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turn it up baby

Hymn on the 45 - Allo Darlin' (the farewell single. Bandcamp)
Mulligan - The Pooches (from 'The Pooches' LP. Bandcamp)
Spanish Song (Don't Go) - Strawberry Switchblade (from 1982 4 piece demo. Bandcamp)
Stars - The Clean (from 'Getaway' LP. YouTube)
Antlers - The Bats (from 'The Deep Set' LP. Bandcamp)
Dead Tree! Dead Tree! - The Blue Aeroplanes (from 'Welcome Stranger' LP)
Plastic World - Candy Maps (from 'Plastic World' EP. Bandcamp)
Emily - The Eversons (from 'Stuck In New Zealand' LP. Bandcamp)
Same Place - Peaness (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
In The Morning - Gloria (from 'Gloria In Excelsis Stereo' LP. Bandcamp)
50/50 (Better Stop Now) - Starry Eyed and Laughing (available on 'To Try For The Sun' LP)
Western Splits (After Lear) - Year Of Birds (from 'White Death To Alan Power' LP. Bandcamp)
BODY2BODY (A CERTAIN RATIO DO THE DU ZU MIX) - NO ZU (12" single. Bandcamp)
Eudamonia - Them Are Us Too (from 'Remain' LP. Bandcamp. R.I.P. Cash Askew)
Overnite - Loch Ness Mouse (yes, it is a Scritti Politti cover)
Some Nights - The Corner Laughers (from charity single. Bandcamp)
St Nicholas Vicarage - Papernut Cambridge (from 'Love The Things Your Lover Loves' LP. Bandcamp)
Don't Be A Dick At Christmas - Niagara Balls (feat Matt Moskal) (from 'A Very Cherry Christmas Vol 11. Bandcamp)
Christmas Is a Time For Giving - Girlsville (from 'Christmas' EP. Bandcamp)
The Moment Your Heart Would Say Goodbye - THE YEARNING (from 'Evening Souvenirs' LP. Bandcamp)
Save What You Can - The Triffids (from 'Calenture' LP. YouTube)

it's a feeling, not reason

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the truth may be betrayal, lies and treason

Favourite Days - The Action/Mighty Baby (available on 'Mighty Baby' LP. YouTube)
So Long Marianne - Straitjacket Fits (from 'Hail' LP. YouTube)
When I Kissed The Teacher - The Magick Heads (from 'RePort' tape. Bandcamp)
Evergreen - Galants (from 'Galants' EP. Bandcamp)
Anatole - Walpurgis Family (from 'Live Your Life Around It' LP. Bandcamp)
Lauren, I'm In Love! - Hooton Tennis Club (from 'Big Box of Chocolates' LP)
In Your Car - Kenickie (YouTube)
The Awkward Ones - Martha (from 'Blisters In The Pit of My Heart' LP. Bandcamp)
Hippie Girl - The Eversons (from 'Stuck In New Zealand' LP. Bandcamp)
Dark Days - Chin Chin (available on 'Sound Of The Westway'. YouTube)
Beam Me Up - Gloria (from 'Gloria In Excelsis Stereo' LP. Bandcamp)
Random Thing - Yoofs (from 'That'll Do' LP. Bandcamp)
Falling Apart - Totally (Pinpal club single. Bandcamp)
Superstar - Carpenters (YouTube)
Platonic Love - Lispector (from 'Outsider Art Therapy' LP. Bandcamp)
Echoes - Starry Eyed and Laughing (available on 'To Try For The Sun' LP)
Our Swan Song - Laura Jean (from 'Our Swan Song' LP. Bandcamp)
K. - Cigarettes After Sex (digital single. Bandcamp)
Change Me - FEAR OF MEN (digital single. Bandcamp)
This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets (YouTube)
Start On Nine - Desario (from 'Haunted' EP. Bandcamp)
People Are Disgusting - Jonathan Richman (digital single. Bandcamp)

I won’t take a compliment, but I will ruminate for hours on a single mean remark

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check my email, consult my notebook

Monday Morning, Somewhere Central - Ultimate Painting (from 'Dusk' LP. Bandcamp)
Haunted - Desario (from 'Haunted' EP. Bandcamp)
The Clue - Robert Scott (from 'RePort' tape. Bandcamp)
I'm A Rabbit, I'm A Fox - Laura Jean (from 'Our Swan Song' LP. Bandcamp)
Omnibus - The Move (YouTube)
Lazers Linda - Hooton Tennis Club (from 'Big Box of Chocolates' LP)
Brickwall - Fred Thomas (from 'Changer' LP. Soundcloud)
Dean’s Room - Allison Crutchfield (from 'Tourists In This Town' LP. Bandcamp)
Your Excellency - Parenthesis... (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
SF Rose - Fanfickk (digital single. Bandcamp)
Moby Dick - Gurr (from 'In My Head' LP. Bandcamp)
Trouble - Girl Ray (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Juvenile Delinquent - Suzy Cope (available on 'Soho Expresso')
My Boy Elvis - Janis Martin (available on 'Girls Gonna Bop')
Fictional Decision - Drahla (digital single. Bandcamp)
No Sustain - The Sticks (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Painkiller - Luxury Death (pinpal single)
Motorway - The Bellamys (from EP. Bandcamp)
Ace - Kestrels (from 'Kestrels' LP. Bandcamp)
Belly Up - Tears Run Rings (from 'In Surges' LP)
Clouds That Cover The Sun - TOY (from 'Clear Shot' LP)
Arms Of The Dark - Oskar’s Drum (from 'A Cathedral of Hands' LP. Bandcamp)

