Personal Favourites:
Apart from the bands currently on my list, I listen to almost everything across the musical spectrum. Funnily enough, ageing into my 30s has increased my curiosity rather than diminish it; so no Celine Dion and other thirty-something traps. In fact, the more "left of the dial", the better.
Wants:
In general, I'm always looking for guitar sounds, power-pop bands, 80s post-punk indie bands. Email me with your list. In particular, I'm looking for:
The Replacements: Anything not currently listed.
Paul Westerberg: Shows not currently listed, and clones off master tapes.
1970s - 1980s power pop: Any live shows by The Action, The Plimsouls, Dramarama, Continental Drifters, Dwight Twilley, 20/20, Peter Case, The Nerves, Marshall Crenshaw, Jim Carroll Band, Tommy Tutone, Tonio K, True West, The Rationals, The Real Kids, The Connells, The Records etc.
In urgent need of: Game Theory, The Reivers, The Neighbourhoods
Young Fresh Fellows: Any live shows, demos and out-takes and Scott McCaughey miscellany
Golden Smog: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
The dBs: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
The Minus 5: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
Tommy Keene: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
Big Star / Alex Chilton: looking especially for any 1970s live shows
- Alex Chilton - Chapel Hill, NC, 17th November 1987
- Big Star - Tramp's, New York, 15th November 1996
- Alex Chilton - Knitting Factory, New York, 13th February 1997 - the electric set.
- Alex Chilton with The Box Tops - House of Blues, Chicago, IL. 10th February 1999
- Alex Chilton with The Box Tops - Taste of Minnesota, 4th July 1999
- Alex Chilton - Knitting Factory, New York, 13th November 1999
- Fillmore, San Francisco, CA. 2nd March 2002
Wilco: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
Guided by Voices: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
- "Universal truths in Brussels", Live in Brussels Ancienne Belgique, September 7th 2002.
- "King's Ransom: Happy Motherfuckers and Sad Clowns", The Be Here Now club in Ashville, NC. 28th April 2000
- Songs from a Suitcase (Unreleased tracks and out-takes from 2000 not included in the official Suitcase release)
Ryan Adams: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
The Posies: Any live shows, demos and out-takes
Jeff Buckley: There are some wonderful broadcast quality shows: my preference is for complete shows and the unreleased tracks circa 1996-1997.
Spoon: (What do you mean you've never heard of them? Thanks, Jane!)
Minutemen: Good karma shines on me.
del Amitri: Any good quality recordings, but especially these
- 1st Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. (23-Sep-92)
- Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN. (9-Apr-96)
- Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England (19th May 1992)
- The Apollo, Oxford, England (8th December 1992)
- Warwick University, England (10th February 1990)
- King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland (13th February 2000). This was the venue's 10th birthday, with Kevin McDermott being joined by Iain Harvie and Justin Currie.
- Basilica Block Party, Minneapolis, MN. (10th July 1999)
- Sheffield City Hall, England (6th November 1997)