Able Tasmans - Hold Me I

Glorious song and very stylish video!

Able Tasmans

what the hell was going on in New Zealand throughout the late 70s and into the mid 90s? pop magic floating around on those islands. i recently discovered the Able Tasmans, who along with a bunch of other groups from that strange land, are blowing my fucking mind. everyone should probably listen to more Verlaines too, and Look Blue Go Purple!

for download is their song "Mary Tyler Moore" from their last album "Store in a Cool Place" (1995).
get it here

more to come...

mix

here's a mix i made last nite. no particular theme or anything thoughtful. just some old and new favorites that i thought would go well together and maybe someone could make a new discovery from it.

let me know if you fall for anything here.

download part 1
download part 2

1. Julian Cope - Reynard the Fox
2. Cockney Rebel - Mirror Freak
3. Primal Scream - Ivy Ivy Ivy
4. Damon & Naomi - Eye of the Storm (live)
5. The Chameleons - Second Skin
6. Breathless - Sometimes on Sunday
7. The Only Ones - Telescopic Love (Peel Session)
8. Vic Godard & The Subway Sect - Stool Pigeon
9. The Waterboys - This is the Sea
10. The Bounty Hunters - It Only Happens With Her
11. Disco Inferno - Can't See Through It
12. The Dentists - I'm Not the Devil
13. Snatch - All I Want
14. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Torso Corso
15. The Wild Swans - God Forbid
16. Sneaky Feelings - Trouble With Kay
17. The Bats - Made Up In Blue
18. Kendra Smith (The Guild of Temporal Adventurers) - Stars Are In Your Eyes
19. Virginia Astley - Morning: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure
20. Eyeless in Gaza - Tall and White Nettles
21. Coma Cinema - Be Human
22. Backseat Dreamer - Empty Hearts
23. Peter Hammill - Ophelia
24. The Popguns - Because He Wanted To
25. The Pearly Gatecrashers - Age of Innocence