September…
September seemed to be a fruitful month for singles… nearly 80 songs on the playlist…
Pick of the bunch for September were The Courettes with their take on Northern Soul on Keep Dancing, the return of Jack Elfick and his latest band The Dead Shout with the rollicking Jump Your Bones, while Wax Head‘s offering was the equally rollicking Rusty Cutter. Specky Cult released their best single to date in SWISH, Katherine Aly shared the first of her songs from her excellent 222 EP, FREUD (for the mama’s boy) (what’s with the uppercase names this month?) (and also WHATYAGONDOBOUTIT (for the friends)) The Cure signalled the imminent arrival of their magnum opus in the shape of single Alone and Carol Hodge was The Queen of Fitting In and Amyl and the Sniffers had Big Dreams while Karen Dio couldnt sleep at 3am…. Quad 90 continue to release banger after banger with Running Away and The Sankaras were a ball if furious energy on Tell Me. Moni Jitchell frightened young children with their single Agnostic Blunt and Benefits joined forces with Zera Tonin and should scare the shit out of everyone with their bleak view of 21st Century Britain.
Another brilliant couple of Jill Lorean cuts in September with Catchfall and Rainmaker, and I cheekily had The Tenementals in again despite the single Te recuerdo Amanda having been released earlier in the year, September saw the release of a video…Edinburgh synth-pop Thundermoon released the hypnotic Ritual, while Conscious Pilot released an addictive ear worm in the form of God’s Hot Car and The Era impressed with their dark synth vibes on Black Leather Lover. Two cracking songs courtesy of Saint Sappho in End of the World and M.A.D. and Snowgoose and the folky jangle pop of Better Listen just makes everything OK.
Bronski Beat celebrated 40 years of the groundbreaking Age of Consent with Smalltown Boy, Bedouin Soundclash re-released a couple of “re-imagined versions” When the Night Feels My Song including The Interrupters among others, The Lovely Eggs did what they do best on Death Grip Kids, “shove your funding up your arse, we don’t want your money”