Geneva - Weather Underground

Forgive my ignorance but i never knew this album existed until yesterday! Geneva's second album and follow up to "Further" this doesn't seem to hit the heights on first listen but i think its probably one of those albums they call growers!

Dollars In The Heavens

If You Have To Go

Killing Stars

Museum Mile

Amnesia Valley

Morricone

Guidance System

Cassie

Rockets Over California

A Place In The Sun

Have You Seen The Horizon Lately?

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Terris - Learning To Let Go

Terris were NME cover stars of 2000 and a band that headlined gigs with Coldplay supporting , NME Tours and countless other big venues.... then released this and promptly fucked off..

Its a shame as the front man Gavin Goodwin was full of grandiose statements of intent that always made me smile, Self belief was never a problem for this lot. I actually think Fabricated Lunacy makes it into the top 20 of most played songs too on my generic mp3 music player that could or could not have been made my apple.

They came from Newport South Wales (not from the stars) Home of Goldie Lookin' Chain and 60FT Dolls, so a place that hasn't had much to shout about in recent times... ok unfair but you know what i mean...

White Gold Way

Fabricated Lunacy

Beneath The Belt

Bonnie

Shapeshifter

Cannibal Kids

Windvane

Petrol Hours

Lost October

Vegetable Days

Midnight Sun

Deliverance

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Rude Club - Men In Suits

You're rich and you're cheap..... I like that

Debut single from long lost Manchester noise merchants Rude Club , The Band released 3 singles and were then dropped with an album ready to be released.... boy would i love to hear that now!!

Jane the singer from Rude Club now records in a band called Ernest + Tom and a review of her debut gig can be found here

Back to Rude Club anyway , Men In Suits growls along and then explodes into a wailing wall of noise that frankly could strip paint off walls... The drummer despite looking like a bar room bouncer practically barrels this along, matched by Jane's guttural, at time feral voice.... not fucking bad if you ask me.....

there is not really too much on the net about Rude Club but if you do some digging on myspace and youtube there's enough to give you a flavour of a band who never reached there potential or there audience 

Whipping Boy - Heartworm

What night have been.... "When We Were Young" ?? 

Indeed some of wonder about the every day but hey... there in an amazing review of this album over on amazon if you can be arsed going over there to read it , im not going to paste it here as its obviously written by a fan and might not be your take on it... suffice to say this is actually quite good in a could have, should have been massive kinda way.... 

Twinkle

When We Were Young

Tripped

The Honeymoon Is Over

We Don't Need Nobody Else

blinded

Personality

Users

Fiction

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Six By Seven - Closer C4 Documentary 2000

Six.By Seven talk about there early years, play a few live tracks and generally make a fucking fantastic racket....

I really dont care ,stop talking at me !! 

The Long Blondes - Couples

Second and last album from Sheffield's The Long Blondes , now Sheffield has spawned the world some fantastic music, often pioneers in the field of electro and dance music, The long Blondes however come on a second rate Blondie with out the killer tunes... they did have a couple of good tunes , but i think they used them on their first album :)  actually im probably being a little unfair there! il let you decide.......

Century

Guilt

The Couples

I Liked The Boys

Here Comes The Serious Bit

Round The Hairpin

Too Clever By Half

Erin O Conner

Nostalgia

Im Going To Hell

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Inspiral Carpets - Your So Good For Me

Have it large !! 

How good is this ??

that's a rhetorical question by the way as its fucking fantastic....

Dub War - Words of Warning

Released on small time Newport / Bristol record Label "Words of Warning" this was a tape only release (anyone under 25 ask your dad!) around 1993 / 1994... i think mine wore out it was played that much!

Frontman Benji was and still is amazing, iv blogged on this already elsewhere so il leave you to enjoy this slab of ragga, rock, dub punk metal... and if you have 5 minutes which im sure you have go check out the Skindred webpage here

Original Murder

Crack

Psycho System 

Words of Warning

Crack D Dub

Dub War

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Blaggers ITA - Bad Karma

Quite how Blaggers ITA ended up a major label is anyone's guess! Here is the only album they released on EMI / Parlophone ,  it was actually to be bands last, 1994 was the year and from roots in political activism and anti fascist action the Blaggers absolutely smashed it.... Live they played with bands such as the Manic Street Preachers, themselves full of political idealism at the time and of course Chumbawamba and the fearsome Dub War

The Hits

1994

Mantrap

Bad Karma

Famine Queen

Stresss

Abandon Ship

Nation 

Garden Of Love

Slam

Hate Generator

Oxygen

Josephine Baker

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Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - 101 Damnations

