Around the Blogosphere: Beatles, Lush, Northern Fields, Teenage Fanclub, Camera Obscura, Slowdive, Red Button, Jealous Girlfriends, Mary Weiss, Roky

Blogging's fun when you're finding so much great music. Also when I am. I don't usually do three "Arounds" in a row but must make an exception. This stuff's too good to miss. A round of grateful applause, please, for the generous hosts.

The Beatles – I’ll Follow the Sun – Echoes in the Wind
Lush – 500 (Shake Baby Shake) – Headphones On
Northern Fields – Never Take the Beauty - Eardrums

Teenage Fanclub – Like a Virgin – 17 Seconds
Camera Obscura – I Love My Jean – 17 Seconds
Slowdive – Catch the Breeze – 17 Seconds

The Red Button – Can’t Stop Thinking About Her – Bag of Songs
Jealous Girlfriends – How Now – Bag of Songs
Mary Weiss – Stop And Think It Over – Bag of Songs
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Fire Engine – Bag of Songs
Roky Erickson – I Think of Demons – Bag of Songs

Slayer: iKiLLCaRs, Patterson Hood, 120 Days, Apples in Stereo, Jealous Girlfriends, Immaculate Machine, Raveonettes, Shout Out Louds, Ethnobabes

Anything else?

Yeh, it's one of those moods, and I probably shouldn't write even this much. Good tunes are present, though, so here goes.

iKiLLCaRs - MTV mp3

Patterson Hood - Burning Hell (REM cover) mp3 - from Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play the Music of REM

120 Days - Get Away mp3

The Apples in Stereo - Can You Feel It? (Full Length Edit) mp3
The Jealous Girlfriends - Something In The Water mp3

Immaculate Machine - Dear Confessor mp3

The Raveonettes - Love In A Trashcan mp3

Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have to Leave It mp3 - I resisted for weeks, but it eventually became futile.

Ethnobabes - My Favourite Fool mp3

Click artists' names for more info and, sometimes, more music.

Around the Blogosphere & Happy Birthday, indie mom

If we'da known Saturday was indie mom's bday, we'da baked a cake. Course, we'da had to eat it ourselves, as our fiber optic doesn't transmit foodstuffs. Anyway, my new friends - and yes, both indie mom and alt gramma over at the excellent Speed of Dark kindly extended the bloggy hand of friendship to pplist - celebrated indie mom's thirtieth with an excellent post. (You gettin' all this, hmmm?) indie mom has the clever plan of posting a song from each of her thirty years so far and began today with '77-'81. Below are the three I like best. Oops, and of course, Happy Belated Birthday, indie mom! I'm looking forward to many happy returns to Speed of Dark!

Fleetwood Mac – Never Going Back Again – Speed of Dark
Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing – Speed of Dark
The Cure – A Forest – Speed of Dark

Other bloggers were of course busy at it today as well, so here are some you might like.

The Jealous Girlfriends – How Now – Obscure Sound – Can you wait until the 19-second mark before taking any drastic action? I’m glad I did.
Stiff Little Fingers - Who Died and Made You Elvis? - The Glorious Hum

Retro Music Snob tracked down three Jesus and Mary Chain covers by groups I heartily like.

The Shop Assistants - You Trip Me Up - Retro Music Snob
Elf Power - Upside Down - Retro Music Snob
Tralala - Never Understand - Retro Music Snob

Thanks, hosts and hostesses.