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Indie Love Songs

  • The Greatest Indie Love Songs of all Time (Vol 1)

    You’ll have yours. I’ve got mine. Sixteen British Indie pop songs and one Swedish classic that changed the world. Inside my head at least. Some are deleted and impossible to find, one or two are recent and surprisingly capable of making a veteran Indie roller catch a little tear somewhere back in the throat. Geneva,… 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