The Music Fix say...

"The Electric Mainline are regulars upon the Sonic Boom/Jason Pierce Saturday Special to Flat Out Fucked By-The-Sea, where they're often joined by The Voices..."

Honestly not sure what this means... answers on a postcard... but it is a lazy piss poor review of a fantastic album, but if you want to read the rest:

http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/review/7129/various-artists.html

The Electric Mainline gets picked out from RETR00:

http://groundnoise.wordpress.com/

Big up to Fab and Georgia from Retrophobic including The Electric Mainline on their compilation RETR00.  The album is free to download from:

http://www.retrophobic.com/RETR00/RETR00-www.retrophobic.com.zip

They say it all better in their own words:

"Well, where to start? Retrophobic began as a sort of escape from daytime jobs and everyday bullshit. Music is basically what we like to talk and write about. The best shit to listen to, the best bands to dress like, the best gigs, and the whole "subcultural" thing, and this big feeling of being part of a "worldwide something". So this turned out to be a sort of basket where all our influences pop into. The Sixties, Northern Soul, Punk Rock, Psychedelia, the past, the present and the future. There are plenty of good bands out there, not necessarily the ones you see on the music papers. And finding new bands and sounds is a job we love. So we started thinking about the idea of assembling a free compilation, to promote quality music we met doing Retrophobic. We wanted to say hey this is the shit we dig, it's free, so download it, why dontcha?  Cool things are just a bit under the shell. This sampler sounds very eclectic, really in the spirit of Retrophobic, hope you'll appreciate. A big thank you goes out to the bands and artists that provided the matter of this compilation, and to all our readers and downloaders. Stuff your iPods, burn your CDs, enjoy the music, this is RETR00."

Beats For Beginners “Freaky Girl” http://www.myspace.com/beatsforbeginners
Darren Michelangelo Smith ft. Mr Midas “Same Old Story”
http://www.myspace.com/darrenmichelangelosmith
Exile Parade “Heart Into Suicide” http://www.myspace.com/exileparade
Kid Machine “Love Supreme” http://www.myspace.com/kidmachinemusic
Nick Ward “Follow The Sun” http://www.myspace.com/nickwardband
The Electric Mainline “All Too Much”
http://www.myspace.com/theelectricmainline
The Electric Riot “Crash” http://www.myspace.com/theelectricriot
Heavy Water Experiments “Otherland”
http://www.myspace.com/heavywaterexperiments
The Hippy Mafia “Apollo Creed” http://www.myspace.com/thehippymafia
The Nova Saints “Sugar Coated” http://www.myspace.com/novasaints
The Witches “When The Light Go Out”
http://www.myspace.com/theworldwidewitches
Thee Deadtime Philarmonic “Spine” http://www.myspace.com/deadtimeman
The Delegators “Gone” http://www.myspace.com/thedelegators
 
...and this is what they say about TEM:

"Northern Star Records Electric Mainline drives you full speed in a tunnel of distorted guitars, evil psychedelic vibes, processed vocals and everything you need to get properly stoned.  Turn the volume up!!!"

The Electric Mainline on The Great British Breakfast and in good company as always - July 29th - cheers Gene!

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10436

Set 1:

The Fall "LA"
The Voluntary Butler Scheme " New
1990's "Everybody Please Relax" New
Zoot Woman "We Won't Break" New
Primal Scream "I'm Comin' Down"
Gintis "Hate Isn't The Opposite of Love, Indifference Is" NEW

Set 2:

The Brakes "Wrry About It Later" New
The Amberblacks "Alison"
Doves "Compulsion" NEW
The Clientele "I Wonder Who We Are" NEW
Little Barrie "Greener Pastures"
The Beatles "Sun King"

Set 3:

Supergrass "The Return of"
Hyperbubble with Helen Love "Better Set Your Phasers To Stun" NEW
Tennage Fan Club "I Don't Know"
Laboratory Noise "You Created a Storm" NEW
Jarvis Cocker "Blush" NEW
My Bloody Valentine "Only Shallow"

Set 4:

