Various Artists - State Of The Art: Punk And New Wave From The United States - VINYL LP

Double vinyl LP pressing containing 28 highlights from the box set. Following on from the highly popular first volume of Gary Crowley's Punk & New Wave, Demon Records are proud to introduce Vol.2. A period when a raft of bands and artists imbued a new energy into the country's musical culture. This mega 77 track collection features some of the biggest names from this period such as The Clash, Ramones, The Jam, The Cure and The Slits. Alongside the bigger names, this set shines a light on the lesser known bands, those who might have left just the one great single in their wake such as The Limit, Gary Valentine, The Wardens, Basement 5 and The Limps. Album Tracks 1. The Clash - 1-2 Crush on You 2. The Undertones - There Goes Norman 3. The Limit - My World at Night 4. X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths 5. The Wardens - Do So Well 6. Penetration - Future Daze 7. Magazine - I Love You, You Big Dummy 8. Ramones - Suzy Is a Headbanger 9. The Flys - Love and a Molotov Cocktail 10. Golinski Brothers - Bloody 11. Liquid Stone - Here Comes the Weekend (Mono) 12. Dolly Mixture - Side Street Walker 13. Basement 5 - Silicone Chip 14. The Subterraneans - My Flamingo 1. The Jam - Away from the Numbers 2. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Desert Kisses 3. Zounds - Demystification 4. Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love 5. Shake - Dream on 6. The Times - Red with Purple Flashes 7. The Limps - Someone I Can Talk to 8. The Cure - Play for Today 9. Newtown Neurotics - Hypocrite 10. The Slits - So Tough 11. The City Limits - Morse Code Messages 12. Gary Valentine - the First One 13. The Barracudas - I Want My Woody Back 14. Moving England - Moving Back

The tenth volume of Numero's elaborately packaged Cabinet of Curiosities series, L80s finds the group exploring the far-flung corners of the global downtempo underground. This 12-song mix tape weaves icy hot coldwave, Sausalito seafood jazz, Glaswegian goth, makeshift Madonna, Sade spoofs, and Brat Pack balearic into a high-waisted, party-ready pair of danceable denim. Album Tracks 1. Glued to the Spot (45 Version) 2. The Secret Sign 3. Feels So Good (Feels So Right) 4. Naughty Naughty 5. More Than Just a Dream 6. You Got Me 7. Me to You 8. Patterns 9. Breath 10. Being Strong 11. Hear My Heart 12. Someday You'll See

Two-Piers, the tag that brought you 'Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019)', 'Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)' and 'Music for the Stars (Celestial Music 1960-1979)' bring you 'Waves of Distortion (The Best of Shoegaze 1990-2022), a magical journey through the history of the Shoegaze scene from it's inception to the current exponents on the scene championing the sound. A perfect introduction to all that is glorious and great about 'Shoegaze', and if it takes the listener down a rabbit warren to discover more then job done 'Waves of Distortion' brings in some of the OG (original 'gazer) classics - Ride's peerless 'Vapour Trail', rich's 'Sweetness and Light' from 1990 and Chapterhouse's 'Pearl' from 1991. They are all incredible and timeless tunes. Then there are some others that were never really a part of that other great music press construct, The Scene That Celebrates Itself, in the case of The Telescopes and their fantastic 1991 single 'Flying', and Spirea X's 'Chlorine Dream' from the same year - both are indicative of the post-rave psychedelia that coloured everything at the time and fit perfectly within the Shoegaze scene at the time. Once we get to 1992, there's a bit of a gap in the chronology as shoegaze was all too hastily dismissed in the country that birthed it, ignored in favour of grunge and then Britpop, the feedback fading away along with the bands that made it. But something amazing happened. When the s-word was used elsewhere in the world, rather than having negative connotations, it was merely a descriptive term. So, the flame was kept burning in the most unlikely places, waiting for everyone else to catch up once again. It's no surprise, then, that there are bands on this compilation from America (Ringo Deathstarr, Beach House), Australia (Lowtide, Flyying Colours), Sweden (Ech