don't forget your ticket if you want to ride

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One day everything will be as it should be

Autumn Dawn - Allah-Las (from 'Calico Review' LP. Bandcamp)
Hey Hey My Reflection - Whoa Melodic (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Party Of The Mind - Robert Scott (from 'RePort' tape. Bandcamp)
AA - Andreas Mattsson (from 'Kick Death's Ass' LP. YouTube)
Just Another Day - E'spaniel (Soundcloud)
Good At Making Enemies - The Eversons (digital single. Bandcamp)
Amorous in Your Absence - Ice Choir (from 'Designs In Rhythm' LP. Bandcamp)
Moving Back Together - Sophie And Peter Johnston (YouTube)
Side of the Road - Princess Chelsea (from 'Aftertouch' LP)
Like A Rose - Lucinda Williams (from 'Lucinda Williams' LP)
New Ways - CC Dust  (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
shave your head - The Passage (from BBC Sessions LP)
All the Young Dudes - The Skids (available on 'The Very Best Of The Skids' LP)
Blackouts - Oskar's Drum (from 'A Cathedral of Hands' LP. Bandcamp)
Stellular - Rose Elinor Dougall (from 'Stellular' LP. YouTube)
I'm Still Believing - TOY (from 'Clear Shot' LP)
Silhouetted Shimmering - Ultimate Painting (from 'Dusk' LP. Bandcamp)
Someone's At The Door - Spearmint (from 'It's Time To Vanish' LP)
Don't Put a Time On Love - Aug Stone & The Love Conspiracy (digital single. Bandcamp)
Cynthia Loves - The Robbs (YouTube)
If He's So Great - The Resonars (from 'The Greatest Songs Of The Resonars' LP. Bandcamp)
Cubs In Five - The Mountain Goats (from 'Nine Black Poppies' EP. YouTube)
Meet Me at the Molly Bench - Hooton Tennis Club (from 'Big Box of Chocolates' LP)
Wake Up - Holy Now (7" single. Bandcamp)

Bus stations and Sunday services

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took out a loan and bought myself a mini

Sign - Man of Moon (from 'Medicine' EP)
Song for Brian Jones - Ultimate Painting (from 'Dusk' LP. Bandcamp)
200 South La Brea - Allah-Las (from 'Calico Review' LP. Bandcamp)
On A Sofa - Le SuperHomard (from 'MapleKey' LP. Bandcamp)
Geometry - Boredom (from 'Geometry' EP. Bandcamp)
Sundial - Cool Ghouls (from 'Animal Races' LP)
Sharp Suited SOAG - The Teamsters (from 'The Wild Angels' tape compilation. Bandcamp)
Jamie's Got A Baby - The Finks (from 'Middling' LP. Bandcamp)
Demolishing The Fourth Wall - Baker Island (from digital EP. Bandcamp)
So Great - Shiny Coin (digital single. Bandcamp)
Come - She-Devils (from 'She-devils' EP. Bandcamp)
Happy Hour - Boys (from 'Love On Tour' EP. Bandcamp)
You and Only You - Emma Kupa (from 'Constant and True - a tribute to the songs of Rose Melberg' LP. Bandcamp)
The Pressure - Patience (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Currents - Still Corners (from 'Dead Blue' LP. Bandcamp)
On My Mind - Skytone (digital single. Bandcamp)
Syrupy - Milk Skin (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Neko - Kestrels (from 'Kestrels' LP. Bandcamp)
Moneypenny - the Milestone Band (from 'Midnight at Pete's' LP. Free download. YouTube)
My Gold Is In The Sun - Ben Reed (from 'Station Masters' LP. Bandcamp)
Under The Tree Of Love And Laughter - The Cake (YouTube)
Fools Fall In Love - THE YEARNING (from 'Evening Souvenirs' LP. Bandcamp)

the world could end before we agree

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walk past the apartment and hear ABBA

