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The sixty-fourth of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. As requested for by "leirgauk". While The Insect Trust's debut album isn't as blisteringly brilliant as their 1970 follow up it shows the group starting at a high level of musicality. While the psychedelic influences are slightly more toned down in this outing, and more focus on blues and folkish sounds the group still know how to create funky tunes to get up ...

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The sixty-third of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. Ben Frost releases another brand of his minimalist ambient post-rock electronica in his 2009 release "By The Throat". He blends together background samplings with his technological, yet engaging, industrial textures all the while maintaining an actual melodic pattern and structure to his work. "Leo" is a progressive yet delicate track comprised of subtle piano ...

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The sixty-second of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. Singer/songwriter Dave Cousins finds his niche as he positions Strawbs in the heartland of folk-rock territory on "Grave New World", and is ably supported by Richard Hudson and John Ford who turn in some excellent guitar work. "Grave New World" is an excellent album which showcases plenty of the groups abilities, as they harmonise, create catchy hooks and rock ...

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The sixty-first of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. The Vaselines summed up everything wonderful about the alternative pop movement in the mid to late eighties, staying clear of synth and all the other many pitfalls of the decade, The Vaselines created twee yet sometimes severely rocking guitar-based pop songs. The Vaselines trademark sense of humour and that almost overriding feeling of amateurishness accompany ...

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The sixtieth (about time too) of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. With his second album "Spent Bullets", released in the Spring of 2009, Adam Franklin has progressed and left behind his electronic experimentation and the more shoegaze sounds of Swervedriver and focuses on honing his own brand of rock. While there are certainly the alternative noise-pop elements to his work, his voice coming across slightly ...

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The fifty-ninth (part II) of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube

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The fifty-ninth (part I) of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. Adam Forkner releases his second album for "Kranky" with a new White Rainbow LP in "White Clouds". Layering and build thick layers of careful laid sounds of electronic synth, fuzzy vocals and atmospheric drone rock the album is one of the most interesting releases of this year. The track "Tuesday Rollers And Strollers" is post-rock-esque in its ...

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The fifty-eighth of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. In what has been a lean year for top quality music (particularly compared to last year), The Swell Season's "Strictly Joy" may perhaps prove to be the standout album that I personally have managed to listen to. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova create wonderfully intimate songs about love and heartbreak with delicate songcraft and fragile voices that add to the ...

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The fifty-seventh of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. "Obscure Australian rocker" Mike Furber released his 1967 LP "Just A Poor Boy" to not much fan fare. Billed as not much of a consistent singer, his mixture of covers and original material went all but unnoticed by the music buying public. While the album is uneven in parts, "Love Talk" along with a couple other stand outs (in particular the single "You Stole ...

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The fifty-sixth of my "not uploaded till now" videos. I am to upload a series of songs that yet have to find their way onto youtube. Having churned out songs for three decades, Robyn Hitchcock continues to do precisely what he does best on his latest outing, "Goodnight Oslo", and that's please his fans. There is nothing new or overly radical about his work these days but he shows his song writing capabilities certainly haven't diminished and that he is still an artist worth his weight and ...

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