In Celebration of Pure Pop’s 29 Years in business we’ll be playing one album from each year chosen by the staff – Next year, we’ll be opening the voting up to you, the public. No, you can’t vote for Def Leopard. Below is the current short list we’re making our decisions from. Be sure to come down on Saturday to see who made the cut!
80 clash-london calling, talking-remain in light, rockpile-seconds of pleasure, joy divison-closer, david bowie-scary monsters & super creeps, buzzcocks, diff kind of tens
81 Rip Rig & Panic-God, The dB’s – Stands for Decibels, go-go’s-beauty & beat, black flag damaged, dead kennedies, in god we trust inc
82 xtc-englishsettlement,Richard & Linda Thompson -Shoot Out The Lights -
83 Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones, Yello – You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess -
84 prince-purple rain,Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime, Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual,
85 pogues-rum, sodomy, Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
86 xtc-skylarking, Pet Shop Boys – Please -
87 Music For The Masses – Depeche Mode,Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times -
88 pixies-surferrosa, public enemy-ittakesanationofmillionstoholdusback, Cowboy Junkies -The Trinity Session, Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man
89 stone roses-s/t,pixies-doolittle, De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
90 the la’s-s/t, Sinead O’Connor -I don’t what what i haven’t got
91 my bloody valentine-loveless, Massive Attack – Blue Lines, Tribe Called Quest – Low End Theory, nirvana-nevermind
92 moby-s/t, Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
93 wutang-36chambers,by Underworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman
94 Portishead – Dummy
95 pavement-wowee zowee, supergrass-if I should coco, bjork post, fugazi-red medicine,
96 aphex twin-richard d james
97 radiohead-okcomputer
98 neutral milk hotel-aeroplane
99 Sigur Ros – Ágætis byrjun, flaminglips-softbulletin,
00 outkast-stankonia, yo la tengo-and then nothing, radiohead-kid a,
01 daftpunk-discovery
02 sigue ros -( ), streets, original pirate material,
03 white stripes-elephant, decemberists-her majesty the decemberists
04 animal collective-sung tongs, joanna newsom-milk eyed wonder, mf doom mm.. food
05 national-alligator, sleater kinney-the woods, edan-beauty and the beat
06 knife-silent shout, tv on the radio-cookie mountain, thermals-thebodythebloodthemachine
07 burial-untrue, lcd soundsytem-sound of silver,
08 breeders-mountain battles, portishead-third, my morning jacket-evil urges, fleet foxes-fleet foxes
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In other news the folks over at Aether Everywhere are having a little NSFW “add your own caption” fun with a photo from the recent WCAX interview with Herb. Wanna kill 5 minutes, click the picture for LOLz.
