The Babelkinks - The Babelkinks single (2012)

Nuevo single de mi amigo Babelain, esta vez versioneando dos temas no tan conocidos de sus adorados Kinks, I've Got That Feeling y You Shouldn't Be Sad. Soy un fan de su música y cuando revisa a los Kinks..más!!. Podeís escuchar el single o bajarlo en su blog totovaca.

Dojo Cuts - The 1-2-3's 7'' (2009)

Australia seems to be fast becoming the hottest frontier on the contemporary funk & soul scene, bands like Bamboos, Cooking on 3 Burners, Deep Street Soul, Kylie Auldist and djs like Russ Dwebury who moved his legendary Brighton Jazz Room clubnight are just some examples. Most likely candidates to became the brightest stars of this fast growing international scene are new Sydney based combo DOJO CUTS feat. young and powerful Roxie Ray on vocals... a new soulful little queen is borned! Here you find the first single "1-2-3" from debut album "DOJO CUTS feat Roxie Ray" to be released on RK in April 2009  and on the flipside a cover of Marie "Queenie" Lyons sister funk classic "See and don't see". If you dig Sharon Jones and Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators better watch out for Dojo Cuts, Gabriel Roth and Neal Sugarman who already declared themselves fans of the band can't do wrong!

Djouls (taken from here).

You can hear all their albums : bandcamp

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Single debut de esta banda Australiana en 2009, mezclando Funk y Soul, algo que se hace más presente en sus LPs "Dojo Cuts feat Roxie Ray" de 2009 y "Take From Me" de 2012. Influencias clásicas de James Brown, Maceo Parker o The Meters o cercanas como Sharon Jones. Como vocalista femenina aparece siempre Roxie Ray, que buen futuro la veo. El tema 1-2-3 ó "The 1-2-3's" aparece en el disco de 2009 y la cara B "See and don't see" en el recopilatorio "Mo'Record Kicks!". Todos sus discos los podeís escuchar en su página de bandcamp, y si alguien desea algo más, que pida...........

Phenomenal Cat - Postcards From The British Empire

Son una nueva banda de Power Pop de Sandgate en Kent, UK, que han tenido la idea de editar un single (una canción) cada mes de este año,bajo el nombre de "Postcards From The British Empire: 12 singles in 12 months". Ya llevan 4, claro, y lo cierto es que suenan estupendamente, ciertos aires psycho, Kinks.... me gustan. Cada vez que sacan un single ofrecen su descarga en su página de Bandcamp limitada a un número de bajadas, pero lo cierto es que ahora mismo puedes bajarte los cuatro temas. La información de este grupo me ha llegado a través del amigo Rick.N.Baker del blog "Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More (Ding Ding)" añadido a favoritos desde hace tiempo, blog por el que debes pasarte, si no lo conoces. Veremos si esta banda mantiene el nivel durante el año, desde luego es un grupo a seguir. Me traen a la memoria los 12 singles que realizaron "The Wedding Present" allá por el año 1990 que aparecieron más tarde en los dos discos "Hit Parade"..........

http://phenomenalcat.bandcamp.com/

Gatunes Grooving Night

La unión de Gatunes.com y la sala San Miguel de Madrid en apoyo a la música cuentan en su primer cartel con Primital, The Faith Keepers, Cosmosoul y Watch Out.
Gatunes.com es una red social creada por un grupo de jóvenes emprendedores madrileños, que buscan métodos alternativos de apoyo para la música independiente.

El Jueves 26 de abril a las 20:00 horas primer concierto Gatunes: Gatunes Grooving Night.
De la unión de Gatunes.com y la sala San Miguel de Madrid nace este evento en apoyo a la música independiente. En este primer cartel contamos con grupos de funk, soul, MOD y Boogaloo. Abrirán el concierto The Faith Keepers provenientes de Zaragoza, un referente de la corriente MOD en España, para calentar todas las suelas de la pista de baile, y cerrarán Primital en un espectacular y mágico universo paralelo. Entre medias contaremos con la actuación de CosmoSoul, este grupo madrileño en plena efervescencia con el soul más cálido, y con WatchOut, un símbolo del funk más puro del panorama indie español.
Todos los meses habrá un concierto Gatunes night de diferentes estilos musicales en la sala San Miguel en el que actuarán distintos grupos de la escena independiente, con los que contamos con su presencia en la plataforma on-line y a los que no dejaremos de apoyar.
Gatunes.com es una red social de música española creada para los amantes de la música, enfocada al usuario, en la que la promoción de las bandas se basa en su trabajo y su calidad y no en función de su capacidad económica o el respaldo de compañías discográficas. Los artistas que más gusten a la gente serán los que más visibilidad obtengan en la plataforma, de forma que todos los artistas tienen igualdad de posibilidades. Donde la última palabra para que un grupo se de a conocer y salga adelante sea de la gente que les escucha. Por eso Gatunes no es solo una herramienta para escuchar música sino también para compartirla y descubrirla.

