Flashback Friday: Cornershop

Today’s Flashback Friday is a happy little tune from Cornershop called “Brimful of Asha” off of the When I Was Born For The 7th Time album, released in 1997.

Cornershop is a rock band from Leicester, UK, consisting of Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholaki player), Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion).

Their name comes from a term that refers to indian immigrants that move to england, in that they often own street corner stores.

Along with this breakout track from their album, Fatboy Slim remixed the song a year later which shot the track to the top of the charts once again. The band has released a few albums since When I Was Born.. but has failed to receive much radio airplay.

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Posted by Haggis on October 12th, 2007 @ 12:00 am.

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Flashback Friday: Frente!

Today’s Flashback Friday is a cover of Bizarre Love Triangle by the Australian based band Frente! off the Marvin The Album LP.

Bizarre Love Triangle was originally written and recorded by the fantastic New Order in the late 80’s, but Frente’s somber, quiet version lets you really appreciate the beautiful lyrics in the song. Gone is the heavy sampled techno beat from the original, replaced only with an Acoustic guitar and frontwoman Angie Hart’s lilting voice.

Formed in 1991, Frente! emerged from a radio playlist of jaded grunge rockers dominating the scene and became something of a hit with their first few singles, including another Frente! fav of mine, Labour of Love, Accidentally Kelly Street, and Ordinary Angels. Their second produced album, Shape, failed to sell and the band soon broke up afterwards.

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Posted by Haggis on October 5th, 2007 @ 9:05 am.

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Flashback Friday: Chumbawamba

Today’s Flashback Friday is a track you love to hate, Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. The one-and-only track ever widely played on commercial radio by the band, Tubthumping is a classic modern drinking song.

The band was actually formed as far back as 1982, but their only real commercial success comes from when they signed with EMI, which was ironic especially due to the band’s general hatred for the music label. They even participated in a compilation a few years previously called Fuck EMI.

Chumbawamba has released a few other albums since the 1997 release of Tubthumper, eventually jumping ship at EMI and formed their own label, MUTT Records for UK Distribution. The last the public heard from the band was their performance at London’s Glastonbury Festival in June 2007.

Enjoy!

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Posted by Haggis on September 21st, 2007 @ 12:00 am.

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Flashback Friday: The Breeders

The Breeders are the spotlight of today’s Flashback Friday, with their standout track from their third album, Last Splash, released August 31, 1993. It’s Cannonball!

The tale of The Breeders is a long and erratic one, initially formed from the talent of the twin sisters Kim and Kelley Deal. Kim Deal was most well known as the bassist in The Pixies, a famous staple of underground rock in the 80’s. When The Pixies disbanded, Kim reformed The Breeders and called in her sister Kelley to replace the departing Tanya Donelly who was forming her own band, later known as Belly. (Shout out to Smokin)

A drug bust for Kim Deal and other reasons led to a lack of a follow up effort for Last Splash. Over the years they’ve contributed a few songs to soundtracks, one of the standouts being their cover of Wicked Little Town from Hedwig and the Angy Inch, and even appeared in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode.

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Posted by Haggis on September 14th, 2007 @ 12:00 am.

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Flashback Friday: Juliana Hatfield

Today’s Flashback Friday is “My Sister” by Juliana Hatfield, off the 1993 album Become What You Are. Juliana is somewhat known as the Princess of Alternative music, appearing at several indie concerts and MTV’s 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation. She was widely known in the independent and underground music scene in its time, and was featured on the Reality Bites soundtrack with her other popular tune “Spin The Bottle.”

I’m mildly familiar with her music, but only because of the many nights watching her videos on MTV as a teenager. This particular track was one of her most popular and received the most airplay, mostly because of the first line “I love my sister, she’s such a bitch” which plays against the poppy happy tone of the track. The video, while not all that spectacular, reminds me of the format of many similar bands in the genre.

Enjoy!

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Posted by Haggis on September 7th, 2007 @ 12:00 am.

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Flashback Friday: Folk Implosion

Today’s Flashback Friday is a popular tune from 1995: Folk Implosion’s “Natural One” off of the KIDS soundtrack. Folk Implosion was a side project from Lou Barlow, who previously was a member of the early 90’s indie band Dinosaur Jr, and John Davis from Sebedoh.

The side project band took its name as an homage to another indie group from the same period, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. They performed under several different versions of “Folk Implosion”, sometimes being called “The Lou Barlow Folk Implosion” as well as “The Deluxx Folk Implosion” when fellow Sebedoh band mate Bob Fay joined them for performances.

After touring for a few years, Barlow and Davis finally disbanded the side project. All we have left is this fantastic track. Enjoy!

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Posted by Haggis on August 31st, 2007 @ 12:00 am.

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Flashback Friday: Björk

Of course I couldn’t do a run of 1990’s music videos and not immediately feature the Icelandic Mistress, Björk. Featured here is one of her biggest hits, Human Behavior off of the Debut album, released November 18, 1993. Björk had several other hits after this release as well as receiving a nomination for a Grammy award in 2003, but I’ll always hold the highest regard for this particular song.

I was but a scrawny 15 year old boy staying up late Sunday nights watching MTV’s 120 Minutes when I first saw this video. This was back when MTV was actually about music, not pre-teen staged reality TV. 120 Minutes was my adolescent introduction into the truly great music of my generation. It was there that I not only discovered Björk, but several others like The Pixies, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Nine Inch Nails, and many more that line my CD case and fill my hard drive to capacity.

I truly miss that show. I believe that when they canceled 120 Minutes, and its sister show Alternative Nation (I love you Kennedy!), is when the MTV that used-to-be finally died. Later MTV2 brought the show back, but it was a shell of its former self and only lasted 2 years. If Matt Pinfield wouldn’t even host it, there was no saving it at all.

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Posted by Haggis on August 24th, 2007 @ 12:00 am.

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