This is the thread where we reminisce over not particularly good Evening Session bands from the late 90s

Oh god, Tiger.

All I remember really was the haircuts mind you

I just remembered about the band Ether, who were only vaguely talented but kind of catchy circa 1998. I wonder what eventually happens to these poor people?

british people cared about Molly Halfhead?! even american dudes who taped "120 minutes" every night wouldn't know who the fuck she is. i honestly can't find the words to describe how small of a "splash" they made in america. like spin never even reviewed one of their records.

lol

Did Spin ever review Sp!n and were Sp!n ever on the Evening Session?

Here's a summer tune from the Evening Sesh days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-qxJi5W4i8

sp!n were pre-evening session iirc

Is that Mermaid horror by a proper real band who were trying to have a career?

http://ichlugebullets.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/top-50-songs-reminiscent-of-a-night-in-a-shitty-provincial-rock-club-between-1999-and-2003-part-1-girl-its-me-and-you-like-sid-and-nancy/

passantino killin it imo

In a previous life, ILB commented on how the solitary saving grace of Kittie’s entire, pig-awful, career was the variety of gratuitous sexually violent fan fiction that’s out there on the internet about them. Have you ever wondered how Avril Lavigne would cope with a ruptured anus if she was kidnapped by Kittie, sleep-deprived, and then fed nothing but dog faeces for a week? Well, do yourself some googling and fap like crazy. Then shoot yourself.

never change, dude

The Kustom Built! I thought they were the bees knees at the time.

i don't think canberra and wollongong have toilet circuits tbqh

if you're able to play multiple venues in Canberra OR Wollongong on a single tour, let alone regularly, you are winning at music

failed zing, stopped reading there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pquBVIN_6Jk

i have that album :(

Is it any good? The above tune is a CHOON imo but I never heard anything else - which makes me doubt that anything else was worth hearing.

P sure every one of these bands has appeared on a mix tape made for me by my now-husband, including 86'd! Think I got the album after that, can't remember anything of the top of my head except Shelly's on the telephone

I had the Tiger album too. This is kind of weird because in them days I had no money for albums so only actually bought a few a year when I had xmas and birthday money and my priorities were PULP and SUEDE. Probably it was in the bargain bucket :(

subcircus album is substandard tbh but bits are alright

tiger debut is great imo. underrated.

You have to check out Bellatrix's first album, or even the earlier Icelandic releases. Beat "It's all true" by a thousand miles.

Subcircus's first album was a classic example of how to ruin a bunch of decent songs through over-production. Listen to the demos/live tracks on the 86'd single, and you might think, "Wow, this band had something going for them." Then you compare them to the finished album versions and it's like "...Oh." Such a disappointment.

Just to prove a point, here's the studio version of "Gravity Girl & Analogue", followed by the live version. Compare and contrast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=potZ8bF6x64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YK5D8EZQ0M

You have to check out Bellatrix's first album, or even the earlier Icelandic releases. Beat "It's all true" by a thousand miles.

i only know "g" and "stranger tales" of their earlier stuff. "g" is great, probably my favourite thing of theirs, but the previous album is shite imo

i only know "g" and "stranger tales" of their earlier stuff. "g" is great, probably my favourite thing of theirs, but the previous album is shite imo

Yes it's Stranger Tales. Haven't got a chance to hold "g" yet. It's not a surprise that people don't like that one. I mean, there were quite a few amateurish moments, and the album as a whole is pretty raw/unpolished in every aspect.

Btw I have heard it rumoured that Ultrasound are to return

quite the rumour

I was going to find this thread and bump it myself after I got an email this morning from Pledgemusic telling me about prospective releases by Senser and Spacehog.

David Keenan was a founding member of 18 Wheeler.

Which will teach me to read through entire threads before sharing nuggets like that.

Need to check one day to see if 'We Are Puppets' is still on the Nice 'n' Sleazy jukebox

This must be the least worthwhile purchase ever: http://www.amazon.fr/18-Wheeler-Band-ensemble-Creation/dp/6131840806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360845662&sr=8-1

This is the most amazing thread ever. I am so sad to have missed it the first time around. Let me know if anyone wants to revisit. Some choice bands named above...

