The Story Of... You can also see on the back cover that the single was produced by the legendary producer, engineer and musician Mike Hedges who has produced for some really big names over the years. He has been responsible for production of The Cure (Seventeen Seconds), Siouxsie & The Banshees (Nocturne), The Associates (Party Fears Two) and this track by The Southern Death Cult with their first single called 'Moya'. Interestingly enough The Cult have just released their first…

Hull Indie Scores, London 0 Hull 4. The Housemartins, Happy Hour, what an awesome 'feel good' single and the whole album 'London 0 Hull 4' was indeed quite brilliant. I remember buying the single as soon as it came out in 1986. The album was released on the Independent Go! Discs label which was set up by former Stiff Records Rep Andy MacDonald along with Lesley Symons. The label released music by artists such as Billy Bragg, The La's and…

From the album Diminuendo released in 1987 on Nightshift Records UK. Originally the band were called Dead Neighbours and were more of a post punk/psychobilly band with a sound more akin to The Cramps, although you wouldn't believe that from the track featured below! They were managed by Brian Guthrie (brother of Robin Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins) Brian persuaded Will Heggie to do some bass playing for the band after his departure from the Cocteau Twins in 1983 after…

No, this post is not about independent label music, just about several musicians I admire and to post something a little different from my usual.... Bill Laswell teamed with Jah Wobble, two bass playing legends. This track is called 6th Chamber from the album 'Radioaxiom - A Dub Transmission'. Possibly a bit more 'World' than 'Dub', but still very good.... The track list for the album is: Have a listen to the brilliant track 6th Chamber at the above link.

The song taken from the 1984 E.P. 'Garden Of The Arcane Delights' released on the 4AD Record Label. It was one of the few they released being primarily known for their album releases. Their eponymous album being released the same year as this E.P. Flowers Of The Sea on youtube The tracklisting for the E.P. is: Both Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry met whilst in the Melbourne 'Little Bands' scene which kicked off in the late '70 to early '80's.