Tag: Compilation

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Various Artists – Sampler 2023

Tom

Another sampler I have been listening to is the sampler from the Bratislava based Start-track.com. This is a label that specialises in cassette releases, being founded by the same person who was behind the sadly now dead Z-Tapes, Filip Zemčík. There is also a blog of the same name, and the label has released four excellent compilations covering artists featured on that site. Some of the names on their roster should be familiar to you such as Swiss Portrait, Beach Vacation and FUVK. Incidentally, the latter has just released a vital and lengthy retrospective on the label titled 2016-2023. New … Continue reading Various Artists – Sampler 2023

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Lower Than Underground Vol. 1

Tom

Lower Than Underground Vol. 1 is a compilation that will be released jointly via Greek label Old Bad Habits and the UK label Shambotic Recordings. The compilation features 22 tracks, of which are all cover versions. The former describe some of these originals as being from artists “who invented indie pop”. Hmmmm. Anyway the compilations provides bands such as The Frenchmen, Boyracer, Manhatten Love Suicides, The Jasmine Minks, Horowitz, Davey Woodward and Wimpy Milkshake covering the likes of The Primitives, Talulah Gosh, Beat Happening, Velvet Underground, Television Personalities, The Turtles and The Shirelles to name but a few. It comes … Continue reading Lower Than Underground Vol. 1