Does Lamacq play this stuff on 6music? I heard that he claimed someone requested Cud recently. Who on earth would request Cud?

I probably wouldn't request it but i don't skip it when it comes up in shuffle

Would it not be the OG Evening Session stuff, rather than the late 90s era?

well yeah, Cud

Cud released a big box of BBC Sessions not long ago. Fun stuff!

dunno if there's a thread on the OG evening session and i sure as hell wasnt starting one

Cud are awesome. Bibi Couldn't See, Under my Hat, Push and Shove, Eau Water...tons of great songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BK2KwQq6VY

I just listened to their LP! Solid tunes though his voice can be grating. Went on to lead Fixed Stars and Pony Club.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Steve-Lamacq-Alternatives-Various-Artists/dp/B07KW9XRD1/

Oh dear lord.

Disc: 1
1. Ride - Chelsea Girl
2. The Charlatans - Indian Rope
3. Northside - Shall We Take A Trip?
4. Flowered Up - It's On
5. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big
6. Slowdive - Catch The Breeze
7. Curve - Ten Little Girls
8. Kitchens Of Distinction - Prize
9. Pale Saints - Throwing Back The Apple
10. Family Cat - Place With A Name
11. Senseless Things - Is It Too Late?
12. Mega City Four - Words That Say
13. Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
14. Silverfish - Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal
15. Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money
16. Voodoo Queens - Supermodel Superficial
17. Cornershop - Waterlogged

Disc: 2
1. S*M*A*S*H - Real Surreal
2. These Animal Men - Speeed King
3. Blessed Ethel - Rat
4. Suede - The Drowners
5. The Auteurs - Showgirl
6. Elastica - Stutter
7. Sleeper - Alice In Vain
8. Tiny Monroe - VHF 855V
9. Whiteout - Starrclub
10. China Drum - Wuthering Heights
11. Snuff - Caught In Session
12. 60Ft Dolls - Happy Shopper
13. Salad - Drink The Elixir
14. Drugstore - Solitary Party Groover
15. Ash - Uncle Pat
16. Northern Uproar - Rollercoaster
17. Perfume - Lover
18. Mansun - Take It Easy Chicken
19. The Bluetones - Are You Blue Or Are You Blind?

Disc: 3
1. Bis - School Disco
2. Travis - All I Want To Do Is Rock
3. Catatonia - Sweet Catatonia
4. Marion - Violent Men
5. Audioweb - Sleeper
6. Rialto - Monday Morning 5:19
7. Tiger - Race
8. Strangelove - Greatest Show On Earth
9. Animals That Swim - Pink Carnations
10. Linoleum - Dissent
11. Scarfo - Alkaline
12. Kenickie - Come Out 2nite
13. Helen Love - Does Your Heart Go Boom
14. Jocasta - Go
15. Livingstone - Good Intentions
16. Geneva - No-One Speaks
17. Whipping Boy - When Were Young
18. Earl Brutus - Life's Too Long

Disc: 4
1. Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend
2. Mogwai - New Paths To Helicon Part 1
3. Idlewild - Satan Polaroid
4. Symposium - The Answer To Why I Hate You
5. 3 Colours Red - This Is My Hollywood
6. The Delgados - Pull The Wires From The Wall
7. The Beta Band - Dry The Rain
8. The Hitchers - Strachan
9. Wubble U - Bit Like You
10. Ten Benson - The Claw
11. Clinic - I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our Youth
12. Cay - Better Than Myself
13. Cable - Freeze The Atlantic
14. Seafood - This Is Not An Exit
15. Llama Farmers - Paper Eyes
16. Ultrasound - Stay Young
17. Morgan - Miss Parker (The Dust Brothers Mix)

already discussed on a Dom revive:

For ILM's Lamacq Hating Contingent...

xp epic scrolldown post

I'd forgotten Miss Parker! sure it's on a c90 somewhere