Today's Swell Tune: I Don't Mind

Artist: Ted Zed

From: Somerset, England

Sound: See the attached picture? It sounds like that: alt pop/ rock/ synth/ trance (seriously, there's a lot in here)

Website: tedzedofficial.com

Social: facebook, twitter, YouTube

Today's Swell Tune: Cuckoo

 

• Artist: Rose and the Howling North
• Album: Cuckoo
• From: Leeds, England
• Sound: Nancy Sinatra scoring Tarantino credits.
• Website: Cuckoo Records
• Social: twitter, myspace

Today's Swell Tune: Bad Intentions

Bad Intentions (Single Mix) - Shona Foster

• Artist: Shona Foster
• Album: The Moon and You
• From: Brighton, England
• Sound: Like the Tori Amos of 1992 took a time machine to 1942 to do a number at a nightclub ; piano pop
• Website: shonafoster.com
• Bandcamp: shonafoster.bandcamp.com
• Social: facebook, twitter

Today's Swell Tune: Crystal Sounds

Crystal Sounds by ThirteenSenses

• Band: Thirteen Senses
• Album: Crystal Sounds
• From: Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Sound: This should motivate you to do that epic moment you've been putting off; instrumental pop-rock,
• Website: thirteensenses.com
• Social: facebook, myspace, twitter

Today's Swell Tune: Come Closer

Miles Kane - Come Closer by Miles Kane

• Artist: Miles Kane
• Album: Colour of the Trap (out May 9)
• From: Liverpool, England/ The Rascals
• Sound: Boozy, sleazy guitar riffs over throbbing baselines. And I give it two months before the chorus is in an electronics commercial; guitar rock
• Website: mileskane.com
• Social: facebook, twitter
• Video: here

Saturday Night Remix: Into the Heart

into:

Into the Heart (Jonathan Kreinik Remix)

Friday's Forgotten Song: Bunkers

Bunkers (The Vapors) by Mr. Shuffleupagus

The Vapors

Album: New Clear Days*

1980

*Do not be thrown by the fact that this 
is the "Turning Japanese" album .

It is killer.

Today's Swell Tune: Orchards

03 Orchards by Anthonygdli

• Band: My First Tooth
• Album: Territories
• From: Northampton, England
• Sound: If you've ever thought Mumford and Sons could use some female vocals this is your lucky day; folk-rock
• Social: facebook; myspace; twitter
• Video: on youtube

Today's Swell Tune: Fit to Dance

Fit To Dance (Call The Doctor) by Mr. Shuffleupagus

• Band: Call the Doctor
• Album:  CTD (EP)
• From:  Bristol, England; Wellington, New Zealand
• Sound: Yeah Yeah Yeah's, fronted by Chrissy Hynde, opening for Bikini Kill in 1992; rock
• Social: facebook; myspace

Friday's Forgotten Song: Silent Telephone

Silent Telephone (The 101ers) by MrShuffleupagus


The 101ers
Album: Elgin Avenue Breakdown
Year: 1981

Today's Swell Tune: Bloom

Bloom - The Veils by drownedinsound

• Band: The Veils
• Album: Troubles of the Brain  (EP)
• From: New Zealand via London, England
• Sound: A Joy Division LP at 45rpm; indie, post-punk
• Website: http://www.theveils.com/
• Contact: facebook

Today's Swell Tune: Stare Into The Sun

• Band: Graffiti 6
• Album: Colours
• From: London, England
• Sound: The sky in Moscow is the same colour as the pavement and has been for two months. God, I miss summer; soul-tinged pop rock
• Website: http://www.graffiti6.com/
• Contact: facebook; myspace; twitter
• Video: here

Friday's Forgotten Song: Canada

Canada (The Field Mice) by MrShuffleupagus

The Field Mice

Album: Skywriting (EP)

Year: 1990

Today's Swell Tune: Surfacing

Chapel Club - Surfacing by wilcow

• Band: Chapel Club
• Album:  Palace
• From: London, England
• Sound: Alternate universe band "Mamas, Papas, and the Bunnymen"; post-punk, shoegaze
• Website: http://www.chapelclub.com
• Contact: facebook; myspace; twitter

Today's Swell Tune: Teenage Eyes

Ex Libras - Teenage Eyes by abadgeoffriendship

• Band: Ex Libras
• Album: Cut(s) (EP)
• From: Hounslow, London, England
• Sound: The final credits of a film that did not end happily; experimental indie rock
• Website: http://www.exlibras.co.uk/home.html

Today's Swell Tune: Baby Life's Too Short

Dirty Hands - Baby, Life's Too Short by thisisdirtyhands

• Band: Dirty Hands
• From: London, England
• Sound: A James Dean movie about the life and times of a Mick Jagger/Iggy Pop hybrid; garage rock
• Website: http://thisisdirtyhands.tumblr.com/
• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiKHtopGPBk&feature=player_embedded#

Friday's Forgotten Song: The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class (The Monochrome Set) by MrShuffleupagus

(1982)

Today's Swell Tune: Wild Thing

• Band: Noah and theWhale
• Album: Last Night on Earth (to be released March 7, 2011)
• From: Twickenham, London, England
• Sound: If Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side were a photo, this would be the negative: indie folk
• Download Free: From their website

Today's Swell Tune: In a Yorkshire Call Centre I Knelt Down and Wept

The Wind-Up Birds - In a Yorkshire Call Centre I Knelt Down and Wept by Sturdy Records

• Band: The Wind-Up Birds
• Album: Courage for Tomorrow Will Be Worse (EP)(Sturdy Records)
• From: Leeds, England, United Kingdom
• Sound: "We're from northern fucking England, alright?"; indie post-punk/rock
• Website: http://www.myspace.com/thewindupbirds

Today's Swell Tune: Car

Jim Noir - "Car" by OctopusWindmill

• Artist: Jim Noir
• Album: zooper dooper (EP) 
• From: Manchester, England, United Kingdom
• Sound: Like Flight of The Conchords penned lyrics for Strawberry Alarm Clock; psych-pop
• Website: http://www.jimnoir.com/
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