Please let me know if you think your club/band/fanzine/etc
site should go on here.
BANDS
Belle & Sebastian
- officially the best Scottish band ever! Stuart's diary is always
entertaining.
Camera Obscura - Suitably
stylish site for the Glasgow indie pop dreamsters. Be sure to check
out Tracyanne and Carey's gorgeous charity shop dresses in the photo
gallery.
Cinerama -David Gedge's
excellent post Wedding Present outfit
The Draglamps - The
Isle Of Man's finest indie band, no question!
Happy Couple - German
indie pop DJ and music duo.
June Brides
- When I first moved to London in the late 80s, all of the fanzines
asked one question: "Did you cry when the June Brides split
up?" Most common answer: yes. With good reason.
Killermontstreet -
Everything you'd ever want on Aztec Camera and Roddy Frame
Morrissey-Solo.com
- The ultimate Morrissey news and fan site. Excellent
Spearmint.net - Online
home of the wonderful Spearmint
The Wolfhounds
- A gentleman, a man of taste and a fine singer. Learn more about
Senor Callahan here
LABELS
Blissaquamarine
- Non profit, DIY tape label keeping
the indie pop torch aflame!
Bubbyworld - Blimey,
here's a name from my past. Richard Coulthard: Waaah label boss,
Screeming Custard devotee, indie pop guru! Hello Richard. How
are you?
Bus Stop - Excellent
indie label, for Jasmine Minks, Phil Wilson solo, and lots more
Creation-records.com
- Excellent Creation site. If you want to know more about those
House Of Love and Teenage Fanclub records we spin at How Does
it Feel?, go here
Dreamy Records -
A home for sleepy people. Pay a visit.
Little Teddy
- Andy from Little Teddy put out a single by the Television Personalities
called "How Does It Feel To Be Loved?" Cool pedigree,
but that's not where I got the name from. I imagine we both swiped
it from the same original source...
Shinkansen - The
Sarah 100 advert says it all
Track And Field - Fine
club night, label, people, all you could ever want
CLUB NIGHTS
The Actionettes - Brilliant
all girl dance troupe. Host their own Sophisticated Boom Boom club night
in London.
Bitterscene - Chelmsford's
coolest indie night out
Great Big
Kiss - Northern soul, Motown, 60s girl groups and rock'n'roll at
the Buffalo Bar
Instant Whip - Paul
Court of the Primitives serves up funky psych, northern soul, mod jazz,
freakbeat, indie, retro futurist and sampladelica at this Coventry club
night. . .
National
Pop League - Yahoo Group for the legendary Glasgow club.
Offbeat - Top notch indie
club in Sheffield, playing the sounds that make your heart tremble
On Air Club - Club night in
Valencia connected to Toxicosmos/Yanopuedomas
Strange Fruit - Cool indie
pop/post-rock/electronica collective and fellow club DJs. Check out
their night Crimes Against Pop at the Buffalo Bar, north London.
Stolen Wine Social -
Cool indie pop club in Toronto. Superb playlist
Sweden Made Me - Brighton
club with an excellent Swede-centric playlist.
Walls Of Heartache
- Andy Strickland's Walthamstow soul shindig
The Winchester
Club - Excellent indie pop club in Glasgow and our live link up
partners.
ZINES
Chatbusters - Ezine
dedicted to Motown. Does it get any better? Musically...not really...
Do Something Pretty
- Riding from Calayfornayaay...superb indie pop fanzine
Drowned In Sound -
By music junkies for music junkies
Friends Of The
Heroes - Creativity and passion in a extremely cool web fanzine
Popnews - Excellent and
exhaustive French site catering for all your indie pop needs
Slow Magazine - "Ian,
thanks for getting back to me so soon, glad you like the site
(a ten
second glance always gives a good impression, I find)" -
Damn, rumbled again!
Soundsxp - Exhaustive
alterntive music webzine
Stolen Kisses - Fantastic
name. Matthew of Stolen Kisses wrote to say our "musical
canon is exemplary". Ah, bless. We hope we can live up to
his high praise
Tasty Fanzine - A
little bit wooar, a little bit woaah...
OTHER STUFF
Bowlie - Forum for indie pop fans. Essential for UK fans and beyond.
Copacetic - Indie pop blog
with a crush on Breakfast At Tiffany's. Us too
Fraction Discs - Indie pop
mail order company based in Sweden. Find those difficult to track down
sevens here!
Ian Watson - My
website. Contains reviews and interviews from my day job as a music
critic.
Indie MP3 - Thank you Lord!
A whole load of C86-era goodies to download. There's the playlist for
the next club night sorted then.
Indiepages - Everything about
everything indie pop!
Kitten Painting-
The world of indie pop viewed through the eyes of a feline
London Gig Guide - Pick of London's
best live shows, updated weekly
The Modern Age - Drop dead
garage indie cool adoring blog straight outta NYC
My Islington - Excellent
events guide for Islington and environs. Includes an interview about
HDIF here
Pop Revolution - Danish indiepop
promoters and DJs based in Aarhus. Responsible for a superb annual indie
pop festival.
Toxicomos - Spanish indie pop
radio show that, along with fellow show Yanopuedomas,
hosts the Spanish equivalent of How Does It Feel To Be Loved? in Valencia.
The night is called Stop In The Name Of Love and the playlist runs from...The
Supremes to Belle & Sebastian. Hmmm: now there's an idea! More power
to you, amigos.
Urban75 - From politics and music
to drinking and advice on growing marrows, all human life resides at
the UK's most lively bulletin boards
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