Indiecater Christmas Goodness
There’s a lot of Christmassy stuff happening in the blogosphere at the moment. Basically, given that the music industry tends to grind to a halt over this period, I guess that there isn’t that much for people to write about, particularly those of us who are primarily driven by new music.
To fill this gap a lot of musicians, particularly Americans – who seem to take Christmas music a little more seriously than we do here in the UK, where it is regarded with a sort of awestruck horror most of the time – seem to record one-off Christmas songs. Nevertheless, it is to an Irish label that I point you, and none other than Indiecater Records, set up by fellow blogger Kevin from mp3 Hugger. Indiecater tend to release one of two kinds of album: either long lost albums which Kevin feels do not deserve to be lost to the mists of time; or Indiecater compilations, which are paid assemblies of songs by independent bands, which Kevin sells in order to both spread the word and bring a little revenue to the artists whilst doing so.
Given this general approach, it hardly came as a surprise when it turned out that he was releasing and Indiecater Christmas Compilation. As per usual, I hardly know any of the bands, but then that is part of the point of things like this. It’s a very small amount of money – six and a half Euros – and that money goes to help support independent music by directly putting money into the pockets of the bands who are the bread and butter of websites like mine, and like Kevin’s.
Two bands on there who I do know are My Teenage Stride and The Winks, both of whom are superb. So here’s an incentive to shell out your hard-earned.
My Teenage Stride – Ears Like Golden Bats
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The Winks – Slumber Party Let’s Go
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You wouldn’t believe how happy reading this has made me, thank you so much toad and all you swim with. Just a minor point, we’re actually of the Irish persuasion, having built our bouncy castle of a residence in Dublin city centre. Thanks and happy christmas to you and yours! kevin
Shit, bollocks, arse. I’ll change it immediately, sorry Kevin.
Damn, I missed it.. You must have edited it already.
What cultural faux pas did you commit this time, Matthew?
(Kevin, feel free to grass him up so we can all laugh at him!)
I called Indiecater a UK label. For some reason I thought Kevin lived in London.
You fascist bastard.
Yes, horrific display of oppression and racism, I thought.
so is Song, by Toad….a English, Scottish or British label/blog?
Israe… erm, whoops. Scottish, I’d say, despite the fact that I’m English. It’s pretty clearly basied in Scotland and the focus is local, so I think that would be fair to say.
English? I thought you were Austro-Hungarian Inuit or something.
Raised in Austria. Canadian passport. But if you’ve an accent like mine, in Scotland, you’re English. Because they’re fucking thick as mince.
gallus
Are you doing chutney recipes again Tom?
what kind of fruit/veg is gallus in welsh?
Leeks. All fruit and veg are leeks in Wales.
thick as mince
has to be my one of my fave sayings
Yes indeed. And safe for pre-watershed condescension. Splendid.
As if that’s ever bothered you..
Hey! I take my responsibility to the community very fucking seriously, thank you.
Matthew……when are you doing Toad’s festive 50
Maybe over Christmas, I suppose.
It’s a maybe though – fuck of a lot of work in that.
funny bugger……it’ll be worth it tho…..all us pious fukers going hey you…you’re are talking pish of the highest order
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i’m going to buy this……..however, the My Teenage Stride song is a total rip of in between days by the cure……..loving it!!
The whole Teenage Stride sound is incredibly Curey actually. But I still love ‘em.