The High Dials - Fields In Glass EP (2004)

The High Dials are a psychedelic pop band from Montreal, Canada. Unabashed devotees of classic sounds and songwriting from the 60s through the 80s, their varied music ranges through anthemic power-pop, shoegazey ambience and melancholic folk balladry.
The High Dials announced themselves in 2003 with A New Devotion (Rainbow Quartz Records). Part S.F. Sorrow, part Flaming Lips and a whole lot of Revolver-era Beatles, the upbeat, 18-song (!) concept record featured sitar, harpsichords and a hidden science-fiction story. War of the Wakening Phantoms (2005) was their lovesick follow-up, full of the magic and melancholy of some haunted world.
Produced by Joseph Donovan (the Dears, Sam Roberts) and mixed by Dave Bianco (Tom Petty, Teenage Fanclub), it won rave reviews in North America and the UK. The album went to number one on Canadian college radio charts and The High Dials supported the release as tour partners for both Brian Jonestown Massacre and Neko Case.Their third album, Moon Country (2008), may be their best work to date. Droning dance grooves, spaced-out rock anthems and wistful love songs from the edge of a distant cosmic beach! As a nod to the classic LP in an Mp3 age, the release is divided into two sides, A and B. Begun in a remote stone cottage in Ireland, “Moon Country” is a must for anyone who loves the album as endangered art form!
(MapleMusic)
Released in 2010, Anthems for Doomed Youth signaled a return to the melodic, '60s-inspired pop of the High Dials' debut.
The High Dials are the continuation of "The Datsons Four", Canada Mod Band.
Request: I don't have the Desiderata EP. Anyone have it?
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The High Dials se formaron en el 2003, en Canadá, tras la disolución del grupo mod The Datsons Four. Desde luego esto fue para mí un buen motivo para empezarles a seguir la pista. En el año 2003 se estrenaron con "A New Devotion" dentro del sello Rainbow Quartz, disco en el que se dejaba notar la influencia psycho y la aparición del sitar, por ahí he leído que es una mezcla de SF Sorrow, Flamming Lips y mucho del Revolver, bueno... De este disco sacaron dos singles o EPs, Desiderata y este EP, Fields in Glass. Escuchándolo tengo recuerdos de grupos manchester, cosa que no me importa en absoluto y me gusta la interpretacion del tema Things Are Getting Better. El EP contiene dos versiones del tema Fields in Glass con terminaciones como "Club Mix" y "Stained Glass Mix", es decir, con añadidos tipo chunda-chunda orientados a las pistas de baile, digo yo. En 2005 salió “War of the Wakening Phantoms”, pasando un poco de esos guiños a los sesenta y con baladas acústicas, algo de folk electrónico y power pop. En 2007 sacaron el EP "The Holy Ground" con la colaboración en un tema de Rod Argent de los Zombies. El siguiente album "Moon Country", 2008, está posiblemente considerado como el mejor, pero me llega a cansar, seguro que se merece una buena segunda escucha. Por mi parte, prefiero su último trabajo: "Anthems For Doomed Youth", donde se vuelve a un sonido más guitarrero y de nuevo aires 60s. Como siempre, podía haber subido cualquiera de sus discos pero prefiero hacerlo con este EP, indicado para iniciarse o rellenar vacíos con algunos temas que no aparecen en sus larga duración.
Rishi Dhir dejó la banda para formar el grupo "Elephant Stone", publicando en 2009 el álbum "The Seven Seas", psycho y con sitar, lo comento porque también me gusta.
Me falta el EP Desiderata, se agradecería cantidad!!!

