rough trade covers album post

I bought the first Mazzy Star album three times, tape twice and then a CD. It was the soundtrack to my brief spell in Cork, Ireland in 1992, one of about three tapes I had with me. One of the others was On Fire by Galaxie 500. Anyway on to 2003 and to celebrate their 25th Rough Trade release a nice and cheap compilation that I buy and then promptly forget ever owning. A brief beachwood sparks revival this morning led me on to the mystic chords of memory and then onto the tyde, where I get the urge to seek their cover of tell me by galaxie 500. One reminiscence of Cork later and I'm posting the delay's ride it on too.

Listen: the tyde - tell me
Listen: delays - ride it on

Reading that back makes it painfully obvious why I never went for that job in music journalism - just listen to the songs and make your own minds up.

Bummer in the Summer - love tribute post

Arthur Lee RIP. You were supposedly mad, but you proved one of the most long lasting fascinations, from sixth form angst to parent I regularly listen to your works. That first stone roses album was them ripping off Primal scream ripping off you wasn't it? Huge chunks of the charlatans feel? Still no candle to hold to forever changes though, I'll be thinking of you and how long it took for you to shuffle off the proverbial since your first intimations that you were about to die.

Here are the tracks I have at hand - I haven't got access to my vinyl debut album at the moment.
I'd post Signed DC if I could put my hands on it.
Alone Again Or (alternate mix)
You set the scene (alternate mix)
She comes in Colors from da capo
I'm with you (from the patchy Four Sail)

This is what you want if you don't have it

Guillemots - little bear

Apologies for the prolonged absence, but a new baby and interesting work has kept me from posting here recently. I have, however been listening to the new guillemots album pretty much continuously for the last couple of weeks (well that and Rachel's Music For Egon Schiele), it's easily the best pop album I've heard this year, altogether more ambitious than most, sounding at times like Scott Walker's early solo work, and other Van Morrison or the Waterboys/World Party apart from the acapella stuff and the Stax influenced brass. The singles are almost Dexy's like and the lyrics erudite without being mawkish. The album called through the window pane is out today, and here's the opening track, a lush introduction to the week:

Listen: Guillemots - little bear

Watch: made uplove song #43 (Youtube)
Buy it - ignore the amazon description, it's just wrong.