Featured IPO CD Artists: Nick Frater, The Shudders, The Carvels NYC, Sue Hedges
Featured IPO CD Artist: Nick Frater IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Sunshine After Rain” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start! “Sunshine After Rain” opens my new album Full fathom freight-Train, and feels like a good intro to what this new album is about…and yes, that is a real theremin, which turns out to be much, much harder than it looks to play! 2) If you could spend the day with any artist who is no longer living,...
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: Lannie Flowers, Brenyama, The Vinylos, Ulysses
Featured IPO CD Artist: Lannie Flowers IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Straight To The Blues” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? This is a song that I co-wrote with Bill Lloyd a couple of years ago. We went into the studio with the guys in my band and knocked it out in a couple of days with one other song we wrote. So I thought it might be of interest to some of the people that buy this collection. 2) If you could spend the day with any artist who is no longer living, who would it be,...
read moreDavid Bash’s Best of 2019 Lists
Hi Everyone, Here are my lists of favorite albums of 2019. As is my usual custom, I’ve broken this down into several categories, as I’m just not comfortable ranking unlike entities on one list. Those marked with an * are vinyl-only releases. Those marked with an ** are cassette-only releases. Contemporary Categories I. Top 125 Albums Disclaimer alert: I heard A LOT of fine albums this year, probably more than in a long while. Something in the Top 30 would have almost certainly made my Top 10 in...
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: The Jeremy Band, Eliaz, The Anderson Council, Harrison Clock
Featured IPO CD Artist: The Jeremy Band IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Joy Comes in The Morning” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? JOY COMES IN THE MORNING…..i wrote this song for John Wicks (The Records) during his battle with cancer. So its a tribute to him! 2) If you could spend the day with any artist who is no longer living, who would it be, and why? JOHN LENNON 3) Same as question 2, but for any contemporary/living artist. JEFF LYNNE 4) What...
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: Popdudes, Emperor Penguin, Wolf Circus, Kimberley Rew & Lee Cave-Berry
Featured IPO CD Artist: Popdudes IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Dance With Me Tonight” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? We thought it was a good representation of Popdudes’ sound (whatever that is). 2) If you could spend the day with any artist who is no longer living, who would it be, and why? Easy question: John Lennon. Why? The Beatles. 3) Same as question 2, but for any contemporary/living artist. Easy question: Paul McCartney. Why? The...
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: Morley Bartnoff & The Randy Californians, Strand, The Newds, Jerry Juden
Featured IPO CD Artist: Morley Bartnoff & The Randy Californians IPO Vol 22 CD Song: “Dog George€” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? I wanted to create a Song for My 97 Year Young Mother Ruth & Her Dog George who I am now Their Primary Caregiver for her to enjoy Which of course really uplifted her All the Experiences the tune addresses occurred in the last few years once I permanently moved into my mother’s house & I wanted to have 1 song under my own name....
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: The Injured Parties, Sue Hedges, Steve Rosenbaum, Kai Danzberg, Cait Brennan
Featured IPO CD Artist: The Injured Parties IPO Vol 21 CD Song: “Got A Tatoo” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? It’s the leadoff track on our forthcoming sophomore album, Product Placement. Opening songs should grab the listener’s ear, but I think they should also say something about your thematic concerns (considering you have ’em, and we certainly do). The song was written as a response to The Who’s “Tattoo,” which is a great song but one that...
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: Caper Clowns, The Vinylos, The Shellye Valauskas Experience, Mike Daly & The Planets, REACTION
Featured IPO CD Artist: Caper Clowns IPO Vol 21 CD Song: “Pretty & Underwear” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? We chose the song because we wanted something up tempo, that was still unreleased at the time, and that made “Pretty & Underwear” the obvious choice for us. 2) Which 2-3 ’60-‘90s artists do you admire most (and why)? Tough question, as much of our favourite music is from those decades. The Beatles and XTC come to mind. In addition to both...
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: Secret Friend, Darling BOY, Carol Pacey & The Honey Shakers, Matt Purcell, Slim Loris
Featured IPO CD Artist: Secret Friend IPO Vol 21 CD Song: “Castaway” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? I chose “Castaway”, which was probably the most conventional song on my latest album, The Divorce Album. The lyrics for “Castaway” aren’t depressing like many of the other songs on the album, and the arrangement is fairly straightforward pop. However it’s not the best version of “Castaway” on the album. Sam Robson’s version is...
read moreFeatured IPO CD Artists: Amoeba Teen, David Minchin, Sex Clark Five, The Lilacs, Emperor Penguin
Featured IPO CD Artist: Amoeba Teen IPO Vol 21 CD Song: “(Coming On) Stronger” 1) What was the reason you chose the song you did for the IPO CD? “(Coming On) Stronger” is the precursor to our new album, Medium Wave, that comes out on 1st June 2019. It seemed like the perfect introduction to what’s to come. 2) Which 2-3 ’60-‘90s artists do you admire most (and why)? All four of us have diverse influences. If it was a Venn diagram wrestling match you’d probably find Jellyfish, The Beatles...
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