LIST 142 - 09/01/15 (an indie-dance selection)

Hello there,

Bit of a curio, this week's List, comprising some of the bands that I remember being described as "indie-dance" at the start of the early 1990s - typically, but not exclusively, marrying baggyish guitars and shuffling dance beats. 

I could have gone for some of the household names, but that wouldn't sit right with the more musically evangelical aims of this website, of course.

The motivation for compiling this List? Call it a very, very overdue response to a Ministry of Sound compilation released just over a year ago which was pretty heavy on historical revisionism. 

Alex Party or Royal House ever thought of as "indie-dance"? Or The Cardigans? Really? Lots and lots of worthwhile music collection gap fillers in that release, certainly, but little I'd have regarded as typical of an old-skool indie-dance tune, as the marketing claimed.

Maybe my interpretation is just too narrow. I'm sure you can find said release in stores or online to check its contents, just to see if you think I'm being unreasonable... 

J xx



POPPY FACTORY - Stars (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05f7vzFULYI


NORTHSIDE - Take Five (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZPPSUXluY


THE HOLLOW MEN - The Moon's a Balloon (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehiL_KXYHE0


WORLD OF TWIST - Sons of the Stage (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgEw_YtfxYM


CANDYLAND - The Body is the Book (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ9_jt2Y3GI


NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS - Fishes Eyes (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTwtIbgoQhM


THE SHAMEN - You, Me and Everything (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJjVUrM7OoE


CANDYFLIP - Redhills Road (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zjvefNhpqQ


FLOWERED UP - Take It (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpUSReMPvvk


THE BRIDEWELL TAXIS - Spirit (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbJQMzcPWCU


INTASTELLA - Century (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_Rjp_mt-4


TOP - Buzzin' (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Tiz96oLn8


THE FARM - Stepping Stone (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPx6U6E45jQ


THE MOCK TURTLES - Strings and Flowers (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZXWltncTFU


!F - Saturday's Angels (1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL6La7MxM3c


THE IMPOSSIBLES - The Drum (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H8Sg6s0dM8


SLOW BONGO FLOYD - More Than Jesus (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5eXDIshQug


RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE - Biting My Nails (Bassnumb Chapter) (1990) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_yhgJ3opc