#poundsign

[piedmontcourt3]

[bandcampsnoop]

6/5/24.

All Fall Down were one of the earlier ("My Brand New Wallpaper Coat" is FN089) Flying Nun bands. They were based in Christchurch and "burned bright and blew apart". This is their only EP but the Bandcamp digital version has been remastered to "fit within the contemporary digital environment and bring it closer to the band's original live energy."

This is some classic Flying Nun jangle and bass. Certainly fellow Christchurchians (?) The Bats come to mind. This also recalls the solo work of Barbara Manning. What's truly amazing is that when All Fall Down "blew apart" it doesn't seem like the musicians formed other bands.

As we all know the Flying Nun sound went on to influence thousands. I was just listening to San Francisco band Poundsign.

Here's hoping for a reissue as the original pressings of this are either expensive or unavailable.

[leviosally]

😂🥁

of you to assume I can make a funny font joke

[trentreedy]

People look left and right, but they rarely look up!

[doomzday-zone]

im literally going to cry whats wrong w my codeeeeeeeeee :sob:

[spijder13]

The whole kit'n kaboodle ...as it rolls on and on and on and on. Enjoy the egregiously named story and chapter titles of a convoluted fic straight outta the most convoluted brain this side of the Eufaula.

[daggerzine]

Throwback Thursday #46!- V/A- Pop American Style (March Records, 1996)

By the mid-90’s the indie pop scene was bursting worldwide with new bands seemingly popping up everywhere, issuing new 7” singles every day. The American scene was no different with bands all over the place and compilations of all shapes and sizes (I even issued my own compilation, Popular World comp, on my very short-lived Sky Blue Records imprint in 2000). 

Jack “Skippy” McFadden’s March Records label had been going for a few years by this point and he had released some truly fine stuff (that Holiday debut is still one of my faves) so he threw his hat in with a comp of his own. But this wasn’t just any old comp, this one was a 2-disc set (with K-Tel being an influence) of too many great songs to name, finding bands in just about every outpost of America.

The record starts with Shoestrings and their impossibly lovely “Summer Days” (they released a very fine sophomore album a few years ago on Shelflife) and then right into the Rocketship classic, “Hey Hey Girl” then onto the Cuddlecore (not my term) of Cub (with “Howard”) and on to the suave pop of the previously-mentioned Holiday with “It’s Only Love.”

40 songs spread out over two discs with more great cuts coming via Heartworms (a side project of Archie from Velocity Girls), Allen Clapp  his Orchestra, My Favorite (with the brilliant “Go Kid Go”) and Poundsign with the superb “Starry Night.”

Who else? further, Vehicle Flips, Holiday Flyer, Aberdeen, the Push Kings, Elf Power, Tullycraft and too many more. It really did seem like the comp to end all comps and I played it for days/months.

If you missed this the first time around then head on over to Discogs where you can find a copy for a very reasonable price

**side note- a few years later Skippy released Moshi Moshi: Pop International Style with a 2-cd compilation of bands, as the title suggests, from the USA and around the globe. Not quite the eye-opener that this comp was but still pretty damn good.

[blackmarket-playlists]

PART SIX with forgotten treasures of shoegaze and closely related styles. These bands are pretty much forgotten with less than 900 monthly listeners on Spotify, despite excellent songs. (The Songs mentioned below are my favourites from them).

All songs in one playlist! (Link in the comment). Will be updated in the coming weeks with further posts… so stay tuned and give it a spin!)

🔥Playlistcover: Old Magic Pellas (Brazil) – just remastered their brilliant album „Pull My Daisy“ from 1995. @oldmagicpallas

• Artist name: Poundsign Country: California, US Latest release (Spotify): Wavelength (1998) Highlight song: Button (1996)

• Artist name: Mumbly Country: Paris, France Latest release (Spotify): Beeing Ernest (1998) Highlight song: Demain (1998)

• Artist name: Lotus Crown Country: Dublin/ Chicago Latest release (Spotify): Chokin’ On The Jokes (1997) Highlight song: The Well (Of a Mother’s Symphony)

• Artist name: Maria False Country: Rennes, France Latest release (Spotify): When (2015) Highlight song: Head (2015)

• Artist name: Smashing Orange Country: Delaware, US Latest release: No Return In The End (1994) Highlight song: Just Before I Come (Believe Me)

• Artist name: Ask For Joy Country: Texas, US Latest release (Spotify): A Blow and a Kiss (2017) Highlight song: Under a Breaking Wave (2017)

• Artist name: Bleach Country: England Latest release (Spotify): Song taken from the C91 compilation Highlight song: Bethesda (1991) Info: Founded 1989, two ep and one album (1991/ 1992)

