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Indie Love Songs

  • The best undiscovered Indie love song ever?

    When you’re sick and tired of everybody lying to you you just want to walk away….. walk right into better days if you can just stop wanting it….. it will come to you I know you try….. but don’t try too hard when I see you cry….. it breaks my heart I won’t stop loving you…..… Read more

  • Excavating the Eighties Pt 2 – more rare 12″ vinyl

    Won Ton Ton’s singer Bea Van Der Maat  is probably the reason to explore this Belgian Eighties outfit. After Chow-Chow, the forerunner to Won Ton Ton split,  Bea started a career on television and sang in the LSP Band. Her popularity got the group a record contract. In 1987 the group reformed – under the name Won… Read more

  • Rare Eighties music gems (ripped from 12″ vinyl)

    Jonathan Bernstein and Beatrice Colin together formed April Showers – a fleetingly brilliant Glaswegian pop duo who released just one single “Abandon Ship” on Big Star, a subsidiary of Chrysalis in 1984.  It quickly gained a cult following due to its sparkling production from Anne Dudley (Art of Noise) and string-heavy arrangements. This quality was echoed… Read more