Post-Rocktoberfest: This Papa Sprain Thing is Getting Ridiculous!
Reclusive genius ahoy! Papa Sprain must have the nicest ex-members of any musical group that ever was. Cregan just uploaded some live recordings from the band’s heyday and you can download them from...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: US Post-Rock Still Doesn’t Suck as Much as You’d Think!
There’s a thread on the UK Post-Rock Group’s forum called Newer Bands in the Spirit of Early UK Post-Rock. One of the most interesting facts to have emerged from this discussion is that, today, it’s...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: Terminal Cheesecake – King of All Spaceheads (Jackass) 2LP
Terminal Cheesecake - King of All Spaceheads Congratulations to those of you who are still reading. You have resisted the urge to say: “If it’s by a band called Terminal Cheesecake, I don’t want to...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: UK Post-Rock Volume Five
UK Post-Rock Volume Five The last couple of compilations in this series have strayed to the margins somewhat. Firstly, they’ve concentrated – to a certain extent – on exploring the work of lesser-known...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: Insides (and Earwig)
Insides was the Brighton-based duo of J.Serge Tardo and Kirsty Yates. Tardo and Yates started releasing music together in the very early ’90s as two-thirds of the band Earwig, alongside Dimitri Voulis....
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: Papa Sprain Live at The Marquee (1991)
By popular request, here’s a re-upload of this incredible live recording from Papa Sprain’s heyday. Tracklisting: 1. Rich 2. Fireworks 3. Flying to Vegas 4. You Are Ten Million Needles Pierce 5. I Got...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: Spoonfed Hybrid – Spoonfed Hybrid (Guernica) LP
Spoonfed Hybrid - s/t In 1993, Ian Masters left Pale Saints, the Leeds-based, 4AD-signed band he had led since 1987, apparently to pursue a more left-field musical direction. It’s also tempting to...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: Early Moonshake
Dave Callahan was a member of second-division Creation records band The Wolfounds. Getting its initial break by featuring on the NME’s era-defining C86 compilation, this group started out playing...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest: The Last Dance
Will we still be here this time next year? Well, that’s about it for Post-Rocktoberfest 2009. As a number of wiseacres have pointed out, Post-Rocktoberfest should really be in November but what are you...
View ArticlePost-Rocktoberfest Post(-rock)script: Bleak House
Bleak House Joe over at The Blackened Air has just posted an excellent UK post-rock mix all of his own, which includes tracks by important UKPR precursors like Dif Juz and Talk Talk. Go get it!
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