Eat Junk is off to Brixton Academy again on saturday night to see one the greatest bands of the last 20 years, you dont believe me? Well no bollocks or bull here's why......

http://fromthemusicvaults.blogspot.com/2011/06/carter-usm-101-damnations.html

The Road To Domestos

Every Time A Church Bell Rings

An All American National Sport

Sheriff Fatman

The Taking Of Peckham 123

Crimestoppers A Go Go

Good Grief Charlie Brown

Midnight On Murder Mile

A Perfect Day To Drop The Bomb

G.I Blues

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You Should Read This............ This About Sums It Perfectly

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Spotlight Kid - Departure

Spotlight Kid were formed by ex Six.By Seven drummer Chris Davis and local singer Katty Heath around 2005 , this was released in 2006 and ticked all the boxes for those interested in shoegazing and feedback, 

Rather interestingly if you check the bands website here the new album entitled "Disaster Tourist" released this month in 2011 is listed as there debut.... kinda strange but this album should not be forgotten or consigned to history....

Never's Too Soon

Machines

Cant Let Go

Hungover

Seefeel

Liquid Coloured

A Million Ways

Spit

Electric forecast

Time Goes Slow

We The People

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The Wendys - Gobbledygook

If timing truly is the key then The Wendys had the ultimate misfortune of releasing this weeks before Factory  Records went tits up ! Like many of the bands around at the time and especially signed to Factory The Wendys were touted as the next Happy Mondays / New Order cash cow that Antony Wilson was desperately looking for, even though they actually came across as a poor mans Stone Roses.  

Taken out of that context this is actually a pretty cool record and stands the test of time quite easily. just like the last album posted by the Paris Angels this has one great single in "pulling my fingers off" which often finds itself on those compilations you used to find for a quid in the bargain bin of woolies!

Somethings Wrong Somewhere

Pulling My Fingers Off 

Half Blind

Suckling

Removal

Gobbledygook

I Want You and I Want Your Friend

Soon Is Fine

Half Pie

I Feel Lovely

The Suns Going to Shine For Me Soon

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Paris Angels - Sundew

Remembered (if they're remembered at all?) for 'Perfume', One of the greatest singles of all time.... FACT........ The Paris Angels were a much better band than their 'baggy also-ran' status would suggest. With the right bit of luck and application they could have broken out of the scene and become massive, they deserved to be.. If this was to be their only album released, roumers are there is a second un released album out there somewhere, its as good as anything of its time....

01 Eternity
02 Fade
03 Smile
04 Slippery Man
05 What Goes on
06 Perfume (All on You)
07 Louise
08 Breathless
09 Chaos (Stupid Stupid)
10 Purest Values
11 Oh Yes

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Gang Of Four - Entertainment

Post Punk from Leeds... released in 1979 so i missed out first time round , cant stop playing this now, that about says all you need to know.......

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Flowered Up - A Life with Brian

London's answer to the Happy Mondays? I dont think so either but lazy journalism at the time of this release didn't really help...  This stands the test of time and on listening the other day was actually surprised how fresh it still sounds....its a shame weekender never made it onto this original release though :) 

Sunshine

Take It

Crackerjack

Mr Happy Reveller

Hysterically Blue

Its On

Silver Pan

Phobia

Egg Rush

Doris Is A Little bit Partial

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Chumbawamba - Anarchy

This coat my royal gown, a stolen hand me down, no need to scrape and bow, we can be heroes now, for more than just one day, here's how...........

LOOK BOTH WAYS WHEN CROSSING ROADS

DONT WEAR SLIPPERS TILL YOUR OLD

NEVER DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD

NEVER DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD

wise words indeed and a cracking album cover that was worth the money alone!

Give The Anarchist a Cigarette

Timebomb

Homophobia

On Being Pushed

Heaven / Hell

Love Me

Georgina

Doh!

Blackpool Rock

This Years Thing

Mouthful Of Shit

Never Do What You Are Told

Bad Dog

Enough Is Enough

Rage

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The Smiths - The Smiths



With all the expectation around The Stone Roses reformation what price a Smith Reunion?? No amount of money in the world apparently but you never know..... a debut album as good as anything released 

Reel Around the Fountain

You've Got Everything Now

Miserable Lie

Pretty Girls Make Graves

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Still Ill

Hand in Glove

What Difference Does It Make?

I Don't Owe You Anything

Suffer Little Children

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