Music of the Sphere: Rapturous Retro Return Edition

We are delighted the inimitable Gary is back in harness at Retro Music Snob after an eight-month hiatus. Here are some highlights from what we found there last night.

The Beatles - In My Life - Retro Music Snob

The Kinks - Picture Book - Retro Music Snob

Wednesday Week - Missionary - Retro Music Snob - a personal favorite from the late 80s; I've got the vinyl, too, Gary, and a cassette! A perfect song.

The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drum & I Wanna Be Adored & I Am the Resurrection & Waterfall & Fools Gold - Retro Music Snob
The La's - There She Goes - Retro Music Snob

L7 - Pretend We're Dead - Retro Music Snob - for all us SQUARES
The Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You - Retro Music Snob
Ian McCulloch - Proud to Fall - Retro Music Snob - plus 3 others by Echoman

Smoking Popes - Little Jane-Marie - Retro Music Snob

The Plimsouls - Zero Hour - Retro Music Snob
Game Theory - Crash Into June - Retro Music Snob
The Pooh Sticks - That Was The Greatest Song - Retro Music Snob

Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind - Retro Music Snob

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet - Retro Music Snob

The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK - Retro Music Snob
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns, and Money - Retro Music Snob

Leg Tail Leg Edition: Teenage Head, Girls, Ettes, Monolators, Upsidedown, Telepathic B's, TBRP, Head of Femur, Bellfuries, Marching Band, et. al. . .

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!
One more time, in case we still have visitors. (Hopefully you haven't noticed our recent AWOLitude.) Here's what we've been up to. How 'bout youse?

Teenage Head - Top Down mp3

The Girls - Transfer Station mp3 from Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No - Thanks to Pitchfork.

The Ettes - Marathon mp3 - off the forthcoming release Look At Live Again Soon - Thanks to Alyssa Kleven at Vitriol Independent Promotions.

The Monolators - This Is Goodbye mp3 - from Don't Dance, due 21st Oct

The Upsidedown - Silver Wind mp3 - They'll be supporting The Dandy Warhols on their upcoming fall tour of North America. You might notice sonic similarities.

The Telepathic Butterflies - Telescope mp3 - from Breakfast in Suburbia - Rainbow Quartz has another sample here (plus samples from other TTB albums). Not Lame has more samples and purchase info here.

The Broken River Prophet - This Gaping Wound in My Chest Is Like Reading Your Diary Out Loud mp3 - I'm kind of a psucker for this psychy Byrdsy pstuff.

Head of Femur - Acme: The Summit of a Mountain mp3

Bellfuries - Give It, Get It mp3 - from Palmyra (out 4th Nov)

Marching Band - Travel in Time mp3

Plushgun - Just Impolite mp3 from Plushgun (fires 19th Aug)

Psychic Stunts - Speaker's Block mp3 - from their 101 Pick Up Lines EP - Thanks to the wonderful Estogang over at microlips.

Further contrition: We regret we ran out of room to include the last period of the ellipsis in the postitle (not to mention Plushgun and Psychic Stunts). Sheesh.