For Wednesdays | GRANDPA STAN

Liars – No.1 Against The Rush

July 4, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘WIXIW’
Out now on Mute (iTunes Spotify)

#Wednesday. About to put some Cure on but found ourselves listening to Liars again instead. Wonder why?

Dinosaur Jr – Muck

June 27, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘Green Mind’ (Spotify/iTunes)

#Wednesday. Truth be told we always preferred Muck to Freak Scene. And what’s more we still don’t think the cover of Just Like Heaven (good as it is), truly matched up to the original. Nice to get all that weight off finally.

Jaill – Horrible Things (Make Pretty Songs)

June 20, 2012 § Leave a comment

http://soundcloud.com/subpop/horrible-things-make-pretty
Taken from the album ‘Traps’ (Sub Pop)

#Wednesday. How right you are band members of Jaill. And it’s on that very basis that we have spent the last two days scouring Facebook friend lists and dubious internet dating sites in search of potentially disastrous matches for one of our writer musician friends. It may not seem like kindness now, but we’re semi confident he’ll thank us in the end.

Us Baby Bear Bones + Tiger Waves

June 13, 2012 § Leave a comment

#Wednesday. Two of our favourite freebies on bandcamp at the moment.

Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Dream Baby Dream

June 6, 2012 § 2 Comments

#Wednesday. This track is as good an indication as any of how we feel about the last four days on British shores. Unclear if it’s all been a nightmarish echo from a parallel world that no longer exists (or should exist) … or just, in fact, a LOT of very ridiculous fun featuring the unimpeachable triumvirate that is burnt sausages, sponge cake and best bitter. We seem to be hedging towards the latter but it’s still more than a little hard to call it right now.

Let’s Buy Happiness – Work’s Better On Paper (Live)

May 30, 2012 § Leave a comment

#Wednesday. We all know the game these days. It’s basically the same one that Prefab Sprout’s label developed circa 1984/85 with their dogged determination to turn When Love Breaks Down into a hit. It’s only on the 4th outing and the 3rd anniversary of the original recording date that a track is finally deemed to have had an ‘official’ release. Meaning the single release of this on June 11th probably won’t even count. It should do. We (still) think it’s great.

Port St. Willow – Amawalk

May 16, 2012 § Leave a comment

Taken from the album ‘Holiday’

#Wednesday. If you have not heard this track already then listen to it now. And if you don’t think, like us, that this is one of the most beautiful songs you have heard all year then a musical excommunication may have to be next up in the order of service. Yes we know that’s harsh and goes against most of our previously stated views re everybody liking whatever music they happen to like and blah blah blah, but that’s just the way we feel right now. Found amidst the clutter thanks to yvynyl.