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Indie Top 20 - The Blog!: December 2016

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Tuesday, 20 December 2016. I'm going to take a slight break from this blog for a bit now, partly because I've got a lot of other things to do at the moment, and partly because experience has taught me that updating blogs over Christmas week is a Total Bloody Waste Of Time As Nobody Reads The New Entries. Just as you're probably not reading this now. Are you? If you fancy getting your Christmas party going with an old-school indie swing, the Spotify Indie Top 20 Playlist. Sunday, 18 December 2016. The tri...

Indie Top 20 - The Blog!: August 2016

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Wednesday, 31 August 2016. Indie Top 20 Volume 2 Side 3 - Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew, The Beloved, The Chesterfields, Voice of the Beehive, All About Eve. 1 The Beatmasters Featuring The Cookie Crew - Rok Da House (Rhythm King). If it feels far too early to be talking about "Rok Da House", you're not completely. 2 The Beloved - Forever Dancing (Flim Flam). 3 The Chesterfields - Ask Johnny Dee (Subway). I can never decide if the opening lyrics to this song are pure genius or the most John Shuttleworthesque ...

Indie Top 20 - The Blog!: September 2016

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Thursday, 29 September 2016. Volume 5 Side 1 - Robert Lloyd, Wire, New Order, King Blank, Quireboys. Format: Double Vinyl/ Cassette/ CD. Year of Release: 1988. There's some good moments on the album, but no really great ones (in my opinion) and some downright baffling inclusions. Perhaps in this halfway house, this motorway travel tavern sleepover between Indiepop and Indie Dance, a slight loss of focus could only be expected. But you may well disagree as we travel through the tracks:. He clarifies later...

Indie Top 20 - The Blog!: January 2017

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Sunday, 29 January 2017. Volume Eleven Side Three - Charlatans, Teenage Fanclub, Pale Saints, Welfare Heroine, The Shamen. 1 The Charlatans - Then (Dead Dead Good/ Situation Two). Excellent follow-up to their hit earlier in the year. Outstanding, a massive hit that should establish Northwich's finest as a major band". 2 Teenage Fanclub - God Knows It's True (Paperhouse). Jack Black - it's good for singing, guitaring, and playing the drums." - Don Flemming. 3 Pale Saints - Half Life Remembered (4AD).

Indie Top 20 - The Blog!: October 2016

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Sunday, 30 October 2016. Indie Top Video featuring New Order, Darling Buds, Birdland, McCarthy, They Might Be Giants, Oyster Band. Year of Release: 1989. Hot on the tails of the CD88 compilation - indie music on a digital format, whoever would have thought it? Came "Indie Top Video", which brought together sights as well as sounds from Volumes 1-6 of the series. 1 New Order - Fine Time (Factory). Just plain "being faintly disturbing"? 2 The Shamen - Jesus Loves Amerika (Moksha). Within a few singles, Bir...