Woodsist - Welcome Home/Diggin' The Universe

For those of you who were perturbed by Woodsist's relatively quiet few months (by their standards atleast) then fear not, an awesome new cassette compilation is on its way.

Welcome Home/Diggin' The Universe features just about every buzz band from the last 12 months and makes us weep with jealousy (yes we still love you Heavy Medicine).

Tracklisting:

SIDE A

1. WOODS- "Im Not Gone"

2. RUN DMT- "Richard"

3. WHITE FENCE- "The Love Between" (from their s/t CD/LP)

4. THE FRESH & ONLYS- "Heel.Toe."

5. THE MANTLES- "Bad Movies"

6. SKYGREEN LEOPARDS- "Catch"

7. ALEX BLEEKER- "Gettin By"

SIDE B

8. MOON DUO- "A Little Way Different"

9. CITY CENTER- "Box of Rain"

10. CAUSE CO MOTION- "Over You"

11. ART MUSEUMS- "Darling Are You Out Of Your League Again"

12. NODZZZ- "Old Clothes"

13. DUCKTAILS- "Sun Out My Window"

Yes, awesome i know. You can order it here

Sonny & The Sunsets

We first heard Sonny & The Sunsets on the ace Secret Seven Records comp, In A Cloud: New Sounds from San Francisco. Their track Heart of Sadness is the premier track both chronologically and musically.

Their full length Tomorrow is Alright is a great record. Transcending lo-fi beginnings to pour flourishes of loveliness as well as tough snarl garage poseurs into your living room. Veering dangerously close to melody, the record is just as happy contemplating summer through the window glare as it is soundtracking a wild, never-ending night out.

Sonny & The Sunsets are the brainchild of Sonny Smith, a mistrel-like figure whose re-appearance in San Francisco after years as a professional blues sideman in places as diverse as Denver and Costa Rica, led to him teaming up with a cast of San Fran musicians including Fresh & Only's mainstays Shayde Sartin & Tim Cohen.

Check out highlights Death Cream and Too Young to Burn on their myspace here and this cool vid of them performing the latter below

Heavy Medicine

The Tally Ho Cassette comp has finally arrived..... You'll be able to order one from the blog this afternoon and remember it's FREE so you'll only pay for postage. Alternatively look out for it in a bunch of London record stores, bookshops and select alehouses.


Tally Ho - Heavy Medicine

Side A

Andrew Cedermark - Ides of March
Wonderswan - A stitch in Space-Time
Wounded Lion- Muppet Babies
Grasshouse - At The Bottom of The Sea
The Whines - Here We Sit
Frat Dad - Radiation Run
Fluffy Lumbers - Night Moves

Side B

White Fence - Sara Snow
Dignan Porch - As You Were
Treasure - Canada
Big Troubles - Loose Teeth
The Nicholas Cage - South Pacific
Fresh and Only's - Stranger in My House
Rent Boys - Jesus Told Me
Christmas Island - Get It In Your Head.

Fresh & Only's Live - Free Download

Our friends at the awesome new site Sick of the Radio have a streaming Fresh & Only's show that you can download for free here!

Featuring nine tracks, some of which are unreleased at the moment, the download is taken from a radio session F & O's did for independent NY based station WFMU back in 2009...Real Nice.

New Fresh & Only's

Fresh & Only's, those pure-pop peddling San Franciscan's have started the ball rolling towards the release of their new LP (out soon on In The Red).

They've posted two new songs on their myspace here and have also released the Eye Bodega directed video for new track Vanishing Cream, available soon on a 7" through Plasti Spoons.

Check it out below...



Also keep a look out for the new Tally Ho! zine, coming very soon to an establishment of ill repute near you, it features a lovely interview with F & O's affable bassist Shayde Sartin, oh and did we mention they've got an exclusive track on our forthcoming Heavy Medicine Cassette? Well, now you know x

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ENJOY!