Leaves Falling - Liberation (from 'Liberation' LP. Bandcamp)
Down with Heaven and Hell - Still Corners (from 'Dead Blue' LP. Bandcamp)
Warmer Climes - Boat Club (from 'Luxury 2006-2016' LP. Bandcamp)
Turn Your Head - Boredom (from 'Geometry' EP. Bandcamp)
Sunflower Eyes - Spearmint (from 'It's Time To Vanish' LP)
With You - Teenage Fanclub (from 'Here' LP)
It's Not Gossip If It's True - The Tyde (from 'Darren 4' LP. Bandcamp)
Preference - The Summer Hits (from 'Beaches and Canyons 1992-1996' LP. Bandcamp)
Kaleidoscope Eyes - Painted Hills (from 'Painted Hills' LP. Bandcamp)
Good Shadow - The Prophet Hens (from 'The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys' LP. Bandcamp)
Sweaty Hands - The Goon Sax (from 'Up To Anything' LP. Bandcamp. YouTube)
Sound Of the City - The Cannanes (from 'A Love Affair With Nature' LP. Bandcamp)
City Bike/Factor of 10 - Rainbow Reservoir (from 'Coco Sleeps Around' 7". Bandcamp)
Stupid Poor - The Wolfhounds (from 'Untied Kingdom (…or how to come to terms with your culture)' LP. Bandcamp)
Fordland - The Wedding Present (from 'Going, Going...' LP)
Who Smiled At Me Last Night - Ski Saigon (from 'Brings The Storm Cloud' EP and book. Bandcamp)
Girl In Amber - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (from 'Skeleton Tree' LP)
True Love (Under Sheets Of Rain) - Antony Harding (digital single. Bandcamp)
An Autumn Day Like This - Robert Rotifer (from 'Not Your Door' LP. Bandcamp)
When I Lost You - THE YEARNING (from 'Evening Souvenirs' LP. Bandcamp)
Those Were the Days - Angel Olsen (from 'My Woman' LP)

you can't fake the sunshine

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records handed down like tablets

Oh Wait It's Me Isn't It - The Prophet Hens (from 'The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys' LP. Bandcamp)
Satin Doll - The Chills (from 'Kaleidoscope World' LP. Reissue)
Lost The Ghost - Chook Race (from 'Around The House' LP. Bandcamp)
The Curse In Reverse - The Tyde (from 'Darren 4' LP. Bandcamp)
Always Shines - Tape Waves (from 'Here To Fade' LP. Bandcamp)
Clandestine - Oh Well Goodbye (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Vivienne - The Cannanes (from 'A Love Affair With Nature' LP. Bandcamp)
Sprinters of The World Unite - Naked (from Tenth Court label sampler. Bandcamp)
Pitch/Roll/Yaw - Lorraine (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Keener - Ice Baths (digital single. Bandcamp)
Ten Years - Sleepy Township (from 'Deep Water' LP. Bandcamp)
My Legendary Childhood - The Wolfhounds (from 'Untied Kingdom (…or how to come to terms with your culture)' LP. Bandcamp)
My Broken Heart - Rocketship (from 'Constant and True - a tribute to the songs of Rose Melberg' LP. Bandcamp)
Dry Salt In Our Hair - Le SuperHomard (from 'MapleKey' LP. Bandcamp)
Lost in Love - Vulpine Choir (from 'In Your Pocket' LP. Bandcamp)
Bring My Walls Down - Bloods (digital single. Bandcamp)
Shut Up Kiss Me - Angel Olsen (from 'My Woman' LP. YouTube)
Again and Again - Nancy Sin (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
I Go Quiet - Personal Best (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Neverfriend - Dayflower (digital single. Bandcamp)
My Kid - Something Anorak (from split 7" single. Bandcamp)
Sprague - The Wedding Present (from 'Going, Going...' LP. YouTube)

those are the breaks

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Oh no! Another school day...

Attack Of The Glam Soul Cheerleaders (parts 1 & 2) - Ette (from 'Homemade Lemonade' LP. Bandcamp)
Kate Moss With A Moustache - Rainbow Reservoir (from 'Coco Sleeps Around' 7", Bandcamp)
Precarious (The Supermarket Song) - Martha (from 'Blisters In The Pit Of My heart' LP. Bandcamp)
Supermarket Scene - Failed Flowers (from 'Failed Flowers' LP. Bandcamp)
Feel Nothing Fail Nothing - HOLI (digital single. Bandcamp)
Please Before You Go - Justine Never Knew The Rules (from 'Anticipating Nowhere, A Homage To The Telescopes' LP. Bandcamp)
Another School Day - Hello (YouTube)
Eyes On The Feet - Whitebelt (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
European Summer - Deerful (from 'Without Borders' single. Bandcamp)
Key Largo - Arbes (from 'Swimmer' EP. Bandcamp)
For a while - The Skinner Group (from 'Watertoun' LP. Bandcamp)
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) [Edit] - Simple Minds (from 'new Gold Dream' reissue boxset)
Factory - BIM (YouTube)
Bim Bam Boum - Lizzy Mercier Descloux (from 'Mambo Nassau' LP)
Beneath The Blue Sky - The Go-Go's (from 'Talk Show' LP)
Lucky Like St Sebastian - Momus (available on 'Pubic Intellectual An Anthology 1986-2016' retrospective)
I Don't Remember Your Name - BOYS FOREVER (from 'Boys Forever' LP. Bandcamp)
Been Hiding - The Primitives (from 'The Wild Angels' compilation. Bandcamp)
Puzzle Pieces - Tangible Excitement! (from 7" single. Bandcamp)
Uncle Greg - Terry (from 'Terry HQ' LP. Bandcamp)
Telephone - The Goon Sax (from 'Up To Anything' LP. Bandcamp)
angel, honey (demo) - kate epps (Bandcamp)
Morning (We Are in the Fields) - Ralegh Long (from 'We Are In The Fields' EP. Bandcamp)
La Maison Du Garde - Darren Hayman (from 'Trains' LP. Bandcamp)

