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X-Men
Short lived punk band (c1981) formed by Steve Allan Jones & Gary Jones (of Amsterdam) Pete Picton (synth) (Grids), Glyn Crossley (bass), Dave Bradbury (gtr) (both ex Units). The X Men played 2 gigs (Lampeter uni & Chester college) going down a storm – very like new romantics – a year before the London crowd cottoned on! Had 2 tracks, Drive & Go Away on the ‘Systems of Attraction’ comp tape. Decided to move to London but only Pete & Steve got there.
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West Coast Sick Line – debut album
DAN AMOR – Neigwl
OUT TODAY
Having sprinkled the landscape with the sunshine of Gabrielle 25 and later with The Peakz, the inmate of Penmachno that is Dan Amor unleashes his latest album Neigwl on November 23rd at Gwydir, Betws-y-Coed.
Legend has it that at the tender age of 14 Dan was hitch-hiking between Llanrwst and Betws and was picked up by 4Q, who subsequently kidnapped him, taking him to their gig in Portmadog. This allegedly inspired him to (unlike 4Q!) carve a career in music.
Having been brought up by wolves, who protected him from the pterodactyls circling above the village of Penmachno, Dan understandably nods in the direction of the mountains, the lakes, the weather, the fields and the seasons; but far from being a hippy drenched folk album, Neigwl is a sparkling gem floating in bong water.
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Iris3 release Battle Crash and Bleeding
Land of Bingo – Bottle it in (mini album)
GINTIS – Idiot Guides and Plans
(review by Folly of Youth)
“Idiot Guides and Plans” is the much-delayed second album from Gintis, a five piece band originally from Abergele in North Wales. An unassuming description like this doesn’t prepare you for just how special this album is or how moving its ten songs of downcast beauty and flawed humanity are. If Gintis don’t wear their nationality on their sleeves as much as other compatriots, they certainly put on open display the pained frustrations of small-town lives and thwarted ambitions.
All my initial listens to this album were in alphabetical rather than running order. So I’m going to need several more listens to correct my mistaken impression that ‘The Bakery Song’ is the fourth and not the opening song but let’s start there as it is a good example of the Gintis modus operandi.
Jakokoyak release their second album for Peski Records (PESKI010)