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A - Side
01 COLOUR REMOVAL
02 CIRCLING THE DRAIN
03 POLICE
04 COLOUR REMOVAL
05 VIVIAN GIRLS
06 CBC FEUDS
07 THE LINE PART. I
08 THE LINE PART. II
09 88
10 SINCE YOU BEEN GONE
11 TEENAGE PROBLEMS
12 NEAT PARTS
13 MRR-KBOO INTERVIEW
14 LAZER ATTACK
15 DAVID COMES TO LIFE
16 DAVID CHRISTMAS

B- Side
01 DAVID'S PLAN
02 COUPLE TRACKS
03 YEAR OF THE RAT
04 YEAR OF THE OX
05 NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
06 MANQUELLER MAN
07 VARIOUS
08 TRY A LITTLE TOGETHERNESS
09 I'LL NEVER BE FRIENDS WITH YOU…

Art is always convoluted, and if its personal stuff, which it almost always is, (let’s just say that it is) – then it’s really convoluted. It’s not like watching the entire season of a dodgy soap opera, because that stuff is really black & white and not particularly subjective, it’s fairly predictable – it is what it is.
With “art” it’s a snippet of a much larger narrative. It becomes vague and interpretive to the audience. For its creators it’s a masterbatory and self serving exercise.
But I’d prefer for an artist or band to write/make/create/draw/design things that are personal…

Mixtape Vol. VII – Not Quite Punk

It’s been a while since the last tape, but who’s counting?
I like “punk music” (I think?) And so by default I should like some things that sound punk, but I don’t always. So here are some bands that I’ve always considered “punk” bands despite the fact that they don’t sound or look like the generic punk. I was tempted to chuck in stuff like Oingo Boingo, the Cramps, Communiqué even Cold Cave for some reason, stuff that have/has/had ties to punk but haven’t been co-oped and exist in their own…

FIRST WAVE NORTHERN IRELAND* PUNK

“I think it’s really interesting, The Clash sings about civil war, and these kids were living it…” – Nathalian (Associate of Fucked Up) Talking about the Starjets from Belfast.

“First Wave Northern Ireland Punk” – I’m not quite sure of any specifics or dates but the earliest year in this comp is 1975 and the latest is 1985. Many of these songs and artists are fairly obscure and totally underrated, others are just so-so (I culled some really dodgy ones like The Faders, Cramp, The Idiots, Terri & The Terrors (which…

Here are some sugary treats
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Sunny Day, they defined the twee sound for me – lofi pop.
-Big Dolly Mixture fan, this may not be their best song but it’s the most twee sounding.
-Heavenly (not the French power metal band), Hearts & Crosses – a fucked up song about date rape, listen to the lyrics and that upbeat keyboard, an awful contrast.

SIDE A The Classics
Another Sunny Day – Anorak City
Golden Dawn – My Secret World
The Wake – Angel Treads
Shop Assistants – Road
The Springfields – Are We Gonna Be Alright
The…

Beatle-Ettes – I’m Only Seventeen (with Beatles medley)
The Soda Pop Kids – Memory Lane
Nobunny – Chuck Berry Holiday
Lydia Marcelle – The Girl He Needs
The Hot Toddies – HTML
The Ladybugs – How Do You Do It (Beatles cover)
Ramones – Baby I Love You (Ronnettes cover)
All Girl Summer Fun Band – The Look of Love (Lesley Gore cover)
Joan Jett – You Don’t Own Me (Lesley Gore cover)
Sahara Hotnights – In Private (Dusty Springfield cover)
The Jam – A Solid Bond in Your Heart
Jerry Butler – Find Another Girl…

Free Sordid Compilation Download
Now is the time to download!!
Over 2 hours of very diverse underground music.

Part A .zip link below. (127mb of 320kbps mp3 files, 16 tracks)
http://www.archive.org/compress/SZcompilation1partA

Part B .zip link below. (127mb of 320kbps mp3 files, 17 tracks)
http://www.archive.org/compress/SZcompilation1PartB


Or just go to each comp and grab the tracks you want…

Part A home page.
http://www.archive.org/details/SZcompilation1partA

Part B home page.
http://www.archive.org/details/SZcompilation1PartB

Plus, of course, download Sordid Zine Issue 1 as a .pdf (over 100 pages of rants, interviews, and hopefully dark humour).
http://www.archive.org/details/sordid_zine-issue1

Full track listings for the Issue 1 comps Part A & B…

Here’s a tape that’s not powerpop. Featuring Motown, (Northen) Soul, 60s Girl Groups and Beat Music as well as other miscellaneous genres by modern groups influenced by them. (No Supremes or Diana Ross though, sorrey) I’m a big fan of the 60s divas – Lesley Gore, Helen Shapiro, Evie Sands and Ronnie Spector. I’ve picked more than a few songs written by Ellie Greenwich, it’s pretty hard to find a song that wasn’t written by her. The new stuff is pretty diverse some how Fucked Up do soul songs too… that gives you some idea of the influence.

There was…

Finally I've finished Powerpop Vol. II, when it should've been out a month ago, anyway. Here it is…
Lots more old classics and a whole bunch of modern ones. A lot more Swedish stuff for some reason.

Some personal highlights:
-Shrapnel – Combat Love is punk rock love.
-The Outcasts another great band from the first wave of Northern Ireland punk. Criminally ignored.
-The Exploding Hearts are phenomenal to say the least. One listen and you're hooked they're that good.
-The Doits, Sweden's answer to old-school guitar pop with lots of catchy hooks.

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Here's Vol. I of an ongoing mixtape series I'm making.
If you like powerpop this one's for you - 90mins of music the A Side is full of the classic bands while the B Side contains the new bands under the influence of power pop. If I've missed anthing Vol. II is coming out soon.

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Tracklisting

A Side
1. Starjets – War Stories
2. The Undertones – Family Entertainment
3. The Only Ones/The Replacements – Another Girl Another Planet (plus live cover)
4. The Jags – Back of My Hand
5. The Shivvers –…