Paul 11:03 PM on February 18, 2012
Tags: Acid Glasses, Arches ( 6 ), Bad Banana ( 5 ), Beach Fossils ( 13 ), Brown Recluse ( 2 ), Bull Thieves, Creepoid, Crystal Stilts ( 6 ), Fear of Men ( 6 ), Fergus & Geronimo ( 3 ), Real Estate ( 6 ), Sea Pinks, Sleeping Bag ( 2 ), St Christopher, The Beets, The Mantles ( 8 ), The Notes, The Sea Urchins, The Twerps ( 3 ), The Wedding Present ( 6 ), TV Torso ( 3 ), Witch Gardens, Wolf Parade ( 2 )

Nuggets 195 – lofi and twangy

I am a man of simple tastes. Twangy guitars is one. Here is a twangy collection that would gladden Duane Eddy’s heart. I am hoping to catch up with some of the bands at SXSW, in particular Beach Fossils, TV Torso, The Twerps and (can’t wait…) The Wedding Present. I almost added some Associates, but that’s a different kind of twang. Instead we get St Christopher, a fellow Scottish band off a Sarah Records compilation.

(reads up on The Associates) Curious, I didn’t know that Robert Smith did backing vocals with MacKenzie on The Affectionate Punch.

Almost all tracks up.

Paul 10:35 PM on December 13, 2011
Tags: Bobby Fuller ( 2 ), DOM ( 5 ), Ghost Animal, Otro Mundo, Pavement, Portastatic ( 2 ), Sad Souls, Sea Pinks, Slow Loris ( 2 ), Soccer Mom ( 2 ), The Bell Peppers ( 2 ), The Twerps ( 3 ), Thee Oh Sees ( 7 ), Trailer Trash Tracys ( 2 ), TV Girl ( 9 ), Weed ( 2 ), Weed Diamond ( 4 ), Weekend ( 2 ), Whirl ( 5 ), Wise Blood

Nuggets 89 – Surfs up!

Ross Upchurch (this is not him) was from sunny Wainui Beach. He was (and hopefully still is) a laid back surfer. In the 1980’s he was studying art at Otago University. We took him skiing to Queenstown. I was there when he saw his first snow. Looking up at the Remarkables laced in snow he was overcome. “It’s just like a breaking wave” he said.

My surfing memories involve knee boarding the wild surf at Colac Bay and then struggling to build a fire so we could eat baked beans out of a can. I used to hang out at the Skating Rink at Riverton. At night they blasted loud, distorted Beach Boys tracks and lots of surf guitar into the dark.

I am sure there is a surf film in there somewhere. Here is the soundtrack.

Bubbling waves of noise ==== Weed

Jens Lekman gone troppo == TV Girl

Surf guitar ===== The Belle Peppers

Wannabe Aussie Clean = The Twerps

This year’s best shoegaze === Whirl

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Nuggets 195 – lofi and twangy

Nuggets 89 – Surfs up!