Read more 1990’s albums you should own More Recommended 1990s Albums Bubbling Under The 25th of May – Lenin And McCarthy One of the great under performing groups of the 90’s. The 25th of May were a very political band, with a mix of hip hop beats and house and techno influences. It’s still […]
Indie guitar 1990’s
Recommended 1990’s Albums
Some of the best Indie and Dance albums from the 1990’s We were there. You may have been, or maybe you want to know what we were listening too. We’ll be doing a list of recommended oldskool mixes, but for properly released albums we wanted to reflect the breadth of music that was around. None […]
25th May What’s Going On Review
25th May were one of the great lost bands of the 1990’s. Not that you’d think so from this review from Select magazine in Dec 1991. Note that If? are also reviewed, plus The Moonflowers. Strong month all round
Carter USM getting props in the Guardian
Original piece here – https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/oct/18/carter-the-unstoppable-sex-machine-usm-fruitbat-jim-bob Cult heroes: Carter USM – wagers of pop’s cultural wars Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter and Jim ‘Jim Bob’ Morrison bought back indie’s anti-establishment rage with their searing social commentary and mockery of squeaky-clean pop Get Carter … Jim ‘Jim Bob’ Morrison and Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter in 1991. Photograph: Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images […]
Stagedive Massive
Oi oi Love how the roadie just pushes one of them FUCKING hard. Great band, great venue. Whether or not it’s a shame you can’t do this type of thing at gigs is probably 50/50. Senseless Things greatest moment and also
Wonder what they are doing now?
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/dec/03/slaves-to-the-rhythm-30-years-of-hardcore-ravers-in-pictures Some good photos in there. Note in the Astoria one you can just see a listing for the mighty PWEI in the background.
Whirl-y-Gig
Shout to all the Whirly Crew. Ony those that haven’t been knock it. Remembering the club that began in 1981 as a collaboration with the Association of Humanistic Psychology to encourage “anyone who enjoys dance as a means of self-expression”. Source: Why I Felt Loved at Whirl-y-Gig, London’s Longest-Running Club Night | VICE | United […]
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin Leeds Poly 11th May 1990
From the Keeping Up With The Jones tour, supporting Jesus Jones Not the greatest quality, but some great indie tunes on this. Oh yeah, and the Neds have still go it. 25 years later. https://youtu.be/eB2F0inSQ9o
Utah Saints -New Gold Dream – Leeds Town Country Club 21st Aug 1993
Utah Saints (Feat. Andrew Eldritch) – New Gold Dream – Leeds Town & Country Club 21 Aug 1993 We love the Utah Saints, and we love Leeds. We didn;t even know about this gig until recently. Here is a nasty quality rip of New Gold Dream from the Utah’s 1st album And the ticket from […]
#ripjonfatbeast
[youtube=http://youtu.be/RAPdOHf20t4] We love a bit of 90-92 indie here at 88to98 as well. In honour of Jon Fat Beast who tragically passed away last week, here’s a video of Carter USM in their glory days. With loads of stage diving around the 19 min mark