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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 


CLEARANCE SALE!

It's time again to clear out Thee SPC towers before Christmas brings the inevitable landslide of kids toys and socks!

We've got some great stock at between 25% and 60% off!

Many items are in extremely limited numbers, so get them while you can.
Check 'em out at our SALE PAGE.


NEW STOCK IN THEE SPC ONLINE SHOP:

The Bon Bon Club "Sex On Fire" CD single - £3.49
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The Bon Bon Club return with a new delightfully packaged 3 track EP. Featuring covers of Kings Of Leon, Dubstar and Fleetwood Mac, their stripped down drum 'n bass now comes with added keyboards. Ace.

Imp/Jeremia "The Heartfelt EP" CD single - £2.99
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Another uttery top-notch release from Philophobia! Imp play melodic indiepop - "Party" is an excellent tune, with swirly organ giving it a 60s feel. Jeremia are lovely acoustic indiepop and well worth checking out!.

Withered Hand "Good News" CD - £7.49
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Debut album from Glasgows wondrous Withered Hand. Following on from two previous EPs, the idiosyncratic themes and americana tunes of Dan Willson flow effortlessly. Excellent.
 
The Wildebeests "The Gnus Of Gnavarone" CD - £9.99
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60s Garage revivalism from The Wildebeests with some excellent stomping garage, mod beats and rock n roll explosions. Overall a very good collection of tunes. On Dirty Water Records.

The Parallelograms "Dream On Daisy" 7 inch - £3.49
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Excellent indiepop from Sheffield's The Parallelograms (featuring SPC founder Markie!) on hip US label Cloudberry, in the C86 mould of bands such as The Rosehips and Fat Tulips. Highly recommended!

4 Or 5 Magicians "Empty Derivative Pop Songs" CD - £9.99
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American slacker-rock influenced indie from 4 or 5 Magicians, so a lot like Urusei Yatsura! With some excellenly ascerbic lyrics that set it above many similar sounding outfits. Recommended.

Ailsa Craig "A Silent No" CD - £9.99
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New project of Random Number man Matt Robson. Featuring vocals from The Manhattan Love Suicide's Caroline, it's a mix of clean pop and electronics. Reminiscent of The Fieldmice.

Rodeo Massacre "Heartaches & Wonders" 7 inch - £3.99
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Soulful psych rock from Swedish/French trio Rodeo Massacre, reminiscent of bands like The Detroit Cobras but with an acid rock twist.
 
The Brothers Movement "Standing Still" 7 inch - £3.99
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Noisey, anthemic, Vervesque indie rock from this new Dublin band.

Uh Ohs "Cash-Rich, Imagination-Poor" CD single - £2.99
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Stomping rock with a garage edge from Uh Ohs. Think PJ Harvey, White Stripes, YYYs and you'll be near the mark. Track 2 "Glow in The Dark" is the standout for me, with it's hugely overdriven riffs. Very affecting.

ALL AVAILABLE FROM http://www.theespc.com
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Monday, October 19, 2009 
Nat Johnson &The Figureheads "Roman Radio"

 

CD - £10.99 Buy now from Thee SPC Online Shop

Much anticipated debut solo album from Nat Johnson on Damaged Goods records. Includes the single Dirty Rotten Soul, as released by Thee SPC last year. It's a fantastic album, as you'd expect from Nat, with the same luscious vocals and sharp lyrics we've come to expect from the Sheffield chanteuse. Her backing band, The Figureheads, are a veritable supergroup - featuring Kev Gori (MSTU), Neil Piper (Champion Kickboxer) and Chris Loftus (Fury Of The Headteachers) - and add a bite to the proceedings. Indeed there's a maturity and drive that sets "Roman Radio" above and apart from Nat's previous releases under the guise of Monkey Swallows The Universe.
Tracklisting:

1. Agnes
2. Wonderful Emergency
3. Wasted
4. Envy
5. Truth Song
6. Careful
7. January
8. Dirty Rotten Soul
9. This Tide Will Turn
10. Oh, Face!
11. Watching for Life
12. Interlude
13. All This

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 
The brilliant new Smokers album is available to download for £7.99 from Thee SPC website http://www.theespc.com.

