HOW TO MAKE A RECORD FOR A USA MAJOR LABEL THE RIGHT WAY:

Few bands make the transition from cool Indie to Major Label, and the list of Major Label debuts for a killer Indie that fucking suck far outstrips the list of albums or bands for that matter that make that move work, even just for an album….

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END OF YEAR CHARTS SUCK

BUT HERE’S TEN RECORDS / BANDS THAT TWATTED MY TWEETERS THIS YEAR: in no order either…here’s the first one

Carlton Melton / Pass It On

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IMPERIAL DOGS…woof woof

OK, I ‘m sorry, forgot my computer password, forgot YouTube, and forgot Spatziba for the past few weeks erm, months! Was in a world of my own invention, no computers, no modern lame-O musick…

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ORBITING SOON!

STRAP THESE ON IN TIME!

MOON DUO - Ez Street Ext

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AMERICA’S COMING FOR YOU AGAIN:

Working out which 80’s noise I can throw in your face and ears, I decided that there’s so much good stuff out in America again right NOW, that this bunch of hopheads from Florida need an airing, this is amazing!

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FRESH AND ONLYS

San Francisco has the best bands, full stop. And San Francisco’s The Fresh And Onlys have a surfeit of incredible pop that just betters itself with every release: This is like a wheel getting re-invented, trust me!

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GALORIOUS EXILES

Now I love me some Rolling Stones, I really do, well up to a point, I mean its what I grew up listening to, Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Little Richard, Coasters, Pink Floyd… etc. and I guess that’s why I am writing this; the Stones were my parents’ (your grandparents’ even) music, rebellious or whatever. Their culture, and sure it provided a framework for the future, but really, all this canonization of “Exile on Mainstreet” (it’s a great album, one of the best rock and roll swaggers ever cut to disc…) is all a little too much.

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Wooden Shjips – Contact…

Zoned and droned, this cannot fail to make you shake…

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