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Christmas Tunes with Beatleludes.

1. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) by The Beatles
2. Jingle Bell Rock by The Fall
3. Child’s Christmas in Wales by John Cale
4. Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas by Eels
5. White Christmas (WPXN Version) by Flaming Lips
6. Thanks For Christmas by Three Wise Men
7. Christmas Commercial by John Baker (BBC Radiophonic Workshop)
8. A Brave New Christmas by Ronny Cox
9. Atlas Eets Christmas by Flaming Lips & Yoko Ono
10. Ding Dong Ding Dong by George Harrison
11. My Christmas Prayer by Billy Fury
12. A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer
13. Christmas No. 1 Hit (Lucky Kitty Maneki Neko) by Locas In Love
14. Cold White Christmas by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
15. Last Christmas by Manic Street Preachers
16. Father Christmas by The Kinks
17. Hark The Herald Angels sing by The Fall
18. Christmas at the Zoo by Flaming Lips
19. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis by Tom Waits
20. Do they know its Christmas by Nice People
21. Christmas In New Zealand by The Long Ryders

M.O.R’s the best! Yes!

1. This Is Pop by XTC
2. Valley Girl by Frank Zappa
3. Sanity assassin by Bauhaus
4. Children of the sun by The Misunderstood
5. Wave of Mutilation by The Bee Bees
6. Captain Dread by Dreadzone
7. Back Off Boogaloo by Ringo Starr
8. Lights Of Downtown by The Long Ryders
9. Ne-me-quitte-pas by Jacques Brel
10. Harvest by Hungry Lucy
11. Runaway Train by Soul Asylum
12. Too Young by Phoenix
13. There There My Dear by Dexys Midnight Runners
14. Human fly by The Cramps
15. This Is The Day by The The
16. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) by George Harrison
17. Kill The Poor by Dead Kennedys
18. Jesus Christ Superstar by Laibach
19. Mercy Kiss by Abandoned Pools
20. A Sunset Song by Sigh
21. No Creo by Shakira
22. See Emily Play by Pink Floyd
23. Echoes by Pink Floyd

1. Medley Relay by Isobe Masafumi
2. Bikinikill by Möscow çlub
3. Skabetty by Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs
4. Hyades by Purple Bloom
5. Retronix Symphony by Mop Of Head
6. Sun by Tujiko Noriko
7. つかのま by Nabowa Feat. Port Of Notes
8. ソラニン by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
9. ベクトル 〜いつの日かたどりつけるこの足で〜 by Who The Bitch
10. Les Enfants du Paradis by World’s end girlfriend
11. Nicola by Vanilla Beans
12. バランス by Ogre You Asshole
13. Libido by Versailles Philharmonic Quintet
14. Your Thorn by Cokiyu
15. Love Me Tender by 東京カランコロン
16. Man-Like Creatures by Straightener
17. 歓びを唄う by The Ton Up Motors
18. Echoes & Whispers (Live) by Cloudchair
19. Episode by Versailles Philharmonic Quintet

Note on correct pronunciation: vvvvvVVVVEEEEERRRRSSSSSAAAAAIIIIILLLLLLEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!

It may be the musical equivalent of returning to motorcycling in your 40s but a few years ago I chanced upon the Japanese band Moscow Club and through them a music scene that was reminiscent of Britain in the mid 1980s and since have kept a watching brief on developments therein.

So comes the hour to give the world the benefit of my time well spent with a fairly arbitrary selection of the great and the good with a particularly indie bent. I’ve tried for a selection that works as a whole rather than forcing each band’s best song into the mix.

1. Bikini Kill by Moscow Club
2. Her Secret by The Ships
3. Nite Life Lounge by Post Modern Team
4. Kinda Sad by Fandaze
5. Arpeggio by Humming Parlour
6. Walking Slowly Down The Lane (Demo) by Traffic Light
7. Love Is Fun by Plastic Girl In Closet
8. Sightseeing (Demo) by Teen Runnings
9. When I Said Goodbye by Twangy Twangy
10. Something’s Coming Up by Nokies!
11. Little Girl by Old Lacy Bed
12. Start Of Summer by Teenagers In Love
13. Younger Saints (Demo) by Pastel Blue
14. Track And Field by It Happens
15. Shine On Me by Elen Never Sleeps
16. Her Sarah Records Collection by For Tracy Hyde
17. Obvious by Boyish
18. Lovers by Umibenomachi
19. Faraway by The Moments
20. Holy Hands, Holy Voices by She Talks Silence
21. Lover Lover by Slow Beach
22. I Want You Back by Homecomings
23. Only In My Dreams by Wallflower
24. Echo Beach by Moscow Club

N.B. Due to Mixcloud limiting the number of tracks from a single artist this might not play unless you’re a paying member of the site.

A fairly arbitrary collection from Köln based Locas In Love who have been pottering away in one form or another since the early years of the century.

According to their website translated by Google to English via Japanese: ‘often, we very much it.. usually good it is prohibited decency to write more’, which I can only agree with wholeheartedly. locasinlove.com. The website is non-https and a bit out of date so here’s their Bandcamp page as an alternative.

1. Packeis
2. Ich Habe Mich Schrecklich Benommen
3. I Am Downright Amazed At What I Can Destroy With Just A Hammer
4. Über Nacht ist ein ganzer Wald gewachsen
5. Die Apokalypse erreicht Mühlacker
6. (Verspätetes Lied Für) Laura
7. Comandante
8. Eulen
9. Wie Es War
10. An den falschen Orten
11. What Matters Is The Poem
12. Wenn Du Wirklich Wissen Musst
13. To Get Things Straight (Edit)

On a whim. Songs from the olden days, or 2019 as it was known. Doesn’t include the ones I’ve forgotten.

Edited highlights. Some good joins. And one dreadful one that sneaked past quality control.

A good attempt by Language to miss out by releasing on 31st December and a special mention for Stefanie Schrank’s mastering engineer who didn’t just reach for the look ahead limiter.

Vital Statistics

A number of the bands have more active Facebook pages but I do have a few remaining principals.