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The Belshill Scene. Belshill a town associated with some of the UK's top indie acts of the day such as The BMX Bandits, Teenage Fan Club and also this band... The Soup Dragons From Hang Ten! 'Slow Things Down' released on single in '86 on the RAW TV Label The band naming themselves after a 1970's children's T.V. character in 'The Clangers'. The Soup Dragons were: - Sean Dickson (vocals, guitar) - Jim McCulloch (guitar) - Sushil K. Dade (bass)…

Edinburgh Indie Pop - A Cabinet Of Curiosities This usually sums up good old British weather, but what a song to cheer you up! A really feel good and catchy jangle pop tune. Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes were formed in Scotland and part of the Indie Pop scene of the mid 80's, this was their second single 'The Rain Fell Down'. The song was originally released in March 1987 on the Independent Scottish label 'Narodnik' and also appeared on…

The Salisbury Indie Scene Indie Rock/Pop/Jangle later-comers The Mayfields with 'All You Ever Say'. I guess coming in at the tail end of the C-86 scene, but none the less they had a great sound. The band were fairly short lived lasting only a couple of years and were from Salisbury. They formed in 1987 and were part of the C-86 Indie Pop Scene, they initially released a two track shared Flexi disc along with other Salisbury band The Badgemen…

Early Days Aztec Camera's fourth 7" single release on the Rough Trade Record label in 1983 and also featuring on their album released in the same year. They managed to release six albums and many, many singles during their time. They started out in 1980 and were formed in East Kilbride in Scotland. They first appeared on a cassette compilation on the Pungent Records Label and their first formal release was on the legendary Postcard Record Label which spawned so…

Songs About Bats & Coffins?🦇 So, here is one that got away at the time, I must admit back in '85/'86 I hadn't listened to The Flatmates, perhaps I was too 'bogged down' in other sounds or listening to songs about 'bats' and 'coffins' (goth), I really can't remember. Anyway, some years later I somehow managed to catch one of their songs and became really quite hooked. They were kind of lumped in the jangle pop/C-86 scene at the time…