Links: Myspace
Web Page

The Upshitters

Comentario de 'The Upshitters':
Os traemos nuevas noticias de The Upshitters. Algunos ya nos conocéis y otros, nos acabáis de conocer. Para estos últimos, os presentamos a una banda que mezcla Skinhead Reggae con algo the Funk y algun toque Ska, siempre, siempre bajo la gran influencia de los Upsetters, aunque también encontraréis ciertos toques de las producciones de Joe 'The Boss'.Preferimos que opinéis vosotros escuchando nuestras canciones (DE DIFUSIÓN GRATUÍTA), así que no nos vamos a alargar con cientos de adjetivos a nuestro favor. Escuchad y bailad!!
The Upshitters acabamos de colgar en nuestra web todos nuestros temas nuevamente masterizados, siempre bajo el influjo analógico del Reggae de finales de los 60. En nuestra web http://www.upshitters.com/ encontraréis todos nuestros instrumentales, así com las colaboraciones de cantantes como Dennis Alcabrone, Jah Messi o Berro Banton. Incluso tendréis la oportunidad de bailar al son de la remezcla Skacid de nuestro gran amigo Alek Mayhem.
Xtasy Reggae, Rocksteady Peach, El Lute rides again, Comandant Gagarin, En Quico, Se acerca el hombre... todos nuestros temas de los que os agradeceremos infinitamente que hagáis difusión en vuestra web o compartiéndolos.
Del mismo modo, os invitamos a seguirnos en www.facebook.com/upshitters donde todos nuestros compadres conocen de nuestras noticias.
Os esperamos!

Podéis descargar todos nuestros temas en nuestro web http://www.upshitters.com/ o en el siguiente enlace www.mediafire.com/?ybhf41ykd4pmd

The Upshitters are a Spanish band, 'The original bass booty Reggae from Catalonia'. They mix Skinhead Reggae with Funk and Ska touches, always under Upsetters influence.
You can find many songs on their website: http://www.upshitters.com/ or download them all from www.mediafire.com/?ybhf41ykd4pmd
News and events at www.facebook.com/upshitters

Dee Walker - Dial 'L' For Love 12'' (1985)

Dee Walker, the recording artist, was the creation of Dance Network label head Paul Bultitute -- his idea was to compliment the early-80s wave of mod-revivalists by adding a sixties-styled "girl" singer in the image of Cilla Black or Sandy Shaw. In 1984, Baultitude signed the 22 year-old and enlisted Paul Bevoir of the Jet Set to write the appropriate songs. One album was released, 1985's Dial L for Love, which was well received by the mod underground and the British press but Walker retired from the music business after she married the following year. ~ Chris Woodstra, Rovi

My note: In 1984 was released the single "Jump Back!/Every Little Moment", both songs by Paul Bevoir. The mini-album, Dial'L' For Love, was released a year later, featuring three songs by Bevoir and three by Ed Ball. Tangerine Records edited the CD compilation "Jump Back", including the single Jump Back, this Dial L For Love and two more songs: 'Hey Mr Love' (Appears in the "Come On Peel The Noise" comp) and 'Swinging On A Star'.
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Puede que Dee Walker fuese un invento de Paul Bultitute para su sello Dance Network, pretendiendo dar al revival la imagen de una cantante estilo 60's como Shandie Shaw o Cilla Black, pero sirvió para dejarnos unas pocas canciones que yo siempre recuerdo y escucho con cariño, el single "Jump Back!/Every Little Moment" en 1984 con temas de Paul Bevoir , este 12" con temas de Bevoir y de Ed Ball más dos temas que aparecieron en el recopilatorio de Tangerine Records: Jump Back de 1993 (Swinging On A Star y Hey Mr Love, este tema también salió en el recopilarotio "Come On Peel The Noise" de Tangerine).

Made - Tonight mLP (2003)

Made are a five members band from Italy playing a mod/beat/powerpop oriented music using vintage instruments (Hammond, Farfisa, Vox, Rickenbacker) but they don't dislike some of the more recent britpop sounds. In the past years they've played at the main Italian mod, scooterist and sixties events (Rimini “The Italian Job” International Mod Rally (1998, 2000 & 2004), Beat Festival 2000, Italian Mods Mayday 2000, Italian National Mod Rally 1999, the Other Face mod Rally 2001, Isola d'Elba Tuscany International Scooter Rally 2002, Ticino Mod Rally 2003, Hot mod summer on the lake 2004, Italian Mod Rally 2006, etc.) so that they are now one of the best known Italian bands in the whole MOD scene.
In 1997 they released their first demotape “Greatest Hits vol.2”. In 1999 they made their first record : a 7” split EP (along with Wigan Casino) produced by Modern Groove Records. This record had many good reviews on rock magazines and fanzines. In 2000 they gave two songs for the “Mondo Beat vol. 2” compilation cd by Face/Sony (featuring some the best sixties European bands like Solarflares, Diaboliks, Slow Slushy Boys, Others, etc.) and they had many new good reviews. In the same year they also appeared in the “Gamut Assembly vol.5” compilation cd by the british label Dizzy Lug'ole Records.
In springtime 2001 they had their first album “Made this way!” finally out on Vitaminic and many more gigs and good reviews. Last but not least they were also featured on the “Music for Truckers” international compilation by La Skaletta Rock Club (featuring bands like Kowalskis, Surfin' Lungs, Peawees, Manges, Apers, Fairlanes, etc.) which put their name out into the punk rock scene too.
In 2003 the 6 tracks Cd-Ep “Tonight” has been produced by Skipping Musez Records and followed, as usual, by lots of good reviews in the best Italian and European modzines and rock magazines. Tonight has been reissued, with four bonus tracks, in 2006 by Revel Yell Music label for the Japanese market.
After more than 10 years since their birth, this great italian MOD band released a brand new album which will be well appreciated from who loves Who, Kinks, Small Faces, Jam, Blur, the Power Pop sound and any kind of Brit Rock… "They Don't Understand" Cd, 2009.

