So Tough! So Cute! feat Ben (Fire Escape Talking, UK)

Länk till Last.fm event Fin indiepop för flickor i Lego-frisyrer, polkadot klänningar och för mycket böter på sina bibliotekskort! Kaxig girl-group för pojkar i alldeles för oregerliga luggar som aldrig lyckas få flickan till att fika som en flicka och inte bara som en vän! Kvällens gäst-DJ är Ben från London som beskriver sig själv såhär: "In a music journalism career writing for the NME and Melody Maker among many others, Ben was pinned to the floor of a London hotel by a naked "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff from the Bloodhound Gang after calling the bodybuilder and guitarist a "pussy" for biting the heads off dead animals rather than live ones; he was once wrestled on a sofa by all three members of girl group Atomic Kitten; and a young lady of the genus "indie" offered him sex if he gave Terry Bickers' (ex-House of Love) band Dark Star a good review. Ben declined. He has high standards in music. Or what Tim Hopkins of The Visitors calls the "best record collection of indiepop in England". Since leaving music journalism for a proper job with a regular income, Ben has written Fire Escape Talking, what Harvey Williams of Another Sunny Day describes as "the indiepop blog most widely read by the coolest kids". In his spare time, Ben trains hard in the expectation that drinking will one day become an Olympic sport." -- Tack allihopa som kom! Det var underbart att se alla som dansade sig varma I källaren Ben spelade The New Teller - Jonathan Richman Markers – Bag O’Shells Fast Boyfriends – Girls At Our Best! The Brightest Star – Godstar Poignant – Pencil Tin I’ll Still Be There – Razorcuts Hey Hey Girl – Rocketship She Cuts Hair – Darren Hanlon Who Do You Think You Are – Candlewick Green Superman – The Clique Holland 1945 – Neutral Milk Hotel Good I Feel Bad – The High Water Marks Give Up Girl – Connie Questrel Lola – The Kinks 1,2,3, Go! – The Parallelograms Hey Lover – The Aislers Set (You’d Better) Straighten Up And Fly Right – The Devonnes A Question Of Trust – Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring She’s Gonna Let You Down Again – The Strange Idols You’ll Never Know (My Love) – Edwyn Collins Hanging On The Telephone – The Nerves Come Out And Play – The Paley Brothers I Love Her So Much (It Hurts Me) – The Majestics Picture Me Gone – Evie Sands Groovin’ With Mr Bloe – Mr Bloe Cool Jerk – The Capitols Penny Gold – Lindy Stephens I’ll Be Loving You – Soul Brothers Six You’re Absolutely Right – The Apollas You Won’t Say Nothing – Tamala Lewis Sad, Sad, Memories – The Tempos I Got A Feeling – Barbara Randolph Heaven Must Have Sent You – The Elgins No Deceiving You – The Blue Ox Babes Turn Down Day – The Cyrkle Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys – The Cookies The Boy In The Paisley Shirt – Television Personalities The Oogum Boogum Song – Brenton Wood The Greener Side – The Killjoys 1,2,3 Red Light – Ohio Express Hey Mr Love – Dee Walker The Heart Parade – The Candees There’s Too Much Love – Belle and Sebastian Elephant Candy – The Fun and Games Blame It On The Pony Express – Rokit Talking Eyes – Pamela Beatty Daniel spelade: Vic Godard – Nice On The Ice Primal Scream - The Orchard Hunky Dory - We're Through The Monochrome Set - Expresso [!] Lesley Gore - Maybe I Know O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher Butlers - She Tried To Kiss Me Feverfew - Crisom Gloom The Monkees - Mary, Mary Chocolate Barry - I Cry Because Of You Argentina Housemartins - Freedom The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group - Bigfoot The Velvelettes - Needle in a Haystack The Wedding Present - A Million Miles Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped Up In Books Field Mice - September's Not So Far Away Field Mice - Canada The Wave Pictures - Holding Hands The King of Luxembourg - Valleri Television Personalities - Where's Bill Grundy Now Wolfhounds - The Anti-Midas Touch Another Sunny Day - Rio Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered McCarthy - Should The Bible Be Banned Christine's Cat - Your Love Is Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine Aztec Camera - The Boy Wonders The Monochrome Set - The Jet Set Junta Scott Walker - Jackie Modern Lovers - Someone I Care About

So Tough! So Cute! feat Clare Wadd (Sarah Records, UK)

1987 i ett land långt, långt borta (okej, i en källarvåning i Bristol om du nu måste veta) så satt en pojke och en flicka i en källare. Pojken (Matt) och flickan (Clare) hade på var sitt håll gett ut små fanzines och flexis men nu skulle göra något tillsammans. Under namnet Sarah så skulle de släppa 100 av världens bästa popsinglar. Syftet var att med sjutumssinglar, vykort, fanzines och pussel skapa en global socialistisk revolution och 1995 var de klara med sitt uppdrag och lade ner Sarah. Nu i efterhand så gick nog inte så bra med den socialistiska revolutionen men likt Postcard så släppte de musik vars popsjäl fortfarande brinner. Nu ska Clare Wadd återigen ner i en källare då hon på lördag besöker oss på Retro och jag hoppas på att alla ni kommer och dansar när hon spelar sina favoritlåtar. Clare Wadd spelade följande för ett fullt Retro The Frank and Walters - Colours Baxendale - Music For Girls ROC - Hey You Chick Stars - Your Ex lover Is dead British Sea Power - How Will I Ever Find My way Home Chocolat - Like A Starberry Even as We Speak - Drown Fastbacks - Wrong Wrong Wrong This Poison! - Poised over the pause button The Hidden Cameras - Ban Marriage Hefner - The Greedy Ugly People Death Cab for Cutie - The Sound of Settling The Wedding Present - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Ballboy - Public Park Primal Scream - Velocity Girl Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside down Neil Diamond - Delirious Love 14 Iced Bears - Come Get Me The Orchids - Peaches The Delgados - All You Need Is Hate The House of Love - Shine On The Field Mice - Sensitive Blueboy - Joy Of Living Dweeb - Scooby Doo Spearmint - We're Going Out Stars - Take Me To The Riot Clouds - Get Out of My Dream