Monthly Archives: October 2013

marika hackman

We mentioned this last time out via tales from the attic volume XVI – from Marika Hackman and prized from her forthcoming ‘sugar blind’ EP here’s an acoustic rendition of the lead out track ‘cinnamon’ – utterly beguiling…..incidentally the full … Continue reading

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surroundinsound – archiv IV

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melting ice caps

Lovely little message from David of the Melting Ice Caps – such an age since we featured these dudes – to wish us happy Halloween and tell us of the bands latest recording – which as it happens is called … Continue reading

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yeah saint paul

This ‘un was mailed to us with the promise that it sounded like Julian Cope, Velvets, Mercury Rev and Shuggie Otis. I’ll admit it was straight to the player based on that. Sometimes you know – its best to be … Continue reading

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tales from the attic – volume XVI

Tales from the Attic Volume XVI Revolutions of a 33 and 45 kind. A welcome back to the tales from the attic wing ding, only seems a mere day or three ago since we last visited upon your listening space, … Continue reading

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snowbeast records – halloween compilation

I’ll start by saying ‘I want one of these’. a by all accounts limited cassette compilation put out by the snow beast imprint who based in Buffalo have to date put out three tape releases by the Camp Counselors, Seismograph … Continue reading

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lumin bells

Fancy something a little lovelorn and smoked in an embracing homely warmth, picked this up via a face book update type posting whilst knee deep in Halloween related trick n’ treat tuneage. Hailing from Merseyside (where Liverpool is southern jessies), … Continue reading

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zombina and the skeletones

And did we just mention Zombina and the Skeletones in passing, ah Liverpool’s finest and freakiest b-movie brood and purveyors of scare-o-phonic surf twang ska goo groove, been a while since they spooked these pages with their tomb knocking twister-rama … Continue reading

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creature feature

Here’s a little something that ought to appeal to admirers of Zombina and the Skeletones, frantic wierdness all the way from Los Angeles courtesy of Curtis Rx and Eric X who collectively go by the name of Creature Feature and … Continue reading

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strange brew

Welcome re-airing of a Halloween special put together by those dudes over at Special Brew HQ, all hallows happenings aplenty from this 2011 broadcast, the usual rummaging around in the vaults for lost ear candy though this particular edition is … Continue reading

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