If you loved the first album, get set for a treat 'cos their second completely surpasses it. Amazing for such a bunch of scruffs, really.

Also available from the evil iTune, of course. Our MP3s are 320kbps and free of DRM restriction = much better. You know what to do :)

PS You can get their 7" Sketchpads for a special offer 50% off from Thee SPC site, too!

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 
The Katsen album "It Hertz!" is now available on iTunes.
 
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Monday, September 28, 2009 
Katsen "It Hertz!"
Out todayon CD and digital download.

CD available from:

Thee SPC website http://www.theespc.com
Katsen website http://www.katsen.com
Norman Record, http://www.normanrecords.com
Rough Trade, London
Piccadilly Records, Manchester
Spillers Records, Cardiff
Record Collector, Sheffield
Weston Park Museum Gift Shop, Sheffield
Rounder Records, Brighton
Resident Records, Brighton
Edgeworld, Brighton
Ape, Brighton
eBay
Apple Crumble, Japan
Fastcut, Japan
IMPO, Taiwan

Digital download available from:

Thee SPC website http://www.theespc.com
Katsen website http://www.katsen.com


REVIEWS!

"Alternative Album of the Week"
Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 1

"Song Of The Week: Katsen 'Florian' "
Electronically Yours

"Dizzily effervescent and as catchy as swine flu"
Losing today

"They are a duo who take the best of the darker side of 80’s electronica, deconstruct it and produce perfect futuristic D.I.Y, pop noir."
Vip Pip Musical Express

"At its heart this is pop music and their effects are used to amplify rather than swamp the tunes, sometimes to heartburstingly lovely effect."
Sounds XP

"It’s full of variation, from the frenetic kraut-inspired opener, Let’s build a City, to the incrediby beautiful hypnotic end track Florian."
Eardrums Music

"Incredibly, with such an ambitious list of ingredients the final result is a sumptuous feast of electronic pudding."
The Music Fix

"Stuffed with both fun & reflective moods & whilst possessing a very high benchmark of quality!"
Norman Records

"A tasty slice of Casio driven electronic pop mixed with more than a healthy dollop of Krautrock."
Indie-MP3

"Conclusive proof that years spent battering away with the sound-chips on a ZX Spectrum can finally yield sparkling results."
Culture Deluxe
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 


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Katsen "Lets Build A City"  by  darren-1

Katsen "Lets Build A City". Taken from the album "It Hertz!" out 28th September

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Monday, September 07, 2009 
Katsen have deservely been getting some great reviews for their album "It Hertz!"

"Alternative Album of the Week" - Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 1

"Song Of The Week: Katsen 'Florian' " - Electronically Yours

"Pulsates with energy, completely electronic but not in the least synthetic" - Sound XP

"Dizzily effervescent and as catchy as swine flu" - Losing today

"A tasty slice of Casio driven electronic pop" - Indie MP3


Order "It Hertz!" on CD or download from http://www.katsen.com
or
http://www.theespc.com
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Saturday, August 29, 2009 

The debut album from fantastic electro pop duo Katsen "It Hertz!" is released by Thee SPC on the 28th September.

You can pre-order the album now with immediate digital download from http://www.katsen.com  or get it from http://www.theespc.com.



 


You can get Katsen's free download single "Let's Build A City" from Thee SPC website now!
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 
 
Jacks Records Clearance Stock:
Sadly, Jacks Records in Sheffield is closing after 19 years of business. We've got a lot of their indiepop/alternative stock on 7" single available in the online shop, most at half-price, too. Too much to list in an email, but here's a flavour: Adam Green, BMX Bandits, The Flatmates, God Is My Co-Pilot, Aberfeldy, The Action Time, Birdland, Cable, Help She Can't Swim, The Soup Dragons, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Wedding Present, Gorky's, Cranes, Dinosaur Jr, 18 Wheeler and loads more.

Click here for a vinyl clearance bargain.


