Track
& Field's Fave Web Links... Bands
This
page is devoted to the bands we love and hope you will love too. Use the links
above to find T&F endorsed labels and clubs plus websites on Sixties groups
and artistes and other cool stuff we couldn't fit into the other categories
like online music mags, Internet radio stations, cool shops and listings. Happy
surfing!
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- Actionettes
http://www.actionettes.com
Not really a band as such but we'll include them here nonetheless! Who are
they? Well we'll let them speak for themselves..."An all female glittery
dance troupe based in London, U.K. who perform to 60s girl group pop (unless
we want to dance to something else...) We like to sparkle, have fun, drink
cocktails and dance!" Their beautiful sparkly website includes photos
of them dancing, their up and coming dancing dates (including the date of
their next club night Sophisticated Boom! Boom!), profiles, a mailing list
and you can book them for your show or party online!
- Aerospace
http://aerospace.filur.com/
Stockholm
based Aerospace play sixties inspired pop. Like similarly B&S inspired Antipodeans
the Lucksmiths, Aerospace sound like the reflections of several pasts, all
layered and refracted through frosted windows, stacked up indie-pop references
overflowing from their eager mouths and instruments. If your most treasured
possession is your complete Sarah records collection, you'll adore Aerospace.
- The
Aislers Set
http://www.aislersset.com/
- Ant
http://www.antpop.com/index2.html
If you're looking for Ant and Dec or Adam Ant you're not going to find them
here - Ant Harding's day job is drumming for Hefner but in his spare time
he writes his own great pop tunes. You'll find loads of stuff about Ant on
his website - you can listen to Antmusic, read what he's been up to, find
out who his favourite singers are and loads loads more!
- Apples
In Stereo
http://www.applesinstereo.com
Everybody's favourite E6 band! Listen to apples pop, join their mailing list
and meet their pets in the photos section. You can even get all their lyrics
so you can sing along to any Apples ditty that takes your fancy.
- Jeremy
Barnes
http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk/hawk
Mr Barnes has worked in various ensembles including E6 faves The Gerbils and
Neutral Milk Hotel. His first solo album A Hawk and a Hacksaw was recorded
in France using a chicken, some geese, a gong, cats, a duck, a spoon, pieces
of tin and various melodic instruments. You can hear some of his tunes on
the website, check out his discography and find out what he's been up to in
the News section.
- Beachwood
Sparks
http://www.subpop.com/bands/beachwood_sparks/
Swanky
site for one of the coolest LA bands around. The Flash version takes a while
to load but you do get a pretty spinning picture while you wait! When the
butterflies have landed on the tree (no we were not on something when we wrote
this-tis totally true!) you can click on each one to read the band's biography
and press or listen to some of the tracks off their LP.
- Bearsuit
http://www.bearsuit.co.uk
- The
Broken Family Band
http://www.thebrokenfamilyband.com
- Belle
and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian site by Belle and Sebastian
http://www.banchory.net/belleandsebastian/
The band's
very own website with lots of info on each member, latest news and photos
of the band. This is where to go if you want to purchase a B&S t-shirt
or badge.
Tigermilk Belle and Sebastian Webring
http://www.pulped.co.uk/tigermilk/
Links to lots of B&S related sites and others
that might be of interest.
Jeepster Belle and Sebastian site
http://www.jeepster.co.uk/belleandsebastian/
Apart from all the usual stuff like discographies
and press archives, you can join in the fun on the very popular Belle and
Sebastian chat room, send virtual postcards and arrange to meet your new found
pals at the next Track & Field club perhaps...!
- Beulah
http://www.beulahmania.com
Really lovely site (which makes us green with envy) from San Fran's finest
pop band. Check out what they're up to, how they formed and view some video
clips of gigs and interviews.
- Black
Nielson
http://www.blacknielson.com/
- Broadcast
http://www.broadcast.uk.net/
- Capitol
K
http://www.capitolk.com
- The
Chemistry Experiment
http://www.chemistryexperiment.co.uk
Links to MP3s, news, releases and the sad tale of John Jervis' (of the WIAIWYA
label) trip to the Chemistry Experiment's home town, Nottingham. Oh and you
can also leave them a message in their high tech guestbook.
- The
Clientele
http://www.theclientele.co.uk/
- Clinic
http://surf.to/clinic
Liverpool's
other fab four doing their Velvet Underground drone-pop. Pals of Radiohead
and recent American tourists with the Apples in Stereo.
- Cornershop
http://www.cornershop.com/
They've
come a long way since they were outside EMI burning pictures of Morrissey.
Doesn't everyone own Brimful of Asha? Something Norman Cook actually got right.
- Dressy
Bessy
http://www.dressybessy.com/
Cute cartoons of the band, rainbow coloured pages-the
Dressy Bessy site makes you smile! You can buy Dressy Bessy stuff, take a
peek at their photo gallery and make sure you are up-to-date with the latest
DB news and press.
-
DJ Shadow
http://www.djshadow.com/
- Dolly
Mixture
http://www.elysium-london.demon.co.uk/Pages/dmcur.html
- Felt
tribute page
http://planeta.clix.pt/felt/default.htm
- Flaming
Lips
http://www.flaminglips.com/main.php
Wayne
Coyne and pals see everything in wide-screen dream land. Here's a chance for
you to join them and find out what they're up to!
- Fonda
500
http://www.fonda500.com
Hull finest wonky pop merchants.
- Great
Lakes
http://www.angelfire.com/band/greatlakes/news.html
Everything you need to know about the USA's Great Lakes, stars of Track &
Field's second long player. There's news, lyrics, photos and plenty more besides!
- Jack
Hayter
http://www.jackovision.com/
Jack's often part of indie superstars Hefner but he also writes his own tunes
which you can listen to on his website, Jackovision. Jack also writes stories
and you can read some of these here as well.
