Adds for June 22, 1999
Price / Format / Artist / Title / Label / Comments

CD / THE FALL / The Marshall Suite / Artful Records

Click here to hear Real Audio samples of some of the songs. The Marshall Suite is a concept album of sorts split into 3 'movements'. It has some of the strongest songs that The Fall have released in years, and is really a great record. "F-'Oldin' Money" rips the music from the song 'Summertime Blues' and is a kick. "Touch Sensitive" sounds rocking and very cool, and is the first single from this record. There's a cover of The Saints song 'This Perfect Day'. "(Jung Nev's)Antidotes" is massive. The final song "On My Own" is like a Mark E Smith "Piss Factory" (the first Patti Smith single from 1974) with its intense piano and vocal.

CD / THE DELGADOS/ BBC Sessions / Strange Fruit

RECORDED FOR: (1,2) John Peel session, Radio 1, 13/5/95. (3,4) Jump the Q acoustic session, Radio Scotland, 7/8/95. (5-7) John Peel session, Radio 1, 12/5/96. (8,9) Mark Radcliffe live session, Radio 1, 10/7/96. (10,11) Mary Ann Hobbs live acoustic session, Radio 1, 22/10/96. TRACKS: 1. Primary Alternative 2. I've Only Just Started To Breathe 3. Lazarwalker 4. Indian Fables 5. Under Canvas Under Wraps 6. Sucrose 7. Teen Elf 8. Thirteen Gliding Principles 9. Friendly 10. Tempered; Not Tamed 11. Falling And Landing. Everything you might hope for if you are a fan of The Delgados. Really great versions of many songs they played at the show at the VFW hall in Cambridge last month.

10" / TO ROCOCO ROT / "Telema", Telema (Langs)" b-w "Even" / City Slang

"Deceptively complex arrangements, understated lithe bass lines, and luscious keyboard textures. They combine an icy mechanical precision with approachable human warmth and beats that are subtle yet insistent". -from City Slang's site. 'Telema' is from their new LP (The Amatuer View), but the other two songs are unique to this 10". To Rococo Rot are Ronald and Robert Lippok (who named the band after an art exhibition they had in their hometown Berlin), and <really great> bassist Stephan Schneider (who recently left Kreidler to concentrate full time on this band). Ronald Lippok still plays in Tarwater as well.

7" / THE BOBBYTEENS / "Treat Me Right" b-w "Girl DownTown" / Screaming Apple Records

New single on a label from Koln Germany. The Bobbyteens themselves are from Southcity California. They've put out several singles this year. Tina and Danille were in The Trashwomen. Tina was in The Brentwoods. Russel was in The Phanton Surfers and The Mummies. Two exclusive tracks.

7" / THE NINJAS / "In and Out" b-w "Calling You Out" / Blackbean & Placenta Tape Club

Really just one guy (Eric Copeland) who moved to NYC from Maine. The Ninjas produce noisy guitar racket with a very poppy edge. This is as clangy and lively as their previous 12" on Blackbean. 2 exclusive tracks.