Les Cox Sportifs "Total Straightness EP" 7 inch - £3.99
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Les Cox Sportif are certainly an odd beast! "The Hand And The Heed..." start's off sounding like The Modern Lovers before turning into a sort-of XTC meets Cockney Rebel knees-up. Really quite excellent!
The Hipshakes/Co Co Coma "Split single" 7 inch - £3.49
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Barking garage punktastic fun from this split single featuring Sheffield's very own The Hipshakes.
The Yell "Party Lounge" 7 inch - £3.49
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A stock find from the recently defunct Jacks Records, this single from The Yell came out late last year, but we were unable to get copies at the time! It's another slice of quirky, dancable punk from this great Sheffield band.
Darlings Of The Splitscreen "Hiroshima" 7 inch - £3.49
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Stomping electronica from Sheffield's DOTS on this single released by the new Razor Stiletto record label. This was out earlier this year, but we've only been able to get hold of it now!
Grammatics "Shadow Committee" 7 inch - £2.99
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Recent single from the very dramatic Grammatics of Leeds, who featured in our fanzine Thee Humbug #6 last year. "Shadow Committee" twists and turns thus avoiding pigeonholing. I'd stick it in the hole labelled 'ace'.
The Yell "My Baby's Into Witchcraft" 7 inch - £3.49
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A stock find from the recently defunct Jacks Records, this excellent single from Sheffield's The Yell featured in our fanzine Thee Humbug #4 back in 2006. Garagey fun with a very Fall-like vibe. The B side Pyramids is better still.
The Interiors/Chuck/Champion Kickboxer "She's In Japan/Kill Em All/Thinking" 7 inch - £3.49
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A stock find from the recently defunct Jacks Records, this 2006 Wrath Records split single features three bands who've released through Thee SPC. All great stuff, especially the Marychain-tinged "She's In Japan".
New Releases In Thee SPC Online Shop:
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Saturday, July 18, 2009 
All available from Thee SPC Online Shop

Allo Darlin "Henry Rollins Don't Dance" 7 inch - £4.49
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Lovely new single by Allo Darlin' (named after Mike Reid I assume?) on the excellent WeePOP! label. "Henry Rollins Don't Dance" has a skippiness reminiscent of Tender Trap and b-side "Heartbeat Chilli" is a killer. Very recommended.

MJ Hibbett & The Validators "Regardez, Ecoutez Et Repetez" CD - £9.99
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Ace new album from MJ&TV. MJ's lyrics are as sharp as ever, whether it be about dancing at indie discos ("Do The Indiekid"), looking after yourself before middleage spread gets the better of you ("Do More, Eat Less") or that odd discovery about Brian in Accounts ("My Boss Was In An Indie Band Once")

The Humms "Are You Dead?" CD single - £2.99
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Completely ace garage funtime with The Humms. Lead track "Are You Dead?" has a great surf feel to it with a brilliant pop chorus. "Do The Graverobbers" is also totally great, as is the rest of this manic, wildly inventive and goddamn catchy-as-shit EP. Best thing I've heard in ages.

Pink Shiney Ultrablast "Happy Songs" CD single - £2.99
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Pink Shiney Ultrablast are from St. Petersburg and make a gloriously, etherial racket effortlessly intertwining the influences of bands such as MBV, Cocteau Twins and Ride. This is some of the best shoegazer/noisepop I've heard in a while and I only wish it was a full album. Very highly recommended.

The Crack Babies "Smoking At Gas Stations" CD - £2.99
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Massively noisy noise pop from The Crack Babies on Odd Box Records. Their paint-stripping feedback is the sound of psychocandy pushed to the extremes, yet with the same underpinning of 60s melodic pop. Lot of fun on this very limited edition release.

The Kick Inside "Oh, Vanity!" 7 inch - £3.99
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Jangletastic initial release from Odd Box Records by The Kick Inside. "Oh! Vanity" is all intricate guitar work and swooping vocals, kinda like a mix of McCarthy and Gene. Flip "It's Always The Quiet Ones" has a Meat Is Murder era Smiths-like swing.

All available from Thee SPC Online Shop
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