Entrance More Sheffield Post Punk with the band I'm So Hollow. This track 'Entrance' from the 1981 Album Emotion/Sound/Motion released on the Illuminated Records Label, the label being set up by Keith Bagley in 1980 and specializing in Post Punk releases, other artists with releases on the label were Sex Gang Children, 23 Skidoo, Dormannu and D.A.F. The band's first and only 7" single release was Dreams to Fill the Vacuum in 1980 actually on the Hollogram Record Label (which…

The Band, Power Pop/Mod Revival The Negatives were the band Money Talk 💷...The B Side to 'Electric Waltz' released on Sheffield based Independent Label, Aardvark Records with the Catalogue No. STEAL 1 in 1980. The band were a power pop/mod influenced band (you can kind of catch hints of The Jam and other revival bands such as The Chords or Secret Affair in there). They appeared on a compilation and released this one and only single. I guess the Jam would…

The Stunt Kites Sheffield Independent Music Been playing quite a bit of Sheffield based music 🎶 at the moment, which isn't a bad thing😉. Seems to have been a hot-bed of sounds back in the day, spawning many, many great acts. Hope to post some more on this site over the coming months. How It's All Changed - Sheffield As I Remembered It! I always have a bit of a soft spot for the City, the last time I was…

Lovin' Those Reggae Vibes Love a bit of reggae and seriously don't post enough of it, (mental note to self) 'must try harder'... Following reading a recent wonderful post from baggingarea.blogspot.com about the mighty Barrington Levy with his track 'Here I Come', it re-kindled many happy memories, dancing to reggae sounds on Alt Indie Nights at 'The Pink Toothbrush' to wandering around places like Brixton, Camden and Ladbroke Grove/Portobello Road and hearing some wonderful reggae sounds to later hitting websites…

Ah! another one of those posts featuring a band that share names, the band The Scabs referred to in this post are the U.K. punk band and not the Belgian rock band formed in the early part of the 80's.... The Scabs self titled E.P. was released in 1979 on the Independent 'Clubland Records Label' The track listing for the E.P. is: The record label produced a mixed bag of acts and was the house label of Fair Deal Studios…