Review from areapirata.com

Banda mod Italiana en activo desde 1996 pero que no se han prodigado mucho en cuanto a discos se refiere. Made This Way! en 2001, Tonight mLp en 2003 reeditado en Japón con cuatro temas más en 2007 y They Don't Understand en 2009. En este disco, Tonight, aparece un tema más, posiblemente sea una re-edición de 2007. Entre las muchas bandas italianas, Made siempre ha ocupado uno de los primeros lugares entre mis preferidos.

Driving Music - 2

This is the music I listened to this month, well, these last two or three weeks. I usually burn a CDR with many mp3 archives so I can listen to all the records in the car.

Brand New Sinclairs - Ten Blue Pills (2009)

Captain Hammond -  Cosmic Cantina (2007)

Cooper -  RSGo! (2011)

Dom Mariani -  Rewind and Play (2010)

Knave -  Away (single 1997)

                    Bachelor (single 1996)

Quant - I've Got No Time (single 1998)

VVAA - Soulvilla nº17 (2011)

Stanley Road - Clash City Cooters EP (2011)

Suedehead - In Motion EP (2011)

The Aardvarks - Buttermilk Boy (single 1999)

The Acrylic Tones - A Place I Use To Know (single 1996)

The Broken Vinyl Club - One Way Street (single 2011)

The Clique - Save Me (single 1996)

The Cybermen -Word (single 1995)

The Galileo 7 - Are You Having Fun Yet? (2010)

The Lost Minds - Now I'm Alone (single 1996)

The Nice Outfit - Kissing Jocelyne EP (2007)

VVAA - Sugar Lumps vol1 (2005)

Paso bastante tiempo en el coche, como muchos de vosotros, así que es un buen lugar para escuchar la música que me gusta o que normalmente no tengo tiempo de escuchar. Suelo mantener el CDR con unos cuantos discos en mp3 durante dos o tres semanas, tiempo suficiente para empaparme de todos ellos.

The Freaque - Strange Flakes mCD (2004?)

Band was formed in Tokyo led by Toru Kishida. He played as the guitarist of The JUICE that released by Japanese major label.In 2003, Toru met Hidenori Uchida, played as the bassist of Magic Curtain. They performed to the Alan Macgee's "Death Disco" and lots of Mod Event in Tokyo.
In 2004, Shuichi Kawai joined, then the new band as The Freaque started and played at many places so far. Making the new sound and colour in which groovy kind of 60s taste is absorbed, is their theme.Obviously, influenced 60s, British Beat, Psychedelic, Punk and 90s... However, their soul blows up something more than respect and love in them and new.

taken from their web page. More info in myspace.

Toru Kishida      (vocals and guitar)

Hidenori Uchida (bass and vocals)

Shuichi Kawai    (drums and vocals)

Grupo mod Japonés que debió estar activo del 2003 al 2005. Japón me encanta a nivel de grupos mod, siempre tan perfeccionistas y tirando a revivalistas, sonando además bien, Shamrock, Phy, Badge, Mods, Bets o Revival y Collectors ,así. los que me vienen ahora a la memoria. Sólo conozco de Freaque este mini LP de cinco temas publicado seguramente hacia 2004 y alguna canción suelta de su myspace. Aparecieron en el recopilatorio de Dizzy "Takin' A Detour #3" con dos temas. Arriba teneís un enlace a su página web todavía operativa pero no actualizada.

