Head Cold

I've got a head cold.

Post nasal drip and the accompanying sore throat. Runny nose and all the usual crap involved.

So there we are.

Merge (1981)

Jah Scouse.

Some white guy reggae toasting while being backed by the Moxham brothers of Young Marble Giants fame. You get the song and as per usual the reverb filled dub version on the flip.

Usually this sort of stuff annoys the crap out of me, but this one is actually much easier on the ears than expected even without being high as fuck.

Janis & the Bumble Bees (1979)

There is fuck all I could find about Janis & the Bumble Bees in five minute and my keyboard is still  piece of shit. (I'm seriously having to cut & paste in every instance of the letter "s" & "a") Here is a link to 13 Things you Didn’t Know About The Bumble Bee

A Double Scoop

 It's the Thirteenth...

There's too many bands on this to try and parse out where they're from.

Pop American Style (1996)

A double disc set of the state of the Union of indiepop goodness circa 1996.

Track listings and links are on Discogs.

It's forty bands with a final secret unidentified bonus track to boot. It's a veritable who's who of who to know and listen to in the ranks of indiepop from that point in time. Let it be your guide.

Minimalism

You care, you google.

North Cedar (1993)

House of Large Sizes from Cedar Falls, Iowa were always a formidable live band.

Beat Him Up (1995)

Helen Love. Welsh girls advocating violence.

Still Less to Say.

Listening to the Moles and typing about this.

Don't expect much from my end.

Going Stagg (1999)

I know nothing.

The only information I have is the insert, so best guess is that they're from Sun Valley, CA and released this record in the year of our Prince, 1999. Even their website is a dead end.

It's some really nice indiepop.

That's all the info I need.

Grayson Lane (2000)

I have even less on this band. It's a shared release by Drive-In, a Michigan based label & Season, an Australian based label. Both now defunct. There's no indication of where the band is from or anything beyond first names.

Whatever. More indiepop.

You like indiepop, don't you?

Taking a Dump....truck

Multitasking again.

D is for Dumptruck (1983)

Keep it short and sweet.

Dumptruck was from Boston and released a number of records of which this is the first.

That is all I care to currently type about it.

The rest is up to you.

Make your mama proud.