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Playlist from Moogie Wonderland 24 June
08 months ago
in Kent Scene
Last night was our second DJing experience, and it was rather a contrast to the first time around. It was all rather last minute, meaning I didn’t have five weeks to fret about song choices. It was in a coffee shop instead of a bar with a dance floor, and given the rain and other factors, there wasn’t exactly a big turnout. Didn’t matter though as I still ended up enjoying myself immensely. Here’s what I played:
1. Herman Düne – Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
2. Belle & Sebastian – Your Cover’s Blown
3. The Hidden Cameras – The Mild Mannered Army
4. Tigercats – Banned at the Troxy
5. Butcher Boy – Carve a Pattern
6. Art Brut – Lost Weekend
7. Shrag – Hopelessly Wasted
8. Comet Gain – You Can Hide Your Love Forever
9. Heavenly – C Is The Heavenly Option
10. God Help the Girl – Perfection As A Hipster
11. Milky Wimpshake – True Love/Youth
12. Pants Yell! – Your Feelings Don’t Show
13. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – My Terrible Friend
14. Cats on Fire – Higher Grounds
15. The Wave Pictures – I Love You Like A Madman
16. Moustache of Insanity – Dinner Party
17. Allo Darlin’ – Let’s Go Swimming
18. Pocketbooks – Cross the Line
DJing in Rochester this Friday!
09 months ago
in Kent Scene, Site News
A shameless bit of self promotion here, but I’ll be guest DJing at the delightful Moogie Wonderland indiepop clubnight this Friday in merry olde Rochester. Free entry, 8pm-2am at Oliver’s (which used to be Enigma) on the High Street. Full details available here.
Things that may or may not be on the playlist:
The Soft City – 15 Years
01 year ago
in MP3s
The Soft City started out as a solo project for Phil Sutton, former drummer of the legendary Comet Gain. I’ve only got into Comet Gain fairly recently as part of my ongoing catch up of everything indiepop from the past couple of decades. Still, it meant that when The Soft City dropped into my inbox, I immediately took notice of them.
What started as a solo project has since expanded into a full band, with Sutton moving to New York and handing over vocal duties to Dora Lubin. Lubin has one of those gentle, sweet voices that tends to suit indiepop of this nature. Her voice also seems to have a certain reservation in it, which moves The Soft City from out and out sunny pop to something with a tinge of sadness attached. The Soft City don’t do anything particularly new with the sound, but they pull it off well enough that it’s worthwhile regardless.
The Soft City’s self-titled album is out now on Plastilina Records. Their slogan is “we like indiepop in Peru too!”. Pretty awesome.
