Its Sunny and everythings Ok! here is another hand picked mix of some of my fav songs from the alternative 90's vaults, with the now legendary track15 gem!
1) Boo Radleys - Lazy Day (Another track I first heard on a Select compilation tape this time a Creation one. Genius 95 seconds of music from the first album proper by the Boo Radleys. Saw them shortly after (1992?) at Norwich Waterfront in a double bill with the Pale Saints. Fact - Sice actually had hair at that time!)
2) Northern Uproar - Rough Boy (For a modern reference to this band see The Courteeners! Very young manc lads who wrote fine ballsy rock tunes. This was from the debut album and was also the B-Side to the 1996 debut single Rollercoaster. Released two albums (the first better) and split up around 1999. Saw them play once with Audioweb but for the life of me I cant remember who supported who!)
3) Frank and Walters - Fashion Crisis Hits New York (Irish band who formed in the early 90's and who continue to release splendid records and tour to this day. This is on of the earliest tracks they did and reminds me of a teenage "romantic" interlude at the UEA whilst watching them play. I keep meaning to catch them again live but the dates never work out. Maybe one day)
4) Mega City Four - Stop (Another "Fraggle" Rock band who constantly toured. Saw them at the Astoria and at the Waterfront and were excellent both times. Singer Wiz sadly passed away last year, but as they say the music lives on. Fact -Actually bought the Sebastapol Road cd that this was on a trip to the very un indie Harrods! Still have the CD and the price sticker on it (A very reasonable £7.99!))
5) Black Grape - England's Irie (Shaun's back again on Boxerbear this time with 'ver' Grape. I had kinda forgotten about this track until recently as it wasn't on either album, and was written off as a novelty football track. Its far from it and is the usual brilliance from SWR)
6) Gary Clail's On-U-Soundsystem - Human Nature (Only Top forty hit for Bristol based Clail's dub outfit and featured a Cabaret/drag singer on vocals. Clail actually released some excellent and eclectic material in the 90's and is worth checking out. This is from the 1991 Emotional Hooligan album.)
7) Belly - Slow Dog (A top single from 1993's Star album. I had a big crush on Tanya Donelly but the closest I ever got was about 200ft at XFM's Great Expectations gig at Finsbury Park! Sigh)
8) The Family Cat - River of Diamonds (Their best song (I think) but not the best version which I have yet to transfer from 7" to MP3. A band whose t-shirt adorned many an Indie kids body. This was from the 92 Furthest from the Sun album. If anyone has the Family Cat peel sessions I would love a copy!)
9) The Mock Turtles - Lay Me Down (How many albums did they release, well im not sure most seemed to be collections of various tracks with the exception of Two Sides. Saw them live when they were on the crest of the 'Can You dig it' wave and were very good and at the time singer Martin Coogan was the most famous Coogan brother! This was a single release in 1990 on Imaginary records)
10) Pale Saints - Sight of You (Leeds based band who according to legend had a rivalry with Ride for many a year resulting in Ride covering "The only good Pale Saints song" this one! This wasnt true but a rivalry about who was best with Ride was foolish one and one that couldn't be won. This is probably their best known track. And came from the debut Comforts of Madness album.)
11) Frazier Chorus - Nothing (7" edit) - Second part of the famous brothers theme as Tim Freeman the lead singer is the brother of Brit Actor Martin! This was the highest placing of the Brighton bands singles and reached No51 in 1990 and come from a really nice little album called Ray on the Virgin label)
12) Lush - Nothing Natural (From the debut album proper Spooky this was probably the first song that hooked me onto Lush. Everything in place Swirling dreamy guitar melodies haunting voice with a dark undercurrent. The Black Spring EP reached No 43 in March 91. Fact - The band recorded a version of Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep for a compilation album called Alvin Lives in Leeds and still managed a successful career!!)
13) Kenickie - Punka (Best known for being Lauren Laverne's pre presenting band, Kenickie were a 3 girl one boy pop Punk band from the North East. This lovely coloured vinyl single was released in 96. Fact - I stood behind David Gedge watching Kenickie at Leeds Breeze festival in 1998, getting frustrated that I seemed to be the only person to A)Notice B)Understand the magnificence of this happening!)
14) A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (I have to say I knew nothing about them bar owning the two singles they released in the early 90's (This and Can you kick it), upon Wiki search I found that... formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip (Kamal Fareed), rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, who formed in 1988 and recently reformed. Bonita Applebum is a funky hip hop tune from 1990)
15) Divine Comedy - My Lovely Horse (Keeping with my track 15 a little something to make you smile format. This gem will make you smile!)
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