Hushpad – Saturday
Hushpad were an acoustic pop group from Illinois featuring Matthew and Angela (and later just Matthew). They released two 7″s, the first “From Here To There” features my favorite song “Saturday”....
View ArticleThe Almanacs – I Sure Do!
The Almanacs were a band from Derby featuring Ian Turner on guitar and vocals, Paul Stewart on vocals and guitars, and Rob Fleay on bass, vocals and solo guitars. Ian and Paul started the band as a...
View ArticleKG – Candy Loves Me So
This first KG 7″ single “Candy Loves Me So” is so good I own three copies of it. It’s what noise pop should be — short songs, great vocals and NOISE. It has the pop sensibilities of Rocketship and...
View ArticleFriends of the Family – Rotten To The Core
I’ve been wanting to do a Friends of the Family blog post for a while now. I usually don’t like to put anything up until I have all my facts straight, but unfortunately there’s not much I can go on....
View ArticleBlack Fantastic – Keep The Conversation Going
Hello. It’s been a while I know. This month I’m trying to finish our second Tears Run Rings album so I’m dedicating all my free time to the studio. That said I’m hoping to start posting on a regular...
View ArticleCitrus – Colo Colo Meets The Stripes
“Over 150 BPM” is a good description of my life lately. Hectic. So I’m craving this single from the Japanese pop band Citrus. They were definitely one of the most unique of the Trattoria catalogue...
View ArticleThe Depreciation Guild – Dream About Me
“Dream About Me” by The Depreciation Guild is easily one of the singles of the year! In fact we think it’s so good that it was originally slated for a Shelflife release, but in the end it made more...
View ArticleWhite Town – Hair Like Alain Delon
One of the greatest things about Laura and I merging our record collections is that all of a sudden I have a wealth of new music to listen to… and mostly stuff that I never really gave a chance at the...
View ArticleThis Final Frame – My Blue Heart
Thanks to José Antonio, I just saw there was a new song and video by the Liverpool band This Final Frame posted online. The track is called “My Blue Heart” and it’s from Let Me At Him Ralph’s Myspace...
View ArticleAutumn Parade – New EP
Thanks to my Shelflife blog post (here), John Hamlin from the (then) lost 90s UK band Autumn Parade has been in close contact. As I said in that first post, I’ve been a fan since hearing the two...
View ArticleFree Loan Investments – The Last Dance
Magic Marker Records has made all of us Free Loan Investments fans incredibly happy by releasing their final EP “The Last Dance” on 7″. It’s pressed on lovely red vinyl and comes with a download code...
View ArticleKorallreven – Loved-Up 7″
Korallreven’s “Loved-Up” made my top 20 songs of 2009 and when I heard Fastcut Records in Japan were releasing a 7″ of it, I thought I would offer up some copies in the Shelflife shop (while still...
View ArticleThe Bridal Shop – Whale In Da Pain
I’ve been listening to The Bridal Shop’s “From Seas” EP a lot again and I’m still so sad the band is no longer together. They were always one I had hoped to work with on Shelflife at some point....
View ArticleCreation Records reissues
I must admit I have a pretty decent obsession going on with the Edition 59 Creation reissues. I have most (if not all) of these tracks on cd already (not to mention all the other formats), but there’s...
View ArticleTwo new videos from The Parcels
AJ who was in The Parcels recently digitized these two videos and I thought I would help spread the word. The Haikai TV show was recorded by our good friend Kenji Sekioka for Japanese TV. Shelflife had...
View ArticleFree Remington super 60 EP
Good news from the Norwegian label Cafe2001 [a record company]. They’re offering up a free 5 track download from Remington super 60 entitled the “Winter EP.” I still love their first album “Pling2001″...
View ArticleThis is the Cafe Superstar beat [volume 1]
I just heard from Christoffer that he’s put up another free download. This time the debut release from his Cafe 2001 [a record company] label, a compilation called “This is the Cafe Superstar beat...
View ArticleThe Suede Crocodiles – Stop The Rain 7″ reissue
Fastcut Records in Japan have come to our rescue and reissued The Suede Crocodiles “Stop The Rain” 7″. For those who aren’t already fans of this obscure Glasgow band, you can catch up here on the...
View ArticleTears Run Rings – Forgotten
I figure it’s time to share what has been keeping us so busy and away from updating this blog regularly over the past year. Our new Tears Run Rings album “Distance” is finally finished! It’s out now...
View ArticleTears Run Rings – Divided
Here’s the official video for “Divided” from Tears Run Rings’ second album “Distance”. Laura Watling fans take note as she’s on lead vocals on this one. You can purchase “Distance” on cd/digital right...
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