The Inciters - Doing Fine (2000)

Hailing from San Francisco, The Inciters are simply the world's finest Northen Soul act, an overpowering 11 piece dance floor soul band that has brought the house down from LA to SF to DC to Chicago! Maybe you saw The Commitments movie a few years ago, showing the rage a true 6T's soul band can create in a short amount of time.....or have you harked back to a time when Motown/Stax was king, and casinos were packed to sweet sounds of soul: Booker T & The MG's, The Impressions, The Supremes, The Flirtations, Major Lance and more! Well my friend, those days have begun once again....Northern Soul is the sound of NOW. Coined by British press in the 60's to describe the club scene in the North of England, "Northern Soul" nights at famous clubs like Wigan Casino thrived on DJs playing rare soul from independent labels, these sides taking the Motown/Stax ethic but adding a stronger back-beat with more adventurous production! The Inciters "Doing Fine" is exactly that, a mix of heavy dance floor soul fueled by a four dynamic lead singers (1 male, 3 female) that deserve your attention! Already a household name within the Mod/scooter and ska scenes, The Inciters look towards 2000 with a firm grip n an era where music really mattered!.

from jump up! records.
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El Northern Soul es una de las variantes que tuvo el sonido de la Motown y Stax en los años sesenta. Sonido que se desarrolló en Inglaterra en esos años, más bien hacia el norte de Inglaterra, de ahí su nombre. Estilo que fue rápidamente adoptado por los mods, música bailable y que sonaba frecuentemente en los clubs de la época.
The Inciters hacen Northern Soul y son de San Francisco, eran, grupo numeroso de once miembros y con cuatro voces solistas, tres femeninas y una masculina que se van alternando en los temas de este su segundo disco "Doing Fine" (2000 ó 1999) dando un cierto aire de disco en vivo. Aparte de temas propios, hay versiones como "Lay This Burden Down", "Magic Touch" o "Lean On Me". Anteriormente publicaron "Movin' On" y el último fue "Well Well Well"(2002).
No es fácil encontrar sus discos, quizá el Well Well Well, incluso la página donde compré Doing Fine ya no lo tiene. Carátulas modymade.

TV Fly - Five Songs EP (2000)

TV Fly was a short-lived (Spanish) band with little published material that appeared at the end of the 90’s. Its members were J. Antonio Guerrero (bass & vocals), David Cazorla (drums & vocals) and Enrique Martínez (guitar & vocals). They played at Festimad, Moby Dick and the El Sol theatre as supporting act to DM3. They also accompanied the Dover band in several shows and they even published two tunes under the “Loly Jackson Records” label (belonging to the Dover) in the “The Power Of Dolores “compilation, and a single shared with Super Skunk. Masters of the three voices, it strikes me that no one was aware of their talent for making excellent power pop songs, because that’s what the never published “Five Songs EP” record is all about. Five unfinished and unmixed tunes recorded just before they separated… these things happen… I made the sleeves at that time, after knowing about Enrique ("ficuscactus", a web mate) and his songs. Listen to “Going Nowhere”, it’s one of those tunes that move me, and I don’t mean sissy-style, like the intro to “It’s Too Bad” in the “Dig The New Breed” (The Jam), that shiver that starts in your neck and trickles down your spine…
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TV Fly fue un grupo de corta existencia y de poco material editado que apareció a finales de los noventa. Formado por J. Antonio Guerrero (bajo y voz), David Cazorla (batería y voces) y Enrique Martínez (guitarra y voces), estuvieron actuando en Festimad, Moby Dick o la sala El Sol en la que tocaron como teloneros de DM3, así mismo acompañaron a la banda Dover en varias actuacionesllegando a publicar dos temas en el sello “Loly Jackson Records” (de los mismos Dover) dentro del Recopilatorio “The Power Of Dolores” y un single compartido con Super Skunk. Maestros de las tres voces, llama la atención el que nadie se diese cuenta de su talento para hacer estupendas canciones de power pop, porque de eso trata el disco nunca editado “Five Songs EP”.Cinco temas grabados sin acabar de mezclarlos justo antes de separarse, cosas que pasan. Las portadas para este EP las hice en su momento tras conocer a Enrique ("ficuscactus", amigo webero) y sus canciones. Escucha “Going Nowhere” ,es de esos temas que me emocionan, no lo digo en plan ñoño, como la entrada de “It’s Too Bad” en el disco “Dig The New Breed” (The Jam), ese escalofrío que empieza enla nuca y baja por la espalda .......

En el blog de mi amigo "vikingo", los fiordos de vikingo, podeís encontrar un post anterior a este y si lo publico aquí es debido a la supuesta mayor afluencia de público anglosajón, por eso del idioma. Me gusta más su comentario hecho desde el cariño. Si.



Going Nowhere
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Driving Music - 1

This is the music I listened to this month, well, these last two or three weeks. I usually burn a CDR with twelve mp3 archives so I can listen to all the records in the car.

