've been listening to this year. So let's just start with Number 1. All quotes from my Quietus reviews. 1 Cleaners From Venus - The Band Plays Delilah. 2 Gwenno - Patriarchaeth. 3 Mikey Georgeson and The Civilise...
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First Kiss Lips: Top 10 Albums Of 2014...
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Tuesday, 30 December 2014. Top 10 Albums Of 2014. It was a great year for music. I really made the effort to keep up with what's come out and it very much paid off. My Top 10 albums of the year are:. 10 Taylor Swift - 1989. 9 Kylie Minogue - Kiss Me Once. I bought this on Danny Rowe's suggestion and man, it does not disappoint. Lead-off track 'Into The Blue' is euphoric. 'Les Sex' is also very ace. My favourite Kylie album and one I need to spend even more time with. 7 St Vincent - St. Vincent. I was loo...
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First Kiss Lips: August 2013
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Thursday, 15 August 2013. What I Played At Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT 14 August 2013. Curve - Horror Head (12" Remix). Siouxsie and The Banshees - Song From The Edge Of The World (Columbus Mix). Saint Etienne - Like A Motorway (album version). Always - W.C. Fields. OMD - Electricity (album version). New Order - Face Up. Action Biker - Smash Hit Producer. May Roosevelt - The One With The List. Jah Wobble and Julie Campbell - Feel (my favourite song of the new Millennium). Medicine - The Pink. What I Play...
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First Kiss Lips: January 2013
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Tuesday, 1 January 2013. The Wolfgang Press - Chains. Happy New Year Everyone! Yesterday I was driving home and nearly lost control of the car as my mind wandered into considering what if The Wolfgang Press. Reunited in 2013 and I hit some ice on the road. I've never been big on reunion shows but Chains (from Funky Little Demons. Had just come on an old mix cd I had found. Such beautiful Pop. A perfect summer evening song, when the twilight is descending and the shadows come alive with magic.