Friday, 5 January 2018

Indie Pop Vol 164 (Jan 2018)

 Indie Pop Vol 164 (Jan 2018)


The new year arrives, and one of the best things is the whole host of new music that comes out, and predictions for what will be big this year. Anyway, I'm into my 31st year now of indie pop compilations, commitment to the cause, more like an obsession.

The Spotify playlist features 44 tracks and is available here: Spotify Indie Pop Vol 164 (Jan 2018)

The full Indie Pop Playlist covering the years 1987-Present has been updated and features 4370 tracks of excellence and is available here:  Indie Pop Playlist 1987-Present

The full track listing for Vol 164 is as follows:

Tuesday, 2 January 2018

Festive 50

Festive Fifty 2017

Hot on the heels of the Festive 95 artists of 2017 comes the festive 50 tracks of 2017, to qualify they had to have been released in one form or another during the year, a maximum of three tracks from any artist, they are the 50 most played tracks rather than the tracks I've chosen, in the spirit of the late great John Peel the band Communions appear twice with the same track, feel free to play one at the wrong speed...


1          Willie Campbell & The Open Day Rotation — Born to Be Blind      
2          Fightmilk — NYE        
3          Willie Campbell & The Open Day Rotation — Ageing Parents        
4          Fightmilk — Pity Party           
5          Willie Campbell & The Open Day Rotation — Going Through the Motions                        
6          The Amazons — Nightdriving
7          The Popguns — A Dream Of Her Own          
8          The Popguns — Out On The Highline
9          Pip Blom — Taxi Driver         
10        Theatre Royal — Tune Out                
11        Ride — Pulsar (Edit)
12        L.A. Salami — Generation L(ost)                   
13        Lazy Day — Hiccup    
14        The Amazons — Something In The Water    
15        Rascalton — Lust
16        Courtney Barnett — Continental Breakfast
17        The Popguns — Sugar Kisses
18        Fightmilk – Bank Of Mum And Dad
19        Weaves - #53
20        Blaenavon – A Death In The Family
21        Communions — Come On, I’m Waiting
22        The Lapelles — Grab Life By
23        First Aid Kit — It's a Shame
24        Theatre Royal — Port Bou
25        The Wombats — Lemon To A Knife Fight
26        Shame — One Rizla
27        L.A. Salami — I Can Slow Her Down
28        Pip Blom — Babies Are a Lie
29        Communions — Come On, I'm Waiting
30        The Amazons — Holy Roller  
31        L.A. Salami — I Can't Slow Her Down (Edit)
32        Co-Pilgrim — Moon lagoon
33        The Vryll Society — Shadow Of A Wave
34        The Vigilantes — No Money
35        Yungblud — Tin Pan Boy
36        Black Honey — Dig
37        Neon Waltz — Bring Me To Light
38        Crumbs — Chaka Can't
39        The Big Moon — Eureka Moment
40        485C — Oh Rhianna
41        Blaenavon — The Monte Carlo Kid
42        Gang of Youths — What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out
43        Childcare — Getting Over You (By Dressing Up Like You)
44        The Seamonsters — Max and Archie
45        The Academic — Why Can't We Be Friends
46        Jordan Allen — R.O.S.I.E.
47        Savannah — Taxing Times
48        The Vigilantes — Luna
49        485C — American Walls
50        The Sherlocks — Chasing Shadows


#Festive50 #KeepingItPeel

Festive 95

This Year It's A Festive 95

This is a countdown of my favourite Indie Pop bands of 2017, a bit of a surprise to see The Bluetones at the top, but I took a real shine to there back catalogue, some absolute quality artists in the list, 261 atrists made it onto my Indie Pop compilations this year, of those only 95 registered two or more tracks and qualified for my festive countdown.

This year I've started Scrobbling with LastFM and I'll be comparing the results with the my festive 95

Last year it was a Festive 85 and the Fronteers topped this list, this year they don't even make the list, not because I don't like them anymore, but because they've not released anything new. Anyway here's the list:


Pos.
Artist
Last Year
Change
1
Bluetones, The
11
+10
2
Outer Spaces
10
+8
3
Real Estate
30
+27
4=
Desperate Journalist
-
New
4=
Vigilantes, The
-
New
6
First Aid Kit
7
+1
7
Blaenavon
25
+18
8
Amazons, The
17
+9
9=
Marsicans
-
New
9=
Lovely Bad Things
-
New
11
Green Day
6
-5
12
Maximo Park
-
New
13
Vaccines, The
-
New
14
Mantells, The
59
+45
15=
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
-
New
15=
Alex Lahey
-
New
17
Willie Campbell & The Open Day Rotation
-
New
18
Grass Show
-
New
19
Popguns, The
-
New
20
485C
-
New
21=
Sea, Close By, The
-
New
21=
Orielles, The
-
New
23
Teenage Fanclub
21
-2
24
Cast
41
+17
25
Model Village
13
-12
26
Theatre Royal
26
No change
27
Ride
-
New
28
Bohicas, The
-
New
29
Sundowners, The
-
New
30=
Laish
-
New
30=
Vryll Society, The
-
New
30=
Livingstone
-
New
33=
Dream Wife
-
New
33=
Kid Canaveral
-
New
33=
Dawnings
-
New
33=
Orders, The
-
New
33=
Louise Distras
-
New
33=
No Middle Name
-
New
33=
Pleasure Beach
-
New
33=
Softer still
-
New
33=
Neon Waltz
-
New
33=
Pip Blom
-
New
33=
Post
-
New
33=
Savannah
-
New
45
Cardigans, The
-
New
46
Of Monsters & Men
3
-43
47
Darling Buds, The
2
New
48
Indieannas, The
23
-25
49=
Johnny Marr
-
New
49=
Kasabian
-
New
49=
My Life Story
-
New
52
Frightened Rabbit
-
New
53
Sugar
-
New
54=
Jenny & Johnny
16
-38
54=
Public Access TV
5
-49
54=
Sherlocks, The
27
-27
57
Happyness
47
-10
58
Seazoo
30
-28
59=
Smudge
-
New
59=
Magic Dirt
-
New
61=
Extons, The
-
New
61=
Fatherson
-
New
61=
Magic Gang, The
-
New
61=
Clean Cut Kid
-
New
61=
Waxahatchee
-
New
61=
Brown Recluse
-
New
61=
Conor Mason
-
New
61=
Co-Pilgrim
-
New
61=
Crushed Beaks
-
New
61=
Dance Hall Crashers
-
New
61=
Dressy Bessy
-
New
61=
Cancel The Astronauts
-
New
61=
Giraffes, The
-
New
61=
Love Family, The
-
New
75=
Tall Ships
-
New
75=
Zuzu
-
New
75=
Molochs, The
-
New
75=
Amber Arcades
-
New
75=
Atmospherics, The
-
New
75=
High Waisted
-
New
75=
Inheaven
-
New
75=
Night Cafe, The
-
New
75=
Black Waters
-
New
75=
Davy Flats
-
New
75=
Eat Fast
-
New
75=
Preatures, The
-
New
75=
Radio Set, The
-
New
75=
Day Wave
-
New
75=
Pillow Queens
-
New
75=
Childcare
-
New
75=
Crumbs
-
New
75=
Our Lunar Activities
-
New
75=
Fightmilk
-
New
75=
L.A. Salami
-
New
75=
Rialto
-
New