Dee-Rangers - So Far Out So Good - 2002
The Moviees - Become One Of Them - 2000
The Solarflares - Look What I Made Out Of My Head - 2002
The Fleshtones - Roman Gods - 1982
The Decibels - Create Action! - 1998
The Waistcoats - All The Rage - 2002
The Kliek - Behind Bars - 1990
The Royal Purple - Spearmint Experiment - 2004
The New Mastersounds - This is What We Do - 2005
The Greenhornes - Gun For You - 1999
DM3 - Road To Rome - 1996
The Insomniacs - Wake Up! - 1995

Paso bastante tiempo en el coche, como muchos de vosotros, así que es un buen lugar para escuchar la música que me gusta o que normalmente no tengo tiempo de escuchar. Suelo mantener el CDR con unos doce discos en mp3 durante dos o tres semanas, tiempo suficiente para empaparme de todos ellos.

Planet - Confusion EP (1995)

Graham Day was originally signed as an artist in 1983 as a member of the Prisoners and we have been finding reasons to have him back ever since. We have released albums by the SolarFlares, and a complete set of Prisoners reissues including the recent “Rare And Unissued”, which involved a gathering together of all the bits and pieces of the bands career. Graham is a fantastic songwriter with an amazing voice, and we felt it was time to shine a spotlight on one of the most overlooked parts of his career.
In 1993 the Prisoners re-formed for a one-off gig at London’s Subterranea. It was a roaring success. Over the next year they would play a number of gigs, including headlining at the 2000-capacity Clapham Grand and playing a tour of Germany. However the reunion was never going to permanent as the Prisoners’ organist James Taylor was riding high with the JTQ scoring chart hits and touring the world. After hooking up with the bass player and drummer from the support band on the Prisoners’ German tour Graham Day formed a new band, Planet. Planet were a more groove-based outfit whose influences went beyond his love of classic 60s UK rock and into the realms of late 60s soul and Funkadelic.
It may have been inevitable that they would sign to Acid Jazz’ new indie label, Focus. Acid Jazz is owned by Eddie Piller, the Prisoners’ final manager, and he has an enduring appreciation of Graham’s talent. Signing Planet was a no-brainer. Graham thought that the signing might have been a move to try for a new Prisoners album, but as the JTQ was Acid Jazz’s biggest act, this was probably not his motive. Planet were allowed unlimited time in the Acid Jazz studio and recorded 17 tracks that made up the LP and various singles that appeared throughout 1995. The music has a strong rhythmic thrust and plenty of wah wah guitar, but it also is full to the brim with great melodies and vocals.
“Splitting The Humidity” was released in the late summer of 1995 but although Planet toured heavily around its issue, it was not destined to be the breakthrough for Graham’s talent. It failed to set the charts alight and the band split. What was left has a unique sound and deserves to be heard afresh.

By Dean Rudland

They also released a few singles or EPs in 1995 like "Sky","Dog" and "Confusion". In 2008 was edited "The Complete Studio Recordings" on the Big Beat label.

Click on the picture.......
This is an "old" picture from the web, it's not complete: The Buff Medways (2002-2006) or Graham Day & The Galoers (2007- )

Planet fue otra de las muchas bandas de Graham Day, no duró mucho, un año, pero dio para sacar unos cuantos EPs o singles ("Sky","Dog" and "Confusion".) y el disco “Splitting The Humidity” en 1995. Tras una tercera reunión de los Prisoners se formó Planet fichando por el sello Focus (Acid Jazz). El sonido de Planet se acerca más al de la última época de Prime Movers que al de Prisoners, quizá con un ligero toque Hendrix, pero no deja de ser Graham Day.
He añadido un esquema o árbol de las aventuras de Day, incompleto ya que es de hace unos años, falta The Buff Medways ,bajo, con Childish y Graham Day & The Galoers con miembros de Woggles.
El archivo se agradece al amigo ,golden67 , ya de hace años..........

