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Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7”

Chris Devotion & The Expectations - Amalgamation & Capital (album)

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester (album)

Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best 7”

Howling Wolf - Complete Chess Masters 1951-60

The Ketamines - A Rotten Bond/1 Yr (from Oddbox Singles Club Pt 2)

Cardinal - Hymns (album)

Proper Ornaments - Taking the Gamble Out of Buying 12”

Darren Hayman - January Songs (album)

Various: Marshall Teller EP 12”

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Roadside Poppies
Seven Ways to Derail A Train of Thought Indietracks only CD-R

Article written by Paul M - Jul 28, 2008

Roadside Poppies

One of the definite highlights of 2008's mighty Indietracks festival was catching this Copenhagen/Cambridge collective on the church stage. That day they put in a delightfully shambling display battling with MP3 technology to cock up their set with the wrong pre-recorded drumbeats. If they'd been just as inept at songwriting, or lacked a sense of humour I'd have walked out within minutes but instead I sat transfixed as they delivered half an hour of wonderfully cute and catchy songs. This limited CD-R captures the ditties performed that day and they essentially have two sounds depending on whether Matloob or Martin does vocals. With the former it's jangly indie-pop, all sunshine and smiles while the latter is more thoughtful college rock with Lloyd Cole and the chiming guitars of REM being possible pointers. Both are utterly spiffing. The only downside is that with four of them in Denmark and three over here it seems unlikely that I'll get too many opportunities to see them again.

Links:
http://www.roadside-poppies.com
http://www.myspace.com/roadsidepoppies