I'm gonna finish what I started

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Here come the young Don Quixote

Ice Cream and Sunscreen - Martha (from 'Blisters In The Pit of My Heart' LP. Bandcamp)
Now I'm A Killer - The Wolfhounds (from 'United Kingdom' LP. Bandcamp)
All The Time - The Fireworks (from 'Black and Blue' EP. Bandcamp)
Sun Drop - Young Scum (from 'Zona' EP. Bandcamp)
Undine - Fear of Men (from 'Fall Forever' LP)
Eurodisco - Bis (YouTube)
Eurosport Music Baby! - Le Sport (from 'Tell No-one About Tonight')
So, Young Fanatic - Dora Maar (from 'Flights' EP. Bandcamp)
In Spain - The dB's (from 'Repercussion' LP YouTube)
France - Intastella (from 'Intastella & The Family of People' LP. YouTube)
Derailleur, King Of The Mountain - Appliance (from 'Six Modular Pieces' LP)
The Waves - Deerful (from 'Staying Still' EP. Bandcamp)
Johnny Bye-Bye - Bruce Springsteen (YouTube)
Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul - The KLF (from 'Chill Out' LP)
Pencil Doings - Kaspar Hauser (from 'Kaspar Hauser' EP. Bandcamp)
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth - Sparks (from 'Propaganda' LP)
Turret Grove (Acoustic Version) - Rapid Results College (Bandcamp)
Kardashev Fail - Video Version - Papernut Cambridge (from 'Kardashev' EP. Bandcamp)
Snow White Chook - Able Tasmans (from 'A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down' LP)
Hard To Clean - Chook Race (from 'Around The House' LP. Bandcamp)
Without Rigour - Acton Bell (from 'You Don't Know What Love Is' LP. Bandcamp)
Known World - Kodiak Island (from forthcoming LP)

I was the dampest box of matches you could ever hope to find

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we are the hand-me-down trousers

Turn To The Sun - Zee Town and the Dog Boys (from 'ii' EP. Bandcamp)
Blue Skies - Sad Day For Puppets (from 'Unknown Colors' LP. Bandcamp)
Let's Start It Over - Cosines (from 'Transitions' EP. Bandcamp)
Someone to Care For Me - The Hayman Kupa Band (7" single. Bandcamp)
Somebody's Turning On The People - Grapefruit (available on 'Yesterday's Sunshine' LP)
Me & Magdalena - The Monkees (from 'Good Times' LP)
Passing a Van - Robert Rotifer (from 'Not Your Door' LP. Bandcamp)
Bed of Bones - The Lad Mags (digital single. Bandcamp)
The Fall Of Great Britain - Martin Bramah (from 'BREXIT!' free EP. Bandcamp)
Dream Baby Dream - Suicide (YouTube. R.I.P. Alan Vega)
Get High (Grimiss & KVS Remix) - Suzy Blu (from 'Crush On You' remixed LP. Bandcamp)
Paper Cuts - Boy Least Likely To (YouTube)
Soul Remains - T.O.Y.S (from 'Sicks' LP. Bandcamp)
Moscow on the Thames - Terry (from 'Terry HQ' LP. Bandcamp)
A Beautiful Night In Oslo - Billie The Vision & The Dancers (from 'Where The Ocean Meets My Hand' LP. live on YouTube)
Stop the Music - The Pipettes (from 'Earth vs The Pipettes' LP. YouTube)
Future Vanishes - Rose Elinor Dougall (YouTube)
Calm Before the Storm - Penetration (from 'Resolution' LP)
Life's A Mistake (Worth Repeating) - Dribbling Darts (from 'Present Perfect' LP)
St. Paul's (Westerberg Comprehensive) - Martha (from 'Blisters In The Pit of My Heart' LP. Bandcamp)

Keep those dreams burnin' forever