Jarvis Humby - Assume The Position it's... (2004)

Try as we might, no one here can think of a name more British sounding than Jarvis Humby. He clearly must be the king of mod-swingers, this Humby character. What you say? Jarvis Humby is actually four blokes? Well then, they've set themselves up to quite a task with a name like that. They even put images of Keith Richards, the Who, the Beatles and a friggin' Union Jack on their album cover. Fortunately, these Humby boys deliver everything they promise. Pure liquid adrenalin R&B, complete with fuzzed guitars, white-boy blues vocals and an omnipresent Hammond that coats everything with a 1964 flavor. "99 Steps to the Sun" could be the official follow-up to ? & the Mysterians' "96 Tears," but they don't leave it at that. Opener "We Say Yeah!" is excellent if typical garage rock until the closing holler of "Yeah, yeah yeah" that you can imagine soundtracking the toga party scene in Animal House (originally filled by Lloyd Williams' "Shout"). "These Eyes" sounds like R.E.M. sounding like the Byrds, with it's antique 12-string tumble and "The 4th Man" is pure spy show/surf guitar goodness. Coming complete with white pants and Fender reverb, Jarvis Humby will make you want to grow your bangs, pop a couple of pep pills and head on down to Brighton to dance around and fight with the rockers. Vintage!
by Joshua Glazer All Music Guide

Another review here

Jarvis Humby suele aparecer por la red como Neo Garage Mod band o Hard Soul band.... etiquetas que parece ser nos gusta poner a todo, asimismo comentan que se parecen a The Prisoners, que suenan a 60s.......... vale, a mí me suenan a Hammond. Con esto quiero decir que me dan igual las etiquetas o a qué suenan, a mí me gustan y los tengo en mi lista de escucha a menudo. Me despista un poco la poca información que he conseguido de la banda: single para Detour records (Get On Board My Train / Gwen Stacy 1996) , y supongo que un EP previo a este disco, Assume The Position it's..... aparición en algún recopilatorio (Halloween A Go-Go! de Little Stevens, Sugarlumps y Exile on Hammond Street), pero nada nuevo desde la aparición del disco que nos ocupa. Tres temas nuevos en su página de myspace .

Tres portadas distintas para el mismo disco y las ganas de saber algo más sobre esta fantástica banda. La última portada creo que pertenece a la primera edición del disco con 12 temas, ampliada a 14 en la siguiente edición, la que traemos aquí. Si alguien sabe algo más de Jarvis........

Mega Super Ultra - Power Pop Art (1999)

In the late 70's, parka-clad thousands took to beaches of Brighton to defend the Mod way of life, depicted in the classic film Quadrophenia. Bands like The Jam, Purple Hearts, Secret Affair, The Lambrettas, and countless others re-ignited the R&B influenced, energetic pop sound that had been missing in punk, yet still containing the intensity and emotion of the UK punk movement. Here in the United States, rock critics tend to cite this "power-pop" movement in terms of it's Chicago roots, most notably Cheap Trick, Green, Shoes, and Material Issue.....which is fine to the members of MegaSuperUltra, the 12 songs on "Power Pop Art" have been crafted from the very core of rock. The music is full of quick changes, stops, starts, and cleverly honed lyrics mingled with irresistible melody. These songs are non stop action, obviously based on the Mod styles and ideals of 1960's England but given an distinct American twist. The world is ready for this "brand" of feel-good pop again, directly targeted to the new high-paced Scooterist movement that is bubbling strong in the underground once again.
                          Jump Up Records
 
Mega Super Ultra are another one of those 3 piece Jam influenced Stateside '79 revival bands complete with parkas, targets, arrows and London imagery.
It's all very nostalgic and in the words of the band themselves "It's like growing up and wanting to be British". As much as this stuff doesn't seem to have much relevance in 2001 you still can't knock people for just believing in what they do. I've heard the best and worst of the revival revival bands and although I'd rather go out and find something new Mega Super Ultra are top class in what they do and well worth checking out against some of the other new mod bands.

Reviewed by Mark McNulty (review posted on 10th October 2001) modculture
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Si se te ocurre poner en la búsqueda de tu navegador favorito las palabras "mega super ultra" puedes quedar sorprendido de la cantidad de páginas que las utilizan, incluso acompañadas de "hyper", el no va más. Puede que en españa estas tres palabras nos suenen a expresión un tanto "pija", pero no nos confundamos con este grupo, son de Chicago, son mods y vienen de nuevo a decirnos que cuando quieren los yanquis hacen muy buenas canciones mod, que suenan a jam a chords.... como siempre. Temas como "How stupid can I Be", "Salt" o "Seven Waves Away" me darán la razón. Disco publicado en Jump Up! Records. En 2002 sacaron "Back To Take Another Bow" y creo que estaban trabajando en otro disco pero no sé si han llegado a publicarlo (Mega Means More). Han tenido apariciones en recopilatorios:
News of the World MKII - Once I'm All the Rage (We're Through),
Smash Your Radio Volume 2.0 - Get it? Got it? GOOD!,
The Young Idea Squire Tribute - Live Without Her Love.

