Hungry Beat, The Sun Is Shining

Not sure how widely known this might be, but word on the street is that Bob Stanley is starting work on a new film project, tentatively titled Hungry Beat. It’s themed around the whole C86 thang, the idea being, one hopes, to redress the balance somewhat in terms of what the moniker has come to signify over the years. As part of the project, the team are looking for any film or video footage that anyone might have of (and I hesitate to use the term here) ‘indiepop’ bands from around those years. So anyone who has some old VHS tapes or super 8 film gathering dust in attics or basements of those old Talulah Gosh or Pastels shows, or maybe some McCarthy or Wolfhounds gigs that were surreptitiously caught for posterity? Maybe someone has some of the old Living Room shows recorded somewhere? If you have anything you think could be of relevance, drop me a line at blog@tangents.co.uk and I’ll pass the info on.

Comments

[Bart (Belgium)]

I'm not sure if they really count as a C-86 band, but I hope they include the fabulous Siddeleys. Their "sunshine thuggery" single is a stone cold classic and most of the tracks on the compilation which was released by Matinee Records some time ago aren't far of.
They were truly a band to die for, but are sadly forgotten by most.

I am having a bit of a C-86 moment as well : I've been listening to early Primal Scream, the Bodines "heard it all", the Railway Children "brighter", Miaow "break the code"
and the Shop Assistents "somewhere in china"
Oh and "tugboatline" by Rumblefish (don't know if that one counts as C-86 either, but it is still a gorgeous gorgeous song)

Bart (Belgium)

ps : Bob Stanley is ace; he really is my musical mentor. Through reading his reviews in the NME and the Melody Maker I discovered most of my favourite music. He turned me onto the Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker, 60's girlgroups, Marianne Faithfull's "north country maid", ... oh the list is endless.
The man deserves a statue.

Oh and Saint Etienne's "nothing can stop us" is my altime favourite poprecord. Pure POP perfection. Bliss !