- Heavy
Blinkers
http://www.heavyblinkers.com
The Heavy Blinkers play Beach Boys inspired silky pop tunes. Their website
is very posh and includes an online shop, news, releases, biography, reviews,
discography, press, tour info, lyrics, photos and downloads.
- Herman
Dune
http://www.hermandune.com
Great site for T&F favourites. Lyrics, sketches and David's tour diaries
make it essential reading.
- International
Airport
http://website.lineone.net/~tomcrossley/Airport.html
- Kicker
http://www.kickerpop.co.uk
Catch up with the latest Kicker news, gigs and releases. You can
even leave them a message in their guestbook.
- The
Ladybug Transitor
http://www.theladybugtransistor.com
T&F's latest American pals. Up to the minute news on their latest whereabouts,
and some great video footage from gigs and TV.
- Ladytron
http://www.ladytron.com/
- The
Late BP Helium
http://www.thelatebphelium.com
- The
Loves
http://www.thelovesloveyou.com
- Looper
http://www.treehouse.clara.net/looper.htm
We love the "Make your own Looper song" bit on the site-hours of
fun! Anyway Looper are one of Belle and Sebastian but don't sound like them
at all-don't take our word for it-visit them in their treehouse and have a
listen to their groovy loopy tunes.
- Marshmallow
Coast
http://www.angelfire.com/myband/marshmallowcoast/
Marshmallow
Coast is basically one man's vision. That man is Andy Gonzales, from of Montreal,
who weaves a gentle tapestry of incandescent melody and sweeping emotion.
- Milky
Whimpshake
http://home.earthlink.net/~microsofa/mw/
"Milky
Wimpshake are brilliant rockers for the new millenia!...They play fine songs
about music, nostalgia, love, freedom and the problems of being a bedroom
anarcho-syndicalist in a nasty world. They are wimps. They drink milk. They
shake." Visit their site!
- The
Minders
http://www.theminders.com
- Moldy
Peaches
http://www.moldypeaches.com/
Probably
made more impact in the UK than they might have done if they weren't pals
and label mates of the Strokes. But none the less a refreshing change to the
over hyped, over styled content of most bands within the grasp of our delightful
press corps.
- Of
Arrowe Hill
http://www.ofarrowehill.co.uk
- of
Montreal
http://www.ofmontreal.net
of
Montreal share many of their musical influences as well as members with Great
Lakes and their pals in the Elephant 6 Collective (a love of vaudevillian
show tunes and artful, psychedelic pop). But through Kevin Barnes' honest
and beautiful songwriting they manage to move in a direction that is very
much their own. There
are few bands whose music is as unabashedly happy as of Montreal. Their songs
soar and weave with energy and goodwill and will break your heart.
- Orange
Juice
http://www.akn.quik.co.nz/mikelsen/orangejuice/main.htm
Orange
Juice and Postcard Records were clearly the blueprint for much scottish pop
that followed - see Creation Records, the Pastels et al. Edwyn Collins vision
to fuse sixties pop with seventies disco left an amazing legacy of brilliant
pop tunes: always a hit down at the Track & Field Club.
- The
Pastels
http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~jonathan/pastels.html
Along
with Beat Happening and perhaps Galaxie 500, the Pastels are one of the most
pioneering bands of our generation. Always one step ahead of the pack and
pushing back the boundaries as far as their ideas and talents could take them,
you'd be a fool not to own a rather large pile of their sublime records.
- The
Pattern
http://www.the-pattern.org/
Stars of
one the most ridiculous Track & Field nights at the Arts Cafe when we
had around 250 people crammed into a space with a fire limit of 99. Mental!
Chris Appelgren (ex Peechees) and his pals from San Francisco are up there
with the best of the current crop of US rockers. More energy than the London
Electricty Board. No question.
- The
Polyphonic Spree
http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com
What can you say? 25 texans dressed in sheets playing amazing orchestral
pop. The cynic in me suggests it shouldn't work but there's something brilliantly
endearing about them that'll hook you in.
- The
Projects
http://www.theprojects.info
Another member of the T&F inner circle. The Projects have played so
many times at Track & Field nights - they're never less than amazing.
- The
Rapture
http://www.therapturemusic.com/
New site for hippest NYC band. All the usual stuff - plenty of downloads.
- Riviera
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/logansky/riviera.html
- Saint
Etienne
http://www.saint.etienne.net/
Join Avenue, Saint Etienne's e-mail list from this site. You will never have
a day without an e-mail in your in-box! Seriously though, the people on this
list know their stuff-you can get access to rare SE tracks on people's websites,
be alerted to SE press and media appearances all around the world and chat
about cool stuff generally. Apart from the usual discography, tour news and
press, SE obsessives should check out the songs section on this website -
every SE track is listed with complete lyrics, credits, references, trivia,
versions and sources.
- Saloon
http://www.saloon.co.uk
Stars of the Track & Field label, Saloon continue to go from strength
to strength dazzling everyone from pop kids to journalists to John Peel around
the globe with their folk tinged kraut pop. Awesome.
- Screen
Prints
http://website.lineone.net/~alun-jones/screenprints.html
Early recording artists on our label, the band have release a clutch of
amazing singles recorded on a hospital stairwell. More recently they've been
very quiet but visit the site to find out what the band are up to, listen
to some top pop tunes and purchase one of their ace recordings from Plastic
Bird's mail order site.
- The
Seven Inches
http://www.theseveninches.co.uk/
- The
Shins
http://www.artisdead.net/theshins/
- Stereo
Total
http://www.geocities.com/shusti/stereototal/index.html
http://www.stereototal.de
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Last
Updated:
September 28, 2003