The Gain - You Should Know EP (USA 1995)

Four songs, three great, one just mortal. The cover of "I Don't Mind" (Buzzcocks) is brilliant, and not just because it's such a cool song to begin with. These songs are simple rocking punk with elaborate vocals reminding me of Blatz but just with no girl singing. Out of hand is my favorite because I lean towards the Us against the World punk rock inspirational. (GS)

I'd like to start this post with a "you should know" review from The Gain's webpage. Another great single was posted in my blog, here. And searching for info about the band I found five live songs (At Fireside Bowl, 1997) in the record "V.M. Live Series 2 Volume 1" with another three bands: The Pist, Supernova and Brand New Unit. These songs will be uploaded soon...... Another EP: The Gain / Scared Of Chaka split (1995 702 records) is in the blog one-side war.
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Grupo al que tengo especial cariño. Buscando información sobre la banda (y su "Highway to Heck") me encontré con el disco "V.M. Live Series 2 Volume 1", compartido con tres bandas más (The Pist, Supernova and Brand New Unit) que incluye cinco temas en vivo que subiré un día de estos (un mes, vamos). Puede que sea por eso la razón de volver a traer a The Gain, Quadroburbia ya apareció por aquí. De paso, podeís encontrar el EP compartido con Scared Of Chaka en el blog one-side war.

Aceface - Amazing Dementia (2000)

This EP’s sleeve features the parka-clad Torontonians on scooters. Mod, soul and Brit pop are the keys genres here, as the mid-tempo, guitar-based tunes are angular, groovy and melodic (respectively?). Paul Weller’s shadow appears in the slow-Jam of some tracks and in the vocals of front-man Carl Nanders, who with his constant Briticisms had better be from England, let me tell you. About half of this six-tracker is very good, a promising start to a career that will hopefully move beyond the Blow-Up set. (Lorraine Carpenter)

Aceface se formaron en Toronto en 1998. Publicaron su primer disco, este Amazing Dementia, en el año 2000 y quizás fue por entonces cuando les conocí. Tardé un tiempo en reunir los seis temas de su EP y no volví a saber de ellos hasta la publicación de su "Threat Level: Redwhhiteblue" (Fading Ways, 2004) en el que puede que variaran su sonido inicial hacia algo más Soul.... bueno, eso creo. En 2008 autopublicaron un EP de 6 temas "Aceface". Una muestra más de international mod.

The Aim - Call Your Name 7 (1994)

I only know The Aim through this single, published by Detour Records in 1994. I don't know if they have any other records but one thing I'm sure of is that this is a very good single. Two pure mod power pop tunes "Call Your Name" and "Out On The Street" and the lingering feeling of needing more.....
As you can see, the front sleeve sends us back to Jam's "Sounds Affect" and in the back the members of the band appear in streets wearing their names. Tony Duke, Dave Pryor and Steve White.
As usual: No links in Detour posts..... but you can leave your comments or send any question to my email.

Solo conozco a "The Aim" por este single, publicado por Detour Records en 1994. No sé si llegaron a publicar algo más, pero la sensación tras escuchar los dos temas del disco "Call Your Name" y "Out On The Street" es la de necesitar más, de preguntarte porqué no publicaron nada más. Dos canciones de puro mod power pop. La portada frontal recuerda a "Sounds Affect" de los Jam y en la trasera aparecen los miembros de la Banda (Tony Duke, David Pryor y Steve White) junto a letreros de las calles que llevan su apellido.
Como es norma con los posts de Detour: No hay Link para este disco, pero podeís dejar vuestros comentarios o preguntar 'cualquier cosa' a mi correo electronico.

John Wicks / The Records, Verano 2011

John Wicks, lead singer of The Records and co-writer of the hit songs Starry Eyes and Hearts In Her Eyes, has an idea he'd like to share.
For the entire summer, John will be posting a free, rare demo or outtake every week on the band's Facebook fan page.
Starting June 13 go to www.facebook.com/TheRecordsFeaturingJohnWicks, "like" the page, and you'll be treated to that week's feature outtake or demo. Most if not all of these cuts have never seen the light of day and promise to be a real treat, both for those familiar with Wicks' work as well as those who just dig good, melodic pop of the highest order. Eventually some but not all of these tracks will appear on an upcoming CD release, but the only way to make sure you hear them all is to check out John's fanpage. Go to www.facebook.com/TheRecordsFeaturingJohnWicks
and click "Like", refresh your browser, and the mp3 will be available to you...FOR FREE. Check out The Records' main website at www.johnwicksandtherecords.com for news, tour, or any other additional information about the band.