• Artist name: The Belltower Country: New York/ London Latest release (Spotify): Popdropper (1992) Highlight song: Outshine the Sun (1992)

• Artist name: Static Daydream Country: Virginia, US Latest release (Spotify): Static Daydream (2015) Highlight song: Run into the Night (2015)

[blatantlybluntblog]

Phantom - DVDs (feat. Quade PoundSign)

Big link up from Leeds, UK talent Phantom and Quade who spit tight bars over a Chills Myth production.

https://www.instagram.com/precinctphantom/

[trainwrecklikehawkeye]

Ah, ye olden days. You see, children…long ago, around the grand and terrifying turn of the century, we had phones like this. We had texting limits on our flip phones so Every Text Was Sacred. And, of course, we had the T-9 texting form. We had no keyboards, no fancy touch screen. To make ourselves seen, we must sacrifice our souls and hit the buttons until our letter came up on the tiny screen. (Woe…when we went to far and had to scroll through again) See, you think things like LOL, rn, omw, etc… are part of internet/phone culture without knowing why, but we crawled so that you, my precious child, could run screaming into the void.

#octothorpe #poundsign #hashtag

I need a little help here

[noloveforned]

last weekend was a bit hectic between family stuff and my dc trip to see dada. a new show didn't air live on friday night but it was finished last weekend which means we'll be debuting two shows back-to-back tonight on wlur from 8pm until midnight!

if you can't listen live, last week's show is up on mixcloud for you to stream whenever it's convenient.

no love for ned on wlur – june 21st, 2024 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label luluc // genius // sculptor // sub pop joost visser // ukelele bin // partners in hair // brinkman wallsockets // snerl // four stars compilation // sausage xds // wicked heart // bicycle ripper // mt. st. mtn. marcel wave // bent out of shape // something looming // feel it teenage tom petties // kissed me in seattle // teenage tom petties cassette // repeating cloud cantwell, gomez and jordan // otters in the kelp // half-finished bobcat // (self-released) muscle beach // never met you // muscle beach cassette // post present medium screaming urge // we are mono // buy (expanded) // hozac autobahns // i like tomorrow // first lp! // feral kid billiam // where is jackson reid briggs? // where is jackson reid briggs? digital single // billiamwave electric prawns two // tv screen // prawn party and tv screen digital single // sea roach bingo trappers // no more superheroes // karaoke parkman blues // grapefruit six organs of admittance // new year's song // time is glass // drag city hazel briar // to an old friend // the night before cassette // antiquated future laurie anderson and kronos quartet // dreams // landfall // nonesuch ensemble 0 and marc namblard // zeitgebers // sarah hennies: motor tapes // new world jakal // the grand finale // peroration // amalgam sun ra // calling planet earth // inside the light world: sun ra meets the ovc // strut bryony jarman-pinto // deep // below dawn // tru thoughts serengeti // smooth jazz // kenny dennis iv // othar mavi // drunk prayer // drunk prayer digital single // mavi 4 mayor kehlani // what i want // crash // atlantic self esteem and moonchild sanelly // big man // big man digital single // fiction tia rosa // la luz // misterio lounge 3000 // inscrutable linda smith // in between days // the same cured hair as you- a tribute to the cure cassette // almost halloween time poundsign // telephone // house of faith demo tape 1993 ep // speakeasy studios sf the proctors // you and me and the sea // snowdrops and hot air balloons // sunday the pooh sticks // teenage high // straight up: noise pollution c88-90 // optic nerve the cat's miaow // hollow inside (original cassette version) // skipping stones- the cassette years, 1992-1993 // world of echo the softies // i said what i said // the bed i made // father/daughter

[lacavernamx]

Los artistas y su increíble música. - https://wp.me/p4pCgM-4bz

Las canciones a pesar de tener un buen ritmo, no son nada sin una voz o más bien, un buen artista de fondo. Han habido ocasiones en las que hemos escuchado canciones que tienen un ritmo increíble, pero el artista principal deja algo que desear, por lo cual se puede apreciar que el talento está allí, pero aún falta algo para alcanzarlo. En el caso de las canciones listadas a continuación, los artistas que las hicieron son igual de buenos como su propuesta inicial, lo cual realza la calidad de la pieza. Con canciones como 'Maybe I'm The Same' de MER, 'All One' de Social Hazard, 'Candles' de Coma Girls y 'COLDPLAY' de Phundo Art en colaboración con Raider, Quade PoundSign y Mattu.

[dredgrothok]

I'm 23 now

[boobachu]

I'm 90% certain the poundsign meant crack as in cracked or insane. I was making a pun on crack as in buttcrack and continuing the absurdity by calling the poundsign a crack alarm.

Can't wait to see what all the hubbub is!

[trentreedy]