Spiritualized "Sweet Talk" NEW
Lean Tales "Penny On the Floor" NEW

Set 5:

British Sea Power "The Currach" NEW
"Boy Veriginous" NEW
The Electric Mainline "All Too Much" NEW
The Last Shadow Puppets "Calm By You"

Set 6:

Peter and Gordon "I Gol To Pieces"

Cloud Sounds presents a Revolution In Sound special with The Electric Mainline as artist of the week - preview music from the album here:

http://www.cloudsounds.co.uk/2009/07/18/cloud-sounds-18th-july-2009/

TEM highlighted in Psychotropic Review from Finland :)

http://www.unimeri.com/PsychotropicZone/reviews.en.php?subaction=showfull&id=1247474109&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&

Northern Star Records from the UK are about to release their fourth compilation album after the critically acclaimed and very popular Psychedelica albums. This label can be considered as one of the most important promoters of the third wave of psychedelia and they have done everything in their power to bring the genre closer to the mainstream. The compilations have mostly included sort of shoegaze/indie rock/experimental/alternative stuff, but this time there is also some more electronic music in there. The noisy and buzzing guitars are still well represented. Some of the bands that have been involved before as well are for example The Nova Saints, The December Sound, The Electric Mainline and Youngteam. This almost 80-minute-long CD have altogether 17 songs from bands that mainly come from the UK and USA, but there are also bands from Russia (Punk TV, Hot Zex) Norway (Maribel), and Sweden (Youngteam). Many of the bands seem to be influenced at least by Spacemen 3, Velvet Undergound, The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sonic Youth and Joy Division, but some also by for example NEU!, The Flaming Lips and The Verve.

One of the best aspects of this as well as the previous Northern Star compilations is that you’re bound to find some new bands. Although you might have pumped into many of them by accident someplace, this kind of an album is always a great beginning for new expeditions in music. The first track that immediately caught my attention was by the Russian band Punk TV: the very danceable “Vala Svala” that has a disco rhythm. This is like Depeche Mode on acid with all its psychedelic sounds, soft Pet Shop Boys like vocals and lush keyboards. The track stands out from the otherwise pretty hard album and I like it a lot. It’s strange that I hadn’t noticed this “Russian Chemical Brothers” before, although they have gigged in Finland. Right after that we get the fierce and fast “No Heaven Like Hell” by The December Sound and this song has plenty of power and emotion. It’s absolutely one of the highlights on the album and the band is among my favorites at the moment. Some of the most powerful stuff of the album also include the hypnotic “Sick Fuzz” by Ursula Minor bringing to mind early Spacemen 3, the electric and hallucinatory “All Too Much” by The Electric Mainline and the pretty psychedelic “You Created a Storm” by Laboratory Noise. The rather slow, hypnotic and heavy “The Black Sun Sets” by The Voices brings to mind one of my favorite bands Sun Dial as does the album’s first, although lighter, band Maribel. The Manhattan Love Suicides plays frisky, buzzing and punky rock with female vocals and The Nova Saints track “Lights” sounds a bit like U2, and I mean it in a good way.

In addition to Punk TV, the more electronic side of the album is presented with the groovy Hot Zex that features some same members, Delicasession’s “Tape Check” that includes great synthesizers , the exciting sounding Sunnyvale Noise Sub-element and the quite mesmerizing Screen Vinyl Image with their buzzing bass sequences. Also the quite slow instrumental track “Motorik” by Kontakte has programmed drums and it finishes the album in a very dreamy and amazing way. Other wonderful and peaceful moments are offered also by Dead Leaf Echo whose soft and drifting, heavenly beautiful “Pale Fire” reminds me a bit of The Verve and the pretty ”Introducing Mr. Gladstone” by Youngteam. The Mint Ive song somehow brings to mind The Cure. All in all, this is a totally brilliant compilation that will spin a lot in DJ Astro’s CD player, and I bet that this is the case for lots of other people, as well. It’s a wise move to order the album directly from the label so you can get it before the actual street date and you’ll also receive another compilation as a free gift…

www.northernstarrecords.co.uk